The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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Lenard, Philipp, 250, 251
Lenin, Nikolai, 98, 542
Leningrad, 811, 822fn., 853–54, 856–57, 859, 865, 926, 937, 942
Leonding, 11, 17, 347
Leonrod, Maj. Ludwig von, 1060, 1072
Leopold III, King of the Belgians, 302, 561, 616, 652, 729–31
Lerchenfeld, Count, 51
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 93, 97, 245
Lessing, Theodor, 251
Leuschner, Wilhelm, 373, 1030, 1032, 1072
Lewis, Fulton, Jr., 748–49
Ley, Dr. Robert, 127, 148, 177, 202–3, 263, 264, 265, 266–67, 275, 282, 671, 1142fn.
Leyden, 721
Lezhaky, 993
Libau, 539
Liberals, National, 56; see also German People’s Party
Libya, 817, 818fn., 820, 821, 823, 826, 827, 912, 913
Lichterfelde, 216, 222, 1066, 1071fn.
Liddell Hart, B. H., 732fn., 734, 761, 762fn., 855, 916fn., 1041fn.
Lidice, 991–94
Liebknecht, Karl, 52, 54–55, 191
Liege, 1086
“Lila,” 924–25
Lillehammer, 706, 708
Lillesand, 695
Limoges, 993
Lindbergh, Charles A., 684, 749fn., 827fn.
Lindemann, Gen. Fritz, 1030, 1072
Linge, Heinz, 1134
Linnertz, General, 1065
Linz, 10–11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 27fn., 326fn., 347, 351, 1107, 1127
Lippe, 180
Lippert, Michael, 222fn.
Lippstadt, 1105
Lipski, Josef, 212, 455–56, 460–61, 463–64, 583, 584–85, 587, 588, 589, 591, 603
Lisbon, 783, 785–92
List, Field Marshal Sigmund Wilhelm, 626, 755fn., 823, 826, 914, 915, 917, 918fn.
List Regiment, 30, 47, 49
Lithuania, 304, 429, 458, 461–62, 541, 580, 630–31, 794, 848, 962, 976
Litt, Theodor, 251
Littorio (It. battleship), 818fn.
Litvinov, Maxim, 390, 404, 460, 478fn., 479, 480–81, 489, 531, 544
Lloyd George, David, 232, 489, 537fn.
Lobe, Paul, 201
Locarno Pact, 112, 136, 212, 280, 282, 283, 285, 286–87, 290, 291, 294, 302, 714
Loire river, 1037, 1076, 1085
London, Jack, 241
London: defense measures, 402, 404, 595; air bombing of, 423, 425, 590, 767–69, 771, 772, 776, 777, 780, 781, 1009, 1040; Dutch govt, in, 723; in German plans for invasion of Britain, 763, 767–69, 782–83, 829
London, City of, 539–40
London Daily Herald, 210
London Daily Mail, 280–81, 453
London Daily Telegraph, 344fn.
London Spectator, 210
London Times, 210, 245, 287–88, 294, 344fn., 376, 382, 384fn., 420, 453, 784, 914fn.
Lonesome Guest (Goebbels), 124
Loraine, Sir Percy, 603fn.
Lorenz, Heinz, 1122, 1129
Lorraine, 400
Lossberg, Col. Bernhard von, 769fn.
Lossow, Gen. Otto von, 65–72, 75–76
Lothian, Lord, 293, 750
Louis-Ferdinand, Prince, 907
Louvain, 717, 724
Louvre, 945
Low Countries, 640, 652, 714, 775; see also Belgium; Netherlands
Lubbe, Marinus van der, 192–94, 269, 654
Lublin, 626, 631, 971, 974
Lucas, Scott, 750fn.
