Kursk offensive and, 225–228
Lammerding and, 103
leadership, 222
military assessment of, 421
military tribunals and, 412
Panzer Corps and, 207
preparation to return to Eastern Front 1942, 209
See also “Der Führer” Regiment; “Deutschland” Regiment
D-Day landings, 315, 316, 322
Degrelle, Léon, 199, 240, 241, 258–259, 260, 361, 415–416, 419
Demelhuber, Karl-Maria, 30, 58, 104, 151
“Der Führer” Regiment
creation of, 41–42
defense against Red Army advance into Yugoslavia, 385
drive on Moscow and, 167–168, 169, 174–175, 175
on Eastern Front during winter 1941–1942, 183
end of war and, 404–405
German offensive in France and, 345–347, 351
invasion of France and, 83–84, 90, 93
invasion of Netherlands and, 67, 68–69, 70, 72–74
invasion of Yugoslavia and, 116–117
Kharkov counterstroke and, 209, 211, 213
Kursk offensive and, 227
SS-V Division and, 58, 59
“Deutschland” Regiment, 16, 27, 104
drive on Moscow and, 169, 172, 175, 176
German offensive in France and, 346–347, 352
invasion of Austria and, 41
invasion of France and, 86, 88
invasion of Netherlands and, 72, 74–76
invasion of Poland and, 45, 46–47, 50, 54
invasion of Yugoslavia and, 116–117
SS-V Division and, 57–58
Steiner and, 28–29
See also Das Reich
Diebitsch, Karl, 13
Dietrich, Sepp
Allied offensive in France and, 316, 317, 323, 328, 334, 336, 340, 341, 343
awards and honors, 98, 178–179
command of Panzer Corps, 221
defense against Red Army advance into Yugoslavia, 383, 388, 390
departure from Leibstandarte, 221–222
Eicke and, 17
end of war and, 403
German offensive against Allies in France and, 348
Germany’s final offensive in Belgium and, 362, 365
HIAG and, 413
Hitler and, 178–179, 373
invasion of France and, 86, 89
invasion of Greece and, 120, 122–123
invasion of Poland and, 45, 48, 52
invasion of Ukraine and, 154, 162, 163–164
Kharkov counterstroke and, 212–213, 219
misgivings over Russian campaign, 264
Night of the Long Knives and, 18, 19, 20
origin of SS and, 14–15, 16
trial of, 411–412
See also Leibstandarte SS “Adolf Hitler”
Dirlewanger, Oskar, 106, 293, 295, 296
Dirlewanger Brigade, antipartisan warfare and, 295, 296–297
Dollman, Friedrich, 336–337
Dombrowski, Wolfgang, 357–358
Dönitz, Karl, 399, 401, 403, 407
Doren, Gustav, 38–39
Eastern Europe
expansion of Waffen-SS and Volksdeutsche from, 241–245
view of Waffen-SS veterans in, 417–420
See also individual countries
Eastern Front
defense of Ukraine, 253–266
German retreat from north, 267–273
Kharkov battle, 209–219
Kursk offensive, 222, 223–231
map of 1941–1942, 129
map of 1943–1944, 210
map of 1943–1945, 394
1941–1942, 177–189
1942–1943, 191–204
Operation Bagration, 277–282
partisan warfare on, 287–297
See also Leningrad; Moscow; Ukraine
Eberbach, Heinrich, 339, 346, 350
Eberling, Wilhelm, 246
Ehrhardt, Arthur, 291
Eicke, Theodor
arguments with army commanders, 202–203
Army Group North’s campaign and, 142, 143–144, 147, 148
attack on Moscow and, 149
biographical sketch of, 16–18
on convalescent leave, 188–189
Dachau and, 16, 17–18
Dietrich and, 17
discipline among troops of, 91
at Eastern Front during winter 1941–1942, 185–187, 188
hatred of Christianity, Jews, Freemasons, and communists, 38
Himmler and, 102–103
Hoepner and, 141
invasion of France and, 79, 80, 82, 84–85, 88
invasion of Poland and, 44
Kharkov counterstroke and, 216
Le Paradis massacre and, 92
Mauthausen concentration camp and, 42
Night of the Long Knives and, 19, 20
Russian weather and, 150
