Andreyvich, Timofey, 202
Anikushkin, F. G., 40, 41, 143, 172, 223, 224, 273
Antonov, G. S., 85, 239
Arkhipenko, Fedor, 61, 69, 91–93, 149
Artemenko, Pavel D., 130, 163
Astakhov, F. A., 192, 210
BA-10 armored car, 27, 34, 39, 287
BA-20 armored car, 27, 34, 39, 40, 287
Bagramyan, Ivan Khristoforovich, 11, 12, 14, 62–66, 89, 95–101, 103, 125, 127, 192, 193, 209–211, 213, 214, 217–219, 230, 236, 238, 239, 252, 253
Balykov, Mikhail, 78
Baranov, Sergey V. 170, 250, 273
Belarus Brest, 59, 93, 111, 127, 148, 192
Belarusian Military District, 10, 11
Berezina River, 164
Bergander, Sergeant, 82
Beria, Lavrentiy, 12
Berzin, Jan, 17, 54, 55
Bibik, B. G., 146
Blazhey, A. K., 115
Blyukher, Marshal Vasiliy, 12
BM-13 rocket launcher (Katyusha), 28
Bochakoshvili, Lieutenant, 129
Brandenburg, 76
British Isles, 1, 52
BT (Bystrokhodniy Tank) series, 18, 21, 22, 25–27, 34, 36–43, 45, 67, 78, 113, 150, 172, 179, 184, 186, 191, 199, 242, 260, 261, 284
Byelorussia, 20, 94, 178, 197, 199, 251
Byten collective farm, 88
Carden, Sir John Valentine, 22
Carpathian Mountains, 4, 29, 126, 194
Caspian Sea, 56
Caterpillar tractor, 18
Chamberlain, Neville, 57
Chernyaev, V., 118, 120
Christie, J. Walter, 18, 22, 23
Churchill, Winston, 51, 56, 57
Cold War, 51
Communist Party, 9–14, 21, 51, 54, 56, 108, 173, 207, 225, 237
Crüwell, Ludwig, 2, 3, 82
Daladier, Edouard, 56, 57
Danube Delta, 4
Dashnaks, 11
Dnieper River, 2, 3
DShK machine guns, 47
English Channel, 1
Fedyuninskiy, Ivan, 71, 80, 83–85, 127, 128, 130, 148, 149, 164, 215
Feklenko, Nikolay V., 44, 100, 120, 135, 151, 162, 167, 168, 176, 177, 196, 207, 211, 221, 222, 231, 240, 246, 273
Fiesseler Storch plane, 142
France, 1, 5, 8, 20, 47, 56, 57, 59, 107
Saint Germain, 5
Frunze, M. V., 15
Galaida, N. S., 184, 186
GAZ-AA truck, 75
Gendin, Semyon G., 54
Gerasimov, A. V., 112, 184, 188, 191, 199, 200, 225, 232, 271
German Military Units
3rd Artillery Regiment, 161
4th Antitank Battalion, 162, 269
4th Artillery Regiment, 162
4th Company, 82
9th Panzer Division, 7, 235, 264, 281
11th Panzer Division, 1–3, 7, 82, 99, 127, 132, 139, 152, 153, 165, 175, 177, 178, 193, 198, 208, 209, 221, 222, 225, 227, 228, 234, 235, 252, 264, 280
13th Motorized Engineer Battalion, 162
13th Panzer Division, 7, 127, 161, 166, 173, 175, 177, 195, 196, 221, 264, 280
14th Panzer Division, 7, 80, 127, 130, 131, 145, 147, 161, 166, 173, 220, 231, 247, 264, 280
15th Panzer Regiment, 82, 132, 139, 140, 143, 144, 152, 153, 165, 178, 198, 199, 228
16th Panzer Division, 7, 127, 174, 175, 209, 225, 226, 227, 234, 242, 247, 248, 264, 280
25th Motorized Infantry Division, 220, 231, 245, 247, 264
36th Panzer Regiment, 161, 162
44th Infantry Division, 80, 127, 130, 234, 242, 264
56th Infantry Division, 83–85, 263
57th Infantry Division, 132, 184, 227, 234, 264
60th Artillery Regiment, 162
62nd Infantry Division, 129, 263
75th Infantry Division, 175, 226, 227, 263
103rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 162
