The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin
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illness of, 264, 403, 470
last hours and suicide of, 494-98, 500
last messages of, 466
military errors of, 84-85, 89, 130-31, 256-57, 273
Order of the Day (April 15), 362-63
orders Goering’s arrest, 468-69
permits landing strip on East-West Axis, 379
policy on retreating, 475
portraits of, 19, 22-23, 263, 369
relieves Guderian, 225-29
scorched-earth policy of, 172-73, 332-35, 408
Steiner attack and, 423, 426-27
Speer and, 172-73, 176, 332-33
on treachery, 416, 497
Hitler Youth, 52, 112, 382, 383, 386, 398-99, 442, 451, 453, 478
decorated by Hitler, 403-4
Hodges, Lieutenant General Courtney H., 178
First Army of, 129-30, 131, 204, 207, 282, 326, 472
Hoffman, Rosie, 32, 486
Hohenzollerndamm, 65, 220, 376
Holland, 135, 234, 326
Hollingsworth, Major James F., 181, 289-90, 305, 306-9, 317
Hölz, Colonel Arthur, 384
Home Guard (Vclkssturm), 113, 131, 218, 265, 277, 305, 306-7, 375, 376, 380, 384, 400, 413, 422, 478
number and organization of, 382-83
return home, 479
weapons for, 106, 383
Hopkins, Harry, 147
Hoppegarten, 358, 430, 434
Horsemeat, 453
House of Tourist Affairs, 422
Householder, Sergeant Charles, 312-13
Hückel, Annemarie, 36, 423
Hückel, Dr. Rudolf, 32, 423
Hughes, Brigadier Hugh L. Glyn, 44-45, 191, 328
Hull, Cordell, 153n
Hull, Lieutenant General John Edwin, 469-70
Humboldthain, 167, 382
Hungarian units, 70, 76, 265
Hungary, 70, 76, 85
I
Intelligence agents
Communist, 37
in Switzerland, 212
Wiberg, 23, 59, 136-38, 366-67, 400-1, 492
Internal Affairs Ministry building, 302
International Red Cross warehouses, 493
Invalidenstrasse, 441, 442
Invasion, see Operation Overlord
Iowa, U.S.S., 140, 141, 145-49
Ismay, General Sir Hastings, 139, 161, 232
Italian Army, 376
Italy, 156, 235, 446
Ivanov, Major General Georgi Vasilievich, 356
“Ivy Division” (4th Infantry Division), 128
Izvestia (newspaper), 429
J
Jacobi, Dr. Gerhard, 486-87
Jakubek, Erwin, 495, 497
Janssen, Dora, 418-19, 460, 489
Jehovah’s Witnesses, 431-2
Jessen-Schmidt, Hennings, 137-38, 366-67, 401, 492
Jesuits, 25, 487
Jewish Community Bureau, 41
Jews, 28, 327
remaining in Berlin, 40-44, 262-63, 461-64
Jodl, Colonel General Alfred, 78, 83, 116, 173, 226-27, 261, 268, 339, 376, 401-4, 435-36, 467, 474
Eclipse maps and, 96-104, 436n
Hitler’s remark on suicide to, 405
marriage of, 107
Jodl, Luise, 97-101, 103n, 107, 401-2, 405n
Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Briard P., 284
Johnson, Colonel Walter M., 292
Junge, Gertrud, 494-97
Jungmittag, Biddy, 36
K
Kaether, Colonel, 428
Kaganovich, Lazar M., 248
Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church, 14, 165, 486
Karinhall, 300-1, 397, 426
evacuated, 401-3
Karlsbad, 76
Karlshorst, 42, 447
Karstadt’s department store, 417, 450-52
Katukov, Colonel General Mikhail Yefimovich, 193-94, 302, 348, 361-62, 367-68
First Guards Tank Army of, 302, 361, 367-68, 390-91, 428
Katushkas, 345, 348-49, 420, 479, 513
“KCB” pill, 32
Keitel, Field Marshal Wilhelm, 78, 226-28, 260, 261, 403
attempts to persuade Hitler to leave Berlin, 435-36
Keitel, Field Marshal (continued)
determination of, 467-68
dismisses Heinrici, 476-77
visits Wenck, 436, 443-45
Kelm, Alexander, 453
Kempka, SS Colonel, Erich, 337, 498
Kennan, George F., 157, 183
Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert, 277, 297, 404
Ketzler, Gertrud, 33, 166