SS-VT and, 16
Totenkopf Division and, 63, 64–65, 66, 205
Totenkopfstandarten and, 55
Totenkopfverbände and, 37–38, 39
Einsatzgruppen killing squads, 287
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 400–401, 403
encirclement operations, 155, 291
Engelhardt-Ranzow, Paul, 161
Estes, Kenneth, 421
Estonia
defense of with Soviets, 269
German retreat from, 271–272
SS recruits/conscripts from, 250, 251–252, 421–422
welcome to Waffen-SS veterans in, 418
Estonian Division, 272–273
Estonian Legion, 250–252
Estonian Regiments, 269
ethnic Germans. See Volksdeutsche
Fegelein, Hermann, 105–106, 173, 184–185, 293, 401
Fenet, Henri, 417
Finland
cease-fire with Soviets, 272, 274
“Nord” in, 150–152, 273–276
“Nordost” battalion and, 131
Winter War with, 132
Fitzthum, Josef, 194
Flanders Brigade, 271–272, 421
Flanders Legion, reorganization as Langemarck Brigade, 239–240
Flemish Brigade, 270
Flemish Legion, 137–138, 191–192, 239–240
Florian Geyer Division, 292, 378, 380, 422
foreign workers drafted into Waffen-SS, 238
Förster, Jürgen, 133
France
initial invasion and defeat of, 65–66, 79–98
military tribunals in, 412
national legion, 241, 359
Operation Nordwind, 370–373
See also Normandy, battle for
Frankreich Brigade, 241, 359
Frederick the Great, 13
Freikorps Danmark, 136–137, 187–188, 192–193, 421
Freikorps movement, 11–12, 14
Freitag, Fritz, 249, 277, 278–279, 293
Der Freiwillige (magazine), 415, 417
Die Freiwilligen der Waffen-SS (Steiner), 138–139, 415
French Resistance, 290, 332
Frey, Albert, 334, 336
Frost, John, 355–356
Frundsberg, Georg von, 262, 421
Frundsberg Division, 262, 350, 351, 354–355, 371–372, 395–397
Fry, Albert, 256
Galician Division, 248–250
Gamory-Dubourdeau, Paul Marie, 241
Geissendorf, Hans, 388–389
General SS, armed SS vs., 37
Geneva Conventions, 99, 410
German army
conflict and negotiations over armed SS role, 60, 61–62
criticism of SS performance during invasion of Poland, 55, 56
function of SS-VT relative to, 39–40
See also Army Group Center; Army Group North; Army Group South; Wehrmacht
German blitzkrieg, map of, 69
“Germania” Regiment, 16, 27, 29–30
on Eastern Front during winter 1941–1942, 182
&nbs
p; invasion of France and, 84, 86
invasion of Netherlands and, 71, 72, 75
invasion of Ukraine and, 154, 159
Oberkamp and, 110–111
SS-V Division and, 58
Wiking Division and, 33, 104
Germanics, as source of recruits for Waffen-SS, 107–110. See also Volksdeutsche
Germany
Soviet seige of Berlin, 392–393, 397, 399–400
surrender of, 403–405
Gille, Herbert, 30, 111, 280, 282–284, 381–382, 388, 413, 415
Glaise-Horstenau, Edmund von, 302
Goebbels, Joseph, 10, 179, 398, 399, 401
Göring, Hermann, 18, 36, 74, 85, 90, 179, 399
Graebner, Viktor, 356
Grass, Günter, 235, 261, 395–396, 398
Greece
antipartisan warfare in, 308–309
German assault on, 115–116, 119–123
Mussolini and invasion of, 115
Grossdeutschland Regiment, 117–118, 165
Guderian, Heinz, 2, 41, 177, 223, 257, 392, 393, 415
drive on Moscow and, 165, 167, 171, 173
invasion of France and, 83, 85–86
guerrilla actions in World War II, 290–291
Halder, Franz, 43, 166, 170–171, 178
Handschar Division, 246–248, 288, 304–305, 308
Hanreich, Jacob, 349
Hansen, Max, 404
Hansen, Peter, 43, 58, 265
Harmel, Heinz, 118, 353, 355, 357, 371–372, 395, 396
Harzer, Walter, 355
Hausser, Paul, 24, 196
Allied offensive in France and, 328, 334, 336–337, 338, 344
Deutschland and, 29
drive on Moscow and, 165, 166–167, 168–169, 174
