Aga Khan, 751fn.
Ahnenerbe (Institute for Research into Heredity), 980, 982
Air Force, German, see Luftwaffe
Aisne river, 737
Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Lord, 730fn.
Albania, 469, 813, 816, 818, 820, 821, 825, 1006
Albert Canal, 724, 725
Alexander I, Czar of Russia, 542, 1015
Alexander, Gen. Sir Harold, 919, 1033, 1107
Alexandria, Egypt, 817, 911, 919
Alfieri, Dino, 751, 756
Algeria, 814, 923
Algiers, 923
Allianz insurance company, 144, 206
Allied air operations, 1001, 1038, 1040, 1092, 1093, 1099; bombing of Germany, 778–80, 807–9, 954, 1008–9, 1013, 1027, 1031, 1032, 1037, 1096–1100, 1108, 1110
Allied commandos, 955
Allied Supreme War Council, 675fn., 696, 717
Allies, Nazi hopes for dissension among, 1011, 1033, 1042, 1087, 1091–92, 1098
Alsace, 400, 983fn., 1091, 1094
Alsace-Lorraine, 58, 286, 436, 641, 742
Altmark (Ger. auxiliary ship), 679, 680
Alvensleben, Werner von, 182
Amann, Max, 49, 80, 246, 760
Amau, Vice-Minister, 884
Amen, Col. John Harlan, 532fn., 959
America First Committee, 827fn., 871
Amery, Leopold, 611
Amsterdam, 716, 721
Andalsnes, 706, 708, 710
Angell, Norman, 784
Anglo–German naval agreement (1935), 287–89, 419, 467, 471, 489fn.
Anglo–Polish treaty (1939), 550, 551, 556–57, 564, 570
Annunziata, Collar of the, 483
Anti-Comintern Pact, 299, 353, 439, 455, 459, 465, 476, 506, 523, 539–40, 887
anti-Hitler conspiracy, 372–82, 404–8, 411–14, 422–26, 517, 530, 558–60, 591, 596, 647–56, 658–59, 670, 692–94, 715, 719, 754fn., 846fn., 848fn., 903–8, 1002, 1012–82
anti-Semitism, 23–27, 35, 40fn., 41, 45, 48, 91, 106, 149, 236, 238, 251, 372; see also Jews
“Anton,” 922, 923
Antonescu, Ion, 800fn., 995
Antwerp, 717, 718, 724, 725, 761, 772, 1086, 1090, 1099
Arabia, 810
Arabian Sea, 805
Archangel, U.S.S.R., 811, 870fn.
Arco-Valley, Count Anton, 33
Ardennes Forest, 718, 723, 933, 1090–96, 1108
armistice: of 1918, see under World War I; of 1940, see Franco–German armistice; Franco–Italian armistice
Army, German (and Reichswehr), 63–66, 89, 93, 119, 143, 160, 185, 201, 211, 236, 259, 260, 263, 267, 293, 301, 305, 328, 458, 1104–5
UNDER THE REPUBLIC: political activities, 3, 31–35, 38, 45, 46, 53–55, 63, 64, 137–38, 150–52, 159–62, 174–75, 179, 182–83, 188, 219; policy on armistice and Versailles terms, 31–32, 53, 58–60, 62, 63, 65, 281, 284, 285; attitude toward Republic, 31–34, 53, 58–61, 64–65, 138–42, 186–87; suppresses leftists, 33–34, 54–55, 65, 165; relations with Nazis (to 1934), 45, 46, 70–73, 77, 138–42, 146, 159–61, 182–83, 185–88, 196–98, 204–7, 214–16, 220, 225–27, 229
HITLER ERA: subordination to Hitler, 226–27, 229, 318, 320, 324, 355–56, 658–59, 754fn., 840, 866–67; expansion and reorganization by Hitler, 253–55, 281, 284–85, 299, 307, 318–19, 489, 865; generals’ opposition to Hitler, 309, 310, 354, 366–71, 488, 517–18, 643–46, 830–31, 834, 856–58, 915, 917–19, 926–27, 1091; Blomberg-Fritsch affair, 311–21, 354–56; generals’ plot, 317, 372, 374, 378–82, 393, 405, 414, 424–26, 517–18, 558–60, 647–51, 658–59, 693–94, 903–7, 1014–15, 1018–19, 1020–22, 1026–36, 1041–82
