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Hitler's Panzers

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by Dennis Showalter


  Gomel

  Gort, Viscount

  Graham, James

  Greece

  British evacuation of

  British ground troops arriving in

  Italian defeat in

  Grenadiere (Meyer)

  Groener, Wilhelm

  Grossdeutschland Corps

  Grossdeutschland Regiment

  crossing Meuse

  upgrade

  Ground-air cooperation

  in Operation Typhoon

  Guderian, Heinz

  appointed to Inspectorate of Mobile Troops

  appointed to Inspector-General of Panzer Troops

  arguing against assault guns

  arguing against major 1943 offensives

  avoiding suspicion for Hitler assassination attempt

  in Case Red

  classes of

  demanding inquiry into

  describing own behavior

  dismissal of

  on eastern static defense

  entering Vienna

  final attempt on Tula

  health of

  Hoth and, tension between

  lead-from-the-front approach of

  meeting with Hitler in Rastenburg

  praise for

  promotion of

  release of

  reputation of

  on “shock power,”

  transferring mobile divisions to Lodz-Hohensalza

  Guide for the Employment of Armored Vehicle Assault Units

  Guide to Leadership and Battle

  Gutehoffnungshutte Aktenverein

  Halder, Franz

  on conquering Suez Canal

  dismissal of

  estimate of loss combat effectiveness from Operation Barbarossa

  on trusting “soldiers luck,”

  Hammerstein-Equord, Kurt von

  Hannut

  Hanomag

  Harmel, Heinz

  Harpe, Josef

  counterattack

  Harzer, Walter

  Haushofer, Karl

  Hausser, Paul

  Havel, Vaclav

  Heeresdienstvorschriften ,

  Heigl, Fritz

  Heine, Heinrich

  Henschel and Sons

  Henschel Hs biplane

  Henschel Hs

  Henschel Tiger II plant in Kassel

  Hermann Goering Brigade

  “Hermann GOring,”

  rebuilt

  reputation for hardness

  Hesse, Kurt

  Hetzer

  Heusinger, Adolf

  Heye, Wilhelm

  Himmler, Heinrich

  Hindenburg, Paul von

  Hitler, Adolf

  on Anglo-Saxon invasion

  asserting authority

  Beck’s opposition to

  blamed for Kursk

  death of

  debates with generals

  declaring war on United States

  diplomacy v. force idea of

  directing Army Group A

  Directive 41 issued by

  Directive 45 issued by

  in Dunkirk

  emphasis on “bold armored thrusts,”

  emphasis on numbers by

  establishing parallel systems for solving difficult problems

  first acts of

  forbidding direct attack on Kiev

  forbidding Slavs as allies

  generals’ plot to seize

  given free hand in restructuring

  interfering with command decisions

  on I SS Panzer Corps

  issuing “no retreat” order to Red Army counterattack

  meeting with Guderian in Rastenburg

  Operations Order No. 5 issued by

  Operations Order No. 6 issued by

  order to destroy Warsaw

  public persona of

  reinforcing defeat in North Africa

  rescinding halt order

  responsibility for technical dead ends

  seeking Verschnaufpause

  strategic priorities conference of

  Tiger I birthday present for

  time as enemy of

  “two pillars” of

  unsuccessful assassination attempt on

  Hitler Jugend Division

  murder of Canadian prisoners

  order to remove cuff titles

  refusal to surrender

  Hitler Youth

  Hoepner, Erich

  execution of

  promotion of

  Hohenstaufen

  order to remove cuff titles

  surrender of

  Holland

  Hornet

  Horthy, Miklós

  Hossbach, Friedrich

  Hossbach Memorandum

  Hotchkiss H35

  Hotchkiss H39

  Hoth, Hermann

  dismissal of

  Guderian and, tension between

  organizing Stalingrad relief force

  promotion of

  tenure of

  war criminal trial of

  Houffalize

  Hube, Hans

  1st Panzer Army pocket rescue by

  reputation of

  Humain

  Hummel

  Hungary

  joining Axis

  6th SS Panzer Army ordered to

  Il-2 Sturmoviks

  In6. See Inspection Department 6 for Armored Troops, Cavalry, and Army Motorization

  Infantry

  antitank rifles issued to

  Beck recommendations on

  gun batteries

  Inspection Department 6 for Armored Troops, Cavalry, and Army Motorization (In6)

  Inter-Allied Control Commission

  Internal combustion engine

  Italy

  defeated in Greece

  entering war

  Jagdpanther

  Jagdpanzer IV,

  Jagdtiger

  Jager

  Jeschonnek, Hans

  Jews

  annihilation of

  calls for eradication of

  creating/sustaining Communist government of Soviet Union

  derogatory attitude towards

  nonpunishable offense to kill

  shot at Babi Yar

  JS

  Ju-52 transports

  Jünger, Ernst

  Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers

  adding propeller-driven sirens

  as tank buster

  Junkerschulen

  Kadavergehorsamkeit

  Kalach

  Kalinin

  Katukov, M. E.

