Index

Note: Individual units are listed under ‘army units’. Page numbers in bold denote major sections. A page number in italic denotes an entry in the Order of Battle section.

Abalakov, Anatoli 325–6, 359–60

Abdulin, Infmn Mansur 201, 204–5, 236, 344, 366, 367

Achtung – Panzer! (Guderian) 21

air force, German 28, 159, 450

Battle of Prokhorovka 345, 355–7, 367

losses (aircraft) 210, 224, 257, 272, 357, 388

Luftflotte 4 190, 222, 272, 273, 297, 450

Luftflotte 6 190, 450

Operation Barbarossa 71, 78–9, 84–5, 101–2

Operation Zitadelle 273–4

preliminaries 190–92, 210

5th July 221–4, 228–9, 231–2, 235, 250

6th–8th July 266–7, 273, 283–4, 297–8

9th–11th July 315–17, 322–3, 333–4

Stalingrad bombardment 151–2

air force, Soviet

2nd Air Army 193, 196, 272, 455

5th Air Army 194, 456

16th Air Army 193, 249–50, 453

17th Air Army 193

Battle of Prokhorovka 355–7, 366–7

defence of Kursk salient

preliminaries 175, 193, 194, 196, 210

5th July 221–4, 228–30, 249–50, 257–8

6th–8th July 287–8, 289–90, 297–8, 299–300

9th–11th July 315–17, 322

German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) 73, 79, 86, 88, 108–9

