America At War - Concise Histories Of U.S. Military Conflicts From Lexington To Afghanistan (46 page)

Compiègne, France, 165, 169, 188

concentration camps (German), 211

Concord, MA, 3, 4

Confederacy (South),
68,
69,
96–97.
See also
Between the States (1860-1865)

Congress, 28–29, 63, 103, 105, 146, 164, 179, 185, 263, 299, 318

Congress
(Union frigate), 74

Congressional Medals of Honor, 206, 213, 214, 227, 228

Connecticut, 4, 29

Continental Congress, 4, 9, 10–11, 12, 14, 17, 22

Convent of San Mateo, 57–58

Coonts, Stephen, 265

Coral Sea, 215–216, 220

Corinth, MS, 87

Cornwallis, Lord Charles, 8, 9, 18–19, 19–20, 21, 22

Corregidor, 213

Cortés, Hernando, 55

Coventry, England, 198

Cowpens, SC, 18, 23

Crane, Stephen, 107

Crysler’s Farm, 36–37

CSS
Alabama
(Confederate warship), 75

Cuba, 51, 56, 75, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107–108, 108–109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116

Currie, Arthur, 140

Cutter, Slade, 227

Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, 194, 211, 296, 320

Dachau camp, Germany, 211

Daiquiri, Cuba, 107, 116

Da Nang, Vietnam, 263–264, 269

Danube River, 133

Dardanelles, 137

Davis, Benjamin O., 194

Davis, Jefferson, 51, 52, 70–71, 77–78, 87, 89, 91

D-Day, 320.
See also
Normandy, France

Dearborn, Henry, 31, 38

Decatur, Stephen, 32, 33, 91

DeKalb, Johann, 14

Delaware, 7, 71, 339

Demilitarized Zones (DMZ), 253, 259, 262, 265, 274, 279, 280

Democrats, 48, 63, 80, 90, 91, 258–259

Denmark, 182, 211, 296

Desert Shield, 292

Desert Storm, 296, 301, 303

Des Moines, IA, 147

d’Esperey, Franchet, 164

Detroit, MI, 30, 31

Devastators, 217

Devers, Jacob, 208, 211

Dewey, George, 104, 106, 114

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 291, 305

Diego Garcia, 322

Diem, Ngo Dinh, 259–260, 261, 262

Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, 259, 274, 279

Diyala, Iraq, 329, 332, 333

Dobbins, Daniel, 35

Doctors Without Borders, 347

Doniphan, Alexander, 54

Dönitz, Karl, 195, 196–197

Doolittle, Jimmy, 214, 216

Doorman, Karel, 215

Dora Farms, Baghdad, 321

Dorchester Heights, Boston, 6

“doughboys,” 143

Dover Air Force Base, DE, 339

draft, 85, 179, 185

“duel of the ironclads,” 75

Dunkirk, Korea, 241

Dupont, Samuel F., 76

Dutch East Indies, 181, 212, 215, 231

Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, 218

Eaker, Ira, 199

Early, Jubal A., 95

East Anglia, 199

Eastertide Offensive, 279–280

East Prussia, 131

East River, Long Island, 6, 7, 8

East Timor, 215

Egypt, 29, 133, 189, 201, 290, 295, 304, 305, 306

Eider, Kai, 349

1812, xv, 25–43,
26,
27,
356

82nd Airborne Division, 191, 206, 291, 292, 324

Eisenhower, Dwight D. “Ike,” 292

Korea (1950-1953), 246

Vietnam (1965-1975), 260

World War I (1914-1918), 151

World War II (1939-1945), 181, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 199, 200–201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207–208, 210, 211

Eisenhower, John S. D., 50, 63

El Alamein, Egypt, 189

Elbe River, 211

El Caney, Cuba, 108, 110

Elizabeth River, 73

El Pedregal, 56, 57

Emancipation Proclamation (1862), 80, 98

England, 198, 202, 206, 208, 326

English Channel, 149

Enigma machine, 197

Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 223

Enola Gay
(B-29), 230

Essex class carriers, 223–224

Estaing, Comte de, 15

Ethiopia, 249

Euphrates River, 307, 319, 323, 327, 329, 330, 332

Eureka Cartography, xvi

Europe in 1914,
122

Eutaw Springs, SC, 19

Ezra Church, GA, 91

F-4 Phantoms, 264–265, 267–268, 278, 280

F4U Corsairs, 182, 250

F9F Panthers, 250

F-15 Eagles, 302

F-86 Sabres, xvi, 250, 251–252

F-105 Thunderchiefs, 264, 267, 278

F-117 Nighthawks, 297, 301, 302, 321

Fahd (King of Saudi Arabia), 290, 291, 292

Falkenhayn, Erich von, 130, 131, 133, 136–137, 137–138

Farragut, David G., 33, 76, 91

Farwell, Byron, 148

fedayeen, 323, 324, 326, 327, 328, 329, 335

Federalists, 28

Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, 346, 348

Ferdinand, Franz, 125, 126, 134, 166

Ferguson, Patrick, 17

festungsbereiche
seaports, 202

Filipinos, 114–115, 116, 117, 212, 213, 222

Finland, 132

Finn, Terence T., xvi–xvii

“fireside chats” (Roosevelt, F.), 183–184

First World War.
See
World War I (1914-1918)

