INDEX

Admiral Scheer, battleship, 104

Afrika Korps, 159, 197, 215

Aircraft, types of:

American:

Boeing XB-17, 76

B-17 Flying Fortress, 77, 223–4, 229, 235, 236, 262, 288

Boeing YB-40, 236

Consolidated B-24, 224, 235, 262

Curtiss Hawk, 75, 185

Lockheed: Hudson, 193; P-38

Lightning, 229

P-51 Mustang, 237–8, 294

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 237

British:

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, 76

Avro Lancaster, 220–2, 279–80

B.E.2C, 9, 11

Boulton & Paul Defiant, 117, 126–7, 139–40

Bristol: Beaufort, 193; Blenheim, 76; F2B Fighter, 12

D.H.2, 4

De Havilland Mosquito, 239

Fairey: Battle, 76, 111; Hendon, 51; Swordfish, 187, 190–2

F.E.2b, 4, 11, 14

Gloster: Gauntlet, 75; Gladiator, 75, 105, 106

Handley Page: Halifax, 220; Hampden, 76; Heyford, 75

Hawker: Fury, 75; Hart, 75; Hurricane, 76, 95, 117, 126, 150; Typhoon, 185

R.E.8, 27

S.E.5, 13, 14

Short Stirling, 220

Sopwith: Camel, 14, 15; Pup, 7, 14

Supermarine Spitfire, 76, 95, 117, 126, 146, 150, 185

Vickers Armstrong Wellington, 76

French:

Amiot 351, 75

Dewoitine: D. 510, 75; D. 520, 75, 112

Liore et Olivier LeO 45, 75

Morane monoplane, 3

Morane-Saulnier MS.406, 112

Nieuport 17, 4

Potez 631, 112

Spad fighter, 7

German:

Albatros: two-seater, 2; D.I, 5; D.V, 14

Arodo: Ar 68, 56–7, 95–6; Ar 96, 296–7; Ar 196, 96; Ar 234, 270, 282

Bachem Natter, 283–4

Blohm and Voss Bv 138, 96

DFS 194, 264

DFS 230, 161

D.F.W, two-seater, 2

Dornier: Do X, 43–4; Do 17, 66, 68, 77, 79, 88, 93, 95–6, 97, 99, 101, 122, 129–30, 173, 226; Do 18, 96; Do 19, 52, 66, 157; Do 23, 50; Do 217, 97, 156; Do 335, 228, 249, 282; Wal, 39

Fieseler Storch, 292

Focke-Wulf: Ente, 44; Fw 189, 173; Fw 190, 158, 185–6, 191, 228, 234, 235, 240, 249, 262, 292; Fw 200, 52, 157, 211, 212

Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane, 15–16, 30

Fokker: D.VII, 30; D.VIII, 32; E.1 monoplane, 3

Gotha G.V, 20

Halberstadt D.11, 5

Hansa Brandenburg: W.12, 17; W.29, 17

Heinkel: He 17, 18 and 21, 39; He 37 and 38, 50; He 45 and 46, 50, 96; He 49, 50; He 51, 56, 58, 65, 74, 93, 172; He 59, 50, 96, 125; He 60, 96; He 70, 54–5, 66; He 111, 57, 66, 67, 71, 77, 79, 88, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 131, 158–9, 173, 181–2, 211; He 115, 96, 125; He 118, 68, 77; He 162, 271–2; He 176, 264; He 177, 97, 156–9, 177, 211, 212, 234; He 178, 264; He 219, 227, 239, 241, 249; He 280, 264–5;

Henschel: Hs 123, 60–1, 96, 99, 172, 173; Hs 126, 96, 173; Hs 129, 216

Junkers: F.13, 39, 42; G-38, 44; K-47, 59; Ju 52, 88, 96, 161, 162, 211, 213, 216; Ju 52/3m, 68–9, 77–8, 88, 93, 95, 96, 99, 51, 65, 66, 108; Ju 86, 57, 66, 95–6, 211; Ju 87, 59, 66, 122–5, 130, 156, 158, 172, 216, 227; Ju 88, 77, 94, 101, 129–30, 156; Ju 89, 52, 157