losses (aircraft) 79, 86, 88, 109, 210, 224, 257, 357, 388

weaknesses 74, 232

Alanbrooke, Sir Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount 42

Alexeev, Lt Vladimir 239, 240, 319, 374–5

Alexeyev, Infmn Mikhail 135

Alexsandrovka 255

Andreev, Nicolai 242

Anti-Comintern Pact 56

anti-Semitism 8, 15

anti-tank guns 201, 204

Antonov, Gen Aleksei 174

army, German

atrocities 97–100

losses (mechanical) 109–10, 124–5, 198, 251, 259, 272, 305, 311, 388

rearmament and development 19–22

tactical superiority 352

tanks see tanks, German

army, Soviet

losses (mechanical) 81–2, 86, 87, 88, 108, 109, 121, 251, 284, 388

morale and discipline 90–92

motivation 97, 99–101

numerical advantage 170–71, 194–5

rearmament and development 51–3, 61–2, 147–8, 174–5

recruitment 94–6

tanks see tanks, Soviet

weaknesses 51–2, 73–5, 80–81, 119–20, 195

army units, German 448–50

2nd Panzer Division 290, 297, 449

2nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment 332

II SS Panzer Corps 188, 224, 233, 264–5, 273, 282, 284, 320–21, 378, 449

III Panzer Corps 188, 242, 282, 362–3, 365, 375–6, 378, 380–81, 450

3rd Panzer Division 213, 224, 233, 269–70, 449

4th Panzer Division 302–3

6th Infantry Division 249, 297, 300, 449

6th Motorized Infantry Brigade 79

6th Panzer Division 242, 243, 268, 269, 282, 327, 450

Battle of Prokhorovka 363–5

Operation Barbarossa 79, 81–2, 102

Operation Typhoon 124–5, 131

7th Panzer Corps 297

7th Panzer Division 244–5, 268, 450

9th Panzer Division 290, 293, 297, 300, 449

XI Corps (Corps Raus) 188, 245–6, 268, 450

11th Panzer Division 214, 224, 232, 269–71, 313–14, 449

17th Panzer Division 121, 450

18th Panzer Division 297, 448

19th Panzer Division 243–4, 268, 450

20th Panzer Division 249, 251, 290, 297, 298, 302, 449

XXIII Corps 186, 249, 449

XXIV Panzer Corps 188, 378, 450

XLI Panzer Corps 186, 249, 252, 256, 296–7, 448–9

XLII Corps 188, 450

XLVI Panzer Corps 186, 249, 448

XLVII Panzer Corps 186, 249, 252, 256, 290, 296–7, 449

XLVIII Panzer Corps 224, 273, 275, 282, 284, 314, 324, 449

Battle of Prokhorovka 367–8

Zitadelle preliminaries 187, 213

78th Infantry Division 294

86th Infantry Division 252–3, 294, 297, 449

292nd Infantry Division 252–3, 293, 297, 449

503rd Heavy Tank Battalion 242–3, 282, 327

505th Heavy Tank Battalion 186, 250–51, 290, 297

Army Detachment Kempf 188, 242, 268, 282, 450

Army Group Centre 448–9

Operation Barbarossa 71, 84–6, 101–2, 104, 106, 112–13

Operation Typhoon 119, 123–4, 132, 136

Operation Zitadelle 185

Army Group Don 158, 159

Army Group North 70–71, 86, 102–3, 109–12

Army Group South 132, 449

Army Group A 150, 155, 156

Army Group B 150–51

Operation Barbarossa 71, 87–8, 103, 108

Operation Blau 149, 150–51

Operation Zitadelle 185, 187, 382

Eighteenth Panzer Army 102

Eleventh Army 132

First Panzer Army 87, 103, 109, 132

Fourth Panzer Army 86, 102, 449

Operation Typhoon 119, 120, 131

Operation Zitadelle 187, 190, 259, 311, 320–21, 378

Grenadier Regiment 230

Ninth Army 185–6, 198, 247–56, 259, 296–7, 305–6, 448–9

Panzer Grenadier Regiment Deutschland 362

Panzergrenadier Division Grossdeutschland 224–30, 232, 269–71, 275–7, 284–8, 313–15, 331, 449

Battle of Prokhorovka 365–6, 367–8

Zitadelle preliminaries 187, 213–14

Second Army 185

Second Panzer Army

Operation Barbarossa 84, 104, 106, 107– 8, 109

Operation Typhoon 119, 120–21, 124, 131, 135–6

Seventeenth Army 132

Sixth Army 106, 132, 151, 152, 158–9, 160–61

SS Einsatzgruppen 97

SS Panzer Corps 169

SS Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich 233–4, 238–40, 265, 282, 317–18, 325–7, 336, 369, 375, 378–9, 449

SS Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH) 233–5, 240–41, 265–6, 282, 317–18, 325–7, 335–6, 449

after 12th July 372–4, 378

Battle of Prokhorovka 357, 358–9, 361–2, 368–9

SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf 233–4, 241–2, 282, 317–18, 325–6, 336, 449

