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by William Shirer


  Berlin, University of, 98, 99, 110, 124, 241, 250, 251, 783

  Berliner Arbeiterzeitung, 123

  Berliner Boersenzeitung, 143, 698fn.

  Berliner Tageblatt, 124, 245

  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 242

  Berlin State Opera, 242, 284, 346

  Bernadotte, Count Folke, 1114, 1116–17, 1122

  Berne, 648–49, 1018

  Bernstorff, Count Albrecht von, 374, 1025, 1073

  Bessarabia, 541, 544, 794, 795, 800, 806

  Best, Capt. S. Payne, 653–55, 692

  Best, Dr. Werner, 271

  Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, 713

  Bialystok, 853

  Bible, banning of, 240

  Biddle, A. J. Drexel, 688

  Bieberback, Ludwig, 251

  Birmingham, England, 453–54, 783

  Bismarck, Otto, Prince von, 90, 94–98, 155, 174, 175, 186, 197, 200, 657, 1025, 1113

  Bismarck, Otto Christian, Prince von, 851

  Bismarck (Ger. battleship), 667, 668

  Bismarck Youth, 154

  Black Front, 148

  “Black Reichswehr,” 65, 150

  Black Sea, 549, 666, 805, 811, 823, 846, 847, 853, 859, 909

  “Black Wednesday,” 404–8, 410

  Blackshirts, see S. S.

  Bláha, Dr. Frank, 984

  Blaskowitz, Gen. Johannes, 1101

  Blomberg, Erna Gruhn, 311–14

  Blomberg, Gen. Werner von, 151, 183, 184, 207–8, 210, 211, 214, 215, 219, 220, 225, 235, 285fn., 290–93, 297, 303–5, 308, 310–20, 323, 332, 357, 374, 488

  Blood Purge, 215–19, 268, 269, 271, 280, 392fn., 1056–57; see also Roehm, Ernst

  “Bloody Week” in Berlin, 55

  Bluecher (Ger. heavy cruiser), 702–3

  Blum, Léon, 344, 352, 1074

  Blumentritt, Gen. Guenther, 488, 734, 761, 852fn., 855, 859, 860, 863, 864, 868, 1038, 1041fn., 1075, 1076, 1082, 1090

  Bock, Field Marshal Fedor von, 625, 626, 733, 755fn., 762, 853, 856, 859, 862–65, 869, 903fn., 905, 914

  Bodelschwing, Pastor Friedrich von, 237

  Bodenschatz, Gen. Karl, 999, 1054fn.

  Boehm, Adm. Hermann, 529fn.

  Boehm-Tettelbach, Lt. Col. Hans, 381

  Boer War, 957

  Boeselager, Col. Frh. von, 1019, 1072

  Boetticher, Gen. Friedrich von, 684, 749fn.

  Bogorodsk, 862

  Boguchar, 928

  Bohemia, 359, 362, 382, 402, 428, 429, 438, 440, 443, 444, 448, 449, 451, 460, 598, 657, 686, 991, 1032, 1129

  Bohemia, Kingdom of, 358

  Bologna, 1107

  Bonham Carter, Lady, 784

  Bonhoeffer, Pastor Dietrich, 374, 1017, 1024, 1072, 1073

  Bonhoeffer, Klaus, 1073

  Bonn government, 950fn., 965fn.

  Bonnet, Georges, 389, 390, 408, 413–14, 437, 460, 536–37, 543fn., 604–5, 607–10, 612, 616–17, 642–43

  Bono, Marshal Emilio de, 1005fn.

  Bonte, Rear Adm. Fritz, 701, 707

  book burning, 241

  Boothby, Robert, 478fn.