INVASION PLANS AND CAMPAIGNS: Austria, 335, 336; Balkans, 816–17, 820; Britain, 747, 758–67, 774, 781; Czechoslovakia, 363, 366–71, 377–82, 387, 393, 402, 410, 428, 445; Danzig and Memel, 456, 468, 498; Mediterranean area, 913–14; North Africa, 827, 911–13; Norway and Denmark, 673, 681–82, 698–701, 707, 709–11; Poland, 460, 462–63, 496–98, 506, 517–18, 530, 534, 549, 556–60, 569, 589–91, 599, 625, 626, 629, 633, 660–61, 944; Russia, 796–800, 810, 812, 822, 829–32, 834, 844–46, 853, 855–70, 879, 891, 909, 915–19, 922, 925–34, 1014–15; Western Europe, 487, 506, 590, 618, 633, 635, 643–46, 652, 656, 658–59, 693–94, 713, 715–38, 728–29, 731–36, 741
SETBACKS AND DEFEAT: retreat in Africa, 919–21; Italy, 996, 999–1001; Russian front, 1006–7, 1041, 1043, 1085, 1096–98, 1103; in west, 1036–42, 1085–86, 1088–96, 1099, 1100–2; total mobilization, 1087; desertions, 1088, 1100–1; rout and surrender, 1105–7, 1112–13, 1120–22, 1125, 1126, 1130, 1138, 1139
WAR CRIMES AND VIOLATIONS OF GENEVA CONVENTION, 939, 945, 947, 952, 957–59, 976, 1029, 1090fn., 1095fn., 1100
Army, German, units:
ARMY GROUPS:
A (eastern front), 915, 928
A (western front), 718, 726, 732, 733, 762–63
B (in Alps), 999
B (eastern front), 916
B (western front, 1940), 733, 762
B (western front, 1944–45), 1031, 1038, 1040, 1074–75, 1105
C, 646
Center, 853, 856–57, 859, 862, 863, 865, 903fn., 905, 947, 1014, 1018–19, 1041, 1046, 1085
Don, 926–28
G, 1138
H, 1101
North, 497, 625, 626, 853, 856, 903fn.
South, 497, 830, 853, 856, 861, 903fn.
Ukraine-North, 947
ARMORED GROUPS:
Third Tank, 863
Fourth Tank, 863, 865
ARMIES:
First, 387, 1138
First Panzer, 860, 914, 916, 928
Second, 387, 1043
Second Panzer, 863, 864
Third, 387, 497, 625, 660
Fourth, 387, 497, 625, 860, 863, 864, 865, 868–69
Fourth Panzer, 914–16, 919, 926–27
Fifth Panzer, 1093, 1105
Sixth, 722, 724, 725, 726, 728, 730, 731, 762, 763, 767, 782, 861fn., 909, 914, 915, 919, 922, 926–27, 929, 930–31, 933, 1014
Seventh, 1037, 1038, 1039
Eighth, 387, 497
Ninth, 762, 782, 868, 947, 1120
Tenth, 387, 497, 626
Tenth, 959
Twelfth, 387, 826
Fourteenth, 387, 497, 626
Fifteenth, 1037, 1105
Sixteenth, 762
Seventeenth, 928, 1007
Eighteenth, 721, 731, 738
Nineteenth, 1138
Replacement (Home) Army, 904, 906, 1015, 1019, 1030, 1034–35, 1044–45, 1048–49, 1057, 1058, 1063, 1064, 1073, 1080, 1087
West, Army of the, 370
CORPS:
Ist, 557
IIIrd, 413
XVth Armored, 724
XVIth Armored, 725
XIXth Armored, 626, 724
XXXIXth, 722
XLIst Armored (Tank), 724, 859
XLVIIth Armored, 1093
LXXVth, 956
Afrika Korps, 911–13, 919–25, 1078
DIVISIONS:
2nd Panzer, 727
3rd Panzergrenadier, 999
4th Panzer, 626
6th Panzer, 1028
9th Panzer, 722
10th Panzer, 1029
18th Grenadier, 1088
21st Panzer, 1039
23rd Infantry, 375
28th Rifle, 1074
163rd Infantry, 703
258th Infantry, 863
Volksgrenadier, 1048–49
BRIGADES, REGIMENTS, BATTALIONS:
12th Artillery Regt., 355
17th Bamberg Cav. Regt., 1028
150th Panzer Brigade, 1092
Guard Battalion Grossdeutschland, 1061
MILITARY DISTRICTS (Wehrkreise):
III (Berlin), 284, 375, 1035, 1061; Berlin Kommandantur, 1030, 1061, 1063
VII (Munich), 35, 38
WAFFEN (ARMED) S.S. UNITS, see under S. S.
