Storming the Eagle's Nest

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by Jim Ring

Paris, 1, 2, 3

Parri, Ferruccio, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Parti Populaire Français, 1

partisans, see Italian partisans; Yugoslav partisans

Patch, General Alexander, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Patterson, Lieutenant George, 1

Patton, General George, 1, 2, 3, 4

Paul, Irmgard: on Allied rapes, 1; Berghof pilgrimage, 1;

on Hitler’s death, 1;

on Lockstein air-raid shelter, 1;

mother’s diary, 1;

on Nuremberg Trials, 1;

on RAF’s Obersalzberg raid, 1, 2;

on US occupiers, 1;

on wartime amputees, 1

Paul, Prince, Regent of Yugoslavia, 1, 2

Pearl Harbor, 1

Peenemünde, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Peiper, SS-Sturmbannführer Joachim, 1

Persinger, Robert B., 1

Petacci, Clara, 1, 2, 3

Pétain, Marshal Philippe, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Peter II, King of Yugoslavia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Pfeiffer, Oberst Franz Wilhelm, 1, 2

Pflaum, Generalleutnant Karl, 1, 2, 3

Philby, H. A. R. ‘Kim’, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Piccard, Auguste, 1

Piedfort, Sous-Lieutenant, 1, 2

Pilet-Golaz, Marcel: address to nation, 1, 2, 3, 4; cedes to German blackout demands, 1;

as OSS informant, 1;

POW agreement with British, 1, 2;

and POW diplomacy, 1

Pizzoni, Alfredo, 1, 2, 3, 4

Pleiger, Paul, 1

Plön, 1, 2

Po, river, 1

Pola, 1

Poland: Danzig question, 1; German invasion, 1, 2, 3;

Grossaktion Warschau, 1;

Warsaw Rising, 1, 2, 3, 4

Poliakov, Léon, 1

Pont de Claix, 1

Pössinger, Sturmbannführer Michael, 1

Potsdam Conference, 1

Pratt, Lieutenant Sherman, 1

Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The, 1

Pullach, 1

Quebec: Octagon conference, 1

Raeder, Grossadmiral Erich, 1, 2, 3

RAF: airdrop for Italian partisans, 1; Battle of Britain, 1, 2, 3, 4;

Berlin and Hamburg raids, 1, 2, 3;

Chetnik arms drops, 1;

Glières plateau drops, 1, 2;

Me 262 fight, 1;

Milan raid, 1;

Obersalzberg raid, 1, 2;

Peenemünde raid, 1, 2, 3;

raids on industry, 1, 2;

relationship with SOE, 1;

seeking refuge in Switzerland, 1

Rainer, Inge, 1, 2, 3

Rainer, Karl, 1, 2

Ransome, Arthur, 1

Rastenburg, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Ravensbrück concentration camp, 1

Red Army: advance to Berlin, 1, 2, 3, 4; and Alpenfestung, 1;

behaviour in Berlin and Vienna, 1;

British repatriate Cossacks, 1;

counteroffensive, 1, 2;

occupies Belgrade, 1;

occupies Vienna, 1

fronts: Central, 1; First Ukrainian, 1;

Voronezh, 1, 2

Redoute Ruinée, 1, 2

Regensburg, 1

Regia Aeronautica, 1

Remarque, Erich Maria, 1

Reschen Pass, 1

Reynaud, Paul, 1, 2

Rhine, river, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Rhône valley, 1, 2

Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Riddel, James ‘Jimmy’, 1

Riefenstahl, Leni, 1

Riemer, SS-Obersturmführer Otto, 1, 2, 3

Rintelen, Anton, 1

Ritter, Karl, 1

Roberts, Andrew, 1

Rocca delle Caminate, 1

Roche la Croix, 1

Röhm, Ernst, 1

Romans-Petit, Colonel Henri, 1

Rome, 1, 2, 3

Rome, Treaty of, 1

Rommel, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: conference on Jews, 1; and de Gaulle, 1;

‘Germany first’ policy, 1;

illhealth, 1;

on Italy’s declaration of war, 1;

Marrakesh meeting, 1;

at Octagon conference, 1;

praises Munich Agreement, 1;

re-election, 1;

Tehran Conference, 1, 2, 3;

and Vichy France, 1;