L.V.G. two-seater, 2, 19

Messerschmitt: M-17, 40; Bf 108, 54, 94, 102; Bf 109, 66, 69–70, 88, 93–4, 95, 96, 99, 122, 132, 155, 158, 172, 173, 185, 208, 228, 234, 235, 249, 288; Me 110, 94–5, 96, 97, 101, 124, 131, 132, 148, 167–8, 189, 226; Me 163, 261, 264, 282; Me 210, 158, 177; Me 262, 261, 263, 264–70, 282, 294–5, 298; Me 323, 216; Me 328, 329

Mistel Pick-a-back aircraft, 282

Pfalz D.111, 5, 14

Taube monoplane, 1, 2

Russian:

I-15 and I-16, 64, 70, 172

I-153, 172

IL-2, 172, 208

LA-5, 208

PE-2, 172

R-5, 172

SB-2, 64, 172

SB-3, 172

TB-3, 172

YAK-9, 208

Miscellaneous:

Avia B-534 (Czech), 88

Fiat CR, 32 (Italian), 75

Fokker D.21 (Dutch), 108

Fokker G-1a (Dutch), 108

Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Japanese), 75, 235

Mitsubishi 96 (Japanese), 75

P-7A, P-23 and PZL-11 (Polish), 100

Savoia-Marchetti Sm 79 (Italian), 76

Ajax, cruiser, 165

Ardennes offensive, 275–6

Ark Royal, aircraft carrier, 187

Arnim, General von, 217

Arnold, General, 235

Auchinleck, General, 197

Bachem, Erich, 283–4

Baedeker raids, 222–3

Ball, Captain Albert, 7, 15

Balthasar, Wilhelm, 112–13, 153

Barbarossa, Operation, 159, 161, 170, 173

Battleaxe offensive, 197

Baumbach, Werner, 267, 282, 290

Belgrade, bombardment of, 159–60

Berlin, Battle of, 238–9, 247

Bismarck, battleship, 187

Bodenschatz, Karl, 28, 29, 52, 167

Boelcke, Oswald, 3, 4, 5, 6, 181, 182

Bormann, Martin, 167, 169, 286

Brandenburg, Hauptmann, 19, 20, 21

Brandt, Paul, 19

Brauchitsch, von, 101–2

Brown, Captain A. R., 27

Camm, Sidney, 126

Canea, 160, 162

Casablanca directive, 229

Cerberus, Operation, 188–96

Chamberlain, Neville, 84–6, 89, 105, 114, 220

Christiansen, Friedrich, 17–18

Churchill, Winston, 86, 105, 114, 141, 145, 146–7, 151, 154, 195, 223

Ciliax, Admiral, 188–9, 193, 194, 195

Cologne, bombing of, 218–19

Crossbow, Operation, 243

Dahlerus, Birger, 90, 91

Deutsche Aerolloyd, 42

Deutsche Luftreederei, 42

Doenitz, Admiral, 297, 298

Dornberger, General, 243, 263

Dornier, Claudius, 39

Douhet, General, 52, 79

Dowding, Air Marshal, 127–8, 134, 136–8, 146

Dresden, destruction of, 219, 279–81

Drexler, Anton, 36

Dundas, Flight Lieutenant, 152

Dunkirk evacuation, 114–17

Dynamo, Operation, 115–16

Eaker, General, 224, 225, 229

Eben Emael fortress, 110–11

Ebert, Friedrich, 34

Eckener, Hugo, 45–8, 79–81, 82

Eisenhammer offensive, 283

Eisenhower, General Dwight D., 204, 299–300

Eisner, Kurt, 34, 35

Emden, cruiser, 104

Esmond, Eugene, 190–2

Etrich, Igo, 1

Fall Gelb offensive, 102, 103

Felmay, General, 103, 226

Feldfliegerabteilungen units, 2

Foch, Marshal, 118

Fokker, Anthony, 3, 4, 32

Franco, General, 64

Freiberg, General, 164–5

Galland, Adolf, 53, 62, 70, 113, 117, 122, 131, 137, 139–40, 151, 168, 180, 182–3, 188, 191, 194, 216, 217, 226, 233, 234, 237, 250, 255, 265–6 270–1, 272, 273–4, 294–5

