by John Keegan
Pétain, Marshal Philippe 64, 69-72, 105, 121, 272, 281, 344, 408
Peter, King of Yugoslavia 122
Philby, Kim 418
Philippines 218-20, 231-2
Phillips, Admiral Sir Tom 211
Pienaar, Dan 266
Platt, General Sir William 269
Poland 459-60, 495
casualties 492
invasion of 33-5
resistance 405-6, 410
and USSR 403-4, 410, 495-6
Popov, General M.M. 384, 386, 392
Popov, V.S. 151
population growth 4-6
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles 263
Potsdam Conference 482, 495-6
Pownall, Admiral Charles 248
Prien, Günther 94
Pripet Marshes 150
production, war 8, 170-8, 233-6
Puttkamer, Admiral Karl-Jesko von 441
Quadrant Conference, Quebec 263-4
Quisling, Vidkun 37, 78, 408
Rabaul 244-6
radar 76, 352-3, 484
Raeder, Admiral Erich 37, 102, 111
Ramsay, Admiral Bertram 67
Rashid Ali 267, 271
Red Army 142-8, 179, 377-81, 395-7
purges 109, 129-30, 142-4
Red Orchestra 417-18
Reichenau, Field Marshal Walther von 101, 168
Reinhardt, General Hans 51, 432
Reitsch, Hanna 441
resistance 405-17
Reynaud, Paul 64, 69, 70
Rhine, crossings 363-4, 438-40
Ribbentrop, Joachim von 33, 105, 107, 197, 441, 492
Richthofen, General Wolfram von 184, 189, 191
Ritchie, General Sir Neil 259
Ritter von Greim, Field Marshal Robert 441, 443
rockets 484-8
Rodimtsev, A.I. 187
Röhm, Captain Ernst 21-2, 24-5, 29
Rokossovsky, Marshal K.K. 146, 156, 165, 168, 189-91, 380, 390-3, 403, 434, 440, 446
Romanenko, General P.L. 144-5
Romania 103-4, 117, 120, 302-3, 425, 492
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin 61-5, 68-72, 120, 274-93, 310-12, 320-3, 330, 333, 383, 419, 422
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 457-8
and Churchill 257-8, 455-6, 459
death 453
and intelligence 417
and Japan 204-5, 208-9, 455
Lend-Lease 258, 455
neutrality 69, 206, 455
and Overlord 313
and Pacific war 247
and Stalin 459-60, 495
and strategy 259, 261-3, 453-60
and U-boats 206, 455-6
Rosa, Salvator 305
Rosenberg, Alfred 492
Rowehl, Theodor 147
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Bomber Command 346-61
Fighter Command 75-81
Rubarth, Hans 61
Ruby, General Edouard 55, 61
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von 47-50, 66, 68, 101, 142, 150, 155-60, 167-8, 308-12, 320, 326, 367, 439
Ryti, Risto 426
Saint-Lô 328-30, 338
Salisbury, Marquess of 361
Salomon, Ernst von 19
Sangro, battle 295-6
Sassoon, Siegfried 53
Sauckel, Fritz 235, 492
Schaub, Julius 441
Schelde estuary 362-3
Schepke, Joachim 94
Schlieben General Karl Wilhelm von 325
Schlieffen, Field Marshal von 49, 59, 108
Schmundt, Rudolf 48, 102, 104, 159, 185
Schörner, Field Marshal Ferdinand 400, 424, 431, 443
Schulze-Boysen network 417
Schuschnigg, Kurt von 31
Sealion, Operation 75, 80, 102, 104
Seeger, Alan 16
Senger und Etterlin, Frido von 289, 298
Serbs 122-3, 126
Serrigny, Bernard 69
Seyss-Inquart, Arthur 31, 492
Sherrod, Robert 248, 475
Shima, Vice-Admiral Kigohide 469
Shirer, William 101
Sho-1 plan 468-9
Shtemenko, General S.M. 400
Sicily, Allied invasion 287-91
‘Sickle Stroke’ 49-50, 65
signals intelligence 87-9, 132-3, 202-4, 418-23
Simović, General Dušan 122
Singapore 213-14
Skorzeny, Colonel Otto 292, 302, 371, 427
Sledgehammer, Operation 261
Slessor, Air Marshal Sir John 349
Slim, General William 217-18, 465-6, 471
Smuts, Jan 266-7, 277
Sokolovsky, Marshal V.D. 146, 395, 445
Somaliland 120, 265-6
Sorge, Richard 147, 167-8, 417-18
Spaatz, General Carl 346, 358-9, 482
Spain 73, 105
Spears, General Edward 70
Special Operations Executive (SOE), UK 405-6, 409, 413-14, 428
Speer, Dr Albert 101, 172, 334-5, 348, 358, 366, 441, 443, 485
Speidel, Lieutenant-General Hans 323
Sperrle, General Hugo 75, 101, 316
spies 417-18
Sprague, Admiral Clifton 470
Spruance, Admiral Raymond 225, 473-4
Stackelberg, Karl von 63, 68
Stalin, J.V.
