The Last Battle (41 page)

hit by antitank rounds, destroyed,
147–153
,
164

Blechschmidt (Gangl’s lieutenant )

key member of Wörgl resistance,
110–111

accompanies Lee for rescue recon,
122–123

defends Great Hall,
137–138

defends Schloss Itter,
128–129
,
151

Blitzkrieg warfare,
35
,
58

Bloody Herrlisheim,
118

Blum, Léon

as premier of France,
26

in Vichy’s custody,
29

at Buchenwald,
32

as Riom Trial defendant,
30

Boche Buster
tank

commanded by Basse,
123–125

rejoins 23rd Tank Battalion,
164

spearheads move to Schloss Itter,
155
,
160

to Wörgl,
152–153

Böhaimb, Joannes,
72

Bonaparte, Napoléon,
7

Borotra, Jean

background,
45–46

as member of PSF with La Rocque,
47

at Sachsenhausen,
48

shunned by Daladier, Jouhaux, Gamelin,
63

escapes, is recaptured,
64–65

volunteers to search for Allies,
108

fires on enemy,
148–150
,
151–152

carries message to 142nd Infantry,
157–159

after liberation, put on trial for collaboration,
164

postwar life and death,
167

Bourassol,
29
,
31

British army 2nd Battalion,
20

British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS),
39

British Special Operations Executive (SOE),
39

Bruchlen, Augusta

in CGT resistance movement,
38–39

arrested, interned, by Vichy secret police,
39–40

allowed to join Jouhaux at Schloss Itter,
48–50

summons Schrader to Schloss Itter,
108

in Schloss Itter under fire,
137

returns to cellar after defying Lee’s orders,
146
,
148

postwar life and death,
166

See also
Léon-Jouhaux, Augusta

Buchenwald concentration camp

Blum, Mandel, stay behind,
32

Cailliaus’ internment,
61

Gamelin’s internment,
36

Jouhaux’s internment,
31
,
40

VIP prisoners’ conditions,
31

Buchner Battle Group,
72–73

Bundesheer Austrian army,
10–11
,
70

Caen,
85
,
99

Cailliau, Alfred

defies Lee’s orders,
146
,
148

as resister, leading up to Schloss Itter,
59–62

postwar life and death,
168–169

Cailliau, Denis,
60

Cailliau, Marie-Agnès

as resister, sister of de Gaulle,
59–62

at Schloss Itter,
146
,
148

postwar life and death,
168–169

Cailliau, Michel,
60

Campinchi, Caesar,
28

Caous, Pierre,
30–31

Capitulation of France/armistice (June 1940),
28–30
,
32
,
38
,
54–55

Case Red,
44

Case Yellow,
43
,
80

Castle Itter.
See
Schloss Itter

Central Council of Trade Unions of Soviet Russia,
38

CGT.
See
Confédération Générale du Travail

Chamberlain, Neville,
27

Château Chazeron, Riom,
29
,
35–36

Clemenceau, Georges,
56

Clemenceau, Michel

background,
55–57

asks Schrader to ensure prisoners’ safety,
108–109

fires on enemy,
148–151

reports on retreating Germans,
107

postwar life and death,
168

Clow, Kelso G.,
118–119
,
121
,
123

Cohen, David de Léon,
54

Communists,
26
,
38
,
73
,
166

Company B, 753rd Tank Battalion.
See
753rd Tank Battalion

Company B of 23rd Tank Battalion

led by Lee into Austria,
118–119

combat action,
116–119
,
165

in Kufstein, led by Lee,
1–2
,
112–113

Concentration camps

extended into Austria,
10

female inmates serve at Schloss Itter,
64

See also under specific camp names

Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT),
36
,
38–40
,
49
,
166

Coyle, Marvin J.,
123–124
,
140–141
,
159

Croix de feu/PSF

Borotra’s former membership,
63

led by de La Rocque,
45
,
58
,
168

Čučković, Zvonimir “Zvonko”

