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The Trail of the Fox

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by David Irving


  British casualties in, ref1, ref2, ref3

  British supplies in, ref1, ref2, ref3

  destruction of Allied supplies in, ref1, ref2

  food shortages in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  fuel situation in, see fuel supplies

  German command structure problems in, ref1, ref2

  German personnel shortages in, ref1, ref2, ref3

  German reinforcements in, ref1, ref2, ref3

  illnesses in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Italian army in, see Italian army

  relative strength of forces in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

  weapon superiority of Germans in, ref1

  see also specific battle sites

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  North by Northwest, ref1

  Norway, ref1

  Nuremberg, Nazi Party rallies at, ref1, ref2

  Nuremberg trials, ref1

  nutcracker mines, ref1

  Oak Leaves cluster, ref1, ref2

  Oasis, The, ref1

  Oberg, Carl-Albrecht, ref1

  Ochsenkopf (Blockhead), ref1, ref2

  O’Connor, Richard, ref1, ref2, ref3

  OKW, see German High Command

  Olbrich, Colonel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Omaha beach, ref1

  Onward from Benghazi, ref1

  Oppeln-Bronikowski, Colonel von, ref1

  Orne River, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Ortona, ref1

  OSS, ref1

  Ostendorff, Brigadier, ref1

  Otto, Major, ref1

  Overlord, see Normandy invasion

  Pak 38 guns, ref1

  Panther tanks, ref1, ref2

  Panzer Army, see Panzergruppe Afrika

  panzer forces, see German army units

  Panzer IV Special tanks, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Panzer IV tanks, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  “Panzer Group Rommel,” ref1

  Panzer Group West, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Panzergruppe Afrika:

  activation of, ref1

  raised to army status, ref1

  see also North African campaign; and specific battle sites

  Panzer Lehr Division, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Panzer III Special tanks, ref1, ref2

  Panzer III tanks, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Panzer II tanks, ref1, ref2

  Paris:

  Allied advance on, ref1, ref2, ref3

  German coup planned for, ref1, ref2

  Patton, George S., Jr., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  “Patton’s Army Group,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Paulus, Friedrich, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  peace manifesto of anti-Hitler group, ref1, ref2

  Pemsel, Max, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  People’s Court, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Pilastrino, Fort, ref1

  Pisa, ref1

  Pohl, Ritter von, ref1

  Point 132 (Egypt), ref1

  Poland:

  deportations from, ref1

  German attack on (1939), ref1, ref2

  Soviet advance on (1944), ref1

  “Poland” (code name), ref1, ref2

  Polish Corridor, ref1, ref2

  Ponath, Gustav, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Pour le Mérite, Rommel and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Prahl, Lieutenant, ref1

  prisoners of war:

  British, massacre of, ref1

  in France (1944), ref1

  interrogation ethics for, ref1

  in Italy, ref1, ref2

  Jews as, ref1

  in North African campaign, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  segregation of blacks among, rejected by Rommel, ref1

  in western campaign (1940), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Prittwitz, Heinrich von, ref1, ref2, ref3

  propaganda, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 see also Rommel, Erwin

  Prussian War Department, ref1

  Qattara Depression, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Queissner, Colonel, ref1

  “radar spoofs,” ref1

  Rahman Track, ref1, ref2

  Ramcke, Hermann, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Rautenfeld, Captain von, ref1

  Ravenstein, Frau, ref1

  Ravenstein, Johannes von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  reconnaissance units, German, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Redhead (hollow-charge shell), ref1, ref2

  Reggio di Calabria, ref1

  Reile, Oskar, ref1

  Reissmann, Werner, ref1

  Revetria, Major, ref1

  Rhennouch, ref1

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Richthofen, Manfred von, ref1

  Richthofen, Wolfram von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Ridotta Capuzzo, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Rimini, ref1, ref2

  Rintelen, Enno von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Ritchie, N. M., ref1

  Roatta, Mario, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  rockets:

  as German secret weapon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  in V weapon raids, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Roenne, Alexis von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Röhm Ernst, ref1

  Rome, German occupation of, ref1, ref2

  Rommel, Erwin:

  as Afrika Korps commander, ref1

  Allied views on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  ambitiousness of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  as American hero, ref1

  as Army Group Africa commander, ref1

  as Army Group B commander, ref1

  awards and honors of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  as Axis Land Commander, North Africa, ref1

  blame of others by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

  as British assassination or kidnap target, ref1

  chivalry and fairness of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  as Commander in Chief, German Troops in Libya, ref1

  courage and endurance of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  death of, described, ref1

  death as viewed by, ref1, ref2

  defeatism and despair of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34

  “defense exhibits” of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  descriptions of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  as desert warrior, ref1

  “Dunkirk” plan of, ref1, ref2

  education of, ref1

  on European defensive strategy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  fame and myth of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

  family background of, ref1, ref2

  as field marshal, ref1

  finances of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  first panzer command of, ref1

  Fox image of, ref1, ref2, German future as seen by, ref3, ref4, ref5

  German military command and, see German High Command

  German officers’ relationship with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

  German officers’ views of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21
, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