and A-bombs 487
and Churchill 147-8, 185-6, 258, 262, 304, 429
counter-attack 387-8, 399-404
demand for Second Front 258, 262, 307
and Finland 35-6
and German invasion 148-9, 154, 160, 164-5, 179-80, 185-7
and Hungary 430
and intelligence 417-18
and Japan 480
pact with Germany 33
and Poland 404, 410, 495-6
post-war foreign policy 495-6
purge of generals 109, 129-30, 142-4
Red Army command 146-7, 380-1, 458
and Roosevelt 459-60
and siege of Berlin 440-2, 445
strategy 377-82
and Tito 415, 429
war aims 454, 460
Stalingrad 185-92, 384-5
Stauffenberg, Colonel Claus von 150, 329, 403, 418
Steinbeck, John 178, 412
Stewart, I.M.D. 136
Stilwell, General Joe 216-17, 459, 463-6, 471
Stokes, Richard 361
strategic bombing 75, 346-61, 480-2
Streicher, Julius 492
Stresemann, Gustav 25
Stroop, General Jürgen 410
Student, General Kurt 130-1, 134-6, 138, 140
Stülpnagel, General Heinrich Graf von 329-30
Stumme, General Georg 278
submarines, 83-95
Sukarno, Dr 231
Sultan, General Daniel 471
Suner, Serrano 105
super-weapons 482-8
supplies, war, Battle of the Atlantic 82-95
Surigao Strait 469
Suzuki, Admiral Kantaro 481, 482
Svoboda, General Ludwik 428
Syria 270-2
Takagi, Admiral Takeo 215
tanks 331-2, 483
Blitzkrieg 45-72
German 50-1, 176, 333-4, 335, 340-1
Soviet 109, 146, 334
UK 175, 334
US 266-7, 334
Tarawa 247-9
Taylor, A.J.P. 1
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur 346
Tehran Conference 313, 401
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre 16
Ten-Go plan 474-5
Ten-Ichigo plan 474-5
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 14
Terauchi, General Count 464
Thailand 216, 232, 464
Thesiger, Wilfred 268
Thoma, Ritter von 115, 160
Thomas, Lieutenant W.B. 134
Thümmel, Paul 417
Timoshenko, Marshal S.K. 144, 146, 149, 154-9, 167, 168, 183, 186, 381, 400
Tiso, Joseph 427
Tito, Marshal 301-2, 303, 413-15, 429
Tobruk 119
, 275-6
Todt, Dr Fritz 104, 171-2, 335
Togo, Admiral 207, 210
Tojo, General Hideki 200-1, 203-5, 230, 474
Tolbukhin, Marshal F.I. 303, 394, 396, 399, 429-30, 435, 438
Torch, Operation 261, 263, 280-1
Totalise, Operation 338
transport 7, 146
Trenchard, Sir Hugh 348-9
Trevor-Roper, Hugh 453
trials, war crimes 491-2
Trident Conference, Washington 263-4
Tripartite Pact 104, 107, 115, 120
Trotsky, Leon 143-4, 186
Trott, Adam von 357
Truman, Harry S, 480, 482, 487, 491
Truscott, General Lucius 297-300
Tsolakoglu, General George 127
Tukhachevsky, Marshal 143-4
Tunisia 281-4
Turing, Alan 420
Turkey 117-18
U-boats 83-95
ciphers 87, 420
U-Go offensive 464-6
Ultra intelligence 89, 132-3, 147, 418-23
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
advance on Berlin 431-8, 440-7
and the Balkans 428-31
Barbarossa (q.v.) 141-69
and Bulgaria 107
casualties 492
counter-offensive 186-7, 381-2, 384-94
German retreat 398-401
industry 108-9, 170-1
intelligence 148-9
Lend-Lease 93, 177, 258
and Poland 403-4
Red Army 142-8, 179, 378-81, 395-7
supplies 92-3, 170-1, 176-7
tanks 109, 146, 334
war production 170-1
United Kingdom (UK)
aircraft 76, 175-6, 352-3
Battle of Britain 73-81
Burma 463-6
casualties 493
Crete 131-40
economy and production 175-6
German bombing of 350, 353-4
Greece 117-20, 127-8, 428-9
Lend-Lease 88, 177
Malaya 212-15
North Africa 266-70, 272-83
SOE 405-6, 409, 413-16, 428
strategic bombing 346-50
tanks 175, 334
United States of America (USA)
aircraft carriers 222
casualties 493
economy and production 178
Marine Corps 241-3, 248-51, 467, 472-5, 493
Navy 247-8, 479
