Gibson, Wing Commander Guy 264, 441
Gide, André 84
Gilbert Islands 201
Gilbert, (Sir) Martin 464
Gipsy, HMS 36
Giraud, General Henri 53, 55, 309
Giraud, Marie-Louise 81
Giulino di Mezzegra 405
Glasfurd, Commander C. E. 43
Glasgow 35, 102, 103, 576
Glasgow, HMS 40, 468
Gleiwitz 10, 242
gliders 55, 126, 265, 266, 396, 405, 465, 470–71
Globocnik, Odilo 242
Glorious, HMS 40, 43, 44
Gneisenau (cruiser) 40, 41, 43, 44, 353, 354, 358, 359, 364, 592
Gockel, Franz 474
Goebbels, Joseph: and Allied bombing of German cities 444; and Allied Normandy landings 472;
on Britain 379;
character 23;
Hitler’s birthday broadcast 514;
on Hitler’s military ‘genius’ 49–50, 416;
and Hitler’s tour of Paris 180;
and invasion of USSR 150, 160;
and ‘Jewish Question’ 224, 249;
last days in the bunker 562;
and Mussolini 405;
on North African campaigns 308;
at Obersalzberg 147;
propaganda machine 104, 416;
suicide 560, 562–3;
winter clothing appeal 177
Goebbels, Magda 563
Goerdeler, Carl 483, 484
gold 213
Gold beach 467, 476
Gold Standard 46
Goldensohn, Leon 497, 510
Golikov, General Filip 155
Gomel 166, 170
Gore, Lance-Corporal R. 579
Göring, Hermann: aircraft production 446; and Allied bombing of Germany 432, 438–9, 445–6;
announcement of existence of Luftwaffe 4;
and battle of Britain 100, 103, 106;
and Blomberg–Fritsch affair 6;
and extermination of Jews 242;
failures of 587;
and Hitler’s plans for expansion in Europe 5;
house in Obersalzberg 146;
and invasion of France 61–2, 67, 587;
and invasion of Poland 24;
and July Bomb Plot 482, 485;
Karinhall (country house) 93, 106, 513;
as military strategist 93;
and naval war 355;
and planned invasion of Britain 92, 93, 100;
on possibility of losing war 15, 512–13;
and Stalingrad 335–6, 587;
trial 510;
views on Hitler’s military ‘genius’ 142
Gorishny, Colonel V. A. 331, 333
Gorodishche 158
Gorovets, Lieutenant Alexei 423
Gort, John Vereker, 6th Viscount 22, 53, 56, 60, 65
Gotenhafen (Gdynia) 360, 364, 549
Gothic Line 402, 403, 404
Gott, Lieutenant-General William ‘Strafer’ 122, 281–2
Goudy, Lieutenant Harry 277
Government Code and Cypher School see Bletchley Park
Govorov, General L. A. 528
Gracey, Major-General Douglas 571
Gradowski, Zalman 233
Graf Spee (battleship) 37, 353, 358
Grant (Allied tank) 198, 285, 295
Gravelines 60
Graziani, Major Rodolfo 120, 121, 123
Grazier, Able Seaman Colin 368
Great Britain see Britain
Great Depression 196, 214
Great War: Caporetto, battle of 59; casualty rates 435;
Churchill and 46, 461, 499;
Eastern Front 148;
France in 48, 53, 54, 75, 76;
Gallipoli Expedition 46, 211, 301, 394, 461;
German generals’ service 20, 409–10;
German surrender 74;
Hitler’s service 15, 20, 607;
Marshall on 603;
Schlieffen plan 48, 136;
Somme, battles of 390, 393;
stab-in-the-back myth 484;
United States in 193–4;
Verdun, battle of 58, 80, 415;
war at sea 35, 94, 210, 361; see also Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of (1918); Versailles Treaty (1919)
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 188, 206, 207–8
Greece: alliance with Britain 87; anti-Communists 117;
deportation of Jews 228;
German invasion 9, 119, 125, 134, 140–41, 149, 150, 587, 602;
German occupation 127, 540–41;
Italian invasion 122–3, 123–4;
post-war 546, 562
Greenwood, Arthur 4
Grenadier Guards 395, 396
Gretton, Vice-Admiral Sir Peter 356, 370–71
Griffin, Corporal J. J. 579
Grigg, (Sir) James (P. J.) 51, 557
Grohé, Joseph 438–9
Grossdeutschland Division 416, 419, 424, 520
