Ostkrieg (137 page)

raw materials,
xxii
–xxiii,
11
–13,
26
,
28
,
39
–42,
46
–47,
49
,
55
,
58
,
60
–61,
63
,
71
,
73
,
79
,
83
,
89
,
133
,
165
–66,
169
,
223
,
226
–30,
234
,
273
,
338
,
362
,
427
,
451
,
474
–75,
481
,
484
,
487

rearmament (German),
xxiii
,
10
–13,
473
,
475

Red Air Force,
90
,
153
,
161
,
344
,
352
,
410
,
413

Red Army

advance into East Prussia,
430
–31

atrocities against Germans,
430
–31,
440
,
449
–52

and Bagration,
405
–20

and Barbarossa,
52
–53,
56
,
78
,
80
–81,
85
–86,
88
–89,
112
–14,
120
–21,
126
,
130
,
133
,
140
–41

and Berlin offensive,
459
–69,
551
n13,

and Blau,
234
,
253
,
264
–69,
273
–75

casualties,
xxi
–xxii,
88
–89,
114
,
125
,
166
–67,
214
,
239
,
247
,
251
,
269
,
304
–5,
320
,
322
,
337
,
352
,
354
,
356
–57,
369
,
380
,
382
,
384
,
386
,
392
,
398
,
416
–17,
420
,
430
,
433
,
436
,
447
,
468
–69,
471
,
509
n21,
516
n16,
530
n20,
539
n30,
543
n90

in Caucasus,
272
–73,
276
–78,
281
–83

and Crimea,
241
–47

deep battle, concept of,
79
,
210
,
249
,
303
–4,
341

German assessment of,
26
,
36
,
44
,
52
–53,
79
,
81
,
85
,
112
,
114
,
120
–22,
148
,
237
–38,
262
–63,
275
,
305
,
337
,
402
,
406

and Kharkov,
248
–52,
323
–24,
353
,
355
–56

and Kiev pocket,
141
–45

and Kursk,
341
–53

logistics,
122
,
186
,
252
,
421
–22,
471

and Moscow: counterattack at,
199
–204,
207
–14

defense of,
152
–63,
182
–85,
186
–92

prisoners of war (
see
prisoners of war [Soviet])

replacements,
145
,
210
,
373
,
377

and Stalingrad,
269
,
283
–99,
303
–10,
315
–16,
319
–22

and summer offensive (1943),
353
–57

tanks: fear of Soviet models,
114
–15,
155
,
188
,
204
,
207
,
310

losses of,
88
–90,
125
,
214
,
252
,
305
,
319
–20,
149
,
245
,
252
,
305
,
349
–52,
354
,
356
–57,
369
,
371
,
389
,
392
,
399
,
414
,
416
–17,
420
–21,
430
,
433
,
447
,
468
,
509
n21,
543
n94

numbers of,
78
,
81
,
114
,
200
,
230
,
272
,
283
,
304
,
319
,
343
,
348
,
353
,
355
,
369
,
381
,
384
,
386
–87,
409
,
419
,
421
,
435
,
442
,
461
,
468
,
535
n78

superiority of,
114
–15,
155
,
159
,
204
,
207
(
see also
tank production [Soviet])

troop strength,
78
,
114
,
117
,
125
,
151
–52,
153
,
183
–84,
199
–200,
207
,
212
,
307
,
367
,
369
,
381
,
384
,
400
,
409
–10,
421
,
435
,
442
,
460
–61,
524
n2,
547
n75

use of blocking units,
143
,
273

trucks,
370
,
386
,
421

and winter offensive (1943–1944),
365
,
369
–73,
377
–95,
402

and winter offensive (1944–1945),
432
–38

Vistula-Oder offensive (January 1945),
441
–49

and Warsaw Uprising,
419
–20,
See also
Armies; Corps; Divisions; Fronts

Red October Steel Works.
See
Krasny Oktyabr

refugees,
16
,
287
,
427
,
430
,
445
,
449
,
452
,
456
,
465
,
467

regiments (German)