Ludecke, Karl, 119
Ludendorff, Gen. Erich, 31, 32, 34, 46fn., 53, 56, 63–64, 69, 70–74, 75, 78, 118, 122, 123, 144, 150, 259, 312, 530, 754fn., 871
Ludendorff Bridge, Remagen, 1101
Ludin, Lieutenant, 139–42
Ludwig III, King of Bavaria, 28
Ludwigshafen, 234
Luebeck, 238, 676, 1105, 1116
Lueger, Dr. Karl, 24–25, 138
Lueneburg, 981, 1141
Luettwitz, Gen. Walther Frh. von, 55, 60
Luettwitz, Gen. Heinrich von, 1093
Luetzow (Ger. hvy. cruiser), 667, 668
Luetzow (Ger. pocket battleship, former Deutschland), 702–3, 711
Luftflotten (air fleets), 775
Lufthansa, 146, 907
Luftwaffe (German Air Force), 284, 317, 318, 423, 425, 571, 621, 749fn., 755fn., 813, 818fn., 820, 826, 827, 850, 881, 903fn., 923, 1004, 1034, 1043fn., 1056, 1072, 1126, 1128, 1130; building of, 282, 283, 299, 489, 853; in Spanish Civil War, 297, 300; war preparations, 305, 335, 336, 362, 369–70, 445, 487, 488, 497, 517fn., 529, 590; bombing of Poland, 597, 603; in war in the west, 619–20, 633, 646, 671–72, 726, 730, 738, 1036, 1039, 1040, 1099; Norway campaign, 673, 681, 682, 699, 702, 703, 706, 708, 711; operations in Holland, Belgium, 718–19, 721, 722, 725, 730; and stop order, 732, 733, 736–37; Battle of Britain, 752, 756, 758, 759, 761, 765–67, 771, 772, 775–77, 779–81; eastern front, 797, 860, 926, 947fn., 1009; in Mediterranean area and N. Africa, 912–13, 922; medical experiments for, 984–87; Battle of Berlin, 1112, 1115, 1122; Goering ousted, 1119
Lunding, Colonel, 1073
Lupescu, Magda, 800fn.
Lusitania, S.S., 637
Luther, Dr. Hans, 204
Luther, Martin, 91, 174, 236, 237
Lutze, Viktor, 221
Luxembourg, 470, 561, 590, 644, 646, 650, 715, 720
Luxemburg, Rosa, 52, 54–55
Lwów (Lemberg), Poland, 628, 967
Lyme Bay, 762, 763, 764, 766, 767
Maas (Meuse) river, 721
Maastricht, 724
Mackensen, Field Marshal August von, 197, 225, 284
Mackensen, Hans Georg von, 483, 553, 554, 565fn., 566, 568, 687, 890
Mackesy, Maj. Gen. P. J., 707
Maddalena I., 1003
Madeira, 265, 817
Madrid, 785–88
Mafalda, Princess, 146, 352, 984fn., 1003
Magdeburg, 1105
“Magic,” 885, 886–87, 888fn.
Maginot Line, 293, 294, 422, 531, 646, 718, 719, 720, 725
Magistrati, Count Massimo, 553
Maikop, 859, 909, 914
Mainz, 400, 1101
Maisel, Gen. Ernst, 1078
Maisky, Ivan, 478fn., 495fn.
Makins, R. M., 605fn.
Malaya, 892, 901fn.
Malcolm, Major General, 31fn.
Maldon, 763
Malkin, Sir William, 391
Malmédy, 954, 1095fn., 1096fn.
Maloyaroslavets, 868–69
Malta, 912–13, 921, 922, 1002fn.
Manila, 876
Mann, Heinrich, 241
Mann, Thomas, 241, 242
Mannerheim, Marshai, 682fn.
Manoilescu, Mihai, 800
Manstein, Gen. Fritz Erich von (Lewinski), 284, 335, 345fn., 369, 370, 424, 488, 718, 726, 830fn., 840, 903fn., 926–27, 928, 1015, 1030
Manteuffel, Gen. Hasso von, 1090, 1091, 1093, 1094
Marahrens, Bishop, 239
Marburg (Maribor), 13, 217
Marburg, University of, 218, 219, 251
Margival, 1039, 1040
Marienbad, 251
Marienburg, 255
Marienwerder, 1072
“Marita,” 823, 824
Marne river, 727, 863, 1088
Marseilles, 740
Marshall, Gen. George C, 1001fn.
Marx, Karl, 98
Masarik, Dr. Hubert, 416–17, 418
Masaryk, Jan, 404, 411, 784
Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue, 358, 359, 443, 444, 445, 448
Masefield, John, 384fn.