Grossman, Vasily 320–21, 322–3, 325, 326
Grot, SS Staff Sergeant Paul 234
Groves, General Leslie 573
Grozny 319, 527
Gruenther, Major-General Alfred M. 402
Gruhn, Margarethe 6
Guadalcanal campaign (1942–3) 257–60
Guam 189, 193, 201, 260
Gubbins, Major-General Colin 118
Guderian, General Heinz: and Ardennes Offensive 504; Eastern Front 343, 409, 541, 543–4, 549, 555;
Great War service 20;
invasion of Belgium, France and Holland 48, 56, 57, 59, 60, 63, 76;
invasion of Poland 21;
invasion of USSR 141, 159, 165–6, 167, 168, 171, 175;
on military tactics 525, 543;
Operation Zitadelle (battle of Kursk) 412–13, 421, 600, 601;
relations with Hitler 412, 511, 540, 543–4, 549, 584, 596, 600;
trial 593;
Achtung Panzer! 525;
Panzer Leader 584
Guettar, El 313
Guisan, Henri 113
Gulags 163, 183, 561
Gumenyuk, Vladimir 563
Guniev, Major-General Stiepan 328
Gurkha, HMS 40
Gurkhas 260, 266–7, 269, 392
Gurov, Kuzma A. 322
Gurtiev, Colonel L. N. 328, 331
Gustav Line 384, 385, 386–7, 388, 389, 390, 393, 394, 400
Gutman, Second Lieutenant Hugo 250
Gypsies 234, 492
Haakon VII, King of Norway 41, 43
Habaniya air base 131
habeas corpus 109
Hácha, Emil 10, 605
Hagen Line 425
Hague, the 55, 517, 519
Haguro (cruiser) 571
Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas (later 1st Earl Haig) 433
Hailsham, Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount 346
Halder, General Franz: invasion of France 61, 63; invasion of USSR 140, 141, 147, 153, 166, 169;
planned invasion of Britain 44, 92;
on possibility of losing war 523;
sacked 326, 592;
and Stalingrad 317, 324, 326;
support for Mediterranean strategy 149;
views on Hitler 61, 169, 317, 326, 584;
and war crimes 493
Halfaya Pass 128, 134
Halifax, E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of 46, 69, 92, 94, 484
Halifax, Nova Scotia 35, 366, 367
Halifax, Handley Page (bomber) 438
Halsey, Admiral William 565
Halt Order (Hitler’s; May 1940) 60–63, 64, 100, 586–7
Hamburg 103, 360, 441, 442–4, 456, 586
Hamilton, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of 145
Hampshire Regiment 474
Hampton Roads, Virginia 303
Handley Page Halifax (bomber) 438
Hanke, Karl 542, 543
Hannibal 19, 512
Hanson, Victor Davis 198, 567
Harding, Major-General John (later 1st Baron Harding of Petherton) 290, 385, 389, 402–3
Harman, Lan
ce Corporal John 271–2
Harmon, Ernest N. 402
Harris, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ 431–2, 433–4, 438, 440, 441, 451, 453, 457–8
Harris, John, Swordpoint 383–4, 386–7
Hart, Admiral Thomas C. 208
Hartington, Corporal Dan 468
Hassell, Ulrich von 483
Hassenberg, Arie 248
Hastings, (Sir) Max 183–4, 268, 480, 492, 510, 532, 573
Hausser, SS-General Paul 421
Hautecloque, Vicomte Jacques de (General Leclerc) 488, 489–90
Haviland, John 107
Hawaii 185, 186, 200
Hawker Hurricane see Hurricane
Hawkinge 99
Hawkins, Jack 355
‘heavy water’ 117, 550
Heidrich, General Richard 392
Heim, Lieutenant-General Ferdinand 496
Heinkel bombers 42, 365; He-111s 21, 36, 100, 106, 335, 516;
He-177s 51, 106
Heisenberg, Werner 573–4, 608
Heligoland 431
Hellespont 301
Helsinki 30
Hendaye 112
Henderson, Arthur 69
Herbstnebel, Operation see Ardennes Offensive
Herero tribesmen 227
Hermann Göring Panzer Division 402
Herzner, Leutnant Hans-Albrecht 16–17
Hess, Rudolf 145–6, 360, 587
Hewitt, Rear-Admiral Henry Kent 303
Heydrich, Lieutenant-General Reinhard 223, 226, 227–8, 239, 241–3, 562, 583
Heydte, Colonel Friedrich von der 496
High Wycombe 430
Himmler, Heinrich: at Berghof 608; and Blomberg–Fritsch affair 6;