after 12th July 374, 378

Battle of Prokhorovka 359–60, 369

Third Panzer Army 84, 104, 110, 119, 120, 131, 135

army units, Romanian

Fourth Romanian Army 158

Third Romanian Army 157

army units, Soviet 450–56

1st Guards Cavalry Corps 131

1st Guards Tank Army 240

1st Tank Army 193, 247, 455

2nd Guards Tank Corps 247, 283, 362, 369

2nd Tank Army 192, 257, 453

2nd Tank Corps 326–7, 362, 369

3rd Anti-Tank Brigade 304

3rd Mechanized Corps 284, 288, 455

4th Army 192

4th Guards Army 194

5th Guards Army 194, 311, 320, 360, 455–6

5th Guards Tank Army 194, 272, 320, 336, 346, 357, 456

5th Guards Tank Corps 247, 365

5th Tank Army 311

6th Guards Army 193–4, 198, 215, 224, 247, 453

7th Guards Army 193, 194, 215, 247, 268, 282, 453–4

9th Guards Airborne Division 358

10th Guards Mechanized Brigade 360

10th Tank Corps 283, 365–6

13th Army 192, 193, 293, 299, 450–51

15th Guards Rifle Division 247, 453

16th Tank Corps 289, 453

17th Guards Rifle Corps 257, 299, 450–51

17th Guards Rifle Division 289

18th Rifle Corps 257, 452

18th Tank Corps 357

19th Tank Corps 292

24th Guards Tank Brigade 360

25th Tank Brigade 361–2

26th Tank Brigade 362

27th Army 194

29th Anti-Tank Brigade 288

29th Rifle Corps 252, 451

31st Tank Corps 283, 288, 455

32nd Tank Brigade 358

38th Army 193, 454

40th Army 193, 454

47th Army 194

51st Guards Rifle Division 247, 453

53rd Army 194

62nd Army 151, 152

64th Army 151, 152

65th Army 192, 452

66th Guards Rifle Division 366, 455

69th Army 193, 454–5

70th Army 192, 452

90th Guards Rifle Division 247, 453

93rd Guards Rifle Division 247, 455

110th Tank Brigade 358

136th Guards Rifle Regiment 362

170th Tank Brigade 349

181st Tank Brigade 349

307th Rifle Division 293, 300, 451, 455

309th Rifle Division 288, 454

316th Rifle Division 131

Briansk Front 107–8, 121

Central Front 106, 192–3, 450–53

Kalinin Front 135

Leningrad Front 110, 138

Northern Front 74, 86, 102

Northwestern Front 74–5, 86

Reserve Front 106, 122, 133

Southern Front 75, 87–8

Southwestern Front 75, 87–8, 108, 138

Steppe Front 194, 455–6

Volkhov Front 138

Voronezh Front 193–4, 263, 453–5

Western Front 75, 84, 85, 122, 135

atrocities 97–100

Austria 22

Bäke, Maj Dr Franz 364

Barbarossa, Operation 67–114

air operations 71, 78–9, 84–5

casualties, German 109, 113, 125, 133

casualties, Soviet 86, 88, 108, 109, 113

causes of German defeat (summary) 384–5

causes of Soviet victory (summary) 385–6

German advance 80–89, 101–14

Hitler’s commitment to invasion 29–30, 68–9

Kiev 106–9

Klein-Kargarlyk 103–4

launched 67–8, 77–80

Leningrad 86–7, 102–3, 109–12

Minsk 85–6

Operation Typhoon see Moscow planning, German 69–73, 104–6, 113–14, 384–5

planning, Soviet 73–5

Smolensk 101, 104, 112–13

Batkin, Mikhail 48

battles see campaigns, battles and engagements Bauer, Ludwig 199

Bauermann, Oberschütze Rudi 373–4, 381–2

Beer Hall Putsch 7–8

Beevor, Antony xvii, 389

Belenikhino 370, 379

Belgorod 168, 169

Belov, Nikolai 212

Below, Nicholas von 168–9

Berezhko, Semen 319–20

Berezovka 366

Bergström, Christer 357

Beria, Levrentiy 91

Beyer, Wilhelm 161

Bidermann, Infmn Gottlob 83, 88, 97, 103–4, 136, 140–41, 144–6

Blau, Operation 148–57

German planning 150–51

Soviet Operation Uranus 156–8

Stalingrad 150–55

blitzkrieg 21, 26

Blokhin, Capt Vasili 36

Blomberg, Col-Gen Werner von 12

Bock, Gen Fedor von 71, 112–13, 129, 132, 135, 137

Boklov, Pavlik 122

Bolshie Maiachki 282

Borchers, SS-Obergrenadier Günther 215

Borisenko, Dr Olga 348

Braithwaite, Rodric 53

Brandt, Hilda 4

Brauchitsch, Gen Walther von 28, 29, 133, 137

Bräuer, SS-Rottenführer Johannes 343, 344–5

Breith, Gen Hermann 188, 268, 330, 450

Brenner, Arnold 318, 331

Briansk 121

bridge construction (defences) 200

bridgeheads 242–5, 363–5

Bryukhov, Vasili 348, 349

Budenny, Mar Semyon 35, 36, 107

Burdeiny, Maj-Gen A.S. 362

Busse, Gen 329

Butovo xxiii–xxvi, 213, 232

Butyrki 255

Bykovka 240

Cairncross, John 182, 210

Caldwell, Erskine 93, 94

campaigns, battles and engagements

for major subjects see Barbarossa; Moscow; Prokhorovka; Stalingrad; Zitadelle

German offensives (after declaration of war) 30–32

German territorial expansion (prior to declaration of war) 22–6, 59

Kharkov 132, 138, 140, 141–2

Operation Blau 148–57

Operation Mars 159

Operation Winter Storm 158–60

Rostov 132

Sevastopol 140–41

Soviet invasion of Finland 60–61

Soviet spring offensive (1942) 137–9

Carell, Paul (Paul Schmidt) 26–7, 226–7, 254, 286, 298

casualties

Finnish 61

German xv, 26, 139, 142, 159

Operation Barbarossa 109, 113, 125, 133

Operation Typhoon 136

Operation Zitadelle 241, 246, 259, 267, 272, 298, 305, 318, 325, 388

Stalingrad 161

Soviet xv, 60, 61, 139, 141, 142, 159

defence of Kursk salient (Operation Zitadelle) 388

field hospitals 261–2

German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) 86, 88, 108, 109, 113