Flanders, Belgium, 150

Fletcher, Frank Jack, 217

Florida, 14, 70, 105

flu pandemic (1918, 1919), 168

Flying Tigers, 226

Foch, Ferdinand, 129, 146, 151–152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 162, 163, 165, 169, 170

Foggia, Italy, 191, 192

Fokker Triplanes, 169

Ford, Gerald, 282

Formosa, Japan, 230, 248

Fort Donelson, TN, 86

Fort Erie, Canada, 38

Fort Fisher, NC, 95

Fort George, Canada, 36

Fort Leavenworth, KS, 53

Fort McHenry, MD, 39

Fort Meigs, OH, 36

Fort Niagara, NY, 36

Fort Stanwix, NY, 10

Fort Stedman, VA, 95–96

Fort Sumter, SC, 71

Fort Ticonderoga, NY, 6, 10

Fort Washington, MD, 39

Four Freedoms (Roosevelt, F.), 180, 181

Fowler, William M., Jr., 29

France/French

Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347, 352

Between the States (1860-1865), 75, 78

1812, 32

Gulf War (1990-1991), 296

Independence (1775-1783), 5, 11–12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23

Iraq (2003-2011), 318, 320

Korea (1950-1953), 246, 249

Vietnam (1965-1975), 259

France/French (
cont.
)

World War I (1914-1918), 124, 125, 126–127, 128–129, 130, 136, 137–138, 139–140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, 152, 153–154, 155–156, 156–158, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167, 169, 171, 172

World War II (1939-1945), 179, 181–182, 188, 193, 196, 202, 203, 208, 211, 212, 220, 234

Franklin, Benjamin, 20

Franks, Fred, 309

Franks, Tommy, 318, 319–320, 321, 322, 334

Fredendall, Lloyd, 189

Fredericksburg, VA, 81

Freeman, Chas, 299

Freeman’s Farm, NY, 11

Fremont, John C., 54

French, Sir John, 136

French and Indian War, xvi

French Indochina, 214

Frenchtown, MI, 36

“friendly fire” incidents, 191, 204, 310, 328

Funston, Frederick, 116

future of America influenced by wars, xv, xvi.
See also
America at war

Gage, Thomas, 3–4, 6

Gale, Edmund, 33

Gallieni, Joseph “savior of Paris, the,” 128

Gallipoli Peninsula (Ottoman Empire), 137

Garner, Jay, 338

Gates, Horatio, 11, 17

Gates, Robert, 348

General Offensive (Tet Offensive), 274–277

Geneva Accords, 259

George III (King of England), 5, 12

George V (King of England), 128, 140

Georgia, 10, 12, 16, 70, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95

Germain, Lord George, 9, 10, 14, 20, 22

Germantown, PA, 9, 13

Germany/Germans, 104, 125.
See also
Hitler, Adolf; Nazi Germany

Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347, 352

Gulf War (1990-1991), 297

Independence (1775-1783), 6, 7, 8, 10, 21

Iraq (2003-2011), 320

submarine (U-boat) warfare, 141, 142–143, 144, 149–150, 165, 170, 182, 183, 184, 194–198

World War I (1914-1918), 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130–131, 132, 133, 134, 135–136, 136–137, 138–139, 141, 152, 156, 159, 164–165, 166–167, 169–170

World War II (1939-1945), 179, 180–181, 182, 186, 198, 199, 200, 201–203, 208, 209–210, 211, 212, 232–233, 233, 234

Gettysburg, PA, xv, 82–84, 85, 87, 91, 96, 97, 98, 220

Ghana, Africa, 136

Ghent, Belgium, 159

Giap, Vo Nguyen, 279–280

Gibraltar, 21

Gilmore, Howard, 227–228

Glitra
(British ship), 142

Glover, John, 7–8

Gold Beach, 205

Goldwater, Barry, 263

Goodneck, William K., 209

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 305

Göring, Hermann, 200

Gorlice, Poland, 132, 134

Gotha G IVs, 159

Grant, Ulysses S.

