Ostkrieg (139 page)

and Warsaw Uprising (1944),
419
–20,
551
n13

and Western allies,
xxii
,
xxiv
,
110
,
157
,
406
,
458
,
462
,
468
–69,
471

Stalingrad

battle for,
289
–301

encirclement of Sixth Army,
304
–10,
316
–18

German air attack on,
287
,
535
n79

German army moves toward,
271
–72,
277
,
283
–89

German airlift for,
213
,
311
–12,
318
538
n25

in German calculations,
164
,
182
,
213
,
261
,
267
–69,
271
,
275
–76

and German relief attack,
313
–16

and Hitler,
276
,
281
,
284
,
290
,
296
–98,
300
–301,
313
,
405
–6,
439

last days,
320
–22

losses at,
116
,
321
–22,
337
,
539
n30

significance of,
197
,
232
,
259
,
275
–76,
284
,
290
,
298
,
322
,
325
–26,
328
,
336
,
399
,
469

Soviet counteroffensive,
303
–10

Soviet defense of,
290
–92,
293
–94,
301
,
535
n78

Stalino,
279

Stavka (Soviet Supreme High Command),
122
–24,
144
,
154
–55,
186
,
207
,
213
–14,
248
,
264
,
288
–89,
304
,
324
,
354
,
385
,
394
,
396
,
407
,
422
–23,
435
–36,
441
–42,
445
,
448
,
458
,
460
,
462
,
466
,
524
n2

steel,
26
,
169
,
229
,
289
,
322
,
330
,
338
,
366

Stemmermann, Wilhelm (General),
391

Stettin,
144
,
446
,
461
,
465

Stockholm,
300

strategic bombing.
See
Germany: Allied bombing of

Strecker, Karl (General),
321

Strehla,
465

Stuckart, Wilhlem,
522
n78

Stukas,
xvii
,
222
,
243
–44,
291
,
294
,
298
–99

submarines,
38
,
402
,
418
,
431

Sudeten crisis,
14

Sudetenland,
14

Sukhinichi,
208
,
210
–13

Sukhumi,
278
–79

Sultanovka line,
242
,
244

Sumy,
143

supply.
See
German army: logistic problems; Red Army: logistics

Sweden,
298
,
385

iron ore,
385
,
431

Szeged,
437

Taganrog,
163
,
165

Taifun,
xvii
,
145
.
See also
Typhoon, Operation

Tallinn,
146

Taman peninsula,
278

tank losses

German (
see
German army)

Soviet (
see
Red Army)

tank production

German (
see
Germany: tank production)

Soviet (
see
Soviet Union: tank production)

Tarnopol,
393
–94,
411

Terek River,
272
,
275
–77,
282

Thomas, Georg (General),
9

and armaments production,
227

and Hunger Policy,
61

and invasion of Soviet Union,
58
–61,
66
,
83
,
165
,
233
,
235
,
239

and Speer,
233

Thuringia,
220

Tikhvin,
200

Tiger tanks.
See
German army: tanks

Tilsit,
94

Timoshenko, Semyon (Marshal),
80
,
123
–24,
144
,
234
,
244
,
249
–51,
508
n17

Tim River,
208

Tinguta Station,
288

Tippelskirch, Kurt von (General),
414

Tobruk,
247

Todt, Fritz,
11
,
178
,
189
–90,
227
–28

Topf Company,
178

Torgau,
465

Toropets,
211
,
213

“total war” initiative.
See
Germany: and total war

tractor factory (Stalingrad).
See
Krasny Oktyabr

Transnistria,
219

Trappenjagd
(Operation Bustard Hunt).
See
Bustard Hunt, Operation

Treaty of Versailles.
See
World War I

Treblinka,
181
,
226
,
254
,
257
,
361
.
See also
extermination camps

Tripartite Pact,
45
,
48
–50

troop strength, German.
See
German army: troop strength

troop strength, Soviet.
See
Red Army: troop strength

trucks.
See
German army: trucks; Red Army: trucks

Tsaritsa River,
290
,
294

Tuapse,
277
–78

Tula,
155
,
156
,
162
,
184
,
186
–87,
190
,
200
,
203

Tundutovo Station,
288

Tunisia,
46

Turkey,
46
,
241
,
298

Turkish Wall,
242

Typhoon, Operation,
145
,
150
,
152
–54,
175
,
185
–87,
200
,
207
,
211
,
214

U-boats, German,
196
,
233
,
359
,
385
,
432
–34

Ukraine

fighting in,
53
,
56
,
59
,
84
,
89
,
115
,
140
–46,
148
,
153
,
323
,
369
–72,
377
–81,
384
,
387
–99,
405
–8,
434
–35,
469