Stalingrad 161

Chamberlain, Neville 23, 30

Chekhov, Anatoly 154

Cherkasskoe 232–3

Chistyakov, Lt-Gen I.M. 193, 232, 233, 237, 453

Chuikov, Lt-Gen Vasily 153, 155, 160

Churchill, Winston 30, 32–3, 58, 82, 181–2, 384, 389

civilian populations 97–8, 206–7

code-breaking 181–2

collectivization 48

Communist Party 11, 38, 43–4, 53–4

comradeship 208

Cowles, Virginia 14

Crimea 132, 140–41

Czechoslovakia 23, 57

Denmark 30

deserters 90–91

Dessloch, Gen Otto 190, 272

Deutsche Zeitung (newspaper) 5

Dexler, Frederik 310

Dictators, The (Overy) 46

Dietrich, Otto 121–2

Doerr, Oberst Hans 153

Doerr, Marc 291

Drachevsky, Lev 332

Dresener, Felix 310–11

Dunkirk 31, 32

Eastern Front, historical awareness of in West xv–xviii

Ehrenburg, Ilya 162

Enigma cipher machines 181–2

Enshin, Maj-Gen M.A. 293

Eremenko, Lt-Gen A.I. 121

Erwin, Johannes 309–10

Faber, Ralph 321–2

Fedyuninsky, Col I.I. 87

Ferdinand tank 183, 189–90, 254–5

see also tanks, German field hospitals 261–2

Finland 39, 60–61

Five Year Plans (Soviet Union) 46–51

flame-throwers 236

Foch, FM Ferdinand 5

Forman, Herbert 292

Four Year Plan (Germany) 17

France 19, 27, 30–31, 57–8

Francks, Hauptmann Gunar 228

Frantz, Maj Peter 286, 323–4

Frederick I Barbarossa 70

Frieser, Karl-Heinz 386, 388

Friessner, Gen Johannes 186, 249, 449

Frunze, Mikhail 45, 52

Gapeyonok, Nikolay 223

Germany

see also Hitler, Adolf

after World War One 3–5

economy 17–18, 171

Gertsovka 214, 233

Getman, Maj-Gen A.L. 311, 323

Glantz, David xvii, 268, 320

Goebbels, Joseph 13, 14, 27, 31, 76, 80, 168

Golikov, Lt-Gen Filip 76

Gomel 85

Göring, Hermann 17, 18, 27, 28, 159, 171

Gostishchevo 283–4

Graff, Lt Walter 281

Gräser, Gnr Helmut 2

Great Britain 19, 26–7, 32–3, 57–8, 82–3

Greim, Col-Gen Robert Ritter von 190

Gremuchii 241

Greznoye 275

Grossman, Vasily 84–5, 93, 100, 108–9, 121, 122, 129–30, 143, 151, 301

Grossmann, Horst 249

Guderian, Col-Gen Heinz xxi, 21, 32, 136–7, 172–3, 254

Operation Barbarossa 72–3, 85, 97, 99–100, 101, 105–6, 114

Operation Typhoon 124, 125, 129, 131, 133

Operation Zitadelle 176, 183–4, 189–90, 389

Gührs, Ustuf 353–4

Haarhaus, Lt 287–8

Hahn, Elbert 155–6

Halder, Col-Gen Franz 28, 70, 88, 110, 113, 156

Harmel, Heinz 362

Harpe, Gen Josef 186, 249, 305, 448

Hausser, SS-Obergruppenführer Paul 169, 188–9, 233, 242, 265, 289, 327, 333, 449

Healy, Mark 314

Henry, Harald 129

Henry, Infmn Herbert 83–4

Hertzog, Karl 96, 98, 129, 142, 198

Hill 226.6 359–60

Hill 252.2 358

Hindenburg, FM Paul von 3, 10, 11

Hitler, Adolf

see also Germany

Anti-Comintern Pact 56

assassination attempt on 173

and British and French declaration of war 26–7

character 9–10

control of armed forces 27–9, 31–2, 146–7, 156, 173–4

daily routine 146

declares war on United States 136–7

determination to destroy Soviet Union 29–30, 68–9

economic policy 17–18

foreign policy 18–19, 21–3

health 150, 172–3

ideology 5–6, 8–9

and invasion of Britain 32–3

military rearmament and development 19–22

Nazification of Germany 11–17

non-aggression pact with Soviet Union 24, 58–9

Operation Barbarossa 69–73, 80, 88, 104–6, 111, 113–14, 384–5

Operation Blau 148–9, 150–51, 152, 156, 158

Operation Typhoon 105, 119, 120, 121, 125, 133

