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on Anglo-Saxon invasion
asserting authority
Beck’s opposition to
blamed for Kursk
death of
debates with generals
declaring war on United States
diplomacy v. force idea of
directing Army Group A
Directive 41 issued by
Directive 45 issued by
in Dunkirk
emphasis on “bold armored thrusts,”
emphasis on numbers by
establishing parallel systems for solving difficult problems
first acts of
forbidding direct attack on Kiev
forbidding Slavs as allies
generals’ plot to seize
given free hand in restructuring
interfering with command decisions
on I SS Panzer Corps
issuing “no retreat” order to Red Army counterattack
meeting with Guderian in Rastenburg
Operations Order No. 5 issued by
Operations Order No. 6 issued by
order to destroy Warsaw
public persona of
reinforcing defeat in North Africa
rescinding halt order
responsibility for technical dead ends
seeking
Verschnaufpause
strategic priorities conference of
Tiger I birthday present for
time as enemy of
“two pillars” of
unsuccessful assassination attempt on
Hitler Jugend Division
murder of Canadian prisoners
order to remove cuff titles
refusal to surrender
Hitler Youth
Hoepner, Erich
execution of
promotion of
Hohenstaufen
order to remove cuff titles
surrender of
Holland
Hornet
Horthy, Miklós
Hossbach, Friedrich
Hossbach Memorandum
Hotchkiss H35
Hotchkiss H39
Hoth, Hermann
dismissal of
Guderian and, tension between
organizing Stalingrad relief force
promotion of
tenure of
war criminal trial of
Houffalize
Hube, Hans
1st Panzer Army pocket rescue by
reputation of
Humain
Hummel
Hungary
joining Axis
6th SS Panzer Army ordered to
Il-2 Sturmoviks
In6.
See
Inspection Department 6 for Armored Troops, Cavalry, and Army Motorization
Infantry
antitank rifles issued to
Beck recommendations on
gun batteries
Inspection Department 6 for Armored Troops, Cavalry, and Army Motorization (In6)
Inter-Allied Control Commission
Internal combustion engine
Italy
defeated in Greece
entering war
Jagdpanther
Jagdpanzer IV,
Jagdtiger
Jager
Jeschonnek, Hans
Jews
annihilation of
calls for eradication of
creating/sustaining Communist government of Soviet Union
derogatory attitude towards
nonpunishable offense to kill
shot at Babi Yar
JS
Ju-52 transports
Jünger, Ernst
Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers
adding propeller-driven sirens
as tank buster
Junkerschulen
Kadavergehorsamkeit
Kalach
Kalinin
Katukov, M. E.
Kazan tank school
Kegresse, Adolphe
Kempf, Franz
Kesselring, Albert
Kharkov
casualties at
defense priority of
fall of
retaking of
Soviet Southwestern Front offensive around
Khimki
Kiev
Army Group South run towards
Citino on
controversies over
Hitler forbidding direct attack on
remote-controlled demolitions in
6th Army march towards
Stalin ordering to hold
Kirchner, Friedrich
Kirovograd
Kirponos, M. P.
Kleist, Ewald von
complaints to Rundstedt
dismissal of
promotion of
reputation for
in Yugoslavia
Kluge, Gunther von
suicide of
Koch, Eric
Konev, Ivan
Korsun
Kraftfahrabteilung
Kraftfahrlehrkommando Zossen
Krefeld
Kremenchug
Kriegsmarine
Krivoi Rog
K-round
Krupp
Kuehne, Thomas
Kursk
blaming Hitler for
buildups
fortress preparations
Frieser on
manning defenses at
Manstein describing
retaking of
scale of
2nd Panzer Army run towards
technical effectiveness highlighted at
Vatutin at
Zukhov at
Küstrin
KV-1
Labor Service
La Gleize
La Horgne
Laibstandarte
Lake Balaton
Lanchester equations
Der Landser
Landsverk
Lauchert, Meinrad von
League of Nations, withdrawal from
Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von
Leichter Panzerspähwagen Sonderkraftfahrzeug.
See
SdKfz
Le Mans
Lend-Lease M-10
Leningrad
starving of
XLI Panzer Corps run towards
Leopard
Liddell-Hart, B. H.
Lipetsk air school
List, Wilhelm
“Living will,”
Lodz-Hohensalza
Lorraine campaign
Lublin, fall of
Ludendorff, Erich
Luftwaffe
contributions of
creation of
design of
doctrine
operational losses of
rearmament of
theory
Lutz, Oswald
forced retirement of
tanks in mass concept of
Lynx
M4
M-10
M-18 Hellcat
M-24
Mackensen, Eberhard von
reputation of
transfer of
MacKinder, Halford
Maginot Line
7th Panzer Division passing through
Maikop
Malinovsky, Rodion
MAN.
