Read All Hell Let Loose Online
Authors: Max Hastings
Rosenberg, Alfred, 510, 513
Rosie the Riveter (iconic US figure), 353–4
Rostov, 320
Rotmistrov, Pavel, 389
Roton, Gen. Gaston René Eugène, 57
Rowberry, Ivor, 582
Roy, M.N., 417
Royal Air Force: Polish airmen, 23; early actions, 26; actions and losses at Dunkirk, 66–7; Fighter Command in Battle of Britain, 80–8, 101; losses in Battle of Britain, 85, 87, 89; Bomber Command losses against invasion barges, 87, 90; dominance in Mediterranean, 105; strategic bombing offensive, 200, 270, 363, 470–2, 475–6, 480–2, 486; Coastal Command, 273; inadequate air cover for shipping, 275; losses defending Malta, 298; employs German-speaking women, 358; gains strength in North Africa, 366–7; aircrews’ experience, 470–2, 477–8; non-operational casualties, 472; aircrew survival rates, 474; casualties and losses, 475, 478, 492; mental strain on aircrew, 478–9; pre-invasion bombing in France, 485; achievements, 663
Royal Canadian Navy, 283
Royal Navy: and German invasion of Norway, 43–4; and evacuation of Norway, 51; losses in Norway, 52; in Dunkirk evacuation, 65–6; as line of defence, 80; evacuates troops from Greece and Crete, 120, 123; and guarantee of supplies to Britain, 269; ships and technology, 270; early shortage of escorts, 273; convoy escort duties, 276; and protection of Arctic convoys, 293; actions in Mediterranean, 294; losses defending Malta, 298; role in last two years of war, 298; achievements, 663
VESSELS:
Acanthus
(corvette), 280;
Barham
(battleship), 294;
Bramble
(minesweeper), 292;
Cairo
(anti-aircraft cruiser), 296;
Carlisle
(cruiser), 271;
Dorset
(cruiser), 297;
Duke of York
(battleship), 293;
Eagle
(carrier), 295;
Edinburgh
(cruiser), 288, 292;
Eglantine
(corvette), 280–1;
Exeter
(cruiser), 217;
Fame
(destroyer), 280–2;
Foresight
(destroyer), 296;
Furious
(carrier), 295–6;
Glorious
(carrier), 52;
Hood
(battlecruiser): sunk, 270, 327;
Illustrious
(carrier), 294;
Indomitable
(carrier), 295–6;
Ithuriel
(destroyer), 296;
Kenya
(cruiser), 296;
King George V
(battleship), 286, 288;
Matabele
(destroyer), 287;
Matchless
(destroyer), 272;
Montbretia
(corvette), 280;
Nelson
(battleship), 295, 297;
Nigeria
(cruiser), 296;
Queen Elizabeth
(battleship), 294;
Repulse
(battlecruiser), 206–7;
Resolution
(battleship), 125;
Rodney
(battleship), 295;
Seton
(assault ship), 650;
Sheffield
(cruiser), 285;
Trinidad
(cruiser), 288–9;
Unbroken
(submarine), 297;
Valiant
(battleship), 294;
Victorious
(carrier), 294–5;
Viscount
(destroyer), 280–2;
Wolverine
(destroyer), 296Rubarth, Sgt. Walther, 56, 159
Rubis
(French submarine), 125Rudnicki, Klemens, 19–20
Ruge, Gen. Otto, 46, 50
Ruggeri, Elide, 460–1
Ruhr: bombed, 482, 484
Ruhr dams: bombed, 481–2
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von: Manstein serves under, 19; and German advance into France, 58, 68; in Russian campaign, 148; dismissed in Russia, 176; withdrawal from Bulge (January 1945), 530; commands against Allied invasion forces, 533; succeeds von Kluge as C. in C. in France, 557; Kesselring succeeds, 611; qualities, 668
Russia
see
Soviet RussiaRussian Liberation Army (Cossacks), 300
Rutherford, Edie, 345, 655
Rydz-
migły, Marshal Edward, 12, 15Rzhev salient, Russia, 176–7, 384
Saarland: French occupy (1939), 11
Sadat, Anwar, 414, 421
Sadoul, Georges, 27
Saghal, Capt. Prem K., 214
St Nazaire: raid (1942), 326
St Paul’s Cathedral, London: struck by unexploded bomb, 97
Saipan, 567–8