Panzer Regiment Bäke,
390
,
392

Police Regiment South,
103

Reich Air Ministry,
426
–27

Reich Chancellery,
8
,
31
,
72
,
137
,
329
,
467

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

Reichel, Joachim (Major),
263

Reichenau, Walter (Field Marshal),
27
,
97
–98,
102
,
141
,
164
–65

Reich Labor Service (RAD),
376

Reich Ministry for Armaments and Munitions,
228
–29

Reich Ministry for Food,
224
,
477
,
505
n60

Reichsbahn,
120
,
150
,
170
,
220
.
See also
railroads

Reich Security Main Office (RSHA),
xvi
,
24
,
65
,
168
,
177
,
480
,
485

Criminal Technical Institute,
177

Reichskommissariat Ostland,
180

Reichstag,
32
–34,
64
,
109
,
178
,
196
,
218
,
224
,
439
,
467
,
476

Reinhardt, Hans (General),
88
,
161
,
413
,
446
–47

Rendulic, Lothar (General),
447

reparations,
12
,
47

Replacement Army (German).
See
Armies (German): Replacement

Reserve Police Battalions,
70

resettlement,
20
–21,
65
,
83
,
92
–93,
106
,
108
,
139
,
177
,
181
,
254
,
257
–59,
476

Rhine River,
455
,
457
–58

Ribbentrop, Joachim von,
9
,
24
,
36
,
45
,
48
–49,
195
,
299
,
363

Richthofen, Wolfram von (General),
242
–44,
250
,
287
,
294
–95,
299
,
311
–13,
315

Riga,
88
,
176
,
178
,
220
,
433

Ring, Operation,
xvi
,
319

roads,
54
,
56
–57,
89
,
118
–19,
142
,
150
,
154
,
161
,
203
,
208
–9,
219
,
245
,
255
,
261
,
282
,
310
,
382
–83.
See also
Rollbahn

rockets (German),
335
,
431

rockets (Soviet),
309
.
See also
Katyusha rocket launchers

Rohland, Walter,
189
–90

Röhm Purge (1934),
69

Rokossovsky, Konstantin (Marshal),
345
,
444
,
447
,
449

Roland, Operation,
351

Rollbahn,
xvi
,
158
,
382
,
414

Rommel, Erwin (Field Marshal),
247
,
281
,
299
,
307
,
400
,
402
,
469

Romny,
143
–44

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
15
,
32
,
39
–40,
45
,
64
,
107
,
110
,
157
,
174
,
194
,
196
–97,
458
,
474
–75

Roques, Franz von (General),
98

Rosenberg, Alfred,
62
,
105
,
173
,
174
,
180
,
219
,
256

Roslavl,
210
–12

Rostock,
461

Rostov,
164
–65,
200
,
267
,
269
–72,
283
,
292
,
303
–4,
306
,
315
,
322

Rotkopf
ammunition,
207

Rotmistrov, Pavel (General),
348
–50

Rovno,
89

Rozan bridgehead,
444

rubber,
58
,
63
,
119
,
169
,
486

Ruhr,
137
,
230
,
330
–31,
337
,
458

Rumania

changes sides in war,
436

fighting in,
89
,
141
,
395
,
405
,
435

forces fighting in the Soviet Union: assessment of,
306
–7,
309
,
314
,
367
,
434
–36

in Barbarossa,
89
,
141

in Blau,
236
,
276

in the Crimea,
242
,
245
,
278

morale in,
307

at Stalingrad,
288
–89,
292
,
306
–9,
314
–15,
321
,
539
n30

and Germany,
44
,
234
,
236
,
306
,
362
,
435

German military intervention in,
49

oil,
37
,
39
,
41
,
47
,
49
,
83
–84,
132
,
169
,
241
,
245
,
272
,
277
,
379
,
392
,
406
,
427

relations with Hungary,
49
,
436

Soviet pressure on,
32
,
36
,
41
,
49
–50

surrender,
436

Rundstedt, Gerd von (Field Marshal),
89
,
140
–41,
143
,
145
,
164
–65,
170

Russia.
See
Soviet Union

Rybinsk,
182

Rynok,
286

Rzhev,
161
,
167
–68,
210
–11,
213
–14,
303
–4

Sachsenhausen,
260
.
See also
concentration camps

Salsk,
275

Sandomierz,
442
–43

Sapun Heights,
246

Saratov,
282

Saturn, Operation,
xvi
,
304
,
316

Sauckel, Fritz,
178
,
220
–23,
226
,
257
,
259
,
327
–28,
332
,
481