  German public’s attitude toward, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  in Greece, as Supreme Commander, ref1

  health of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

  Hitler distrusted by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Hitler plot and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  Hitler’s approval sought by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Hitler’s correspondence with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Hitler’s doubts and distrust of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  Hitler as seen by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

  as Hitler’s favorite, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Hitler’s meetings with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

  Hitler’s offer of death to, ref1, ref2

  Hitler’s orders to, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20

  Hitler’s spellbinding effect on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Hitler’s support of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32

  as hospital patient, ref1, ref2

  information sources on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

  as instructor, ref1, ref2, ref3

  intelligence ignored by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  intelligence sources of, see intelligence, German

  in invasion landing inquiry, ref1, ref2

  inventiveness of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

  Italian demand for replacement of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Italian occupation command sought by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Italians as seen by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

  Italians’ distrust of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  last battle victory of, ref1

  loyalty to Hitler of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  marriage of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  memoirs of, see War without Hate

  military abilities of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

  military training of, ref1, ref2

  monuments to, ref1

  Nazis and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  obedience demanded by, ref1, ref2

  optimism of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

  orders disobeyed by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  personal magnetism of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  in plotter myth, ref1

  poison taken by, ref1, ref2, ref3

  promotions of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  propaganda arts of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  as propaganda subject, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Puritan life-style of, ref1

  romanticized revisions of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  in Russia (March 1943), ref1

  Russian command expected by, ref1

  Russia seen as ultimate enemy by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  in Seventh Army withdrawal inquiry, ref1, ref2

  speed and surprise tactics of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  strategic shortsightedness of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  surrender and political approaches considered by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22

  tactical mistakes of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  troops’ adulation of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  troops credited by, ref1, ref2

  ultimatum to Hitler from, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  in Victory or Death dilemma, ref1

  between wars, ref1

  western campaign history (1940) written by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  women and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  in World War I, ref1, ref2

  wounded in France (1944), ref1, ref2

  wounded in World War I, ref1

  youth of, ref1

  Rommel, Erwin, Sr., ref1, ref2

  Rommel, Gerhard, ref1

  Rommel, Helene (mother), ref1, ref2

  Rommel, Helene (sister), ref1

  Rommel, Karl, ref1, ref2

  Rommel, Lucie Mollin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40

  Berndt’s letters to, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  influence on Rommel’s staff of, ref1

  patriotism and war spirit of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Rommel’s correspondence with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Rommel’s death and, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Rommel’s relationship with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Rommel, Manfred, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30

  as mayor of Stuttgart, ref1

  Rommel’s correspondence with, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Rommel’s death and, ref1, ref2

  Rommel Archives, ref1

  “Rommelbahn,” ref1

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Roszczynialski, Edmund, ref1

  Rothenburg, Karl, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Royal Air Force (RAF):

  Desert Air Force of, ref1

  in France (1944), ref1, ref2

  in North African campaign, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

  Royal Officer Cadet School, ref1

  Ruge, Friedrich, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14 passim, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23

  Ruhr region, ref1, ref2

  Rundstedt, Gerd von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26

  intelligence received by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  resignation of, ref1

  Russia, see Soviet Union

  SA (Sturmabteilung), ref1, ref2, ref3

  Sainte-Mère-Église, ref1, ref2

  Saint-Lô, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  U.S. capture of, ref1

  Saint-Valéry, ref1, ref2

  Salerno, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Salmuth, Hans von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  Salmuth, Lieselotte von, ref1

  Sanusi warriors, ref1


  Sbeitla, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Sbiba, ref1, ref2

  Schaal, Ferdinand, ref1

  Schaub, Julius, ref1

  Scherff, Walter, ref1

  Schirach, Baldur von, ref1

  Schirach, Henriette von, ref1

  Schlieben, Carl Wilhelm von, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Schmidt, Lieutenant, ref1, ref2

  Schmidt, Rudolf, ref1, ref2

  Schmundt, Anneliese, ref1

  Schmundt, Rudolf, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24

  Schneiber, Walther, ref1

  Schoeffel, Lieutenant, ref1

  Schoerner, Ferdinand, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Schraepler, Major, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Schroeder, Ulrich, ref1, ref2

  Schutte, Major, ref1

  Schwenk, Carl, ref1

  Schwerin, Gerhard von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  secret weapons, German, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Seebohm, Captain, ref1

  Seidemann, Hans, ref1, ref2

  Seine River, ref1, ref2

  Seitz, Hans, ref1, ref2

  Semmering mountains, Rommel’s villa at, ref1

  Senger und Etterlin, Ferdinand von, ref1

  “Sequence for a State Funeral (R.),” ref1

  Sevastopol, siege of, ref1

  Seydlitz, Walter von, ref1, ref2

  Sfax, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Sherman tanks, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Sicily, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  invasion of, ref1, ref2

  straits of, ref1

  Sidi Barrani, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Sidi Bou Zid, ref1, ref2

  Sidi Omar, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Sidi Rezegh, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Sidi Suleiman, ref1

  Sirte, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Solaro, Fort, ref1

  Sollum, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

  Crusader operation and, ref1

  German troops left at, ref1

  strategic importance of, ref1

  Somme River, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  South African forces, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Soviet Union:

  advance on Germany by, ref1, ref2

  Citadel Operation against, ref1, ref2

  counterattack by, ref1

  German campaign against, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

  German hopes for alliance with Westem-powers against, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

 

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