  Bordeaux, 738, 744–45

  Borisov, 905

  Bormann, Martin, 148–49, 240, 275, 406fn., 838, 938, 939, 941, 1062, 1104, 1112, 1116, 1117–18, 1120–21, 1123, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137

  Borovsk, 869

  Bosch, Dr. Karl, 190

  Bose, Herbert von, 218, 222

  Bosporus, Strait of, 804, 807–10

  Bottai, Giuseppe, 996

  Boulogne, 728, 731, 761, 770, 772

  Boy Scouts, 784

  Bradley, Gen. Omar N., 1076, 1106fn.

  Brandenburg, 93, 166, 1035, 1061, 1109, 1110

  Brandenburg Gate, 5

  Brandt, Col. Heinz, 1020–21, 1051, 1052, 1054

  Brandt, Lt. Gen. Rudolf, 980

  Bratislava, 440–41

  Brauchitsch, Charlotte von, 319, 371fn.

  Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Walther von, 214, 321, 542, 710, 816, 824, 1062; named Army C. in C, 319; and Czechosl. invasion plans, 365, 367, 368–69, 370–71, 378, 379; and anti-Hitler plot, 375, 407–8, 559–60, 647–51, 658–59, 670, 693–94, 1080; and Poland invasion plans, 462–63, 484, 496–97, 515fn., 516, 517, 531, 557, 591, 625, 627; and western offensive, 633, 640, 643–44, 647, 715, 718; and S.S. brutality in Poland, 660; and Weseruebung, 681; Dunkirk and stop order, 726–27, 731–34, 736; at Compiègne, 742, 743; made field marshal, 755fn.; and Britain invasion plans, 763, 764, 767, 768, 782; Russian campaign, 797, 810, 822, 831, 840, 846, 856–57, 858, 859; illness and “resignation,” 648, 861fn., 864, 866, 903fn.