  Kazan tank school

  Kegresse, Adolphe

  Kempf, Franz

  Kesselring, Albert

  Kharkov

  casualties at

  defense priority of

  fall of

  retaking of

  Soviet Southwestern Front offensive around

  Khimki

  Kiev

  Army Group South run towards

  Citino on

  controversies over

  Hitler forbidding direct attack on

  remote-controlled demolitions in

  6th Army march towards

  Stalin ordering to hold

  Kirchner, Friedrich

  Kirovograd

  Kirponos, M. P.

  Kleist, Ewald von

  complaints to Rundstedt

  dismissal of

  promotion of

  reputation for

  in Yugoslavia

  Kluge, Gunther von

  suicide of

  Koch, Eric

  Konev, Ivan

  Korsun

  Kraftfahrabteilung

  Kraftfahrlehrkommando Zossen

  Krefeld

  Kremenchug

  Kriegsmarine

  Krivoi Rog

  K-round

  Krupp

  Kuehne, Thomas

  Kursk

  blaming Hitler for

  buildups

  for
tress preparations

  Frieser on

  manning defenses at

  Manstein describing

  retaking of

  scale of

  2nd Panzer Army run towards

  technical effectiveness highlighted at

  Vatutin at

  Zukhov at

  Küstrin

  KV-1

  Labor Service

  La Gleize

  La Horgne

  Laibstandarte

  Lake Balaton

  Lanchester equations

  Der Landser

  Landsverk

  Lauchert, Meinrad von

  League of Nations, withdrawal from

  Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von

  Leichter Panzerspähwagen Sonderkraftfahrzeug. See SdKfz

  Le Mans

  Lend-Lease M-10

  Leningrad

  starving of

  XLI Panzer Corps run towards

  Leopard

  Liddell-Hart, B. H.

  Lipetsk air school

  List, Wilhelm

  “Living will,”

  Lodz-Hohensalza

  Lorraine campaign

  Lublin, fall of

  Ludendorff, Erich

  Luftwaffe

  contributions of

  creation of

  design of

  doctrine

  operational losses of

  rearmament of

  theory

  Lutz, Oswald

  forced retirement of

  tanks in mass concept of

  Lynx

  M4

  M-10

  M-18 Hellcat

  M-24

  Mackensen, Eberhard von

  reputation of

  transfer of

  MacKinder, Halford

  Maginot Line

  7th Panzer Division passing through

  Maikop

  Malinovsky, Rodion

  MAN. See Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nuremberg

  Manifest destiny

  Manstein, Erich von

  advocating restoring operational maneuver

  calling for eradication of Jews

  dismissal of

  elastic defense advocated by

  on infantry

  Kharkov counterstroke by

  Kursk described by

  recommending assault gun

  relief operation for Cherkassy Pocket

  reputation of

  stabilizing southern sector

  war criminal trial of

  weakness in approach

  withdrawal into Donets Basin

  Manteuffel, Hasso von

  on Battle of the Bulge

  capture of 106th Infantry Division

  passing Bastogne

  Marder

  Mark IV,

  Marshall, George

  Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nuremberg (MAN)

  bomber strikes on

  Maskirovka

  “Massacre of the innocents,”

  Maudlin, Bill

  Maus

  Mearsheimer, John

  Mellenthin, Friedrich von

  Merridale, Catherine

  Messerschmidt, Manfred

  Meyer, Kurt

  war criminal trial of

  MG

  Micromanagement

  Middle East

  Militarism

  Militär-Wochenblatt

  Military sovereignty

  Milne, George

  Minsk

  casualties from

  fall of

  German quarreling in

  Mishkova River

  Mission tactics

  Model, Walther

  as “Hitler’s favorite general,”

  suicide of

  Molotov, Vyacheslav

  Moltke, Helmuth von, the Elder

  Molybdenum

  Montgomery, Bernard Law

  Mortain

  Moscow

  final try before winter for

  as focal point

  as ideological triumph for National Socialism

  Rundstedt arguing for run on

  Moscow-Volga Canal

  Motorized Combat Troops

  Mozhaisk Line

  Munich Conference of September 1938,

  Murray, Williamson

  Nahkampfdivision

  Narva

  National Socialism

  conceptions of East as “living space,”