Germania and, 29–30
German offensive against Allies in France and, 345–352
HIAG and, 413, 414
on inclusion of new soldiers, 62
invasion of France and, 86, 95
invasion of Netherlands and, 71–72
invasion of Yugoslavia and, 116–117, 118
Kharkov counterstroke and, 211, 212–213, 216, 217
Kursk offensive and, 224–225, 228, 229
Leibstandarte SS “Adolf Hitler” and, 30, 31–32
Ostendorff and, 330
Panzer Corps and, 207–208
removal of SS troops from army command, 56
SS-V Division and, 57
SS-VT and, 21, 22, 27
in Ukraine, 260
Waffen-SS im Einsatz, 415
Heck, Walter, 13
Heike, Wolf-Dietrich, 249, 297
Heinrich, Jakob, 212
Herrgesell, Gerhard, 400
Heydrich, Reinhard, 18, 36, 44, 55
HIAG (Hilfsgemeinschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit der Angehörigen der ehemaligen Waffen-SS), 413–417, 418, 419, 420–421
Himmler, Heinrich, 7
ambitions for SS and a Pan-Germanic Europe, 1–2, 4, 60, 252, 421, 430
antipartisan warfare and, 3–4, 287, 288, 292–293, 295, 296, 311–312
appointed head of SS, 9
Army Group Upper Rhine and, 370
Army Group Vistula and, 373, 392, 393
attempts to negotiate peace with Allies, 391, 399, 400–401
attitudes toward army and SS and, 40, 265
biographical sketch of, 9–11
collaborator recruits and, 359–360
Command Staff of the Reichsführer SS and, 172
concern over failed Russian campaign, 264
congratulating Waffen-SS in Greece, 124
creation of last round of Waffen-SS divisions, 391–392
Dietrich and, 14, 31–32
disgrace of Kampfgruppe Nord and, 152
dismissal by Dönitz, 407
Eicke and, 16, 39, 102–103
end of war and, 399, 401, 407
expansion of definition of term “Waffen-SS,” 131
expansion of SS and, 35, 36
failed assassination of Hitler and, 341
failure of Spring Awakening offensive and, 390
formation of SS main office, 102
Hitler and, 2
inclusion of Volksdeutsche and Germanics in Waffen-SS, 107, 108–109, 113, 250
invasion of France and, 98
invasion of Norway and, 104, 105
Kryssing and, 137
Latvian units and, 251
Le Paradis massacre and, 92
Montigny and, 64
Mooyman and, 195
Muslims recruits and, 245–246, 248
national legions and, 135, 237
negotiations with army over armed SS role, 61–62
Night of the Long Knives and, 18, 19, 20
paratroop force for special operations and, 305–306
Peiper and, 211
Phleps and, 302
praise for Leibstandarte, 179
Pripet Marshes and, 173
private army of, 105–106
racial struggle for mastery of Europe and, 107–108
recruitment of Norwegians and, 138
removing SS from army jurisdiction, 55–56
reserve troops on eve of war, 43
selection criteria for SS and, 23–24, 62–63
special role of Waffen-SS and, 421
suicide of, 407–408
training of SS and, 21, 22, 240
Ukrainian recruits and, 248, 279–280
Hitler, Adolf
antipartisan warfare and, 3–4, 287, 289–290, 305
assault on Greece and, 116
attempted assassination of, 282, 341
conquest of Norway and, 104
continued exhortations to troops to keep fighting at end of war, 398
decision to starve Leningrad, 145
defense against Red Army advance in Germany and, 396, 397
defense against Red Army advance into Hungary and, 380, 381, 383, 385, 386
defense against Red Army advance into Yugoslavia and, 379–380
Dietrich and, 178–179
Eastern Front 1942–1943 and, 191
Eastern Front strategy after Kharkov, 219–220
equipment for Waffen-SS and, 206
expansion of SS and, 35–37, 61
final offensive in the West (Ardennes), 359, 362
function of SS relative to army, 39–40
fury at German retreat on Eastern Front, 177–178
