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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