Between the States (1860-1865), 85–87, 88–90, 91, 92–94, 94–95, 96, 99, 104

Mexico (1846-1848), 50, 62, 63

Grasse, Comte de, 12, 20, 21

Graves, Sir Thomas, 20, 22

Great Britain/British.
See also
Royal Air Force; Royal Navy

Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347, 351, 352

Between the States (1860-1865), 97–98

British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 128, 130, 136, 137

1812, xv, 25–43

Gulf War (1990-1991), 296, 297, 305, 312

impressment of U.S. sailors by, 28, 29, 34, 41, 42, 43

Independence (1775-1783), 1–24,
2,
355–356

Iraq (2003-2011), 317, 318, 319, 322, 325–326, 327, 328, 330, 334

Korea (1950-1953), 241, 245, 249

World War I (1914-1918), 126, 127, 128, 130–131, 133–134, 136–137, 138–139, 139–140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 150–151, 152, 155–156, 163–164, 166, 167, 172

World War II (1939-1945), 179–180, 181–182, 183, 184–185, 186, 187–188, 194–195, 196, 197, 207, 212, 214–215, 229–230, 234

Great Depression, 180

Great Society program (Johnson), 258

Great War, 124.
See also
World War I (1914-1918)

Greece, 164, 182, 249

Greene, Nathanael, 13–14, 17–18, 18–19, 23

Guadalcanal, 219–220, 221

Guam, 113, 118, 212, 223, 280

Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 107

Guatemala, 48

Guilford Courthouse, NC, 19

Gulf of Siam, 278

Gulf of Trieste, 135

Gulf War (1990-1991), 285–313,
286,
287,
288,
289,
318, 319, 322, 363–364

Haifa, Israel, 304

Haig, Sir Douglas, 137, 138, 139–140, 146, 150–151, 152, 153, 155–156, 156, 163, 168–169, 170, 171

Haiphong, Vietnam, 265, 266, 278, 280, 281

Halberstam, David, 250

Halifax, Canada, 34, 39

Halleck, Henry “Old Brains,” 86, 89, 90

Hallion, Richard P., 250–251

“halls of Montezuma” (Marine hymn), 60

Halsey, William “Bull,” 221, 222–223, 227

Hamilton, Nigel, 205

Hampton, Wade, 36, 38

Hampton Roads, VA, 73–74, 74, 75

Hanoi, Vietnam, 257, 259, 261, 265, 266, 267, 269, 273, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283

Han River, 245

Hapsburgs, 124, 166.
See also
Austrian-Hungarian Empire

Harpers Ferry, WV, 78, 79

Harris, Sir Arthur, 198, 203

Harrison, William Henry, 35

Hart, B. H. Liddell, 141, 171, 172

Harvard, 4, 270

Hastings, Max, 242

Hatteras Inlet, NC, 76

Havana, Cuba, 51, 56, 75, 103, 105

Hawaiian Islands, 178, 179, 227.
See also
Pearl Harbor

Hay, John, 104

helicopters warfare, 251, 271, 307

Hellcats, 182

Henry, Robert Selph, 57

Herring, George, 283

Herzstein, Robert E., 180

Hickey, Michael, 245

“Highway of Death,” 309

Hill, A. P., 79, 83

Himalayan Mountains, 225

Hindenburg, Paul von, 131–132, 140, 150, 164, 165, 169, 171, 180

Hindenburg Line, 139, 163, 169

Hindiyah, Iraq, 332

Hirohito (Emperor of Japan), 231

Hiroshima, Japan, 230, 235–236

Hitler, Adolf, 170, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 197, 202, 203, 207, 208, 209, 211, 232, 234, 241

HMAS
Sidney,
249

HMS
Alert,
32

HMS
Ark Royal,
325

HMS
Belfast,
249

HMS
Boxer,
35

HMS
Frolic,
32

HMS
Gloucester,
304

HMS
Guerriere,
32

HMS
Inflexible,
141

HMS
Invincible,
141

HMS
Java,
32

HMS
Macedonian,
32, 35

HMS
Peacock,
32

HMS
Prince of Wales,
184, 185, 186, 229

HMS
Reindeer,
35

HMS
Repulse,
186, 229

HMS
Shannon,
37

HMS
Triumph,
249

HMS
Turbulent,
325

Hobkirk’s Hill, Camden, 19

Ho Chi Minh, 259, 260

Ho Chi Minh Trail, 269

Holland, 124, 162, 201, 208–209, 211

Holly Springs, MS, 88

Hong Kong, 104, 229

Honshu, Japan, 230

Hood, John Bell, 91–92

Hooker, Joseph, 79, 81, 84, 89

Horner, Charles, 297

House of Representatives.
See
Congress

Houston, Sam, 48

Howe, Sir William, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 22

Hubbardton, VT, 10

Hubble, Edwin P., 158

Hudson River, 7, 9

Hue, Vietnam, 275–276

Hull, William, 30, 31, 38

Humphreys, Joshua, 21

Hungary, 194

Hunt class boats, 296

Hunter, Daniel, 94

Hürtgen Forest, Germany, 209

Hussein, Saddam

Gulf War (1990-1991), 290, 293, 294, 295, 296, 302, 303, 304, 305, 310–312, 312–313

Iraq (2003-2011), 317–318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 330, 331, 332, 334, 336, 337, 339, 340

Iaccaci, August and Paul, 161

Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, 270–271