Army General Staff, 53, 99, 174, 335, 367, 370, 371, 379, 380, 400, 424, 487, 488, 498, 650, 6
56, 658, 673, 718, 749fn., 756, 758, 763fn., 774, 830, 843, 856–57, 914–19, 933, 1029, 1087, 1130, 1139; banned by Versailles Treaty, 58fn., 62; re-created as Truppenamt, 62; re-established, 281, 284, 285fn.; resignation of Beck as Chief, 370–72, 559; apptmt. of Halder, 370–72; Halder out, Zeitzler named, 917–18; Guderian named, 1080–81; Krebs named, 1112; see also Beck, Ludwig; Halder; Guderian; Krebs; Zeitzler
Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres—OKH), 377–79, 560, 658, 661, 673, 682, 717, 726–27, 759, 762, 764, 774, 782, 812, 822, 856–57, 858, 1027, 1028, 1030, 1057, 1073
Army Law (July 20, 1933), 208
Arnhem, 1089
Arras, 30
Artists’ Club, 1012
Aryan superiority, 39, 81–82, 86–89, 103–4, 107, 145, 237, 245, 250, 251
Asch, 388, 402
Ashton-Gwatkin, Frank, 416–18
Asia, 305, 805, 872, 873, 885, 892, 901, 1007
Asquith, Herbert, 385
Assmann, Adm. Kurt, 1052fn.
Associated Press, 477fn., 784fn., 956
Astakhov, Georgi, 481, 493, 500–1, 505, 506, 513
Astor, Lady, 376
Athenia, S. S., 622, 636–38
Athens, 826
Atlantic, Battle of the, 877fn., 879–83, 894fn., 895, 898, 901, 912, 913, 1007, 1008, 1099
Atlantic Charter, 904
atom bomb, 1099
atomic energy, 252
Attolico, Bernardo, 377, 408, 409, 415, 482, 508, 511fn., 551, 552, 554, 556, 565, 566, 587–88, 603, 605–8, 643, 687, 751fn.
Aufbau Ost (“Build-up East”), 799
August Wilhelm, Prince, 907
Auschwitz, 272, 664, 949fn., 967–74, 981, 988
Austria, 21–28, 36, 64, 94–95, 120, 130, 132, 136, 238, 326, 332, 334, 358, 794, 889, 1105, 1107; Anschluss, 9, 41, 84, 209, 279–309 passim, 322–60, 363–66, 422, 440, 459, 518, 530, 543, 579, 591, 598, 632, 657, 677, 686, 692–93, 710, 904; Dollfuss murder, Nazi agitation, 223, 279–80, 295–96, 322–23, 328, 340–41; German invasion plans, 289, 304–9, 331, 335–37; Hitler ultimatums to, 327–31, 339–42, 344; plebiscite on Anschluss, 334–39, 347, 349–50; Nazi rule established, 348, 350–51; see also Italy, and Anschluss; Miklas; Schuschnigg; Seyss-Inquart
Austrian Legion, 280, 327
Austrian National Bank, 351
“Autumn Journey” (Herbstreise), 768
Aviation, Ministry of, 282
Avranches, 1076, 1085
Axmann, Artur, 1137
Azores, 817, 879, 901
Azov, Sea of, 928, 1007
Babarin, E., 500–1
Bach-Zelewski, 962fn.
Baden-Powell, Lord, 784
Bad Harzburg, 154
Bad Nauheim, 215, 1108
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro, 998, 999, 1002fn., 1003, 1006
Bagdad, 828, 829
Bahama Is., 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 792
Baku, 798, 809, 942
Baldwin, Stanley, 302
Balkan States, 209, 747, 795, 804, 805, 808, 815, 816, 817, 819, 822–30, 839, 844, 928, 1006, 1090, 1096
Ballerstedt, Herr, 43
Ballestrem, Countess, 1025
Baltic Sea, 549, 674, 695, 710, 808, 833, 839, 847, 853, 909, 1105, 1116
Baltic States, 484, 494, 495, 501, 502, 514, 515, 521, 534, 541, 542, 630–31, 632, 657, 665–66, 668, 683, 711fn., 747, 793–94, 797, 798, 800, 801, 811, 822fn., 832, 853, 939, 942, 1061
Bamberg, 127–28
Banat, 824fn.
Bank of France, 943
Bank of Norway, 703
Baranov, 1097
“Barbarossa,” 797, 810–13, 818, 822–24, 828–30, 838, 845, 873, 881; see also Army, German, invasion plans and campaigns, Russia; Soviet Union, Hitler’s aims toward
Bardia, 827
Barmen, 238
“barons’ cabinet,” 164–65
Barth, Karl, 251
Baruch, Bernard, 784fn., 897fn.