establishment of SD 242;
and extermination of Jews 219, 220, 222, 224, 226, 227, 236, 241, 582;
formation of SS 27–8;
invasion of USSR 165;
and July Bomb Plot 482, 485;
and rocket projects 574;
and Warsaw Uprising 538
Himmler, Operation 10
Hindenburg, Paul von 1–2, 24, 137, 409, 535
Hinsley, Sir Harry 351
Hipper, Admiral Franz von 353
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 566, 571, 577
Hiroshima 439, 566, 573, 575–6, 577
Hiryu (aircraft carrier) 256
Hitler, Adolf: admiration for Napoleon 180; on alliances 26, 524;
and Allied advance into Germany 513–14;
and Allied bombing of German cities 444, 446, 447;
and Allied Normandy landings 462–3, 472, 476, 477, 479, 486, 588, 594–5;
and Anschluss 6, 7;
anti Bolshevism 10, 148, 150;
appearance 391, 412;
and Ardennes Offensive (1944–45) 404, 501, 503–4, 507, 508, 510;
assassination attempts against 391, 480–85, 486, 491, 581–2, 584, 595;
assumes German presidency 1–3;
and battle of Britain 93, 600;
Beerhall Putsch (1923) 16, 138, 146, 586;
and Blomberg–Fritsch affair 6;
and bombing of British cities 100, 102, 103, 430;
Churchill’s views on 179, 314, 491, 501, 535, 559, 602;
consciousness of own mortality 138;
declaration of war on United States 176, 193–7, 589–90, 598;
demands destruction of Paris 489;
‘Demolitions on Reich Territory’ order (1945) 547–8, 596;
development of genocidal policy against Jews 219–24, 226–7, 238–45, 249–50, 492;
early life 220;
and failure to develop atomic weapons 550, 573–4;
and fall of Crimea 521;
‘fortified localities’ strategy 531–2, 533, 541;
Great War service 15, 20, 607;
Halt Order (May 1940) 60–63, 64, 100, 586–7;
health 391, 412, 531, 585;
Hossbach plans for expansion in Europe 5–6;
intervention in Spanish Civil War 4, 112;
invasion of Belgium, France and Holland 48–9, 55, 60–63, 76;
invasion of Czechoslovakia 147;
invasion of Denmark and Norway 35, 38, 41, 44;
invasion plans for Britain 89–90, 91–2, 100, 102, 108, 118;
invasion plans for USSR 137–54;
invasion of Poland 10, 19–20, 22, 23–4, 27;
invasion of USSR 160, 163, 165–70, 171, 175, 176;
and Italian campaign 377, 393, 397, 404;
last days in the bunker 513, 551–2, 553, 558–9, 562;
Lebensraum (living space) policy 19, 135, 138, 139, 144, 163–5, 579, 580;
his library 50, 137–8, 179, 228;
and Mediterranean campaign 119, 124, 125, 128, 135, 141, 149–50;
as military strategist 7, 10, 15–16, 20, 49–51, 93, 151, 309–10, 317, 531–2, 533, 543, 584, 585–98, 600–602;
Munich Agreement (1938) 8, 17, 45, 59, 97;
and naval war 37–8, 352, 353, 354, 355, 363, 371;
and Nazi–Soviet Pact (1939) 9–10, 539;
and North African campaigns 119, 123, 135, 298–9, 307, 308, 600;
Obersalzberg connections 146–7;
and Operation Zitadelle (battle of Kursk) 412, 416, 417, 424;
Pact of Steel with Mussolini 9;
peace offer to Britain 89, 92, 147, 602;
on performance of Red Army 33, 34;
racial ideology 19, 140, 147–8, 163, 220–21, 249–50, 547, 574, 579, 585, 607–8;
rages 317, 391;
refusal to visit bombsites 102, 552, 586;
relations with Franco 112–13;
relations with generals 62, 75, 324, 326–7, 481, 486, 491–2, 510–11, 530, 539–40, 544–5, 549, 552, 580–85, 590, 592–7, 600–602;
relations with Mussolini 123, 589;
and Schlieffen plan for two-front war 136–8;
self-confidence 20, 76–7, 317, 531, 543, 594;
and Stalin 524, 539, 584, 600;
and Stalingrad 314, 315–18, 324, 332, 333–4, 335, 336–7, 338, 342–3, 592, 593, 600;
‘Stand or die’ orders 181, 299, 314, 336, 404, 522, 532, 540, 591, 593, 595;