See
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nuremberg
Manifest destiny
Manstein, Erich von
advocating restoring operational maneuver
calling for eradication of Jews
dismissal of
elastic defense advocated by
on infantry
Kharkov counterstroke by
Kursk described by
recommending assault gun
relief operation for Cherkassy Pocket
reputation of
stabilizing southern sector
war criminal trial of
weakness in approach
withdrawal into Donets Basin
Manteuffel, Hasso von
on Battle of the Bulge
capture of 106th Infantry Division
passing Bastogne
Marder
Mark IV,
Marshall, George
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nuremberg (MAN)
bomber strikes on
Maskirovka
“Massacre of the innocents,”
Maudlin, Bill
Maus
Mearsheimer, John
Mellenthin, Friedrich von
Merridale, Catherine
Messerschmidt, Manfred
Meyer, Kurt
war criminal trial of
MG
Micromanagement
Middle East
Militarism
Militär-Wochenblatt
Military sovereignty
Milne, George
Minsk
casualties from
fall of
German quarreling in
Mishkova River
Mission tactics
Model, Walther
as “Hitler’s favorite general,”
suicide of
Molotov, Vyacheslav
Moltke, Helmuth von, the Elder
Molybdenum
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Mortain
Moscow
final try before winter for
as focal point
as ideological triumph for National Socialism
Rundstedt arguing for run on
Moscow-Volga Canal
Motorized Combat Troops
Mozhaisk Line
Munich Conference of September 1938,
Murray, Williamson
Nahkampfdivision
Narva
National Socialism
conceptions of East as “living space,”
Moscow as ideological triumph for
as motivator
principles of
socialization away from
structure of heroism/sacrifice
view of war
Waffen SS as ideological soldiers of
Nature v. nurture
Nazi(sm)
anti intellectualism
power seizure
racism
representing “flight forward,”
virtues
Nemmersdorf
Netherlands
19th Panzer Corps, crossing Meuse
9th Army
9th Hohenstaufen
9th SS Panzer Division
90th Infantry Division
90th Light Division
NKVD
Noncommissioned officers (NCOs)
Normandy
British style in
end of
losses
North Africa
approach to
backbone of defense in
as clean war
encirclement in
Hitler reinforcing defeat in
surrender conditions in
Norway, invasion of
Nuremberg Trials
O’Brien, Tim
Offensive defense
Olkhovatka
150th Brigade
101st Airborne Division
116th Panzer Division
106th Infantry Division
Operational art
Operational mobility, neglect of
Operational warfare
Operation Bagration
beginning of
Operation Barbarossa
ambition mindset in
Army Group Center’s initial success in
Army Group South in
assumptions of
command relationships in
descriptions in diaries/letters home
final dispositions
finale
as fundamentally flawed
general mistakes in
geopolitics of
Halder’s estimate of loss combat effectiveness during
ideology and
looting during
losses during
maintenance units in
opening of
operational study
outcome of
as preventative
prioritization for
private reservations
racism of
requisitioning food during
scale of
second stage
“southern strategy,”
as strategic second choice
supply system problems in
theater-level planning for
vehicle losses
warning signs
weather
Operation Battleaxe
Operation Blue
initial stages of
offensive response to
order of battle
original objective of
oversimplification of
reports submitted on
scale of
as series of interlocking attacks
tunnel vision of
Operation Bluecoat
Operation Citadel
Army Group South in
doubling strength of
4th Panzer Army in
losses
postponement of
scope of
second thoughts
shutdown of
Waffen SS in
Operation Cobra
Operation Crusader
Operation Edelweiss
Operation Frühlingserwachen
Operation Gallop
Operation Gypsy Baron
Operation Jupiter
Operation Little Saturn
Operation Market-Garden
Operation Mars
commitment to
delay of
Glantz on
limited geographical scope of
Operation North Wind
Operation Punishment
Operation Saturn
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Star
Operation Torch
Operation Totalize
Operation Typhoon
ground-air cooperation in
initial intention of
outcome of
Red Air Force responding to
sustainability problems of
Operation Uranus
Operation Wanda
Operation Watch on the Rhine
operational plan
order of battle
tactical maneuver restricted in
Operation Winter Storm
Oradour-sur-Glane
Ordnung im Chaos
(Balck)
Ordzhonikidze
Orel
PAK
Pak auf Pz Kpf I,
Palermo
Panther A
Panther II,
Panther Model D
engine problems with
failures of
preproduction of
production authorized

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