108th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 161, 162
110th Infantry Division, 144, 165
110th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 152
111th Infantry Division, 175, 177, 226, 234, 242, 264
192nd Infantry Regiment, 184, 269
298th Infantry Division, 79, 127, 130, 145, 147, 230, 263
299th Infantry Division, 80, 127, 131, 132, 175, 177, 195, 196, 221, 242, 264
511th Artillery Regiment, 162
607th Heavy Artillery Battalion, 162
607th Mortar Battalion, 162
670th Separate Antitank Battalion, 247
731st Heavy Artillery Battalion, 162
Africa Corps (Afrikakorps), 2
Air Force, 52, 56, 91, 94
Army Group South, 3, 4, 7, 77, 85, 123, 124, 130, 174, 193, 194, 214, 235, 237, 245, 263
Eleventh Army, 3
Ghost Division, 2, 75
III Corps, 165, 173, 242, 247
III Mechanized Corps, 4, 175
Jagdgeschwader 3, 94
Luftflotte 4, 4, 90, 94
LV Corps, 4, 246, 263
Panzer Group 1, 3, 4, 6–8, 123, 194, 235, 258, 261, 263, 264, 281
Panzer Group 2, 6
Recon Battalion 231, 165
Rumanian Fourth Army, 3
Rumanian Third Army, 3
Seventeenth Field Army, 3
Sixth Field Army, 3, 4, 6, 258, 263
SS Motorized Division Adolf Hitler, 247
XIV Motorized Corps, 4, 194, 264
XLIV Mechanized Corps, 4, 264
XLVIII Mechanized Corps, 4
XVII Corps, 4, 83, 263
XXIX Corps, 4, 131, 264
Germany, 3, 17–19, 21, 23, 29, 51–54, 56–63, 68, 69, 77, 86, 87, 98, 106, 107, 109
Koenigsberg, 99
Memel, 99
Goebbels, Paul Joseph, 53
Golikov, F. I., 10, 11, 64
Goryn River, 134, 194, 196, 199, 219, 220, 221, 222, 229, 230, 239, 246
Grigorenko, General, 10, 13
GRU (Chief Intelligence Office), 30, 64
Guderian, Heinz, 5
Gurov, Ivan K., 241
Hacha, Emil, 30
Halder, Franz, 4–6, 108, 124, 193, 234, 242, 247
Harnak, Arvid, 56
He-101 airplane, 228
Hess, Rudolph, 52
Hitler, Adolf, 1–3, 6, 7, 20, 24, 30, 51–60, 68, 86, 107, 171, 246, 247, 264
Höckendorf, Alfred, 82
Hungary, 4, 98, 101, 126, 194, 213, 218
I-15 fighter, 90
I-153 fighter, 84, 90–92, 94, 149
I-16 fighter, 90, 94, 95, 115
Ikva River, 151, 161, 167, 169, 175, 177, 217, 222, 229, 234, 254
Ilyin-Mitkevich, A. F., 240
India, 2
Isayev, A. V., 7, 93, 152, 196, 230
Ivanov, Ivan Ivanovich, 84, 112, 265, 268
Ivashkovskiy, Senior Lieutenant, 151
Ju-88 bomber, 95
Kahn, David, 60
Kalinin, N. V., 118, 133, 149, 166, 272
Karpezo, Ignatiy I., 37, 38, 99, 100, 125, 139, 143, 152, 160, 168–172, 181–183, 227, 272
Katukov, Mikhail, 118, 195, 245, 272
Khalkhin-Gol River, 19, 20
Khasan, Lake, 19
Khizhin, Nikolai, 78
Khruschev, Nikita, 108, 209, 265
Kiev Fortified District, 220, 251, 266
Kiev Special Military District, 3, 15, 24, 27–29, 33, 44, 48–50, 62–67, 71, 85–88. 90, 91, 93–97, 99, 100, 102, 108, 109, 117, 192, 262, 265, 270–274
Kirillych, Nikolai, 156
Kirilov, N. K., 114
Kirponos, Mikhail P., 15, 47, 63, 64, 66–70, 88–90, 97–104, 108, 126, 127, 157–160, 192, 193, 195, 196, 204, 209, 211–219, 229, 230, 236–239, 249–253, 261, 262, 265
Kleist, Ewald von, 3, 123, 124, 194, 261, 262, 264
Klevan, Ukraine, 133, 135, 151, 162, 167, 176, 207, 220, 229–231, 239, 240