suicide and disposal of his body 484–5, 521, 559, 560, 585;
as ‘supreme warlord’ 151, 302, 412;
takes control of armed forces 2–4, 6–7, 8–9, 11, 18, 143, 180–81, 317, 590;
tours Paris 91, 180;
verbatim reports from Führer-conferences 511–13;
views on Britain 89–90, 275;
views on United States 171;
Weltanschauung (world-view) 138, 593;
and winter crisis on Eastern Front (1941–2) 176, 177–80;
and withdrawal from Russia 522, 523, 524, 528, 530, 532, 541;
and ‘wonder weapons’ 512, 514–15, 516–17, 519, 541;
Hitler’s Table Talk 218;
Mein Kampf 15–16, 19, 26, 89–90, 135, 138, 144, 220, 275, 524;
‘The Second Book’ 195–6
Hitler Line 386, 400
Hitler Youth 458, 472, 501, 552, 554
Hiwis (Russians fighting for Germans) 344
Hobart, Major-General Sir Percy 475
Hodges, Lieutenant-General Courtney 499, 509, 513
Hoepner, General Erich 73, 171, 227, 482
Hoffman, Wilhelm 341
Hoffmann, Lieutenant Heinrich 469
Hoffmann, Peter 485
Hoge, Brigadier-General William M. 513
Hohenzollern (yacht) 353
Holland: Allied air raids on 453; food shortages 500;
German forces stationed in 463, 473;
German invasion 49, 53, 55–6, 136;
Jews in 78, 221, 390;
monarchy 55, 117;
neutrality 22, 49;
Protestant Church 390;
South-East Asian territories 209–210;
surrender 58;
V-weapon attacks on 519
Holocaust: development of Hitler’s genocidal policy
139, 148, 219–24, 226–7, 238–45, 249–50, 492; and establishment of Israel 578;
extermination of Jews 78, 223–38, 241, 607–8;
and German war effort 248–50, 607–8;
revelation of facts of 485, 492–7
Home Guard (British) 89, 101, 107, 110, 184
homosexuals 234
Hong Kong 193, 201, 279
Honshu 573
Hood, HMS 92, 361–2, 364
Hopkins, Harry 87, 450, 584
Hornet, USS 189, 214, 252, 253, 254
Horrocks, Lieutenant-General (Sir) Brian 287, 290, 510
Höss, Rudolf 228, 231, 232, 236, 582
Hossbach, Colonel Friedrich 5
Hotblack, Major-General Frederick 42
Hoth, General Hermann 73, 167, 171, 338–9, 412, 418, 419–20, 421, 599
Houffalize 595
Houppeville 515
Howard, Major John 471
Howard, Sergeant Leonard 66
Howard, (Sir) Michael 24–5, 58, 118, 346, 403, 405
Hudson, Brigadier Charles 88
Hughes, Major-General Hector 290
Hull 430
Hull, Cordell 187, 190
Hull, General John ‘Ed’ 378
Hungary: Allied air operations 449; Allied invasion plans 383;
annexation of Southern Slovakia 9;
deportation of Jews 236, 244–5, 246;
emigration 574;
oilfields 544, 545;
post-war 546, 561;
Russian invasion 532, 541, 545, 548–9;
servicemen in Axis forces 316
Huntzinger, General Charles 74
Hurricane (fighter aircraft) 95, 96, 98, 106, 290, 526
Husky, Operation 375, 465, 467
Hutton, Lieutenant-General Thomas 211
Huxley, Aldous 91
Hyakutake, Lieutenant-General Haruyoshi 258–9
Hyde Park, New York 303
Iceland 44, 357, 359, 364, 365, 370
Ichiki, Colonel Kiyono 258–9
IG Farben (chemical company) 247
Iida, Lieutenant-General Shojiro 211
Ilu river 258
Imphal 212, 265, 269, 270, 273, 274, 568
Indaw 265
India: Japanese invasion 188, 195, 210, 251, 260, 267, 269–75; self-government 46, 561;
servicemen in Allied forces 205, 206, 390, 566, 598
Indian National Army 206, 269, 274
Indo-China 186, 190, 203, 207
Ingersoll, Ralph 509
Inskip, Sir Thomas 9
Insterburg 446
International Military Tribunal 447, 558, 580; see also Nuremberg Trials
Iran 129, 131, 132, 149, 195, 213, 286, 588; see also Persia
Iraq 126, 127, 129, 131–2, 149, 195, 285, 286, 588
Ireland see Eire
Irish Guards 399
iron ore 38, 44, 112, 114, 351, 541
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