Khudyakov, Marshal Sergei V, 19n
Kiel, 124, 329
King, Captain Charles, 134
King, Admiral Ernest J., 140, 147
Kinnard, Colonel Harold, 125
Kinzel, General Eberhard, 92-93, 221-22, 225, 229-30, 427
Kloptsch, Else “Eddy,” 37-38, 60, 493
Klosterdorf, 386
Klotz, Jurgen-Erich, 409
Kluge, Field Marshal Günther von, 66, 75
Knight, Captain Jack A., 307-8
Knoblauch, Eva, 437
Koch, Ilse, 327
Koch, Jolenta, 491
Köckler, Maria, 35
Koenig, Lieutenant General Joseph, 177
Kohler, Major Haley E., 285
Kolb, Ingeborg, 20-21, 58
Kolb, Robert, 20-21, 58
Kolb, Lieutenant Colonel Roland L., 289
Kolberg, 66, 269
Kolberg (film), 373
Koller, General Karl, 261, 405, 426-27, 436, 468
Koniev, Marshal Ivan Stepanovich, 21, 38, 184, 194, 248n, 449, 472
background of, 245-46
called to Moscow, 243-51
drives for Berlin, 391-93, 396, 412, 434
fears unilateral surrender, 354-55
Neisse offensive of, 353-57, 368, 385
plans attack on Berlin, 250-51, 254
König, Ilse, 408
Königin-Luise Strasse, 18, 166
Königsberg, 378
Köpenick, 166, 358, 372
Korab, Alexander, 493
Korolevich, Pfc Alexander, 332
Kosney, Corporal Herbert, 46-48, 61, 262, 431-32, 440-42
Kosney, Kurt, 47-48, 61, 262, 431-32
Köster, Ursula, 484-85
Köthenerstrasse, 171
Kotzebue, Lieutenant Albert, 470-71
Kraft, Fritz, 408
Kramer, Staff Sergeant Wilfred, 324
Krampnitz, 436
Krebs, Lieutenant General Hans, 80, 225, 276-77, 385, 403, 404, 413-15, 426-28, 434, 438-39, 448, 472, 496, 497, 515
appointed Chief of OKH, 228, 230
at Führerbunker conference with Heinrici, 260-61, 264-68, 273
suicide of, 502, 503
in surrender negotiations, 498-500
Kremlin described, 243-44
Kreuzberg, 24, 29, 59, 489
Kreuznacherstrasse, 369
Krüger, Eleanore, 43, 447, 462
Krüger, Otto, 42
Krupp and Druckenmüller plant, 262, 372
Kulmbach, 174, 374
Kunz, SS Colonel Helmut, 495
Kurfürstendamm, 14, 54, 165, 406, 418
Küster, Klaus, 52, 451, 453, 488-89
Küstrin, 87-89, 93-94, 224-26, 254, 256, 265, 335, 345-50, 360
Kutuzov, General Mikhail, 247
Kuznetsov, General Vasili, 361
L
L Tower, 167; see also Zoo Bunker (Zoo towers)
Lammerding, General Heinz, 92
Lamprecht, Dr. Günther, 31
“Land Forces Commander,” 204, 205
Landwehr Canal, 382, 408, 481
Lang, Captain Hellmuth, 111, 506-7
Latvia, 142
Leahy, Fleet Admiral William D., 150
Leckscheidt, Dr. Arthur, 24-25, 59, 369-70, 452
Legathière, Raymond, 48, 373
Le Havre, 202
Lehrterstrasse Prison, 45-48, 61, 262, 431-32, 439-42
Leibl, Wilh
elm, 168
Leibman, Lieutenant Gerald P., 135
Leipzig, 148, 156, 283, 297
Eisenhower’s plans to advance on, 202, 203, 215, 217, 232, 237, 238, 249, 326
Leipzigerstrasse, 480
Lelyushenko, General D. D., 412
Leningrad, siege of, 34
Lichtenberg, 13, 42, 358, 430, 447, 462
Lichtenrade, 434
Linge, SS Sturmbannführer Heinz, 498
Linz, 216
Lippert, Julius, 408-9
Lipschitz, Joachim, 42-43, 447, 462
Lithuania, 142
Looting by Germans, 450-53
Loringhoven, Major Freytag von, 80-81, 227
Louis XVI, King of France, 197
Lübben, 256, 357, 368, 391, 396, 449
Lübeck, 116, 144, 329, 410
Luftwaffe, 131, 167, 223, 365, 378, 426
bombs OKH command column, 413
Luftwaffe (continued)
Fieseler Storch brought down by Piper Cub, 190, 310-12
Goering’s personal guards from, 300, 402, 426
ground combat forces of, 269-70, 271, 272, 395
last commander of, 482-83
Luxembourg, 146
Lyne, Major General Louis, 280
7th Armored Division of, 128, 134, 135, 280-81
M
McCloy, John J., 153
McLain, Major General Raymond S., 180, 293, 304, 322
