Read Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East Online
Authors: David Stahel
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reports to higher authority
205–206
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339–342
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432–436
Smolensk, battle of
286
strategic thinking (July)
136–137
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144
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161
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204
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243–244
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297
Yel'nya, battle of
391–392
Gudz, Pavel
166
Haape, Heinrich
184
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203
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410
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430–431
Halder, Franz
army weaknesses
306
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393–396
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437–438
casualty reports
159–160
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212
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259
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279
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329
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332
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413
command crisis (July)
278–279
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292–293
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295
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298
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323–324
(August)
342–343
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375–377
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404–405
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424–428
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431–432
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435–436
drive to the Dvina/Dnepr Rivers
187
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190–191
drive to Minsk
156–158
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161–163
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175–177
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185
drive to Smolensk
178–179
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249
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326
economics of Barbarossa
70–71
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73–74
intelligence reports
309
logistics
333–334
meetings with Brauchitsch
76
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211
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275
with Hitler (pre-invasion)
60–63
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75
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79–83
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88–89
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94–95
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145–147
with Hitler (post-invasion)
188–190
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229–230
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241–242
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277–278
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293–294
offensive plans post-Barbarossa
236–237
planning for Barbarossa (1940)
35–37
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44–47
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64–67
(1941)
74–75
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87–88
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92–95
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120–121
strategic thinking (pre-invasion)
76
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78–79
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104
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128
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129–132
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146–148
(August)
338
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368
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375
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377
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387–388
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429
Hansen, Erik
358
Hansmann, Claus
215
Harriman, Averell
361
Hassell, Ulrich von
86
,
89
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101
,
144
,
231
,
336
,
437
Heinrici, Gotthard
marching infantry
202
operational difficulties
289–290
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347–348
,
414
Helsinki
305
Heusinger, Adolf
command crisis
292
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298
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342
,
405
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424–425
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427–428
military conferences
188–189
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275
,
339
,
429
strategic thinking
145
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223
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323–324
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438
Hirohito, Emperor
354
Hitler, Adolf
Axis relations
353–359
command crisis
296–297
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323–324
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338–342
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375–376
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400
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425–427
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433–435
meetings with Halder (pre-invasion)
60–63
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79–83
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88–89
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94–95
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145–147
(post-invasion)
188–190
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228–230
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241–242
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277–278
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293–294
,
352
Minsk, battle of
162
perception of Jews
400–401
of Soviet Union
297
planning for Barbarossa
66–67
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73
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84–87
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105–107
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116–117
post-Barbarossa plans
72
,
244–245
rationale for Barbarossa
1
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34–39
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54–55
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95–98
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102–104
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139–141
,
146
Smolensk, battle of
288
strategic thinking (pre-invasion)
76–77
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83
,
149
(June/July)
178–179
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190–191
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201
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273–276
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291–292
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296
(August)
342–343
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378–379
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393
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404
Holland
39
Hopkins, Harry
361–362
Horthy, Miklós
359
character
261
decreasing mobility
233
,
317–318
offensive operations
186–187
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220
,
408–409
Smolensk, battle of
264
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270
,
283
,
285
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311
,
326
strategic thinking (July)
161–162
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204
,
244
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245–246
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260–261
,
269
(August)
339–341
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367
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374–375
,
438
Hotsumi, Ozaki
356
India
1
Indochina
355
invasion of Soviet Union
initial successes
169–170
scale of campaign
149–150
Jaenecke, Erwin
60
in planning Barbarossa
38
,
42
,
71–72
,
73
Jodl, Alfred
command crisis
295–296
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376–377
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379
,
424
military conferences
197
,
339
,
394
,
400
,
433
in planning Barbarossa
37
,
47
,
85
,
103
,
106
Kamchatka
354
Kandalaksha
416
Karadordevic, Prince Paul
139
Keitel, Wilhelm
Axis allies
356–357
military conferences
37
,
85–86
,
197
,
291
,
339
,
425
,
433
Keller, Alfred
167
Kern, Ernst
195
Kesselring, Albrecht
126
,
214
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303–305
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345–346
Khalkhin-Gol
355
Kiev
38–40
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61
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68
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85
,
166
,
352
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362–363
Kinzel, Eberhard
44
,
143
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229
,
262
Kiyomoto, Okamoto
148
Kleist, Bernd von
421
Kleist, Ewald von
169
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201
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300
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303
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416
Kluge, Günther von
161
command crisis
340
disputes with Guderian
174–178
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185
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191–193
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210–211
,
269
,
312
strategic thinking
242–243
,
269
,
283
Koller, Karl
415
Konev, Ivan
408
Korosten
343
Kostjaschowo
385
Köstring, Ernst
46–47
Krasnopolye
383–384