Ostkrieg (132 page)

Grossdeutschland.
See
Divisions (German)

Großraumwirtschaft
(greater German economic sphere),
41
,
62

Großwaltersdorf,
430

Grozny,
83
,
235
,
271
–72,
275
,
277
,
279
,
281
–82

Grynszpan, Herschel,
14

Guderian, Heinz (General)

and Barbarossa,
86
,
117
,
122
–23,
125
–26,
132
–33,
141
–45,
149
,
153
–55,
187
–88,
190
,
200
,
202
–8

as Chief of Staff (OKH),
417
,
434
,
437
,
442
–44,
448
,
454
–55,
460

criticism of Hitler,
206
,
443

criticism of OKH,
399
,
417

dismissal,
208
,
460

doubts about Citadel (Kursk),
340
,
342
,
346

and French campaign,
27
–28

as Inspector General for Armor,
340
,
367
,
379
,
384

“Guidelines of Economic Policy for the Economic Organization East,”
478

Gulf of Finland,
146
,
386

Gumbinnen,
430
–31,
446

Gumrak,
289
,
320

Gzhatsk,
211

Habsburg Empire,
474
,
478

Hagen position,
354
–55

Hague Convention,
167

Halder, Franz (General)

and anti-Bolshevism,
37

and Barbarossa,
36
–39,
42
–44,
50
–52,
55
–59,
67
,
78
,
82
,
84
,
87
,
89
–90,
111
–14,
121
–23,
126
,
131
,
141
–43,
146
–48,
164
,
171
,
182

and Blau,
232
–34,
248
–50,
253
,
265
–67,
269
–71,
275
–76,
281
,
283

concerns about arms production,
116
–17

concerns about manpower situation,
114
–16,
142
,
151
–52,
234
,
236
,
522
n85

concerns about progress in the USSR,
125
–26,
130
,
133

dismissal,
280

and encirclement operations,
87
,
89
,
111
–13,
121
–22,
127
,
141
,
152
–53,
155

and French campaign,
27

and German strategic confusion,
44
–45,
233

and Hitler,
18
,
27
,
52
,
55
–56,
67
,
74
,
84
,
87
,
112
–13,
121
,
126
–28,
131
–34,
142
,
152
–53,
189
–90,
206
,
263
,
267
,
270
–71,
275
,
280
,
292

and invasion of Britain,
33
,
37

and Soviet counteroffensive (December 1941),
201
–11

and Stalingrad,
269
,
275
,
283
–85,
289
,
292

suggests demotorization of the army,
26
,
57

and Typhoon,
147
–48,
152
–53,
155
–56,
182
–87,
190
–91

Hamburg

bombing of,
330
,
363
,
466

deportation of Jews from,
174

Hanke, Karl,
448

Harpe, Joseph (General),
445

Harvest Festival, Operation (Erntefest),
361
–62

Harz Mountains,
335

Haushofer, Karl,
6

Hausser, Paul (SS-General),
324
,
349

Heim, Ferdinand (General),
307
–8

Heinkel,
260

Heinrici, Gotthard (General),
215
,
414
,
455

Hendaye,
47

Hess, Rudolf,
79
,
254

Hewel, Walther,
23

Heydrich, Reinhard

and deportation of Jews,
110
,
174
–78

and Einsatzgruppen,
70
,
94
–96,
104
,
219

and ethnic cleansing in Poland,
18
–19

and Final Solution,
65
–66,
108
,
110
,
174
–81,
219
,
225

and forced laborers,
180
,
522
n78

and Himmler,
74
,
175
–76,
178

and Hitler,
104
,
174
–75,
178

and Madagascar Plan,
13
,
24

and Reich Commissariat for the Strengthening of the German People (RKFDV),
93
,
254
,
256

and RSHA (Reich Security Main Office),
24
,
65
,
480
,
485

and Security Service (SD),
13

at Wannsee Conference,
181

and Wehrmacht cooperation,
66
–67,
70
,
96

Himmler, Heinrich (Reichsführer-SS)

and Army Group Vistula,
446
,
448
–49

and colonial thinking,
62
,
93
,
477
,
528
n64

and deportation of Jews,
21
,
65
,
175
,
176
,
178
,
219
–20,
257
,
362

and Final Solution,
66
,
95
,
101
,
104
,
106
–7,
111
,
175
–80,
197
,
218
–19,
225
,
257
,
335
–36,
361
–62,
364
,
485
,
512
n54

and forced labor,
260
,
334
–35,
364
,
426

and Generalplan Ost,
62
,
65
,
93
,
253
–61,
477
,
528
n64

and Hitler,
19
,
74
,
104
,
178
–80,
197
,
218
,
361
,
364
,
397

and Madagascar Plan,
23
–25

and partisan war,
104
,
106
,
108
,
111
,
180
,
258
–59,
332
–34

population transfer programs,
19
–25,
65
,
92
,
257
–59 (
see also
Generalplan Ost)