McWhinnie, Sergeant Hugh, 281
Macon, Major General Robert C., 128, 180, 285, 288, 290
83rd Infantry Division of, 128-29, 134, 285, 288, 290-91, 319-20, 322, 325, 330
Magdeburg, 284, 443, 446
Americans arrive at, 305-6
German defense of, 298, 315, 322, 365, 388
Magder, Herbert, 409
Mahlsdorf, 358
Maigatter, Elfriede, 451-52
Mainz, 129, 147
Majewski, Elena, 450, 489-91
Malenkov, Georgi M., 248
Malta meeting of Combined Chiefs of Staff, 139, 207
Manstein, Field Marshal Erich von, 66
Manteuffel, General Hasso von, 87, 110, 395-96, 473, 474-77
Third Panzer Army of, 87, 222, 265-66, 299, 352, 353, 394-96, 402, 415, 423, 438, 472-73, 475
Maps of occupation zones
German capture of, 90, 96-104, 116, 278, 363-64, 436n
Roosevelt’s map, 147-49, 156, 163
Maps used by U.S. Army, 134
Mariendorf, 449
Marienfelde, 49, 372
Marquardt, Dodo, 369
Marshall, General of the Army George C., 126, 147, 148n, 149, 153n, 469
on capture of Berlin, 278-79
messages to Eisenhower, 199, 214-15, 216, 234, 236-39
Martin, Lieutenant William S., 310-12
Matzker, Father Alfons, 487-88
Maybach I, 77-79
Maybach II, 77-79
Mecklenburg lakes, 475
Melanchthon Church, 24, 59, 370
Menzel, Gerhard, 503
Merriam, Lieutenant Colonel Wheeler G., 132-33, 289, 305-6
Meteorological station (Potsdam), 372, 450n
Meunier, Christa, 31-32
Michael, King of Rumania, 162
Michalke, Father Joseph, 487-88
Miede, Hans, 422, 461
Mikoyan, Anastas I., 248
Milbrand, Elisabeth, 359, 457
Milk, 17-19, 57, 369, 458-59
Minden, 291
Mission Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 25-26, 59, 370-71, 455-56, 464-65, 491-92
Mittenwalde, 449
Moabit, 450
Model, Field Marshal Walter, 131, 282, 396
Mogg, Warrant Officer Ronald, 389-90
Möhring family, 40-41, 262, 358, 462
Möller (Nazi), 489
Molotov, Vyacheslav M., 248
Monte Cassino, 272, 397
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law, 103, 116, 177-79, 185
Eisenhower holds up drive to Berlin by, 216-17, 232-42, 279-80
opposes Eisenhower, 202-6, 232, 233-34, 241
plans drive for Berlin, 135-36, 139-40, 165, 199-202, 206-7
Twenty-first Army Group of, 116, 129, 135-36, 139-40, 200, 216-17, 232-33, 282, 325-26
Mopti, 454
Morell, Professor Theodor, 264n
Morgan, Lieutenant General Sir Frederick E., 182, 201, 241
plans Rankin C, 141-42, 144-45, 150
Morgenthau plan, 161n
Moscow, 143
Heinrici’s stand at, 73-74
Kremlin described, 243-44
Moscow Conference (1943), 143
Moselle River, 130
Mosely, Philip E., 152, 156, 157, 158, 159n, 183
Mourmelon-le-Grand, 124
Movie theaters, 373
Mulde, 297, 298
Müller, SS Grüppenführer Heinrich, 46, 47
Müller, Inge, 367, 492
Müller-Hillebrand, Major General Burkhart, 476, 477
Müncheberg, 358, 397, 398, 407
Munich, 202, 216, 230, 497
Murphy, Robert 159n, 177
Museum treasures stored, 167-68
Mussolini, Benito, 497
N
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 194, 247
Nassenheide, 474
National Redoubt (Alpenfestung)
Eisenhower’s plans against, 216, 237, 238, 279, 329-30
intelligence reports on, 209-14
map of, 211
proven a chimera, 446-47
Nauen, 445
Naumann, Dr. Werner, 29, 437, 496, 497, 501, 502
Nazis, 19, 24, 28, 32, 51-56
Berliners’ attitude to, 52, 371-72
flight of, 69, 405-7
suicide of, 34, 407
Nebe, General Artur, 47
Neisse River, 86, 87
Russian offensive over, 255, 353-57, 368
Nelson, Lieutenant Clarence A., 133
Nestorstrasse, 23
Neuenhagen, 39, 430
Neukölln, 418, 448, 452
Neumann, Edith, 29
Neumann, Hugo, 29
Nicodemus, Lieutenant Robert E., 312-13
