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  INDEX

  Aa Canal 116

  Aachen 22, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 213, 216

  Abbeville 112, 180

  Abetz, Otto 159, 285

  Adam, Gen. Wilhelm 79, 80

  Adams, Col. 295

  Aire 115

  Aisne, River 26, 31, 32, 110, 121

  Albert 26

  Albert Canal 205

  Albrecht, Adm. 68

  Alexandria 152

  Alfieri, Dino 150

  Altergrabow 51

  Amiens 26, 27, 106, 126

  Amos (von Rundstedt’s batman) 228, 233

  Anglo-German Naval Treaty (1935) 66

  Anschluss 75, 251

  Antonescu, Gen. Ion 136, 138, 148

  Antwerp 32, 34, 37, 205, 209, 215

  Arbeitstab von Rundstedt 82–3

  Archangel 131

  Ardennes counter-offensive 209–223

  Arenberg 204

  Armentiéres 113, 118

  Army, British (–1918) – II Corps 25; 4 Inf. Div. 25

  Army, British (1939–45) – 21st Army Gp. 204, 205, 209; Second Army 151, 191, 209, 210, 213, 225; Eighth Army 173; 3 Inf. Div. 186; 11 Armd. Div. 205; 1 Army Tk. Bde. 112; 1 SAS Regt. 256; Small Scale Raiding Force 164, 319

  Army, Canadian (1939–45) – First Army 209; 2 Inf. Div. 162

  Army, French (–1918) – Fourth Army 37; Fifth Army 25, 30, 31, 37; Sixth Army 26, 27, 29, 31; Seventh Army 30; Groupe d’Amade 26

  Army, French (1939–15) – First Army 108, 213, 223, 226; Seventh Army 108; 4 Armd. Div. 110–11

  Army, German (–1918) – First Army 21–32; Second Army 24–31; Third Army 31; Fourth Army 31; Fifth Army 31; Seventh Army 32; Nineteenth Army 37–8; Südarmee 36; Army Det. D. 36, 37; II Corps 21, 22, 26, 29, 30; III Corps 21, 22, 26; III Res. Corps 21; IV Corps 21, 22, 26; IV Res. Corps 21–32; IX Corps 22, 31; XI Corps 17, 21; XV Corps 18, 37, 39; XVIII Corps 16; XXV Res. Corps 36; LIII Corps 36; 7 Res. Div. 24, 25, 28; 22 Inf. Div. 4, 14, 21; 22 Res. Div. 21–32; 38 Inf. Div. 21; 86 Inf. Div. 32–3; 43 Res. Bde. 21, 22; 44 Res. Bde. 21; 5 Drag. Regt. 14; 13 Hussar Regt. 4; 11 Fd. Arty. Regt. 14; 27 Fd. Arty. Regt. 7; 80 Inf. Regt. 6; 83 Inf. Regt. 6, 9–11; 99 Inf. Regt. 18–19; 163 Inf. Regt. 6; 171 Inf. Regt. 17, 20

  Army, German (1919–33) – 1 Cav. Div. 57; 2 Cav. Div. 49, 53, 57; 2 Inf. Div. 46; 3 Cav. Div. 44, 46; 3 Inf. Div. 53, 57; 9 Inf. Regt. 56; 18 Inf. Regt. 48, 52; 3 Prussian MT Bn. 52

  Army, German (1933–45) – Army Gp. A 96–122; Army Gp. B 96, 97, 98, 101, 113, 122, 128, 176, 179, 188, 203, 205–6, 221; Army Gp. C 96, 107, 120; Army Cp. D 133, 158–9, 160; Army Gp. G 174, 179, 205–7, 209, 214, 223, 226, 228; Army Gp. H 211, 226; Army Gp. Centre 131, 141, 149; Army Gp. North 82, 83, 88, 89, 141; Army Gp. South 83–94, 132, 133, 136, 139–57, 287; Army Gp. Upper Rhine 223; First Army 160, 205, 223, 226; First Para. Army 205, 208, 226; First Pz. Army 152–5; Second Army 78, 105, 107, 109, 121, 151; Third Army 84, 91; Fourth Army 87, 105, 107, 109, 110, 113, 118; Fifth Pz. Army 205, 208, 210, 211, 213, 226; Sixth Army 125, 132, 139, 140, 153, 168, 186, 210, 211, 218–19; Seventh Army 160, 184, 188, 196, 205, 210, 226; Eighth Army 83, 89, 92, 93; Ninth Army 125, 126; Tenth Army 78, 83, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94; Eleventh Army 132, 136, 141, 144, 150, 152, 153; Twelfth Army 78, 97, 107, 109, 121; Fourteenth Army 78, 83, 88, 89, 92, 93; Fifteenth Army 160, 161, 188, 190, 192, 205, 210, 211, 213, 226; Sixteenth Army 97, 107, 109, 121, 125, 126; Seventeenth Army 132, 140, 151, 153, 154; Nineteenth Army 174, 198, 203, 205, 213, 226; Twenty-Fifth Army 211; Pz. Gp. West 179, 188, 189, 205; 1st Pz. Gp. 141, 143; II Para Corps 226; III Corps 154; XI Corps 89; XIV Mot. Corps 104; XV Corps 107; XVI Pz. Corps 110, 122; XIX Pz. Corps 92, 100, 107, 110; XXXVIII Corps 104; XLI Pz. Corps 107, 116; XLVII Corps 195; LXXX Corps 256; LXXXIV Corps 186; 1 Lt. Div. 78; 1 Pz. Div. 111, 116; 2 Pz. Div. 112, 179–80, 188, 192; 4 Pz. Div. 88, 103; 5 Pz. Div. 112; 6 VG Div. 80; 7 Inf. Div. 87; 7 Pz. Div. 105, 111–12, 207; 9 Pz. Div. 110; 10 Pz. Div 87, 162, 164, 170; 11 Pz. Div. 144, 228; 13