Basel, 563
Bastogne, 1093–95
Batum, 809
Bavaria, 28, 33–36, 38, 42–44, 48, 51, 63–67, 280, 1105, 1141; Hitler difficulties with govt., 118, 119, 130–31, 160, 164 (see also Beer Hall Putsch); local govt., abolished, 200; Nazi rule in, 201, 219, 1023; see also Munich
Bavaria, Kingdom of, 95
“Bavarian Joe,” 316
Bavarian People’s Party, 118, 195, 201
Bavarian “People’s State,” 33
Bayerlein, Gen. Fritz, 912fn., 913fn.; 920
Bayreuth, 101–2, 105, 109, 279, 297, 1061
BBC, 247, 558, 619, 755, 1001, 1037, 1122
“Beast of Belsen,” see Kramer, Josef
Bechstein, Carl, 145
Bechstein, Helene, 46
Beck, Col. Józef, 377, 421, 455–57, 459–61, 463–65, 466fn., 467, 469, 475, 476, 536–37, 543fn., 574–75, 580, 586–87, 605fn.
Beck, Gen. Ludwig, 142, 281, 285fn., 313, 335, 355, 373, 918; opposes Hitler’s military plans, 293, 309, 316–17, 365–71, 488; resigns as Gen. Staff Chief, 370–71, 374, 424–25; in anti-Hitler conspiracy, 374, 375, 380fn., 382, 422–26, 517, 559, 649–50, 670, 846fn., 848fn., 904, 907, 908, 1014–18, 1030, 1032–33, 1035, 1036, 1042–43; named head of First Army, 387; July 1944 bomb plot, 1045–48, 1054, 1058–61, 1065, 1067–68, 1073, 1075; death, 1067–68
Becker, Dr., 960
Beer Hall Putsch, 4, 10, 13, 67–80, 112fn., 118, 139, 146, 221, 223, 280, 312, 701; anniversary celebrations, 77, 121, 653, 882, 922, 925, 1010
Beethoven, Ludwig von, 17, 97, 242, 326, 933, 970
Beigbeder y Atienza, Col. Juan, 786
Belgian Army, 718, 724, 727–31
Belgian government in exile, 729
Belgium, 58, 294, 302, 307, 470, 516, 531, 533, 561, 590, 616, 633, 645, 841, 1074; German plans for invasion of, 486, 487, 519fn., 644–47, 649–52, 656, 658, 665, 669, 671–72, 694, 710, 711, 714–20, 739, 793; invasion and battle of, 713, 720, 723, 728–31, 737, 738, 954, 1090; King surrenders, 729–31; German occupation, 734, 759, 906, 943, 956–57, 1009, 1031, 1047; liberation, 1085, 1086, 1099
Belgrade, 823–26, 971
Bell, Dr. George, 1017–18, 1024
Below, Col. Nicolaus von, 1130, 1131fn.
Belsec, 272, 967, 968
Belsen, 981
Beneš, Eduard, 346, 358–60, 363–65, 381fn., 383, 390, 391, 393, 397, 402, 414fn., 420, 421, 441, 443–45, 448, 456, 464, 784
Benghazi, 819, 921, 922
Berchtesgaden (and the Obersalzberg), 9, 51, 112, 129, 130, 167, 169, 284, 309, 311, 324, 360, 361, 363, 364, 365, 368, 475, 494, 521, 523, 525, 925, 1027, 1028, 1038, 1041, 1105–7, 1116, 1118, 1127; Berghof, 51, 131fn., 325, 326fn., 752, 834, 838, 1107, 1111; Berghof diplomatic conferences, 232, 298, 302, 325–30, 331, 333, 334, 338, 340, 344, 349, 384–87, 391, 406, 426, 455, 457, 499, 507, 509–10, 513, 546, 548, 551, 562, 800, 821–23; Berghof military meetings, 369–70, 378, 496, 515–18, 528, 559, 660, 752, 764, 797–98, 819, 845, 880, 1041; plot to eliminate Hitler at, 1033, 1045, 1046fn.; Wachenfeld (villa), 85, 131, 133,
Berchtold, Joseph, 121
Berg, Paul, 709fn.
Bergen, 681, 695, 696, 701, 707, 721
Berger, Gottlob, 1114–15
Berggrav, Bishop Eivind, 709fn.
Berghof, see under Berchtesgaden
Berlin: Allies advance on, 1088–89, 1097, 1103, 1105, 1107, 1108; Battle of, 1073, 1106, 1112, 1117–21, 1127, 1128, 1130, 1132, 1135–37; bombed by Allies, 778, 779, 780, 807, 807–9, 1110; govt, of, 275; life in, during 1920s, 118; Mussolini visit, 301; peace rumor riot, 643fn.; people’s apathy to war, 396–97, 399, 413, 593, 595, 597, 599, 615–16, 670; revolutionary agitation (1918), 52, 54–55; S. A. violence in, 147, 166
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