importance of,
37
,
129
,
132
–33,
224
–25,
255
–56,
259
,
402
,
427
(
see also
Lebensraum)

murder of Jews in,
95
,
97
,
102
,
254
–56,
259
,
481
,
511
n44

resources of,
55
,
59
,
61
,
73
,
89
,
113
,
140
,
148
,
172
,
224
–25,
366
,
427

and scorched earth policy,
371
–74

Ulianovo,
354

Uman,
141
,
388
,
394

United States

aid for Britain,
40
,
45
,
47
,
51
,
484

and aerial bombardment of Germany,
330
–31,
363
,
402
,
427
,
436

and casualties inflicted on Wehrmacht,
470
–71

“destroyers for bases” deal,
40
,
45

economic power,
xxii
–xxiii,
2
,
10
,
12
,
29
,
39
–41,
44
,
165
,
325
,
330
,
335
,
337
,
359
,
426
–27,
471
,
475
,
485
,
487

and entry into the war,
179
,
193
–97,
484

in Hitler's calculations,
xxiii
,
6
–8,
12
,
15
–17,
34
–40,
42
–46,
51
–52,
58
,
64
,
71
,
73
,
75
,
83
,
90
–91,
109
–10,
174
,
179
,
193
–97,
217
,
226
,
234
–35,
253
,
268
,
271
,
299
,
326
,
342
,
350
,
366
,
368
,
396
,
419
–20,
433
,
474
–76,
479
,
484
–87

influence on Lebensraum,
91
,
93
,
254
,
477
,
479

intelligence assessment of German situation,
324
,
359
–60

and “Jewish conspiracy,”
15
–17,
31
–32,
107
–8,
110
,
180
,
194
,
474
–75,
512
n56

and Lend-Lease,
40
,
47
,
64
,
194
(
see also
Lend-Lease)

Lend-Lease assistance to the Soviet Union,
165
,
184
,
191
,
230
,
238
,
286
,
305
,
386
,
471
,
535
n78

linkup with Soviets at the Elbe,
465

in Stalin's calculations,
157
,
325
,
458
–59,
464
,
468
–69

Ural Mountains,
65
,
93
,
477

Uranus, Operation,
xvii
,
292
,
304

USSR.
See
Soviet Union

Vasilevsky, A. M. (Marshal),
248
–49,
251
,
264
,
292
,
303
,
316
,
349
,
422

Vatutin, N. F. (General),
347
–48,
378
,
387
–88,
391

Verdun, Battle of,
192
,
293
,
298
,
300
,
322
,
325
,
345
,
411
,
420

Verkhne-Chirsky,
314

Versailles, Treaty of.
See
World War I

Vertyachiy,
286

Vichy France,
46
,
48

Vienna,
14
,
175
,
277
,
325
,
474

Vilnius (Vilna),
86
,
418

Vinnitsa,
279
,
291
–92,
367
,
388

Vistula-Oder operation,
438
,
441
,
449

Vistula River,
406
–8,
418
–19,
429
,
438
,
441
–42,
445
–46,
448
,
456

Vitebsk,
122
,
381
–82,
408
–9,
412
–14

Vlasov, A. A. (General),
211
,
213

Volchansk,
249
,
252
–53

Volga Germans,
174

Volga River,
81
,
93
,
156
,
162
,
184
,
186
,
200
,
213
,
232
,
238
,
268
–71,
275
,
281
,
284
–87,
289
–91,
293
–94,
296
,
299
,
300
–301,
303
,
322

Volkhov River,
205
,
211
,
213

Volksdeutsche
(ethnic Germans),
xvii
,
18
,
20
,
21
,
254
–55,
257
–59,
476
,
481
,
488

Volksgemeinschaft
(national community),
xvii
,
13
,
17
,
92
,
136
,
224
,
328
,
363
,
376
,
424
–25,
428
,
439
,
449
,
453
,
483
,
486
–87

Volkssturm (German national militia),
xvii
,
428
–29,
433
,
457
,
459
,
461
,
467

Vologda,
182

Voronezh,
162
,
185
,
187
,
232
,
261
,
264
–67,
270
,
283
,
313
,
323