Operation Zitadelle 258, 376–8, 382

preliminaries 168–9, 176–9, 183–5, 212, 214

other offensives (after declaration of war) 30–32

rise to power 6–12

sacks commanders 137, 156

and Soviet resources 139–40

territorial expansion (prior to declaration of war) 22–6, 59

trade agreement with Soviet Union 63–4

Hitler Youth 16

Hoch, SS-Ustuf Roger 165–6, 235

Hoepner, Col-Gen Erich 86

Hoernlein, Lt-Gen Walter 228, 229, 275, 276–7

Hoth, Col-Gen Hermann xxii, 187, 188, 268, 271–2, 288–9, 320, 330, 449

House, Jonathan 268

Huber, Hans 236

Huber, SS-Sturmmann Heinrich 325

Hughes-Wilson, John xviii

Hünersdorff, Maj-Gen Walter von 243

intelligence gathering 181–2, 196–7, 210–12

Iofe, Olga 261–2

Irving, David 172

Italy 31, 56, 376

Ivanovka 379

Japan 56

Jews, anti-Semitism 8, 15

Jodl, Alfred 158

Kageneck, Clemens Graf 242–4, 269

Karelin, Infmn Feliks 279–80

Kassnitz, Col 228

Katukov, Lt-Gen M.E. 237, 264, 266, 285, 455

Katyusha rockets 134–5

Keitel, FM Wilhelm xxi, 27, 32

Kempf, Gen Werner xxii, 188, 289, 329–30, 450

Kessel, Mortimer von 249, 256

Keyneres, Miklós 222–3

Keynes, John Maynard 5

Kharkov 132, 138, 140, 141–2, 168, 169, 384

Khodorovsky, Michail 233–4

Khrushchev, Nikita 278

Kiev 106–9

Kirponos, Col-Gen M.P. 75, 87, 108, 109

Klein-Kargarlyk 103–4

Kleist, Col-Gen Ewald von 87, 106, 150

Kless, Gen Friedrich 298

Kluge, FM Günther von xxi, 137, 198, 305, 376–7, 448

Knobelsdorff, Gen Otto von 187, 229–30, 270, 289, 449

Knöfel, SS-Unterscharführer Erhard 354

Koch, Marianne 162

Kochetovka 318

Koettel, Leo 268–9

Komsomolets State Farm 327

Konev, Col-Gen Ivan xxi, 135, 194, 273, 455

Korovino 233

Kortig, Karla 16

Kozhedub, Lt Ivan 316, 322

Krause, Fw Günther 300

Krebs, Richard 3

Kriachkov, Feodor 50

Kriachkov, Ivan 50

Krivoshein, Gen 284

Kruchenkin, Lt-Gen V. 330, 454

Kruger, SS-Gf Walter 238

Krüger, SS-Ustuf 264

Krylov, Capt Ivan 79, 94

Krylov, Pavel 341–3, 345, 358, 371–2, 381

Kuechler, Col-Gen Georg von 137

Kulik, Pavlo 42

Kursk

Battle of see Zitadelle, Operation

German occupation 168

Küster, Gerd 225

Kuznetsov, Col-Gen F.I. 74, 86

KV-1 tank 81, 196

see also tanks, Soviet

Lang, Maj Frederich 191

Lau, SS-Panzerschütze Walter 214

League of German Maidens 16

Lebedev, Valentin 299

Leeb, Gen Ritter von 70–71, 103, 111, 112, 137

Lehwess-Litzmann, Obstlt Walter 222

Leigh, Lt-Col Edward 37–8

Lemelsen, Gen Joachim 186, 249, 305, 449

Lend-Lease scheme 171–2

Lenin, Vladimir 38–40, 41, 43, 44–5

Leningrad 86–7, 102–3, 109–12, 138

Levitan, Yuri 93

Lindner, Alarick 12–13, 145

Liskow, Spr Alfred 78

List, FM Wilhelm 155, 156

Litvin, Nikolai 201, 204, 253–4, 294–6

Litvinov, Maxim 56, 172

Lochmann, Franz 269

Lohberg, Fw 317

Lomidze, Koba 249–50

Lotoshino 98

Lozovsky, Solomon 92

Luchki 267

Ludendorff, Gen Erich 3

Luftwaffe see air force, German

Maisky, Ivan 57

Maloarkhangelsk 249

Manstein, FM Erich von xxi, 141, 158, 449

Operation Zitadelle 288–9, 320, 329, 330, 336, 388

after 12th July 372, 376–8, 382

preliminaries 168–9, 176–7, 178, 187, 188

Mars, Operation 159

Maschmann, Peter 270–71

Maslovo Pristani 246

Mattenklott, Gen Franz 188, 450

Mawdsley, Evan 169–70, 182

Maykop 155

Mein Kampf (Hitler) 8–9