Yalta Conference, 1

Roseberry, Lieutenant Colonel C. L., 1

Rosenthal, Captain Jean, 1, 2

Rotenberg, Alexander, 1, 2, 3

Rothmund, Dr Heinrich, 1, 2

Rothschild, Louis de, 1

Rothschild family, 1, 2

Rundstedt, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von, 1, 2, 3, 4

Ruskin, John, 1

Russian Revolution, 1

Rütli meadow (Lake Lucerne), 1

Saas-Fee, 1

Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 1, 2

Saint-Agnes, 1

St Anton, 1, 2, 3, 4

St Gallen, 1

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Treaty of, 1, 2

St Gervais, 1, 2, 3

St Gotthard Pass, 1, 2

St Gotthard rail tunnel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, 1

St-Martin-Vésubie, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

St Maurice, 1

St Moritz, 1, 2, 3, 4

St-Nizier-du-Moucherotte, 1, 2, 3

Saisies, Col des, 1

Salò, 1, 2, 3

Salvadori, Max, 1

Salzburg: Anschluss in, 1; Hitler–Mussolini meeting, 1;

Mauthausen subcamp, 1;

O5 cell, 1;

as part of Alpenfestung, 1;

surrenders to Allies, 1;

von Trapp family in, 1, 2;

White Rose leaflets, 1

Samedan, 1, 2, 3

Sandoz, Yves, 1

Sankt Georgen an der Gusen, 1

Sargans, 1

Savoia, Prince General Umberto di, 1, 2, 3, 4

Schaffhausen, 1

Schamberger, Paul, 1

Scharnhorst, 1

Schmidt, Dr Paul, 1

Schneikert, Private First Class Fred, 1

Scholl, Hans and Sophie, 1

Schönbühl hut, 1

Schreiber, Leutnant Alfred, 1

Schuschnigg, Kurt, 1, 2, 3

Schwab, 1

Schwarz, Urs, 1, 2

Schweinitz, Oberstleutnant Viktor von, 1

Schweizerischer Vaterländischer Verband (SVV), 1

Second World War, The (Churchill), 1

Sedlmeyer, Max, 1

Selborne, Lord, 1, 2, 3

Seyss-Inquart, Arthur, 1, 2, 3

Shelley, Mary, 1

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1

Shirer, William L.: on Anschluss, 1; on Berchtesgaden surrender, 1;

censorship of, 1;

on forced euthanasia program, 1, 2;

hatred for Nazis, 1;

leaves Europe, 1;

on mood in Berlin, 1;

on mood in Geneva, 1, 2;

on Occupation of France, 1;

predicts Swiss deprivation, 1;

on rationing, 1;

on Swiss fighting spirit, 1;

on Switzerland’s turn, 1;

on treatment of Austrian Jews, 1;

on war’s end, 1;

on White Rose, 1;

wins Wehrmacht wager, 1

Sicily, 1, 2, 3, 4

Siegfried Line, 1, 2

Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1

Simplon rail tunnel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Simpson, General William Hood, 1

Sinclair, Admiral Sir Hugh, 1

skiing: Allied POWs in resorts, 1, 2, 3; British military attachés’, 1;

cable railways in Davos, 1;

introduced to Alps, 1;

at Megève, 1;

postwar development, 1

Skorzeny, SS-Obersturm
bannführer Otto, 1

Smith, General Walter Bedell, 1

Soleti, General Fernando, 1

Solferino, Battle of, 1

Sound of Music, The (Wise), 1, 2

South African forces, 1

South Tyrol: German–Italian dispute, 1, 2, 3

Soviet Union: controls eastern Austria, 1; delay to Barbarossa, 1, 2;

as German ally, 1;

October Revolution, 1;

Stalingrad counterattack, 1;

see also Red Army

Spechel, Augusto, 1, 2

Special Air Service (SAS), 1

Special Operations Executive (SOE): absorbs Section D (MI6), 1; arms Chetniks, 1;

Bailey sent to assess Chetniks, 1;

and BBC, 1;

Cairo base, 1;

creation of, 1;

critics of, 1;

Deakin sent to assess partisans, 1;

funds French resistance, 1, 2;

liaison with Italian partisans, 1, 2, 3, 4;

and Ossola republic, 1;