Kokorin, S. N., 189
Komsomol, 16
Kondrusev, Semyon M., 34, 135, 145–147, 274
Konev, I. S., 66, 2
20
Kornilov, I. A., 253
Kostenko, F. Y., 112, 269
Krasnoretskiy, N. P., 197–199
Kuchin, Mikhail, 137
KV tank, 6, 21, 24–27, 34–36, 38–40, 42, 45, 58, 80, 111, 115, 157, 164, 169, 177, 179, 182–184, 187, 188, 202, 221, 227, 231, 233, 242, 248, 253, 257, 260, 287
Kyuzis, Peteris, 54
Lakeyev, I. A., 92
Landser, 8, 83, 130
Laskin, Boris, 192
Leningrad Military District, 15, 87
Lieth-Thomsen, Hermann von der, 17
Lisichkin, Y. A., 191
Lloyd, Vivian, 22
Lopatin, A. I., 81, 153, 161, 166, 223, 229
Loytved-Hardegg, Rudolf, 5
Lukin, M. F., 66, 178, 179, 194, 197, 209, 211, 214, 216, 219, 222, 228, 229, 236, 237, 252, 253
Lutai, Ivan Vasilevich, 170, 183, 272
Lutzow, Gunther, 94
Lysenko, Georgiy E., 139
M1931 tank, 18
Mackensen, Eberhard von, 4, 264
Malygin, Konstantin A., 35, 36, 77–81, 194, 221
Maslov, A. G., 117, 134, 135, 180, 272
Maxim machine guns, 75
Meretskov, Kiril A., 12
Messerschmitt Bf 110 airplane, 52
MiG fighter planes, 94, 95, 149
Mikhailov, A. N., 203
Mishanin, T. A., 112, 137, 170, 184, 186, 200–203, 209, 225, 232–234
Molotov, Vyacheslav, 35, 105, 106, 174
Morgunov, Rodion N., 33, 35, 67, 100, 207, 227, 255, 261, 265
Moskalenko, K. S., 47, 65, 121–123, 146–148, 163, 164, 173, 262
MS-1 tank, 18
Mulin, V. M., 11
Muzychenko, Ivan N., 69, 89, 116, 127, 137, 151, 193, 250, 251, 268
Nesterov, E. D., 216
North-Caucasus Military District, 65, 66
Novikov, N. A., 118, 120, 195, 220, 248, 249, 272
Odessa Military District, 3, 87
Ogurtzov, Sergey Y., 126, 143, 171
Oksen, M. A., 137, 200, 249
Oktyabrskiy, F. S., 105
Olenik, Robert, 94
Operation Barbarossa, 21, 52, 54, 60
OT-26 tank, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 221
OUN, the Organizatsiya Ukrainskikh
Natsionalistov, 61, 89, 154
Ozirniy, N. F. 227
Palestine, 2
Panyukhov, V. P., 203
Parsegov, Mikhail A., 48, 50
Pavlov, Petr P., 35, 36, 78, 79, 81, 110, 111, 148, 166, 274
People’s Commissariat for Defense (Narodniy Kommissariat Oborony, or NKO), 16, 31, 71
People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD), 12, 43, 54, 55, 64, 66, 68, 75, 103, 116, 128, 135, 154, 155, 270
Pershakov, Mikhail A., 250
Petrov, V. F., 247
Pisarevskiy, D. S., 88, 104, 267
Pleshakov, Ivan N., 190, 191, 225, 241, 254
Plyashevka River, 168, 184, 225
Podoprigora, A. I., 197, 236
Poland, 1–4, 6, 20, 29, 30, 47, 52, 53, 56, 59, 60
Laszczow, 3
Stalowa Wola, 1
Wlodawa, 4
Politburo, 62, 71, 105
Ponedelin, P. G., 70, 193, 268
Popel, Nikolai, 20, 69, 112–116, 136–138, 154–156, 169, 170, 184–191, 199–203, 205–210, 214, 218, 224, 225, 227, 228, 232, 233–235, 240–242, 247–249, 254, 271
Popov, N. A., 184, 201, 202, 215, 268
Poretsky, Ignac, 55
Potapov, Mikhail I., 63, 83, 88, 103, 104, 110, 121–123, 133, 148, 157, 159–163, 172, 180, 194, 213, 216, 218, 219, 229–232, 245, 247, 250, 267
Pripyat Marshes, 29, 149
Pripyat River, 148
Prussia, 3