introduced,
16–17

steals short-wave radio for prisoners,
64

tormented by Wimmer,
93–94

finds Allies in Innsbruck,
103–107

brings Kramers to Schloss Itter,
142–143

thanked by liberated VIPs,
161

repatriated to Yugoslavia after liberation,
164

postwar life and death,
169

Czechoslovakia

annexed to Germany by Munich Agreement,
19
,
27

Bohemia and Moravia,
80

recaptured by Red Army,
67

Schloss Eisenberg,
56–57
,
59

See also
Sudetenland annexation

Dachau concentration camp

conditions for Granger,
52–53

Čučković’s experience,
16

earliest years,
18–19

Granger’s internment,
52–53

liberated by American units,
111–112

as parent facility for Schloss Itter,
12–13

Weiter commits suicide,
95–96

Daladier, Édouard

as guest at Schloss Itter (1932),
9

background in French politics,
25–30

signs Munich Agreement (1938),
26–27

antagonism toward Reynaud,
28
,
162–163
,
166

in Buchenwald,
31–32

reports on worsening conditions,
92
,
94

disdain for Lee,
123

defies Lee’s orders,
139
,
146

nearly struck by enemy fire,
139

end of battle,
159–160

after liberation,
164

postwar life and death,
165–166

Daladier, Jean,
164
,
165

Dalton, Hugh,
39

Dante,
6

De Forsanz, Marie-Renée-Joséphine,
54
,
55

De Gaulle, Charles,
60–62
,
164
,
167

De Gaulle, Henri,
60

De La Rocque, François

background,
57

with Britain’s intelligence service,
57
,
59

leads Croix de feu/PSF,
45
,
58–59

hatred toward Jouhaux,
63

fires on enemy,
148–150
,
151

after liberation, put on trial for collaboration,
164

postwar life and death,
168

De Lattre de Tassigny, Jean,
69
,
163–164

De Portes, Hélène,
44
,
50

Dernis, Colette Reynaud,
44
,
50

Devers, Jacob L.,
69

Dietrich (Gangl’s deputy),
110–111
,
124
,
128–129
,
151

Divine Comedy
(Dante),
6

Division Group North (Böhaimb),
72

Drück Battle Group,
72

École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
See
Saint-Cyr military academy

Ehrenhäftlinge. See
Honor prisoners

Eicke, Theodor,
18–21

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
69

Elliot, William E.

arrives at Schloss Itter,
160

as sergeant on
Boche Buster
,
123
,
152–153

England

as attempted exile for French resisters,
39
,
47–48

Free French base,
60

Évaux-les-Bains,
39–40
,
49

Fiedler, Franz,
14

Foch, Ferdinand,
54

Forster Battle Group,
72
,
89
,
104
,
111

Franco-German armistice (June 1940),
28–29
,
44
,
47
,
54–55

Free French,
60–61
,
68

Free French First Army,
68

French 1st Army or French First Army,
69
,
163

French National Economic Council,
166

French North Africa

Germany ousted by Allied forces,
31
,
68

with Noguès as commander in chief,
28

Operation Torch Allied invasion,
31
,
55

resistance cells,
52

Reynaud pressured to surrender,
44

Weygand commands Vichy forces,
55

Fresnes Prison,
51
,
59
,
61

Frundsberg Division,
99

Gaboriaud, Léo-Abel,
35–36

Gamelin, Maurice

background,
27–28

in Vichy’s custody,
29–31
,
35–36

hostilities with Weygand, Daladier,
35–36
,
63

reprimands Wimmer for beating Čučković,
93

at Schloss Itter,
25
,
148–150

postwar life and death,
166

Gangl, Josef “Sepp”

background,
77–79

as respected Wehrmacht officer,
80–81
,
83–86

joins/leads Wörgl resistance cell,
1–2
,
86–90
,
109–110

accompanies Lee for rescue recon,
121–122