Philby on, 1;

rail sabotage, 1;

record in Italy, 1;

relationship with RAF, 1;

and Special Projects Operations Centre, 1;

supports Italian partisans, 1

Special Projects Operations Centre, 1, 2

Speer, Albert: on Berlin bunker meeting, 1; on Blondi, 1;

career, 1;

disperses industrial production, 1;

farewell to Hitler, 1;

on Hitler at Obersalzberg, 1;

on industrialists at Berghof, 1;

inspects Mittelbau-Dora, 1;

on Me 1, 2;

on New Year 1945, 1;

Obersalzberg residence, 1, 2;

rebuilding plans, 1;

sabotages ‘scorched earth’ policy, 1;

tried at Nuremberg, 1;

on V-2 rocket, 1, 2;

as war production minister, 1, 2

Sperrle, Generalfeldmarschall Hugo, 1

Srodes, James, 1

SS: charges Messerschmitt for slave labour, 1; Darnand’s rank, 1;

Deutsche Erde- und Steinwerke (DESt), 1;

1st SS-Standarte (Munich), 1;

garrisons in Italian Alps, 1;

and MI6 plan for Molden, 1;

replaces Riemer at Ebensee, 1;

Totenkopfverbände, 1, 2, 3;

see also Gestapo; Waffen-SS

Stack, Brigadier General Robert, 1, 2

Stalin, Joseph: advises Tito’s withdrawal from Carinthia, 1; Churchill cable on German surrender, 1;

Churchill on, 1;

and Eisenhower’s Alpenfestung cable, 1;

Hitler’s perception of, 1;

opposes early German surrender, 1, 2, 3;

on resistance and tanks, 1;

suggests Allied invasion of Switzerland, 1;

Tehran Conference, 1, 2, 3;

Yalta Conference, 1

Stalingrad, Battle of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Stampfli, Walther, 1

Stauffenberg, Count Claus Schenk von, 1

Steiger, Eduard von, 1

Steinhauser, Sergeant Hans, see Molden, Fritz

Stelvio Pass, 1

Sterzing, 1

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1, 2

Streicher, Julius, 1

Strong, Major General Kenneth, 1

Stuart, Captain William, 1

Sulzer, Hans, 1, 2

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Susloparov, General Ivan, 1

Sutjeska, Battle of, 1, 2

Swiss air force, 1, 2

Swiss Alps: Allied POWs escape to, 1; border patrols, 1;

fortresses and fortified passes, 1;

German–Italian trade, 1;

Italian interest in Ticino, 1;

Italian partisans escape to, 1;

POW camps, 1, 2, 3;

punishment camps, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

rail tunnels, 1, 2;

residents help escaped POWs, 1;

Rütli rally, 1

Swiss army: at Belfort Gap, 1, 2;

demobilisation, 1;

military service, 1;

mobilisation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

older home defence soldiers recalled, 1;

size and composition of, 1;

see also Guisan, General Henri

Swiss intelligence, see Nachrichtendienst

Swiss Internment Commissariat, 1

Swiss National Bank, 1

Switzerland: agreement with Allies over Germany, 1; agricultural production, 1, 2;

air flights from Britain, 1;

Allied airmen crash-land in, 1;

Allied ‘loot declaration’, 1;

Allied trade blockade, 1, 2;

Americans advised to leave, 1;

Anglo-Swiss relations, 1;

and Anschluss, 1;

anti-Semitism and xenophobia, 1;

approach roads mined, 1;

asylum in, 1;

and Battle of Britain, 1, 2;

blackouts, 1;

border defences, 1;

Britons ordered to leave, 1;

categories of refugees, 1, 2;

Churchill praises, 1;

and Churchill’s defiance, 1;

contributes to Marshall Plan, 1;

diplomatic representation, 1, 2, 3;

effect of Operation Anton, 1, 2;

English affection for, 1;

exports to Axis, 1, 2;

fascist groups in, 1;

and foreign intelligence services, 1, 2, 3, 4;

fortified passes, 1;

general mobilisation, 1;

German feints, 1, 2;

German invasion plans, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;

as German shortcut from Italy, 1;

gold reserves, 1;

and Great Depression, 1;

and Grossdeutsches Reich, 1, 2;