  Pz. Div. 154; 14 Pz. Div. 154; 16 Pz. Div. 144; 18 Inf. Div. 75, 82, 84; 21 Pz. Div. 186, 188, 189, 192, 197; 27 Pz. Div. 162; 30 Inf. Div. 89; 91 Inf. Div. 192; 116 Pz. Div. 188; 352 Inf. Div. 192; 709 Inf. Div. 192; 716 Inf. Div. 188, 189, 192; Pz. Lehr Div. 180, 185, 186, 189; 150 Pz. Bde. 218; 6 Para. Regt. 192; 12 Arty. Regt. 76; 18 Inf. Regt. 80, 308

  Army, Italian (1939–45) – Fourth Army 167, 173; Celere Div. 167

  Army, Polish – Poznan Army 88, 89

  Army, Russian (–1918) – Tenth Army 33

  Army, Soviet (1941)–Bryansk Front 151; South Front 143, 154; South-West Front 143; Western Front 143; Kiev Mil. Dist. 139; Odessa Mil. Dist. 140; Fifth Army 140, 141, 144, 145; Sixth Army 140, 141; Ninth Army 141; Eighteenth Army 141; Twenty-Sixth Army 145

  Army, US (1944–45) – 6th Army Gp. 203, 225; 12th Army Gp. 209, 225, 233; First Army 205, 208, 209, 210, 226, 227; Third Army 206, 226; Seventh Army 213, 223, 226, 227, 233; Ninth Army 210, 225, 227; 5 Armd. Div. 205; 29 Inf. Div. 309; 36 Inf. Div. 230

  Arnhem 207

  Arolsen 10

  Arras 112, 114, 115

  Aschersleben 3

  Ascq 320

  ASHCAN 233, 316

  Atlantic Wall 159, 160, 170, 175, 177

  Attlee, Clement 317

  Augustdorf 308

  Auxerre 125

  Babi Yar 151

  Baden Baden 213

  Bad Kissingen 52

  Bad Oeynhausen 275

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p; Badoglio, Marshal Pietro 173

  Bad Tölz 172, 199, 201, 230, 233

  Bad Weissee 63

  Bailleul 118

  Baick, Gen. Hermann 205, 207–8, 209, 213, 223

  BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) 273, 275, 289

  Bassenge, Gen. Gerd 238

  Bastogne 110, 221, 222, 223, 247

  Bayerlein, Gen. Fritz 180

  Bayeux 193

  Bayreuth 230

  Beck, Gen. Ludwig 66, 70–1, 75, 76, 78, 79, 82, 169, 182, 199, 316

  Bedford, Conn. 309

  Belaya Tserkov 144

  Belfort 122, 210, 213

  Bell, Bishop of Chichester 290, 291

  Bellenger, Capt. Frederick 259, 264

  Berchtesgaden (Obersalzberg) 84, 160, 173, 181, 193, 196, 198, 313

  Berdichev 142, 145–6, 148, 149, 152, 248, 319

  Beresina, River 141

  Bergmann, Gen. Walter von 43

  Bergues 118

  Berlin 1, 21, 40, 43, 47, 52, 53, 55, 56, 63, 65, 66, 80, 82, 101, 126–7, 128, 132, 214, 223, 229, 230, 312

  Bernd, Lt. Bernhard 238

  Beseler, Gen. von 5, 34

  Bethune 113, 115

  Bevin, Ernest 259, 261, 264, 268, 273, 277–8, 280, 282, 290

  Bialystok 141

  Bilse, Lt. Oswald 17

  Bismarck, Prince Otto von 7, 8

  Bitburg 107

  Bittrich, SS Obgpfr. Willi 64

  Blaskowitz, Gen. Johannes 66, 83, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 161, 205, 223, 226, 268, 284

  Bloem, Capt. Walter 25, 30

  Blomberg, FM Werner von 44, 55, 60, 61, 62–3, 64, 65, 67–8, 70, 71, 72, 252, 315

  Blum, Dr 256

  Blumentritt, Gen. Günther 54, 80, 82, 83, 99, 105, 117, 119, 122, 125, 126, 129, 132, 168, 171, 179, 186, 189, 194, 195, 197, 203–4, 237, 238, 247, 252, 253, 257, 304, 307, 310, 311

  Bock, FM Fedor von 44, 57, 79, 82, 96, 97, 99, 105, 111, 115, 116, 117, 121, 125, 127, 128, 130, 132, 140, 141, 156, 241

  Bordeaux 122, 165

  Borgmann, Lt. Col. 198

  Bormann, Martin 215, 222

  Bothmer, Gen. Graf von 36, 37–8

  Boulogne 124, 177, 178, 179, 183

  Bradley, Gen. Omar 225

  Brandenberger, Gen. Erich 205, 210, 226

  Brauchitsch, FM Waither von 66, 73, 75, 76–7, 89, 91, 94, 96–106, 109, 110, 115, 116–17, 120, 123, 124, 126, 129, 131, 132, 134, 138, 143, 150, 153–4, 155, 156, 241, 246, 256, 257–8, 259, 260, 267, 270, 272–8, 282–3, 296, 313, 316, 319