Mellenthin, Gen Friedrich von 171, 178, 184–5, 199, 275, 368, 377, 387

Merridale, Catherine 147, 207

Meuller, Oberschütze Paul 333–4

Meyer, Hauptmann Bruno 283–4

Mickl, Maj-Gen 232

Mikhailovka bridge 242–3

mines 205, 226–8, 253, 270–71

Minsk 85–6

Miroshnikov, Lt 100–101

Model, Col-Gen Walter xxi, 184, 185–6, 247–8, 256, 296–7, 305–6, 448

Molodin, Alana 98

Molotov cocktails 255

Molotov, Vyacheslav 47, 58, 68, 89

morale and discipline 90–92

Morell, Dr Theo 173

Moscow

air bombardment 101–2

German planning 105, 119

Operation Typhoon 119–32

Briansk 121

failure of 133

Mozhaisk 123

Soviet counteroffensive 133–6

Soviet defences 120, 123, 126

Soviet pre-emptive attacks 128

Vyazma 120, 121

weather conditions 125, 128–31

Soviet defences 85

Mozhaisk 123

Müller, Johan 221

Mussolini, Benito 31, 376

Mutterlose, SS-Unterscharführer 352–3

Napoleon I, Emperor 120

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

see Nazi Party

Nazi Party 5–11

see also Hitler, Adolf

Nazification of Germany 11–17

Nehring, Gen Walter 188, 450

Neuzert, Hubert 361–2

Nicholas II, Tsar 38, 39

Nicolson, Harold 83

Niemann, Gerhard 244, 245

Nipe, George Jnr 352

Norway 30

Novorossisk naval base 155

Novosselovka 313–14

NSDAP see Nazi Party

Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) 28

Oberkommando der Marine (OKM) 28

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) 27, 384

Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) 27, 28

Oboyan front 314–18, 324

OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) 27, 28

OKL (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe) 28

OKM (Oberkommando der Marine) 28

Oktiabrskii State Farm 335–6

OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) 27, 384

Olesha, Yuri 43–4

Olkhovatka heights 296–300, 302–5

Onton, Fyodor 200, 253, 255

order of battle 448–56

Orel 383, 384

Out of the Night (Krebs) 3

Overy, Richard 46, 173–4, 175

Pabst, Helmuth 101, 124, 128, 142–3

pacts and agreements 19, 56, 57

Anti-Comintern Pact 56

German–Soviet non-aggression 24, 58–9

German–Soviet trade 58, 63–4

Treaty of Versailles 4–5, 18

Panesenko, Igor 312–13

Panfilov, Maj-Gen Ivan 131

Panther tank 183–4, 189, 190, 224–5

see also tanks, German

partisans 96, 197–8, 309–11

Paulus, FM Friedrich 72, 118, 158–9, 161

Pavlov, Gen D.G. 75, 77–8, 85, 86

Peiper, Joachim 354, 355

Petrik, Anton xxiv–xxv, 390–92

Petrik, Mykhailo xxiv–xxvi, 230, 232–3, 390–92

Petrov, Konstantin Giorgevich 49–50

planning, German

Operation Barbarossa 69–73, 104–6, 113–14, 384–5

Operation Blau 150–51

Operation Typhoon 105, 119

Operation Zitadelle 176–9, 183–8, 305–6

planning, Soviet

Battle of Prokhorovka 336–9

defence of Kursk salient 179–83, 306

German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) 73–5

Operation Uranus 156–7

Plotnikov, S. 50

Poel, Lt-Gen N.K. 214–15

Poland 19, 23–6, 39, 59–60

Polyzhaev 369

Ponyri 294–6, 300–301

Ponyri Station 293–4

Popiel, Lt-Gen N.K. 285

Popov, Lt-Gen M.M. 74, 110

Pötter, Snr Cpl 281

Pravda (newspaper) 44

Priess, SS-Gf H. 241

prisoners 83, 97–9, 106

Prokhorovka, Battle of 1–2, 341–71

air operations 345, 355–7, 366–7

Belenikhino 370

Berezovka 366

Hill 226.6 359–60

Hill 252.2 358