Guisan’s Alpine Redoubt plan, 1, 2, 3, 4;

Gustloff assassination, 1;

imports from Germany, 1, 2, 3;

and Jewish refugees, 1, 2, 3;

März-Alarm, 1, 2, 3;

military intelligence in, 1;

Nazi gold, 1, 2;

neutrality, 1, 2;

newspapers in, 1;

Pilet-Golaz’s speech, 1, 2, 3, 4;

porous northern frontier, 1, 2, 3;

precision-equipment manufacture, 1;

rationing, 1;

Red Cross, 1, 2, 3;

rumoured Italian invasion, 1, 2;

Stalin suggests Allied invasion, 1;

strategic position, 1

Symons, A. J. A., 1, 2

Szymanska, Halina, 1, 2

Tarvis Pass, 1

Tehran Conference, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Tensfeld, SS-Brigadeführer Willy, 1

Theodule Pass, 1

Thomson, Robert, 1

Thun, Lake, 1

Thurau, 1

Thurnheer, Walter, 1

Tibaldi, Professor Ettore, 1

Tirpitz, 1

Tito, Josip Broz: ambitions for JANL, 1; career, 1;

commands partisans, 1;

deposes Peter II, 1;

impresses Maclean, 1;

injured at Sutjeska, 1;

and JANL withdrawal from Carinthia, 1;

Peter II’s support for, 1;

as ruler of Yugoslavia, 1

Todd, Elizabeth, 1

Trapp, Georg Ludwig von, 1

Trapp, Maria von, 1, 2, 3, 4

Treblinka extermination camp, 1, 2

Trentino, 1

Trevor-Roper, Hugh, 1

Trieste, 1, 2

Triumph des Willens (Riefenstahl), 1

Truman, Harry S.: on British–Yugoslav standoff, 1; contacts de Gaulle over Cuneo impasse, 1;

on dictators’ deaths, 1;

disbands OSS, 1;

obliges Stalin over early surrender, 1, 2;

permits Dulles–Wolff
talks, 1

Tunisia, 1, 2

Turin, 1

Turner, J. M. W., 1

Twain, Mark, 1, 2

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 1

United States: citizens advised to leave Switzerland, 1; enters war, 1;

and Jewish immigration, 1;

Marshall Plan, 1, 2;

recognises POEN, 1;

status at war’s end, 1;

see also Office of Strategic Services

United States army army groups: Sixth, 1, 2, 3, 4; Twelfth, 1, 2

armies: Third, 1, 2; Fifth, 1, 2, 3, 4;

Seventh, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;

Ninth, 1

corps: IV, 1, 2; VI, 1;

XV, 1,

XXVI, 1

divisions: 3rd Infantry, 1; 10th Armored, 1, 2;

11th Armored, 1;

12th Armored, 1;

36th Infantry, 1, 2;

42nd Infantry, 1;

44th Infantry, 1;

45th Infantry, 1, 2;

80th Infantry, 1;

101st Airborne, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

103rd Infantry, 1

regiments: 351st Infantry, 1 411th, 1

United States War Department, 1

Untersberg, 1, 2, 3, 4

Unterstein, 1

Usmiani, Antonio, 1, 2

USAAF: bombs Innsbruck, 1; crashes in Oberammergau, 1;

first raids on Germany, 1;

raids on industry, 1, 2, 3, 4;

relationship with OSS, 1;

seeking refuge in Switzerland, 1, 2;

in Swiss POW camps, 1, 2;

turns back from Alpine raid, 1;

Vercors airdrop, 1

Ustaše, 1, 2

Užice, 1

Val d’Isère, 1, 2, 3

Valdieri, 1

Valence-Chabeuil, 1

Vanden Heuvel, Count Frederick ‘Fanny’, 1, 2, 3, 4

Vassieux-en-Vercors, 1, 2

Vatutin, General Nikolay, 1

Venanson, 1, 2

Vence, 1, 2

Vercellino, Generale Mario, 1, 2

Vercors: assessment of its significance, 1;

de Gaulle’s BBC appeal, 1;

ease of defence, 1;

Germans suppress resistance, 1;

Operation Montagnards, 1, 2;

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