  Bräuer, Dr. Curt, 678fn., 698, 702–6, 709

  Braun, Eva, 483fn., 1110–11, 1120, 1122–23, 1127, 1128, 1133, 1134

  Braun, Gretl, 1121

  Braunau am Inn, 6, 9

  Bräutigam, Dr. Otto, 940–41

  Breda, 722

  Bredow, Countess Hanna von, 1025

  Bredow, Gen. Kurt von, 222, 224, 225, 320

  Bremen, 221, 222, 1105, 1107

  Bremen, S. S., 768

  Bremerhaven, 1141

  Brenner Pass, 280, 337, 508, 552–53, 689, 690–91, 774, 815

  Breslau, 211

  Brest, 914

  Brest Litovsk, 57, 542, 626, 628, 852fn., 948

  Brighton, 762, 767

  Bristol, 763, 783

  Britain, 95, 97, 256, 306, 450, 957, 965; collective action with France and Italy, 280, 284–85, 288, 289, 296, 297, 307; appeasement policy: on German rearmament, 282–85, 287–89 (see also Anglo–German naval agreement); on Rhineland remilitarization, 290–95; on Italo-Ethiopian war, 289–90, 297; on Span, civil war, 299; on Anschluss, 324, 327, 330, 344–46, 353; on Czechoslovakia, 354, 360–427 passim, 443, 450–54, 544 (see also Munich Conference and Pact); joint policy with France, 283, 284, 287, 290, 293–94, 299, 307, 330, 384, 389, 396, 398, 454, 461, 465, 469, 501–4, 605–17; Hitler’s contempt for, 300, 306, 436, 518, 529; Hitler considers and plans war against, 298, 304, 307, 366, 368, 420, 467, 484–87, 498, 501, 508fn., 516, 520, 531, 566–67, 590, 600, 620–22; pact with Italy on Mediterranean, 301; policy toward U.S. S.R., 353, 361, 404, 460, 466, 478–81, 489–92, 494–96, 501–6, 513–16, 521, 523, 525, 526, 533–43, 550fn.; presses Czechs to appease Hitler, 360, 376–77, 388–90, 399, 402, 411, 417–18, 420–21; protests Nazi moves against Czechs, 364–65, 452–53; contacts with anti-Hitler Germans, 373, 380–82, 405, 424, 558, 648–50, 692–94, 1017–19, 1024, 1026, 1042; pledge of aid to Poland, 460, 464–66, 469, 472, 478, 481, 495, 506, 509–10, 514–18, 521, 526, 533–43, 545–54, 556–58, 561, 564, 569–89, 591–93, 596, 600–17, 634; pledges aid to Greece, Rumania, 469, 495; mobilization, war preparations, 545, 562, 595; and 1939 “peace negotiations,” 569–89, 601–4; ultimatum and declaration of war, 605–20; at war, 633, 666, 689, 698, 782, 807, 827, 854fn., 904, 995, 1036, 1087, 1099, 1105; ship losses, 635–38, 646, 669, 711, 737, 775, 901fn. (see also Atlantic, Battle of the; British Navy); German peace offers to, 639–42, 734–35, 746–57, 785, 790, 835–38, 1012, 1138–39; German attitude and strategy toward in war, 658, 669, 760, 763, 768, 770–71, 798, 804, 805, 809, 846, 849–50, 853, 871–74, 915, 954, 1124; joint strategy with France, 635, 643, 744–45; expeditionary force to Finland, 675, 682fn., involvement in Norway, 676–77, 679, 682fn., 694–96; invasion of, 752, 753, 756, 758–85, 797, 813, 816, 820, 873, 879, 1039; air operations against (Battle of Britain), 756, 763, 765, 769, 774–82, 809, 827, 850, 1009, 1040, 1098; German occupation plans for, 782–85, 791; Vichy war against, 815, 817, 923; Japanese war against, 872, 873, 877fn., 886–88, 892, 894, 895, 1007; alliance with Russia, 838, 847–48, 1011, 1033, 1098; in Mediterranean, 812–13, 816–18; U.S. aid to, 877, 880–83, 898, 900, 901

  British Admiralty, 695–96, 702, 731, 735, 892

  British Air Force (R.A.F.), 402, 635, 701, 752, 827, 914, 920, 991, 1019, 1040; in Battle of France, 724, 731, 736–38, 740fn.; in Battle of Britain, 759–61, 763, 764, 766, 767, 770, 772–81; bombin
g of Germany, 778, 779, 807–8, 934, 1008–9, 1010, 1068, 1100, 1110, 1115, 1117

  British Army, 424, 510, 533, 618, 672, 682fn., 708, 716, 954–55, 1089, 1105; in France and Belgium, 542, 634, 635, 717, 718, 720, 723, 724, 727, 728, 730, 731, 736–38; Norway expedition, 696, 707, 708; defense against invasion, 763fn., 764, 767; in N. Africa, 818fn., 819, 827, 911–12, 919, 920; in Greece, 823, 826, 827; Normandy landings, 1033, 1038; in Germany, 1088, 1090, 1102, 1105, 1107, 1141

  British Empire, 288, 306, 548–49, 569, 575, 734–35, 738, 747, 749, 752, 754, 757, 804, 806, 808, 815, 828, 829, 836, 910

  British Intelligence, 363, 652–55, 787, 789, 1026

  British Navy, 401, 402, 487, 554, 646, 669–70, 679, 701–2, 707, 723, 731, 737, 738, 817, 873, 922; blockade of Germany, 687–88, 701, 914; ship losses, 711, 737, 901fn.; defense against invasion, 759, 761, 763, 764, 766, 767, 770

  British White Paper, 283

  Brittany, 1076, 1085

  Broadcasting House (Rundfunkhaus), 564, 595, 755, 1064

  Brockdorff, Countess Erika von, 1043fn.

  Brockdorff-Ahlefeld, Gen. Count Erich von, 375, 413

  Brockdorff-Rantzau, Count Ulrich von, 494

  Brown House, Munich, 121

  Brownshirts, see S.A.