neutrality 88, 454-5
OSS 416
tanks 266-7, 334
Upham, Charles 131
uranium 486-7
Uranus, Operation 190-2
Ushijima, General Mitsuru 476, 478
V-1 bombs 486, 487
V-2 rockets 485-6
Vasilevsky, A.M. 183, 187, 380-1, 392, 401
Vassilchikov, ‘Missie’ 357
Vatutin, General N.F. 146, 165, 189, 384-6, 388-9, 398-9
Vercors 406
Versailles Treaty 28-9
Vichy government 71-2, 105, 233, 281
colonies 231, 265, 270, 281
Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy 291
Vietinghoff, General Heinrich von 294, 305
Vietnam 497
Vlasov, General A.A. 156, 168, 446
Volksgrenadiers 365, 424
Voronov, Marshal N.N. 191
Voroshilov, Marshal K.E. 143-4, 154-5, 186, 380
Wade, Field Marshal 6
Wake 211
Waller, Lieutenant-Colonel R.P. 128
Wan Waithayakon, Prince 230-1
Wang Ching-wei 230
Warlimont, General Walter 110, 130, 330
Watson-Watt, Robert 76
Wavell, Field Marshal Sir Archibald 119, 138, 213, 214, 259-60, 266-7, 272-7
Wedemeyer, General Albert C. 263, 471
Weichs, General Maximilian von 183
Weidling, General Karl 444, 446
Weizsäcker, Richard von 494
Welchman, Gordon 420
Welles, Sumner 148
Wenck, General Walther 442
Westphal, General Siegfried 57
Weygand, General Maxime 64, 68, 70, 270-1
Weygand Line 68-70
Wiese, General 343
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 57
Wilson, Field Marshal Sir Henry 127
Wilson, Gunner Charles 321
Wingate, Major-General Orde 268-9, 464
Winn, Captain Rodger 88
Witzleben, General Erwin von 101
Wolff, General Karl 447
World War I 1-2, 17-18, 285
Yalta Conference 459-60, 495
Yamamoto, Admiral Isoruku 197-8, 207, 210-11, 224, 229, 245-6
Yamashita, General Tomoyuku 213-14, 468
Ybarnegarey, Jean 70
Yegorov, Mikhail 143, 444
Yeremenko, Marshal A.I. 146, 160, 186, 190
Young, Desmond 310
Yugoslavia 115, 117, 118, 122-7, 301-2, 429, 492
resistance 413-17
Zangen, General Gustav von 364
Zeitzler, General Kurt 184-5, 192, 387-90, 399, 424
Zhukov, Marshal G.K. 144-9, 154, 162, 166, 168, 186-7, 189-90, 200, 380-2, 392, 398-401, 431-46, 446
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Table of Contents
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Foreword
Prologue
1 Every man a soldier
2 Fomenting world war
Part I THE WAR IN THE WEST 1940-1943
3 The Triumph of Blitzkrieg
4 Air Battle: the Battle of Britain
5 War supply and the Battle of the Atlantic
Part II THE WAR IN THE EAST 1941-1943
6 Hitler’s strategic dilemma
7 Securing the eastern springboard
8 Airborne battle: Crete
9 Barbarossa
10 War production
11 Crimean summer, Stalingrad winter
Part III THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-1943
12 Tojo’s strategic dilemma
13 From Pearl Harbor to Midway
14 Carrier battle: Midway
15 Occupation and repression
16 The war for the islands
Part IV THE WAR IN THE WEST 1940-1945
17 Churchill’s strategic dilemma
18 Three wars in Africa
19 Italy and the Balkans
20 Overlord
21 Tank battle: Falaise
22 Strategic bombing
23 The Ardennes and the Rhine
Part V THE WAR IN THE EAST 1943-1945
24 Stalin’s strategic dilemma
25 Kursk and the recapture of western Russia
26 Resistance and espionage
27 The Vistula and the Danube
28 City battle: the siege of Berlin
Part VI THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1943-1945
29 Roosevelt’s strategic dilemma
30 Japan’s defeat in the south
31 Amphibious battle: Okinawa
32 Super-weapons and the defeat of Japan
Epilogue
33 The legacy of the Second World War
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Copyright Page