“master race” concept, 21–28, 81–82, 86–89, 93, 97, 98, 100, 103–9, 232, 236, 249, 250, 255, 286, 937, 939, 991
Mastny, Dr. Vojtech, 346, 416–17, 418
Matisse, Henri, 244
Matsuoka, Yosuke, 839, 871, 873, 874–6, 877, 878, 883, 888, 892
Matuschka, Capt. Count von, 1030
Matzelsberger, Franziska (Frau Hitler), 9
Maurice, Emil, 42, 79fn., 132, 221, 223
Maurice, Maj. Gen. Sir
Frederick, 31fn.
Mauthausen, 272, 351, 955, 956, 967, 981
Max, Prince of Baden, 32, 52, 55
Maxwell-Fyfe, Sir David, 517
May Day celebration (1933), 202
Maydell. Baron Konstantin von, 685fn.
McAuliffe, Gen. A. C, 1093
McCarthy, Joseph R., 1095fn.
McCloy, John J., 950fn., 1096fn.
Mechelen-sur-Meuse, 671
Mecklenburg, 161, 301
medical experiments, Nazi, 979–91
Medina Sidonia, Duke of, 914fn.
Mediterranean, 301, 530, 554, 691, 757, 808, 812–13, 817–19, 827, 829, 912–14, 925, 995, 1007, 1008
Mehlhorn, Doctor, 520
Meinecke, Friedrich, 6
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 80–81, 113, 129–30, 133, 134, 249; autobiographical material, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18–22, 25–29, 34, 36, 39, 40, 44, 109–10; cited, 6, 22, 25, 26, 32, 41, 43, 44, 82–90, 97, 110–11, 209, 230, 234, 240, 243, 248, 279, 288, 307–8, 429–30, 454, 544fn., 549, 796, 941, 1124, 1131
Meissner, Otto von, 4, 155, 168–69, 173, 175, 181, 183–84, 196
Meli, Max, 102
Memel, 428–29, 456, 461–62, 1033
Mendelssohn, Felix, 242
Merekalov, Alexei, 476, 479–80
Mersa Matrûh, 817
Mertz von Quirnheim, Colonel von, 1058, 1060, 1067, 1068
Mesny, General, 1100
Messerschmitt, Wilhelm, 835
Metz, 1076, 1086
Meuse river, 716–18, 723–26, 1086, 1090fn., 1092–93, 1094
Mézières, 717
Michael, King of Rumania, 800fn.
Michael (Goebbels), 124
Middle East, 828, 829, 912, 919; see also Arabia; Iran; Palestine; Syria
Miklas, Wilhelm, 331, 332, 334fn., 338, 339, 340, 341–43, 346, 347
Mikoyan, Anastas, 494
Milan, 482, 740fn., 995, 1131
Milch, Field Marshal Erhard, 484, 497, 733, 755fn., 947fn., 985, 986
Militaer-Wochenblatt, 260
Minsk, 621, 855, 962fn., 967, 973fn., 1020
Mirabeau, Count Honoré Gabriel Victor Riqueti de, 93
Mius river, 861
Moabit prison, 239, 1025fn., 1068
Model, Field Marshal Walther, 947, 1076, 1078, 1088, 1090, 1095, 1105
Moellendorff, Captain von, 1049, 1053
Moerdijk, 721, 722
Molde, 708
Moll, Sergeant, 970
Molotov, Vyacheslav M., 490, 544fn.; named Foreign Min., 480–81; negotiations with Germans, 476, 481–82, 491–94, 501, 505, 506, 513–14, 520–28, 535fn., 538, 540, 562, 622, 626–31, 639, 667, 793–95, 844; with British, French, 495, 496, 503, 504, 537; Berlin visit, 800, 803–9, 818; replaced as Prime Min. by Stalin, 841–44; receives German war declaration, 846–49
Moltke, Hans Adolf von, 377, 460, 462, 499
Moltke, Field Marshal Count Helmuth von, 374, 657, 723, 1081
Moltke, Count Helmuth James von, 374, 558, 908, 1015, 1016, 1025, 1036, 1072fn.
Monckton, Sir Walter, 789, 791
Monschau, 1092–93
Montevideo, 669–70
Montgomery, Gen. Sir Bernard Law, 919, 920, 1001, 1086, 1088–89, 1102, 1105, 1138, 1141
Monthermé, 724
Montoire, 814, 815fn., 816
Mooney, James D., 686fn.