Himmler and, 2
ignorance of effect of Russian weather, 150
invasion of France and, 85, 86, 94, 98
invasion of Netherlands and, 74
invasion of Poland and, 42, 44, 47–48
invasion of the West and, 57
Kharkov counterstroke and, 213–214, 219
Klingenberg and, 118
Kluge and, 350
Kursk offensive and, 223, 225, 230, 231
Leibstandarte SS “Adolf Hitler” and, 59
loss of confidence in SS, 400–401
Muslims in SS and, 246
Mussolini and, 115
Night of the Long Knives and, 18–20
Nordwind offensive and, 370
occupation of Vichy France and, 208
Operation Barbarossa and, 127, 128, 135
Operation Nordwind and, 372–373
Operation Sealion and, 101–102
Operation Sonnenwende and, 393, 395
origins of SS and, 9, 14–15
in Paris, 100
reasons for invasion of Russia, 131, 132
refusal to negotiate peace, 391
relationship with army generals, 36, 178, 199
removing SS from army jurisdiction, 55–56
response to Hungarian armistice, 377–378
siege of Berlin and, 399–400, 401
Skorzeny and, 233
Spring Awakening campaign and, 389–390
strategy for attack against Allies in France, 343–344, 345, 346, 347
suicide of, 401
Ukraine and,
163–164, 171, 258
Ukrainian recruits and, 248
war on Eastern Front during winter 1941–1942 and, 185–187, 189
Warsaw Uprising and, 295
Hitlerjugend Division, 221
Allied offensive in France and, 315, 316, 318–319, 321, 323–325, 327, 329, 334–336, 340, 353
casualties in Normandy, 352
defense against Red Army advance into Hungary, 386
end of war and, 401–402
German offensive against Allies in France and, 348–349, 350–351
Germany’s final offensive in Belgium and, 363, 365, 368
massacres of prisoners and civilians during Allied invasion of France, 333
military assessment of, 421
Hitler Youth, 23, 182, 221, 261, 316, 363
HMS Rodney, 321–322, 328
Hoepner, Erich, 85, 88, 91–92, 133, 141, 144
Hoess, Rudolf, 17, 37–38
Höfle, Hermann, 296
Hohenstaufen Division, 261–262
Bittrich and, 33
defense against Red Army advance into Hungary, 385, 389
end of war and, 404
German offensive in France and, 350
Germany’s final offensive in Belgium and, 367–368, 369
military assessment of, 421
in Netherlands, 354–356
Höhne, Heinz, 60, 103, 265
Horst Wessel Division, 296
Horthy, Miklós, 377–378
Hoth, Hermann, 79, 165, 171
Hube, Hans-Valentin, 260, 262
Huber, Hans, 225
Hummelkeier, Karl, 244
Hungaria Division, 378
Hungary
antipartisan warfare and, 308, 311
armistice in, 377
celebration of Waffen-SS in 1997, 418
Waffen-SS and Volksdeutsche from, 243, 244, 378, 380
“Hunger Plan,” 132
Hunyadi Division, 378
ideological indoctrination, Eicke and, 38
International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg), 411–413
Iron Crosses awarded following invasion of France, 98
Italy
Allies offensive against, 230
antipartisan warfare in, 310–311
armistice with Allies, 302–303
Leibstandarte in, 231, 232–233
“Jackboot Wood,” battle for, 184
Jews
killing of in Galicia, 134–135
killing of in Soviet Union, 134, 156, 157, 288, 289, 290
killing of Polish, 55
Kristallnacht, 42
transfer of Warsaw Jews to death camps, 294
viewed as antipartisans, 287–288
violence against Latvian, 250
Josupier, Werner, 340
Junkerschule (officer cadet school), 21, 37
Jüttner, Hans, 102, 103, 147, 244, 420
Kahr, Gustav von, 19
Kaisergruber, Fernand, 259
Kama Division, 305
Kaminski Brigade, 295
Kaminsky, Bronislav, 295, 296
Kämpfe, Helmut, 332
Kampfgruppe, German offensive in France and, 345–346, 349
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