  Bruckman, Hugo, 145

  Brueckner, Lt. Wilhelm, 66, 279

  Bruening, Heinrich, 56fn., 137, 138, 151–55, 157–64, 172, 174, 190, 195, 199, 216, 372

  Bruenn, Czechoslovakia, 443

  Brunswick, 157

  Brussels, 672, 713, 1086

  Bryans, J. Lonsdale (“Mr. X”), 692–93

  Bryansk, 859

  Bryant, Arthur, 730fn.

  Buch, Maj. Walther, 122, 221, 430–31

  Buchenwald, 272, 352–53, 948, 979, 983–84

  Buchrucker, Major, 65

  Bucovina, 794, 795, 800

  Budapest, 1090fn., 1096

  Budënny, Marshal Semën, 854, 857

  Buehler, Dr. Josef, 966

  Buelow-Schwante, Ambassador von, 652, 713–14

  Buerckel, Josef, 441

  Buergerbräukeller, see Beer Hall Putsch

  Bug river, 626, 630, 746

  Buhle, General, 1049

  Bulgaria, 800, 801fn., 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 817, 820, 823, 826, 839, 847, 1085

  Bulge, Battle of the, 222fn., 954; see also Ardennes Forest

  Bullitt, William C, 295, 688

  Bullock, Alan, 200, 410fn., 1050fn.

  Bund Deutscher Maedel, 120, 254

  Bund Oberland, 70, 72, 73

  Burckhardt, Dr. Carl, 424fn., 499

  Burgdorf, Gen. Wilhelm, 1077–78, 1123, 1126, 1129, 1133, 1137

  Burnett, Air Marshal Sir Charles, 503fn., 504fn.

  Busch, Gen. Ernst, 762

  Bussche, Capt. Axel von dem, 1027

  Busse, General, 1109

  Butcher, Capt. Harry C, 1001fn., 1004fn.

  Buttlar-Brandenfels, Col. Frh. Treusch von, 922

  Cadogan, Sir Alexander, 572, 583, 601, 611–12

  Caen, 1037

  Calais, 728, 731, 761, 770, 1038

  Canada, 684fn., 754, 913

  Canadian Army, 1086, 1088, 1090, 1102, 1105

  Canaris, Adm. Wilhelm, 331, 374, 380fn., 405, 462, 467, 517, 518, 556, 558, 560, 596, 654, 659–61, 685fn., 1019, 1024, 1026, 1034, 1036, 1073

  Canary Is., 813, 817, 879

  Canned Goods,” 520, 595

  Canterbury, Archbishop of, 344

  Cape Verde Is., 817, 901

  Cap Gris-Nez, 761

  Caprivi de Caprara de Montecuccoli, Gen. Count Georg von, 175

  Carinthia, 350

  Carlyle, Thomas, 1108–10

  Carl, Prince, of Denmark, see Haakon VII, King of Norway

  Carls, Adm. Rolf, 673

  Carol II, King of Rumania, 800fn.

  Carpathian Mts., 1033

  Carpatho-Ukraine, Republic of, 449

  Carr, Edward Hallett, 481fn.

  Casablanca Conference, 1033

  Case Otto, 304, 335, 336, 342fn.; see also “Otto”

  Case Richard, 304

  Cases Green, White, Yellow, see Green; White; etc.

  Caspian Sea, 909, 914

  Catholic Action, 218, 223, 235

  Catholic Trade Unions, 190, 202fn.

  Catholic Youth League, 235, 253

  Caucasia (the Caucasus), 832, 857, 859, 860, 865, 870, 909–12, 914–18, 928, 929

  Caulaincourt, Marquis Armand de, 860

  Cavour (It. battleship), 818fn.

  Center Party, 55–56, 61, 137, 138, 157, 164, 166, 170, 173, 181, 186, 189, 190, 195, 196, 199, 201, 234

  Central Security Office, see R.S.H.A.