Moravia, 359, 362, 428, 429, 438, 440, 443, 444, 448, 449, 451, 460, 598, 657, 686, 991
Moravská-Ostrava, 383, 444
Morell, Dr. Theodor, 444, 447, 1056, 1102
Morgan, J. P., 688
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 897fn.
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 883fn.
Morocco, 297, 814, 923
Morris, Leland, 900
Mościcki, Ignacy, 560–61
Moscow: German war plans against, 798, 810, 811, 937; rumors of German attack in, 842, 844; German drive toward and defeat at, 853–54, 856–61, 863–70, 891, 905, 952, 1006, 1007, 1081; evacuated by govt., 859–60
Moscow Pact, see Nazi–Soviet Pact
Moselle river, 1086, 1088, 1089, 1099
motion pictures, Nazi control of, 247
Mozdok, 914
“Mr. X,” see Bryans, J. Lonsdale
Muehlmann, Doctor, 340
Mueller, Heinrich, 519–20, 595, 953, 1044
Mueller, Hermann, 137
Mueller, Dr. Josef, 648, 693, 1024
Mueller, Ludwig, 235, 237, 238
Mueller, Wilhelm, 250–51
Muenchener Neueste Nachrichten, 223
Muenster, 239; Treaty of, 644
Muenstereifel, 720
Muff, Lt. Gen. Wolfgang, 323, 340, 342
Munch, Edvard, 698
Munich, 38–44, 46–49, 112, 118, 120, 123, 128–29, 131, 132, 138, 148, 156, 225, 244, 271, 279, 406, 457, 694, 923, 1107; Hitler moves to, from Vienna, 27–28; Hitler returns to after war (1918), 31, 33–36; a magnet for anti-Republic forces, 34; Roehm purge in, 220–23; Hitler-Duce meeting in, 740–41; Hitler-Laval meeting in, 924; Cianos take refuge in, 1004–5; conspirators plan to take over, 1033, 1034; see also Beer Hallc Putsch
Munich, University of, 48, 124, 1022–23
Munich Conference and Pact, 384, 403, 407, 409–28, 436–37, 439, 440, 443, 445, 448, 450–53, 496, 506, 531, 543, 544, 557, 562, 565, 566, 570, 571, 580, 583, 603, 611, 619, 635
Munk, Kaj, 957
Munters, Vilhelms, 471
Murmansk, 667, 695fn., 811, 859
Murray, Gilbert, 784
music, Nazi control of, 242
Mussolini, Benito, 63, 209, 261, 344, 450, 507, 562, 640fn., 645, 657, 727, 735, 747, 819, 849–51, 872, 923fn., 995; meetings with Hitler, 217, 301, 740–41, 774, 815–16, 821–22, 995–96, 1049, 1055–57; sends troops to bar Austrian Anschluss, 280; invades Ethiopia, 289–90, 296; Hitler gains support of, 296–99, 301–2, 324, 327; approves German annexation of Austria, 302, 324, 327, 334–35, 336–37, 339, 343, 345, 347; role in Czech problem, 377, 400, 403, 407–10, 414–19; reluctance to risk war against West, 436, 482–83, 493, 508, 509, 511–12, 529, 547–48, 551–57, 564–68, 570, 665–66, 687–92; conquest of Albania, 469; attitude toward U.S., 469–70, 875fn., 889–90, 893; opposes Axis amity with U.S.S.R., 478–79; signs Pact of Steel, 482–83; mediation in war crisis, 587–89, 592, 603–8, 615–18, 620–21, 640, 643; criticizes Nazi policy toward U.S.S.R., 666, 683, 687, 688; promises to enter war, 689–92; war, armistice with French, 739–41, 745, 746; war with British, 733, 755, 812–14, 928; invasion of Greece, 815, 816, 818, 825, 826; in war against U.S.S.R., 851, 909–11; relations with Japan, 875, 889–90, 893; urges Hitler to make peace in east, 928, 995; deposed, arrested, 996–98, 1002, 1003; is rescued by S.S., 999, 1000, 1003–6; assassinated, 1131
Myth of the Twentieth Century, The (Rosenberg), 149
Nacht und Nebel Erlass (Night and Fog Decree), 957–58
Naggiar, Paul-Émile, 537
Namier, Sir Lewis B., 556fn., 593fn., 611
Namsos, 708
Namur, 717, 724, 725, 726, 1086
Nansen, Fridtjof, 675
Nantes, 956