Posen speech (October 1943),
335
–36

and racial policy,
19
,
21
,
62
,
65
,
225
,
254
–61,
506
n64

“Reflections on the Treatment of Peoples of Alien Races in the East,” (May 1940),
23
–24,
254
–55

and Reich Commissariat for the Strengthening of the German People (RKFDV),
93
,
254
,
256

and Speer,
333
–36,
424

and SS economic empire,
65
,
259
–61,
334
–35,
364
,
426

and Volkssturm,
428
–29

and Zamosc,
258
–59

Hitler, Adolf

and Antonescu,
109
,
435
–36

armistice with France,
1
–3

assassination attempt,
422
,
428
,
454

and Anti-Comintern Pact,
45

anti-communism of (
see
Bolshevism)

and Atlantic Charter,
109
–10,
131

and Bagration (
see
Bagration)

and Balkans (
see
Balkans)

and Barbarossa (
see
Barbarossa)

and Blau (
see
Blau)

and Britain,
3
,
6
,
8
–10,
12
–14,
16
,
32
–33,
36
–38,
40
,
43
,
63
–64,
71
,
75
,
91
,
156
,
194
,
217
,
268
,
296
,
400
,
402
,
433
,
475

and the British blockades: 1914–1918,
xxiii
,
6
,
8
,
12
,
28
,
35
,
41
,
60
,
62
,
69
,
91
,
473
,
475
,
478
; 1939–1945,
60
,
71
,
83

and the Cherkassy pocket (
see
Cherkassy)

and Churchill,
32
–34,
37
–38,
46
,
110
,
131
,
174
,
328

and Citadel (
see
Citadel)

colonial thinking of,
xxii
,
6
–8,
17
–18,
33
,
45
–48,
62
,
92
–93,
105
–6,
173
,
241
,
254
–59,
476
–81

and Caucasus operations (
see
Caucasus)

and the Crimea (
see
Crimea)

declares war on the U.S.,
193
–98

and defense of Berlin (
see
Berlin)

determination to invade the USSR (
see
Barbarossa)

directives (
see
Führer Directives; Operational Orders)

economic ideas,
6
–8

and eugenics,
138

and euthanasia,
137
–40,
177
–78,
180
,
483

and Final Solution (
see
Final Solution)

and Finland (
see
Finland)

and food supply (
see
Germany: food supply)

and forced labor (
see
forced labor)

and fortified places,
382
,
393
,
411
,
418

and Four-Year Plan (
see
Four-Year Plan)

and France (
see
France)

and Franco,
46
–48,
51

and German Navy (
see
German navy)

and Germany's “India,”
xxii
,
91
,
105
,
175
,
196

and Greece (
see
Greece)

and Halder,
18
,
27
,
52
,
55
–56,
67
,
74
,
84
,
87
,
112
–13,
121
,
126
–28,
131
–34,
142
,
152
–53,
189
–90,
206
,
263
,
267
,
270
–71,
275
,
280
,
292

hopes for split in Allied coalition,
360
,
424
,
434
,
441
,
486

and Horthy,
362
,
437

and Hungary (
see
Hungary)

and the hunger policy (
see
hunger policy)

ideology (worldview) (
see
Bolshevism; Lebensraum)

and invasion of Britain,
33
–35,
38
–39,
43

and Italy,
38
,
45
–49,
58
,
234
,
337
,
341
,
350
–51,
354

and Japan,
34
,
42
–43,
45
,
51
,
71
–72,
91
,
179
,
193
–97,
217
,
235

and Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
179
,
193
–97,
484

and Jews: anti-Semitism,
xxi
,
4
–6,
13
–17,
21
–22,
105
,
108
,
155
,
178
–80,
181
,
196
–97,
217
–18,
220
,
231
,
254
,
257
,
360
,
362
,
476
–77,
479
,
485
,
488

belief in Jewish conspiracy,
xxiii
,
2
,
5
–7,
11
–12,
15
,
20
–21,
26
,
31
–32,
35
,
40
,
42
,
64
–66,
74
–75,
78
,
94
,
105
,
107
,
110
,
136
,
155
,
179
–80,
181
,
194
,
196
–97,
217
–18,
254
,
300
,
328
,
360
–63,
439
–40,
449
,
453
,
455
,
473
–76,
480
,
486
–87,
512
n56,
528
n63