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(August)
382–384
,
423

reports to higher authority
205–206
,
339–342
,
432–436

Smolensk, battle of
286

strategic thinking (July)
136–137
,
144
,
161
,
204
,
243–244
,
297

(August)
368
,
373

Yel'nya, battle of
391–392

Gudz, Pavel
166

Guicking, Ernst
266
,
367

Günther, Helmut
288
,
307

Haape, Heinrich
184
,
203
,
410
,
430–431

Halder, Franz

army weaknesses
306
,
393–396
,
437–438

casualty reports
159–160
,
212
,
259
,
279
,
329
,
332
,
413

character
83–84
,
90
,
98–102

command crisis (July)
278–279
,
292–293
,
295
,
298
,
323–324

(August)
342–343
,
375–377
,
404–405
,
424–428
,
431–432
,
435–436

drive to the Dvina/Dnepr Rivers
187
,
190–191

drive to Minsk
156–158
,
161–163
,
175–177
,
185

drive to Smolensk
178–179
,
249
,
326

economics of Barbarossa
70–71
,
73–74

intelligence reports
309

logistics
333–334

meetings with Brauchitsch
76
,
211
,
275

with Hitler (pre-invasion)
60–63
,
75
,
79–83
,
88–89
,
94–95
,
145–147

with Hitler (post-invasion)
188–190
,
229–230
,
241–242
,
277–278
,
293–294

offensive plans post-Barbarossa
236–237

planning for Barbarossa (1940)
35–37
,
44–47
,
64–67

(1941)
74–75
,
87–88
,
92–95
,
120–121

rear areas
171
,
255

strategic thinking (pre-invasion)
76
,
78–79
,
104
,
128
,
129–132
,
146–148

(July)
196–197
,
262
,
274–275
,
293

(August)
338
,
368
,
375
,
377
,
387–388
,
429

Hansen, Erik
358

Hansmann, Claus
215

Harriman, Averell
361

Hassell, Ulrich von
86
,
89
,
101
,
144
,
231
,
336
,
437

Heinrici, Gotthard

bad roads
184
,
213

marching infantry
202

operational difficulties
289–290
,
347–348
,
414

Soviet resistance
155
,
331

Helsinki
305

Henry, Harald
202
,
413

Heusinger, Adolf

command crisis
292
,
298
,
342
,
405
,
424–425
,
427–428

military conferences
188–189
,
275
,
339
,
429

strategic thinking
145
,
223
,
323–324
,
438

Himmler, Heinrich
149
,
179
,
403

Hirohito, Emperor
354

Hitler, Adolf

Axis relations
353–359

command crisis
296–297
,
323–324
,
338–342
,
375–376
,
400
,
425–427
,
433–435

meetings with Halder (pre-invasion)
60–63
,
79–83
,
88–89
,
94–95
,
145–147

(post-invasion)
188–190
,
228–230
,
241–242
,
277–278
,
293–294
,
352

Minsk, battle of
162

perception of Jews
400–401

of Soviet Union
297

planning for Barbarossa
66–67
,
73
,
84–87
,
105–107
,
116–117

post-Barbarossa plans
72
,
244–245

rationale for Barbarossa
1
,
34–39
,
54–55
,
95–98
,
102–104
,
139–141
,
146

Smolensk, battle of
288

strategic thinking (pre-invasion)
76–77
,
83
,
149

(June/July)
178–179
,
190–191
,
201
,
273–276
,
291–292
,
296

(August)
342–343
,
378–379
,
393
,
404

Hoepner, Erich
100
,
210
,
295
,
350

Holland
39

Holocaust
28
,
400
,
403

Hopkins, Harry
361–362

horses
118
,
183–185
,
195
,
206

Horthy, Miklós
359

Hoth, Hermann
45
,
210
,
267

character
261

decreasing mobility
233
,
317–318

Minsk, battle of
179
,
185

offensive operations
186–187
,
220
,
408–409

planning Barbarossa
92–93
,
116

Smolensk, battle of
264
,
270
,
283
,
285
,
311
,
326

strategic thinking (July)
161–162
,
204
,
244
,
245–246
,
260–261
,
269

(August)
339–341
,
367
,
374–375
,
438

Hotsumi, Ozaki
356

Hungary
48
,
81–82
,
87
,
88–89

India
1

Indochina
355

invasion of Soviet Union

delay in starting
140
,
141

initial successes
169–170

scale of campaign
149–150

Italy
75
,
106
,
353
,
356–357

Jaenecke, Erwin
60

Japan
353–356
,
402

in planning Barbarossa
38
,
42
,
71–72
,
73

Jeschonnek, Hans
37
,
415

Jodl, Alfred

command crisis
295–296
,
376–377
,
379
,
424

military conferences
197
,
339
,
394
,
400
,
433

in planning Barbarossa
37
,
47
,
85
,
103
,
106

strategic thinking
77
,
229

Kamchatka
354

Kandalaksha
416

Karadordevic, Prince Paul
139

Keitel, Wilhelm

Axis allies
356–357

character
277
,
295–296

criminal orders
91
,
256

military conferences
37
,
85–86
,
197
,
291
,
339
,
425
,
433

Keller, Alfred
167

Kern, Ernst
195

Kesselring, Albrecht
126
,
214
,
303–305
,
345–346

Khalkhin-Gol
355

Kharkov
40
,
64
,
340
,
405
,
426

Kiev
38–40
,
61
,
68
,
85
,
166
,
352
,
362–363

battle of
437
,
439–441

Kinzel, Eberhard
44
,
143
,
229
,
262

Kirponos, Michail
170
,
440

Kiyomoto, Okamoto
148

Kleist, Bernd von
421

Kleist, Ewald von
169
,
201
,
300
,
303
,
416

Kluge, Günther von
161

command crisis
340

conferences
204
,
205
,
268
,
312

disputes with Guderian
174–178
,
185
,
191–193
,
210–211
,
269
,
312

strategic thinking
242–243
,
269
,
283

Knappe, Siegfried
198
,
233
,
414

Koller, Karl
415

Konev, Ivan
408

Korosten
343

Kostjaschowo
385

Köstring, Ernst
46–47

Krasnopolye
383–384

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