The Second World War (98 page)

Speidel, Lieutenant-General Hans 323

Sperrle, General Hugo 75, 101, 316

spies 417-18

Sprague, Admiral Clifton 470

Spruance, Admiral Raymond 225, 473-4

Stackelberg, Karl von 63, 68

Stalin, J.V.

and A-bombs 487

and Churchill 147-8, 185-6, 258, 262, 304, 429

counter-attack 387-8, 399-404

demand for Second Front 258, 262, 307

and Finland 35-6

and German invasion 148-9, 154, 160, 164-5, 179-80, 185-7

and Hungary 430

and intelligence 417-18

and Japan 480

pact with Germany 33

and Poland 404, 410, 495-6

post-war foreign policy 495-6

purge of generals 109, 129-30, 142-4

Red Army command 146-7, 380-1, 458

and Roosevelt 459-60

and siege of Berlin 440-2, 445

strategy 377-82

and Tito 415, 429

war aims 454, 460

Stalingrad 185-92, 384-5

Stauffenberg, Colonel Claus von 150, 329, 403, 418

Steinbeck, John 178, 412

Stewart, I.M.D. 136

Stilwell, General Joe 216-17, 459, 463-6, 471

Stokes, Richard 361

strategic bombing 75, 346-61, 480-2

Streicher, Julius 492

Stresemann, Gustav 25

Stroop, General Jürgen 410

Student, General Kurt 130-1, 134-6, 138, 140

Stülpnagel, General Heinrich Graf von 329-30

Stumme, General Georg 278

submarines, 83-95

Sukarno, Dr 231

Sultan, General Daniel 471

Suner, Serrano 105

super-weapons 482-8

supplies, war, Battle of the Atlantic 82-95

Surigao Strait 469

Suzuki, Admiral Kantaro 481, 482

Svoboda, General Ludwik 428

Syria 270-2

Takagi, Admiral Takeo 215

tanks 331-2, 483

Blitzkrieg
45-72

German 50-1, 176, 333-4, 335, 340-1

Soviet 109, 146, 334

UK 175, 334

US 266-7, 334

Tarawa 247-9

Taylor, A.J.P. 1

Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur 346

Tehran Conference 313, 401

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre 16

Ten-Go plan 474-5

Ten-Ichigo plan 474-5

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 14

Terauchi, General Count 464

Thailand 216, 232, 464

Thesiger, Wilfred 268

Thoma, Ritter von 115, 160

Thomas, Lieutenant W.B. 134

Thümmel, Paul 417

Timoshenko, Marshal S.K. 144, 146, 149, 154-9, 167, 168, 183, 186, 381, 400

Tiso, Joseph 427

Tito, Marshal 301-2, 303, 413-15, 429

Tobruk 119, 275-6

Todt, Dr Fritz 104, 171-2, 335

Togo, Admiral 207, 210

Tojo, General Hideki 200-1, 203-5, 230, 474

Tolbukhin, Marshal F.I. 303, 394, 396, 399, 429-30, 435, 438

Torch, Operation 261, 263, 280-1

Totalise, Operation 338

transport 7, 146

Trenchard, Sir Hugh 348-9

Trevor-Roper, Hugh 453

trials, war crimes 491-2

Trident Conference, Washington 263-4

Tripartite Pact 104, 107, 115, 120

Trotsky, Leon 143-4, 186

Trott, Adam von 357

Truman, Harry S, 480, 482, 487, 491

Truscott, General Lucius 297-300

Tsolakoglu, General George 127

Tukhachevsky, Marshal 143-4

Tunisia 281-4

Turing, Alan 420

Turkey 117-18

U-boats 83-95

ciphers 87, 420

U-Go offensive 464-6

Ultra intelligence 89, 132-3, 147, 418-23

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

advance on Berlin 431-8, 440-7

and the Balkans 428-31

Barbarossa (
q.v.
) 141-69

and Bulgaria 107

casualties 492

counter-offensive 186-7, 381-2, 384-94

German retreat 398-401

industry 108-9, 170-1

intelligence 148-9

Lend-Lease 93, 177, 258

and Poland 403-4

Red Army 142-8, 179, 378-81, 395-7

supplies 92-3, 170-1, 176-7

tanks 109, 146, 334

war production 170-1

United Kingdom (UK)

aircraft 76, 175-6, 352-3

Battle of Britain 73-81

Burma 463-6

casualties 493

Crete 131-40

economy and production 175-6

German bombing of 350, 353-4

Greece 117-20, 127-8, 428-9

Lend-Lease 88, 177

Malaya 212-15

North Africa 266-70, 272-83

SOE 405-6, 409, 413-16, 428

strategic bombing 346-50

tanks 175, 334

United States of America (USA)

aircraft carriers 222

casualties 493

economy and production 178

Marine Corps 241-3, 248-51, 467, 472-5, 493

Navy 247-8, 479

neutrality 88, 454-5

OSS 416

tanks 266-7, 334

Upham, Charles 131

uranium 486-7

Uranus, Operation 190-2

Ushijima, General Mitsuru 476, 478

V-1 bombs 486, 487

V-2 rockets 485-6

Vasilevsky, A.M. 183, 187, 380-1, 392, 401

Vassilchikov, ‘Missie’ 357

Vatutin, General N.F. 146, 165, 189, 384-6, 388-9, 398-9

Vercors 406

Versailles Treaty 28-9

Vichy government 71-2, 105, 233, 281

colonies 231, 265, 270, 281

Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy 291

Vietinghoff, General Heinrich von 294, 305

Vietnam 497

Vlasov, General A.A. 156, 168, 446

Volksgrenadiers
365, 424

Voronov, Marshal N.N. 191

Voroshilov, Marshal K.E. 143-4, 154-5, 186, 380

Wade, Field Marshal 6

Wake 211

Waller, Lieutenant-Colonel R.P. 128

Wan Waithayakon, Prince 230-1

Wang Ching-wei 230

Warlimont, General Walter 110, 130, 330

Watson-Watt, Robert 76

Wavell, Field Marshal Sir Archibald 119, 138, 213, 214, 259-60, 266-7, 272-7

Wedemeyer, General Albert C. 263, 471

Weichs, General Maximilian von 183

Weidling, General Karl 444, 446

Weizsäcker, Richard von 494

Welchman, Gordon 420

Welles, Sumner 148

Wenck, General Walther 442

Westphal, General Siegfried 57

Weygand, General Maxime 64, 68, 70, 270-1

Weygand Line 68-70

Wiese, General 343

Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 57

Wilson, Field Marshal Sir Henry 127

Wilson, Gunner Charles 321

Wingate, Major-General Orde 268-9, 464

Winn, Captain Rodger 88

Witzleben, General Erwin von 101

Wolff, General Karl 447

World War I 1-2, 17-18, 285

Yalta Conference 459-60, 495

Yamamoto, Admiral Isoruku 197-8, 207, 210-11, 224, 229, 245-6

Yamashita, General Tomoyuku 213-14, 468

Ybarnegarey, Jean 70

Yegorov, Mikhail 143, 444

Yeremenko, Marshal A.I. 146, 160, 186, 190

Young, Desmond 310

Yugoslavia 115, 117, 118, 122-7, 301-2, 429, 492

resistance 413-17

Zangen, General Gustav von 364

Zeitzler, General Kurt 184-5, 192, 387-90, 399, 424

Zhukov, Marshal G.K. 144-9, 154, 162, 166, 168, 186-7, 189-90, 200, 380-2, 392, 398-401, 431-46, 446

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