Nicolaieff, Dr., 350
Niedieck, Lieutenant Gerda, 466, 514
Niemöller house, 454
Nijmegen, 120, 129
Nikolassee, 36
Nolte, Fire Colonel Wilhelm, 479
Norway, 238, 329, 446
Norwegian volunteers in German Army, 222
Notte Canal, 434
Novikov, Sergeant Nikolai Georgievich, 346-47
Nuremberg, 202, 203
Nuremberg trials, 104n, 407n
O
Obersalzberg, 125, 210
Occupation of Germany
airborne assault on Berlin planned, 120-25, 147, 179, 249, 281-82
British planning for, 141-42, 144-45, 150
conflict between State and War departments, 151-52, 156-57
corridors to Berlin proposed, 152, 158-59
French zone accepted, 162
German capture of maps for, 90, 96-104, 116, 278, 363-64, 436n
joint occupation of Berlin planned, 143, 144, 148, 154, 159
Roosevelt’s objections to plans for, 141, 145-50, 154-61
Russians accept Rankin C plan for, 153-54
zones formally approved, 162
Oder Bruch, 352, 360
Oder front
condition of German troops on, 222-24, 265-66, 269, 272-73
German reinforcements to, 271-72, 414 335, 342
Küstrin attack, 93-94, 224-26
plans for Russian offensive on, 21-22, 250-51, 254, 299, 301-3
Russian offensive on, 345-53, 360-65, 367-68, 384-86, 390-99, 434, 437-39, 472-76
Russians’ original positions on, 87-90, 193, 208-9, 265
Ohnesorge, Wilhelm, 303
Ohrdruf concentration camp, 327-28
OKH (Army High Command), 77-79, 229-30, 466
evacuates
Zossen, 413
Guderian relieved as Chief of, 225-29
Krebs appointed Chief of, 228
united with OKW, 466, 467
OKW (Armed Forces High Command), 77-79, 96, 230, 466
united with OKH, 466, 467
“voice” of, 446
Olbertz, Dr. Albert, 47
Olympic Stadium, 479
Omaha Beach, 315
Operation Anvil, 238
Operation Eclipse (Rankin C)
accepted by Russians, 153-54
German capture of maps of, 90, 96-104, 116, 278, 363-64, 436n
Morgan’s planning of, 141-42, 144-45, 150
planned airborne assault on Berlin under, 120-25, 147, 179, 249, 281-82
Roosevelt’s objections to, 145-50, 154-57
Operation Effective, 125
Operation Eruption, 124
Operation Jubilant, 125, 282
Operation Overlord (Invasion), 122, 141, 315, 375
Roosevelt’s objections to, 146-47
Operation Rankin, see Operation Eclipse
Operation Talisman, 122
Oppenheim, 116
Oranienburgstrasse, 408
OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 23
on National Redoubt, 210, 212
Osterwieck, 306
Ostmann, Colonel Hermann, 294-26, 389-90, 409-12, 508-9
P
Pankow, 13, 40, 262, 358, 429, 462-64, 478, 487
Panzer, Hildegard, 511
Panzerbar, Der, 450
Panzerfäuste, 52, 385-86, 391, 399
Pariser Platz, 378
Parkins, Lieutenant Bill, 324
Patch, Lieutenant General Alexander, Seventh Army of, 125, 130, 213
Patton, Lieutenant General George S., 135, 178
Montgomery and, 205
at Ohrdruf concentration camp, 327-28
Third Army of, 116, 130, 131, 207, 282, 283n, 297, 326, 327
Pemsel, Lieutenant General Max, 106, 375-76
Pergamon sculptures, 167
Petcoff, First Sergeant George, 293
Peters, Major Alcee L., Jr., 317-18
Philharmonic Orchestra, 16, 171-72
evacuation plan for, 173-75, 373-75, 386-87
Plassenburg, 174
Piön, 506-7
Plötzensee, 431
Pluskat, Major Werner, 315, 446
Poganowska, Lisbeth, 18
Poganowska, Richard, 17-20, 57, 369, 458-59
Poland, 161, 193
1939 Russo-German clash in, 209
Russian claims to, 142-43
Stalin’s violation of Yalta agreement on, 162, 164
Polevoi, Colonel Boris, 433, 504
Police, Berlin, 16, 450
Popiel, Lieutenant General Nikolai N., 249n, 302, 348, 350, 360-61, 390-91, 394
Population of Berlin, 26-27
Posen, 268
Post office, 408