Gamelin, General, 114

Garros, Roland, 3

Gilbert, Eugene, 3

Gleiwitz incident, 91

Glorious, aircraft carrier, 106

Gneisenau, battle cruiser, 186, 188, 192, 195

Goebbels, Joseph, 100, 179, 180, 214, 225, 230, 243, 246, 286

Goering, Hermann, 23, 24, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37–8, 40, 49–50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 73, 77, 78–80, 88, 90–2, 95, 97, 100, 101, 115, 117, 119–20, 123–4, 128, 134–5, 136–7, 141–2, 143–4, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 156, 160, 165, 166, 167, 169, 175, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 202, 205, 210, 211, 214, 215, 217, 219, 223, 256–6, 227, 228, 233–4, 241, 244, 249, 266, 267–8, 272–4, 275, 281, 290–1, 299–301, 302

Gollob, General, 284

Gomorrah, Operation, 230, 231–3

Gort, Lord, 200

Greim, Ritter von, 31, 291–4, 295–7

Guernica, destruction of, 71–4, 219

Guynemer, Georges, 24

Halder, General, 101, 208

Hamburg, Battle of, 231–3

Harris, Air Marhsal, 221, 223, 229, 230, 232, 238, 242, 247, 281, 284

Hawker, Major L. G., 7

Heinkel, Ernst, 36, 43, 54, 157, 177, 227, 240

Hercules, Operation, 200–1

Hereward, destroyer, 165

Hermann, Major, 240–1, 289

Hess, Rudolf, 167, 169, 286

Heusinger, General, 257–8

Heydrich, Reinhard, 83, 91

Himmler, Heinrich, 87, 295–6

Hindenburg, Field Marshal von, 41

Hitler, Adolf, 32, 36, 37, 49, 61, 62–3, 79, 83, 84, 85–6, 89, 100–2, 103, 107, 118, 141, 145, 149, 152, 155, 159, 161, 166, 167, 169, 170, 174, 182, 187–8, 195, 196, 197, 202, 203–4, 206, 207, 209, 211, 213, 214, 215, 218, 227, 233–4, 256, 257–9, 260, 267, 268–9, 275, 278, 285–7, 290–1, 293–4, 295–8

Hoenmanns, Major, 102–3

Hoeppner, General von, 4, 13

Hood, battle cruiser, 187

Ilges, Walther, 19

Immelmann, Max, 1, 4

Iraklion, 160, 161, 165

Jahnow, Reinhold, 2

Jeschonnek, Hans, 97–8, 101, 155, 163, 180, 211, 216, 218–9, 243–6, 302

Jodl, General, 62, 83–4, 86, 170, 214

Junkers, Hugo, 39

Kammhuber, Josef, 103, 226, 227, 239, 240

Kampfeinsitzerkommandos, 4

Karinhall, 55, 281, 285

Keitel, Field Marshal, 87, 152, 256–7

Keller, General, 173

Kesselring, Albert, 52, 77, 97, 100, 107, 115, 173, 197–8, 199, 200–1, 205, 217, 278

Kleine, Hauptmann, 21

Kluge, Field Marshal von, 176, 255–6, 259

Koller, General, 272, 286–7, 290–1

Korten, General, 259, 260

Kreipe, General, 260

Lake Constance, airship, 45

Legion Kondor, 64, 65, 93, 172

Lippisch, Alexander, 264

Loehr, General, 97, 160, 173

Loerzer, Bruno, 23, 31, 36, 90, 98, 197

Lufthansa, 42

Lutzow, Gunther, 272–4, 294

Maleme, 160, 164

Marita, Operation, 159

Marseille, Hans Joachim, 202–3

Mathy, Heinrich, 8–9, 79, 82

Meindl, General, 162

Merkur, Operation, 161

Messerschmitt, Willy, 39, 54, 94, 168, 169, 265, 266

Milch, Erhard, 43, 51, 78, 90, 97, 107, 155, 178, 180, 212–3, 216, 229, 239, 244, 249, 268–9, 289, 302