  Moscow as ideological triumph for

  as motivator

  principles of

  socialization away from

  structure of heroism/sacrifice

  view of war

  Waffen SS as ideological soldiers of

  Nature v. nurture

  Nazi(sm)

  anti intellectualism

  power seizure

  racism

  representing “flight forward,”

  virtues

  Nemmersdorf

  Netherlands

  19th Panzer Corps, crossing Meuse

  9th Army

  9th Hohenstaufen

  9th SS Panzer Division

  90th Infantry Division

  90th Light Division

  NKVD

  Noncommissioned officers (NCOs)

  Normandy

  British style in

  end of

  losses

  North Africa

  approach to

  backbone of defense in

  as clean war

  encirclement in

  Hitler reinforcing defeat in

  surrender conditions in

  Norway, invasion of

  Nuremberg Trials

  O’Brien, Tim

  Offensive defense

  Olkhovatka

  150th Brigade

  101st Airborne Division

  116th Panzer Division

  106th Infantry Division

  Operational art

  Operational mobility, neglect of

  Operational warfare

  Operation Bagration

  beginning of

  Operation Barbarossa

  ambition mindset in

  Army Group Center’s initial success in

  Army Group South in

  assumptions of

  command relationships in

  descriptions in diaries/letters home

  final dispositions

  finale

  as fundamentally flawed

  general mistakes in

  geopolitics of

  Halder’s estimate of loss combat effectiveness during

  ideology and

  looting during

  losses during

  maintenance units in

  opening of

  operational study

  outcome of

  as preventative

  prioritization for

  private reservations

  racism of

  requisitioning food during

  scale of

  second stage

  “southern strategy,”

  as strategic second choice

  supply system problems in

  theater-level planning for

  vehicle losses

  warning signs

  weather

  Operation Battleaxe

  Operation Blue

  initial stages of

  offensive response to

  order of battle

  original objective of

  oversimplification of

  reports submitted on

  scale of

  as series of interlocking attacks

  tunnel vision of

  Operation Bluecoat

  Operation Citadel

  Army Group South in

  doubling strength of

  4th Panzer Army in

  losses

  postponement of

  scope of

  second thoughts

  shutdown of

  Waffen SS in

  Operation Cobra

  Operation Crusade
r

  Operation Edelweiss

  Operation Frühlingserwachen

  Operation Gallop

  Operation Gypsy Baron

  Operation Jupiter

  Operation Little Saturn

  Operation Market-Garden

  Operation Mars

  commitment to

  delay of

  Glantz on

  limited geographical scope of

  Operation North Wind

  Operation Punishment

  Operation Saturn

  Operation Sea Lion

  Operation Star

  Operation Torch

  Operation Totalize

  Operation Typhoon

  ground-air cooperation in

  initial intention of

  outcome of

  Red Air Force responding to

  sustainability problems of

  Operation Uranus

  Operation Wanda

  Operation Watch on the Rhine

  operational plan

  order of battle

  tactical maneuver restricted in

  Operation Winter Storm

  Oradour-sur-Glane

  Ordnung im Chaos (Balck)

  Ordzhonikidze

  Orel

  PAK

  Pak auf Pz Kpf I,

  Palermo

  Panther A

  Panther II,

  Panther Model D

  engine problems with

  failures of

  preproduction of

  production authorized

  technical challenges of

  up-gunning

  Panzer Battles (Mellenthin)

  Panzer Division

  Panzer Division Type

  Panzerfaust rocket

  panzer grenadiers

  Panzer Group

  advancing towards Uman

  at Kremenchug

  upgrading

  Panzer Group

  Panzer Group Hoth

  Panzer Group West

  air strike on

  Panzergruppe Kleist

  operational analysis of

  trial concept of

  Panzer I,

  converted

  fragility of

  sent to Spain

  as temporary

  Panzer IB

  Panzer II,

  flamethrowers

  fragility of

  specifications

  underwater adapted

  upgrade of

  Panzer III,

  increased production of

  initial designs of

  outclassing of

  proving their worth

  rearming

  replacing

  up-gunning

  Panzer IV,

  canceling

  final versions of

  increased production of

  maintenance of

  origins of

  replacing

  reputation of

  testing

  up-gunned with Tank Gun M

  Panzer IVH

  Panzerjaeger

  Panzer Lehr Division

  Panzer Regiment

  Parachute Panzer Division. See “Hermann Göring”

  Pas de Calais

  Paulus, Friedrich von

  Paulus, Weichs fed

  Peiper, Jochen

  war criminal trial of

  People’s Commissariat of Defense

  Personality profiles

  Petain, Philippe

  Poland

  derogatory attitudes toward

  invasion of

  Red Army crossing into

 

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