losses (mechanical), German 357

losses (mechanical), Soviet 357

Polyzhaev 369

Rzhavets bridgehead 363–5

Soviet preparations 336–9, 341–3

Storozhevoe 362

Storozhevoe collective farm 361–2

propaganda 13, 15, 92–4, 95

Psel, River 325–6

Pukhov, Lt-Gen N.P. 193

purges

Hitler’s 11–12, 137

‘Red Terror’ 38–9

Stalin’s 35–6, 53–5, 91

radio communication 203

Rado, Sándor 182

Ragulin, Malana 111

rank equivalents 457–8

Raus, Gen Erhard 79, 81, 102, 124, 134, 159–60, 188, 197, 205, 246, 257, 450

Razuvayev, Nikolai 151–2

recreation 208–9

recruitment 94–6

Red air Force see air force, Soviet

Red Army see army, Sovie

‘Red Terror’ 38–9

Reichenau, Gen Walther von 137

Reinke, Hauptmann 309

reservists 96

Reznikova, Rflmn Sasha 264, 285

Rhineland 22

Ribbentrop, Joachim von 24, 26

Ribbentrop, Rudolf von 347–9, 351

Richthofen, Gen Wolfram 159

Rodin, Lt-Gen A.G. 192, 257, 453

Roes, Wilhelm 216–17, 236

Röhm, Ernst 11–12

Rokossovsky, Gen Konstantin xxi, 54–5, 128, 192, 256–7, 258, 263, 289, 296, 450

Roland, Operation 378–81

Rommel, Erwin 32

Rössler, Rudolf 182

Rossmann, Ofw Edmund 316–17

Rostov 132, 149, 168

Roth, Lt Bernard 210–11, 213, 216

Rotmistrov, Lt-Gen Pavel 272, 319, 336–8, 456

after 12th July 372–3, 375

Battle of Prokhorovka 343–4, 346, 349–50, 355, 360, 371

Rudel, Capt Hans-Ulrich 273–4, 356–7

Rudenko, Lt-Gen Sergey 193, 258, 289, 290, 453

Rüffer, Lt Raimund 219–21, 390–92

Rundstedt, FM Gerd von 71, 103, 132, 137

Rusanova, Lidiya 134

Ruslanova, Yuri 344

Russian Revolution 36–9

see also Soviet Union

Russo-German war, historical awareness of in West xv–xviii

Rzhavets bridgehead 363–5

Rzhev 138

SA (Stormabteilungen) 7, 11–12

Sacharov, Aleksandr 208

Sagun, Ivan 239–40

Samodurovka 302

Samoilov, David 92

Saucken, Gen van 302–3

Schein, Ludwig 190–91, 192, 213, 315

Schellenburg, Walter 25–6

Schmerov, Ivan 50

Schmidt, Obersturmbannführer Paul (Paul Carell) 26–7, 226–7, 254, 286, 298

Schmidt, Rolf 244–5, 328, 330

Schmükle, Gerd 209

Schnabel, Henri 227–8, 279

Schörner, Mar Ferdinand 274

Schütz, Obersturmführer 265

Schutzstaffel (SS) 11

Scorched Earth (Carell) 227

Seeckt, Gen Hans von 20

Seidemann, Maj-Gen Hans 231

Service, Robert 40

Sevastopol 140–41

Severinov, Vladimir 291–2

Shaposhnikov, Mar Boris 53, 106, 107, 134

Shcherbakov, Col-Gen Alexander 126

Shumilov, Lt-Gen M.S. 194, 268, 282, 453

Simm, Ustuf Alexander 333

Simonov, Konstantin 95–6

Simutenkov, Snr Lt T. 223–4

Smolensk 101, 104, 112–13

snipers 153–4

Sorge, Richard 76

Soviet Union

see also Russian Revolution; Stalin, Joseph

collectivization 48

construction of defences 62–3

economy 44, 51, 171–2

Five Year Plans 46–51

propagation of Communist ideology 43–4

Spanish Civil War 22

Speer, Albert 22

Spiegel, Maj Leo 328–9, 338–9

SS (Schutzstaffel) 11

Stadler, Sylvester 362, 370

Stakhanov, Aleksy 49–50

Stalin, Joseph

see also Soviet Union

character 41–2

counteroffensive (early 1943) 168

defence of Kursk salient 180–81, 183, 209–10, 257–8, 272–3, 306, 370–71

defence of Moscow 123, 127–8, 133

and Five Year Plans 46–7, 48–9, 51

foreign policy and German threat 45–6, 55–8, 67–8, 75–8

German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) 80, 85, 89–91, 93–4, 106–8, 110