Mitchell, R. J., 126

Model, Field Marshal, 286

Molders, Werner, 113, 122, 137, 151, 175, 181, 182

Montgomery, Field Marshal B., 201, 203, 204

Mussolini, Benito, 86, 209, 244

North Star, airship, 45

Nowotny, Walter, 270

Opel, Fritz von, 263

Orion, cruiser, 165

Park, Air Marshal, 128, 146, 147

Paulus, Field Marshal von, 208, 209, 213, 214–5

Peenemunde raid, 242–3

Peltz, Dietrich, 233, 234, 235, 247, 248, 269–70, 277

Prince of Wales, battleship, 187

Prinz Eugen, cruiser, 187, 188, 192, 195

Priller, Joseph, 252–3

R4M anti-aircraft rocket, 284–5

R.34 and R.38 airships, 46

R.100 and R.101 airships, 47

Raeder, Admiral, 152, 187, 196

Reichwehr, 34

Reinberger, Major, 102–3

Reitsch, Hanna, 289, 291–4, 295–7

Rethimnon, 160, 165

Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 87, 89–90, 184

Richthofen, Lothar von, 29

Richthofen, Manfred von, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26–8, 33, 40–1, 57, 182–3

Richthofen, Wolfram von, 93, 98–9, 122, 161, 163, 173, 176, 211

Robinson, W. Leefe, 9, 12

Rommel, Erwin, 112, 196–7, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 215, 253–4, 255, 259

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 80, 183, 223, 235

Rotterdam, destruction of, 109–10, 220

Runstedt, Field Marhsal von, 102, 114, 253, 254, 259, 275, 278

Saur, Otto, 248

Scharnhorst, battle cruiser, 186, 188, 191, 193, 194, 195

Sealion, Operation, 125, 145, 149, 152, 154, 196

Seeckt, General von, 38, 40, 42, 50, 302

Spaatz, General, 224, 225

Speer, Albert, 248–9, 255, 270, 278, 286

Sperrle, Hugo von, 65, 71–3, 93, 98, 159, 250, 276, 277

Stalin, Joseph, 89

Stauffenberg, Count von, 257–9

Steinhoff, Johannes, 274, 294

Stempel, Major, 3

Strasser, Peter, 9, 19, 79

Streib, Major, 239

Student, General, 161, 162

Stumpff, General, 51–2, 77, 97, 107

Suda Bay, 160, 161, 163, 164

Sussmann, General, 162

T-34 tanks, 176

Tank, Kurt, 45, 185–6

Tempest, Lieutenant W. J., 9

Thiel, Dr. Walter, 243

Trautloft, Oberst, 255, 272, 273

Treaty of Rapallo, 38

Udet, Ernst, 24, 25, 39, 40, 43, 58–9, 60–1, 68, 77–8, 90, 93, 97–8, 99, 101, 155–9, 169, 170, 177–81, 226, 244, 261, 302

Untucht, Flugkapitän, 68, 69

V.1 flying bomb, 241, 260

V.2 rocket, 241–2, 260–1

Valkyrie, Operation, 256, 259

Volkmann, General, 65

Voss, Werner, 5, 15–16

Walther, Chief Engineer, 243, 263

Wavell, General, 196, 197

Weimar Republic, 34

Westphal, Oberst, 204

Wever, General, 51–2, 66–7, 77, 157

Waygand, General, 114

Wick, Helmuth, 113, 152

Wright, Orville, 1

Wright, Wilbur, 1

Zeitzler, Kurt, 209, 210

Zeppelin airships: SL.11, 8–9; L.13, 8; L.21, 9; L.31, 9; L.34, 9; L.39, 18; L.44, 18; L.45, 18; L.48, 18; L.49, 19; L.50, 18; LZ.126, 45; LZ.127, Graf Zeppelin, 46, 47, 79, 81; LZ. 129, Hindenburg, 80, 81, 82; LZ. 130, 82

Zeppelin-Giant bombers, 22