Ptukhin, E. S., 67, 90, 91, 95–97, 192, 265
Purkayev, Antonia, 62
Purkayev, Maxim A., 62, 63, 67, 68, 71, 89, 97, 98, 100–104, 126, 127, 135, 157, 193, 211, 213, 217, 230, 238, 254, 261, 265
Pz 38(t) tank, 22
Pz I tank, 7, 19
Pz II tank, 7, 22
Pz III tank, 7, 22, 186
Pz IV tank, 7, 58, 186
Red Army, the, 3, 13–18, 20, 21, 24–26, 28, 30–33, 43, 47, 48, 57, 58, 61, 62, 77, 79–82, 85, 89, 90, 102, 105–108, 116, 121, 124, 130, 134, 135, 150, 151, 165, 178, 199, 242, 254, 255, 258, 261
Reed, Anthony, 52, 53
Reichenau, Walther von, 3, 263
Renesse, Lieutenant von, 140, 141, 153
Rezun, Vladimir (pen name Viktor Suvorov), 30
Riebel, Lieutenant Colonel, 142
Rokossovskiy, Konstantin K., 12, 43, 44, 100, 116–120, 133–135, 149, 152, 162, 166, 167, 179, 180, 181, 195, 196, 207, 211, 220, 221, 231, 240, 242, 245, 272
Romania, 2, 4
Rommel, Erwin, 2
Rowehl, Theodor, 60
Royal Air Force, 52
Rumania, 3, 4, 29, 30, 99, 101, 106, 107
Ploesti, 3
Rundstedt, Gerd von, 3, 5, 263
Russia, 2, 4–6, 12–18, 21, 23, 37, 42, 51–54, 57–60, 75, 76, 82, 84, 86, 93, 107, 135, 140–142, 150, 152, 153, 165, 179, 182, 225, 226, 228, 230, 234, 235, 242, 252, 258, 261
Kazan, 17–19
Kremlin, 71, 105
Kursk, 118, 262
Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), 15, 87
Lipetsk, 18
Lyublin, 4, 101, 103, 157
Moscow, 12, 54, 55, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69–71, 87, 89, 97–102, 104, 106, 108, 109, 117, 122, 123, 149, 150, 157, 192, 193, 198, 209, 211, 214, 218, 230, 237, 238, 252
Stalingrad, 3
Russian Imperial Army, 13, 84
Ryabyshev, Dmitriy I., 20, 41, 69, 111–116, 136–138, 152, 154–156, 160, 168–171, 183, 184, 187–190, 199–201, 203–207, 209211, 214, 216, 218, 225–227, 232–234, 242, 249, 253, 254, 271
Schrodek, Gustav, 140–142, 152, 153, 165, 178, 198, 225, 228, 236, 252
Schulze-Boysen, Harro, 56
Schwerepunkt, 77, 194
Semenchenko, Kuzma A., 146, 166, 246, 274
Serbia, 2, 107
Belgrade, 2
Serdich, Danilo, 10
Severuvka River, 223
Shaposhnikov, Boris M., 14, 18
Sherstyuk, G. I., 84, 85, 128
Shulenburg, Count von, 105
Sidorenko, N. I., 198, 199
Silesia, 2
Skripko, Nikolay S., 95
Slonovka River, 168, 170, 185, 186, 188
Sluch River, 239
Slyusarenko, Z. K., 182
Smekhotvorov, F. N., 144
Sokolin, Lieutenant Colonel, 146
Sokolov, N. D., 118
Sorge, Richard, 54, 55
Sotenski, V. N., 145
South-Western Front, 148, 149, 152, 153, 156–159, 161, 169–171, 180, 190–192, 194, 196, 203, 204, 206, 207, 209, 213, 214, 218, 219, 228–230, 232, 236–240, 245, 249, 251, 255
Sovetnikov, General, 63, 239, 240
Soviet Far East, 12, 19
Soviet Military Units
1st Antitank Artillery Brigade, 28, 47, 65, 109, 121, 122, 126, 132, 145, 146, 160, 163, 173, 175, 194, 219, 230, 231, 262, 268
1st Rifle Battalion, 79, 85, 129
1st Tank Army, 118
2nd Antitank Artillery Brigade, 125, 159, 250, 269
2nd Motorcycle Regiment, 155, 207, 208, 271
7th Motorized Rifle Division, 42, 112, 114, 116, 136, 137, 139, 171, 184, 188–190, 199, 200, 203, 204, 207, 209, 225, 227, 232, 234, 253, 254, 260, 269, 271