  Chagall, Marc, 244

  Châlons-sur-Marne, 726

  Chamberlain, Houston Stewart, 103–9

  Chamberlain, Neville, 275, 283, 302, 382, 450, 544, 643, 649, 653, 657, 674, 679, 716, 779, 1018; condones Anschluss, 324, 332, 344–45, 353; “Munich” policy on Czechosl., 287, 354, 360, 364, 375–77, 381, 383–99, 401–27, 429, 435, 442–43, 448, 451, 453–54, 469, 531, 740, 814; policy toward U.S.S.R., 353, 476, 478–80, 489–90, 492, 495–96, 502–41, 543; opposes Hitler on Poland, 454, 460, 465, 466, 467, 517, 537, 545–47, 548fn., 549, 556–58, 562, 569, 572–73, 575, 579–80; 583, 836; warns Hitler, declares war, 608, 610–12, 615, 619; says Hitler “missed the bus,” 695; Churchill’s tribute to, 619

  Chamberlain, Field Marshal Sir Neville Bowles, 104

  Charles XII, King of Sweden, 812, 829

  Charleville, 732

  Chautemps, Camille, 344

  Chelmno, 967

  Cherbourg, 762, 770, 773, 1037, 1089

  Chicago Daily News, 784fn.

  Chicago Tribune, 894fn.

  Choltitz, Gen. Dietrich von, 1085fn.

  Christian X, King of Denmark, 695, 696, 698–700, 704fn.

  Christian, Gen. Eckard, 1115

  Christianity, 99, 102–3, 234, 239, 240

  Christian Socialists, 22, 24, 350

  Christiansand, 677, 702

  Chuikov, Gen. Vasili I., 1135, 1137

  Church and State, 234–40

  Church Federation, 237

  Church of England, 784

  Church of Jesus Christ, 238

  Church of the Old Prussian Union, 235

  Churchill, Winston S., 294, 345fn., 406fn., 424, 493fn., 526, 543, 619, 634, 635, 636fn., 638, 642, 672, 731, 736fn., 737, 751fn., 755, 786, 787, 790, 804fn., 807fn., 809fn., 815fn., 8–35-38, 847fn., 874, 900, 901fn., 904, 1033fn., 1105; contact with anti-Nazis, 380, 558, 1017, 1026, 1042; criticizes Munich Pact, appeasement, 404, 420, 423, 426; for co-operation with Russia, 404, 479, 489, 795; strategy in Norway, 674, 695–96, 702, 707, 710–11; succeeds Chamberlain, 716; and French, Belgian surrender, 720, 724, 726, 729, 744; determination to fight on, 737–38, 746, 747, 749, 750–51; Hitler’s gibes at, 754, 779, 828, 1011, 1012; defense of Britain, 763fn., 768, 769, 777, 781, 782, 784, 785; appeals for U.S. aid, 828, 829; warns Stalin of Nazi attack, 843–44

  Chvalkovsky, František, 437, 438, 444–47, 449fn.

  Ciano, Edda, 1004–5

  Ciano, Count Galeazzo, 436, 469–70, 562, 755, 780, 800, 803fn., 818fn., 845, 851, 854fn., 889, 890, 893, 912, 921, 923; meetings with Hitler, 298, 509–13, 640, 690–91, 735, 740–41, 751–52, 756, 774, 815, 816, 821, 823, 910–11, 923–24, 928–29; negotiation, pacts with Britain, 301, 450; mediation in Czech crisis, 408, 414, 415fn., 421; Pact of Steel negotiation, 482–83; and Italy’s reluctance to go to war, 508–13, 551–54, 565–67, 688–91; anti-German sentiment, 512, 551–54, 640, 665, 910; mediation efforts in Polish crisis, 588, 603, 604, 607, 608, 616; French armistice terms, 741; ousted as Foreign Minister, 995; in anti-Mussolini revolt, 996, 1004–5; executed, 1005

 

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