The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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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, 656, 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
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