8th Tank Division, 158, 160, 181, 223, 224, 235, 250, 260, 268, 281
10th Howitzer Regiment, 172, 272
10th Tank Division, 37–40, 99, 126, 127, 139, 142–144, 152, 171, 172, 181, 182, 196, 197, 223, 224, 243, 252, 260, 265, 272
12th Howitzer Regiment, 186, 271
12th Tank Division, 42, 112, 114, 116, 136–138, 169–171, 184–190, 200, 201, 203, 204, 207, 209, 216, 225, 232, 233, 247, 253, 260, 269, 271
14th Cavalry Division, 41, 21
3, 214, 217, 225, 229, 250, 252, 266
14th Mixed Air Division, 91, 92, 268
15th Tank Division, 34, 269
16th Air Division, 96, 268
16th Field Army, 66
16th Rifle Regiment, 79, 215, 246, 270
16th Tank Regiment, 197
17th Air Division, 94, 96
17th Fighter Regiment, 84, 91–94, 149
18th Light Tank Brigade, 38
19th Air Division, 94
19th Field Army, 66, 100
19th Tank Division, 34–37, 104, 111, 126, 143, 145–147, 160, 164, 166, 172, 182, 231, 246, 267, 272, 274
20th Tank Division, 43, 44, 118, 119, 134, 143, 151, 179, 180, 195, 220, 245, 259, 265, 272
20th Tank Regiment, 171, 172
23rd Tank Regiment, 184
24th Tank Regiment, 169, 184–187, 201, 207, 208, 247, 271
27th Rifle Regiment, 163, 190, 191, 209, 218, 225, 241, 271
32nd Tank Division, 144, 268
34th Tank Division, 42, 112, 114–116, 137, 138, 171, 188–190, 199, 203, 204, 207–209, 232, 234, 240, 241, 247, 259, 260, 269, 271
35th Tank Division, 34, 43–45, 118, 119, 134, 151, 179, 195, 220, 245, 259, 265, 272
36th Air Division, 95
37th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 223, 224, 250 273
37th Rifle Corps, 196, 250
37th Tank Division, 37, 38, 40, 41, 99, 126, 127, 143, 144, 146, 152, 172, 182, 183, 196, 197, 223, 224, 243, 250, 259, 260, 265, 273
40th Tank Division, 44–46, 168, 176, 177, 222, 259, 265, 272, 273
41st Motorized Rifle Regiment, 36, 78, 80, 85, 110, 128, 129, 274
41st Tank Division, 34–37, 77–81, 88, 102, 104, 110, 123, 128–130, 132, 147, 148, 160, 164, 166, 194, 215, 220, 221, 231, 238, 246, 258–260, 267, 274
43rd Tank Division, 34, 44–46, 120, 121, 168, 176, 177, 222, 231, 259, 265, 273
44th Air Division, 92, 94
44th Mixed Air Division, 95
45th Fighter Division, 90
45th Rifle Division, 81, 84, 85, 110, 128, 129, 149, 215, 259, 260, 267
62nd Air Division, 94
62nd Bomber Division, 94, 268
62nd Rifle Division, 81, 83–85, 128, 129, 215, 259, 260, 267
70th Rifle Division, 15
73rd Tank Regiment, 223, 273
74th Tank Regiment, 223, 251, 273
75th Rifle Division, 149
82nd Tank Regiment, 79, 274
87th Fighter Regiment, 95
87th Rifle Division, 79–83, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 157, 160, 161, 214, 215, 243, 246, 259, 260, 267
89th Fighter Regiment, 94
96th Rifle Regiment, 130, 269
98th NKVD Border Guards, 128, 270
99th Rifle Division, 63, 269
104th Rifle Regiment, 85, 128
109th Motorized Rifle Division, 178, 179, 197, 219, 222, 259
123rd Rifle Regiment, 85, 128
124th Rifle Division, 80–82, 98, 99, 125, 130–132, 157, 160, 161, 214, 215, 254, 259, 260, 267
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