Sajer, Guy, 383–4, 589, 618
Saldanha, George, 226
Saldhana, Jose, 226
Salerno, Italy: landings, 334, 451–4, 531
Samoilov, David, 139, 547
Samokhvalov, Pvt., 393
Sandeman, Capt. Arthur, 223
Santa Cruz (Pacific), 261
Sapieha, Princess Paul (Virgilia), 6, 23
Sapir, Estelle, 399
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 27
Sauberzweig, Karl-Gustav, 405
Saumur: cadets resist Germans, 71–2
Saurma, Lt. Tony, 610
Savarkar, Veer Damodar, 417
Savo island: US naval defeat, 255–7, 261
Say, Rosemary, 76, 342
Scheldt estuary, 582–4
Schlesinger, Arthur, 198, 229, 517, 656
Schlesinger, Elizabeth, 198
Schmid, Col. ‘Beppo’, 82
Schmidt, Bernice, 346
Schmuckle, Gerd, 626
Schneider, Helga, 625
Schnorkel
(German submarine air-replenishment system), 274Schönbeck, Hans-Erdmann, 156
Schoo, Donald, 336, 589
Schörner, Gen. Ferdinand, 526
Schrodek, Panzer Lt. Gustav, 167
Schröder, Capt. Rolf-Helmut, 326, 525, 553, 594
Schwanenflügel, Dorothea von, 624
Schwerin von Krosigk, Johann Ludwig, Graf von (Lutz von Krosigk), 191
Scott, Col. Robert, 562
Seabrook, Maj. Belford, 349
Sealion
, Operation: postponed, 92Sebastian, Mihail, 11, 111, 128, 143, 147, 337, 514, 658
Sebelev, Pyotr, 622
Second Front: delayed, 303–4;
see also
NormandySedan, 57
Seeckt, Gen. Hans von, 70
Seeds, Sir William, 15
Selective Service Act (US, 1940), 185
Selerie, Peter, 543
Senger und Etterlin, Gen. Fridolin von, 529
Serbia: Jews and gypsies killed, 518
Serbs: Croats persecute, 465, 467
Sevareid, Eric, 185
Sevastopol, 300–1, 304, 526
Seversky, Maj. Alexander, 473
Sexwale, Frank, 412
Shabalin, Maj. Ivan, 160
Shabolsky, Professor Yan, 171
Shaw, Irwin:
The Young Lions
, 515Sherbrooke, Cdr. Robert, VC, 292
Sherwood, Robert, 184, 186
ships: new designs, 361
Shirer, William, 9
Sho-Go
, Operation, 571, 574Short, Lt.Gen. Walter, 196
Shostakovich, Dmitry, 173, 314
Showers, Col., 457
Siamese Prince
(cargo liner), 277Sicily: Allies invade (July 1943), 391, 442, 444–7; Germans evacuate, 448–9; outcome and lessons, 449–50, 531
Siegel, Grete, 490
Siegfried Line, 17
Sierra Leone, 409–10
Siialsvuo, Col. Hjalmar, 33
Sikorski, Gen. Władysław, 516
Simon, Irma, 524
Simpson, F/Lt. Bill, 57
Simpson, Gen. William Hood, 610–11
Sinclair, Capt. (Ashanti district commissioner), 409
Singapore: pre-war life in, 202; bombed, 203; falls to Japanese, 211–15
Singh, Jaswal (‘Tiger’), 417
Singh, Gen. Mohan, 422
Singh, Lt. Shiv, 422
Sivolobov (Russian partisan leader), 391
Skillett, Gladys, 340
Skopina, Dr Sof’ya, 299
Skorzeny, Otto, 448, 592
Skryabina, Elena, 170, 172
l
zak, George, 7, 14l
zak family, 500Sledge, Marine Eugene, 330–1
Slesarev, Alexander, 392
Slesarev, Vasily, 153
Slessor, Air Marshal John, 228
Slim, Gen. William: resists Japanese advance in Burma, 223; retreats over Irrawaddy, 224; on Japanese fighting qualities, 260; and British actions in Burma, 560–1, 563–4; reputation and popularity, 563; recaptures Burma, 633–5, 645; meets Aung San, 635; qualities, 667
Slovakia: Jews in, 522, 524
Smersh: reports on Kursk battle, 390; anti-collaborator actions, 526
Smith, Lt.Gen. Holland, 568
Smith, Howard, 98
Smith, Gen. Walter Bedell: hatred of Montgomery, 584
Smolensk, 148, 159, 395
Smorczewski, Ralph and Mark, 6
Smuts, Field Marshal Jan Christian, 412
Smyth, Maj.Gen. Sir John, 221–2
Snow, Edgar, 427
Soddu, Gen. Ubaldo, 116
Solak, B.J., 6
Solomon Islands, 254, 437;
see also
EastSolomons
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 627
Somaliland, 108, 110