German summer offensive (Operation Blau) 149–50, 151

and invasion of Finland 60–61

and invasion of Poland 59–60

and Lend-Lease scheme 172

non-aggression pact with Germany 24, 58–9

openness to advice 174

purges of Communist Party and military 35–6, 53–5, 91

rise to power 40–41, 90

Soviet defences 62–3

spring/summer offensives (1942) 137–9, 140

Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year 1942’ 163

trade agreement with Germany 63–4

Stalin, Yakov 91

Stalingrad 117–19, 150–62

casualties 161

Operation Blau 150–55

Operation Uranus 156–8

Operation Winter Storm 158–60

Stavropol 155

Steiger, Martin 234

Stormabteilungen (SA) 7, 11–12

Storozhevoe 362

Storozhevoe collective farm 361–2

Strasser, Gregor 7

Stumpp, Karl 277

Sudetenland 23, 57

Sukho-Solotino 318

Sulzer, Infmn Max 199

Svechin, Aleksandr 52

Syrtsevo 275–6, 284–5

T-34 tank 195

see also tanks, Soviet

T-70 tank 195

see also tanks, Soviet

tank crews, comradeship 208

‘tank panic’ 253–4

tank-hunting teams 236, 354

tanks, German

Ferdinand 183, 189–90, 254–5

losses 109, 241, 251, 259, 272, 277–8, 305, 311, 327, 388

Panther 183–4, 189, 190, 224–5

production 148, 171

repairs 277

Tiger 183, 189–90, 239–40, 277–8, 346

tanks, Soviet

KV-1 81, 196

losses 81–2, 86, 87, 88, 108, 109, 121, 251, 284

production 148, 171

T-34 195

T-70 195

Temkin, Gabriel 92

Teploe 302–4

Teterevino 274–5

Thimm, Albert 366–7

Tiger tank 183, 189–90, 239–40, 277–8, 346

see also tanks, German

Time magazine 49–50, 163

Timoshenko, Mar Semyon 61, 67, 77, 78, 85, 86, 109, 138, 140

Tiomkin, Infmn Fedor 144, 153–4

tiredness, troops’ 279–81

Tiulenev, Maj-Gen I. 75

Torst, Maj Max 248, 250

training 202–5

Treaty of Versailles 4–5, 18

Tresckow, Maj-Gen Henning von 173

Triandafillov, Vladimir 52

Trotsky, Leon 39, 41

Trufanov, Maj-Gen 380

Trzemin, Dimitri 203, 213

Tukhachevsky, Mar Mikhail 35–6, 52–3

Tupikov, Maj-Gen V.I. 108

Typhoon, Operation see Moscow

United States 136–7

Uranus, Operation 156–8

Uritski, Infmn Georgy 60–61

Usov, Stanislav 380

Vasilevsky, Gen Aleksandr 73–4, 174, 181, 212, 337–8, 371, 383

Vassilieva, Boris 322

Vatutin, Gen Nikolai xxi, 453

defence of Kursk salient 193, 263, 268, 272–3, 278, 288, 320–21, 336, 372

and German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) 78, 85, 86–7

Verkhopenye 285–8, 312–13

Versailles, Treaty of 4–5, 18

Vershvovski, Tanya 206

Vogel, Daniel 40

Volkov, Anatoly 350–51

volunteers 94–6

Voronezh 149

Voroshilov, Mar Kliment 53, 57–8, 60, 61, 62, 90, 103

Vyazma 120, 121, 138

Warlimont, Gen Alfred 173

Warmbrunn, SS-Sturmmann 373

Weber, Paul 9–10

‘Wehrwolf ’ complex 146

Weimar Republic 4–5

Wendorff, Helmut 214

Werth, Alexander 94, 95, 98, 100, 112, 117–19, 126, 130–31, 198

Wiedemann, Fritz 72

Wieder, Joachim 154–5, 157–8

Wietersahm, Hauptmann von 314

Wilhelm II, Kaiser 3

Willmott, H.P. 147

Winter Storm, Operation 158–60

Wisch, SS-Gf Theodor 240, 325

Witte, SS-Mann Stefan 237

Wittmann, SS-Ustuf Michael 1–2, 240–41, 266, 281, 349, 373

Wolff, SS-Ustuf Werner 354–5

women 95, 123

World War One 3–6

Yeremenko, Gen Andrei 107–8

Yezhov, Nikolai 36

Zahn, Sgt Ebbert 165

Zeitzler, Col-Gen Kurt xxi, 156, 177, 184, 258

Zeldovich, Artyom 276

Zheleznov, Nikolai 239

Zhukov, Mar Georgi xxi, 54–5, 90

defence of Kursk salient 179–81, 194–5, 196, 215–16, 296, 306, 371, 379–80, 389

defence of Moscow 122–3, 127–8, 133–4

German invasion (Operation Barbarossa) 67, 74, 77, 78, 81, 82, 85, 87, 106–7, 110, 111, 112, 113

spring/summer offensives (1942) 138, 139, 141

Stalingrad 152, 156–7, 160, 161, 167

Zitadelle, Operation 165–389

preliminaries 165–217

air operations 210

bridge construction 200

combat training, German 205

combat training, Soviet 202–5

German preliminary offensive 213–14

intelligence gathering, German 210–11

intelligence gathering, Soviet 181–2, 196–7, 210, 211–12

local civilian population 206–7

Manstein’s counteroffensive 169

partisan attacks 197–8

planning, German 176–9, 183–8

planning, Soviet 179–83

provisioning 198–9

Soviet bombardment 215–16

Soviet defences 200–202

Soviet offensives 167–8

start date 177–8, 212

5th July 219–59

air operations 221–4, 228–30, 231–2, 235, 249–50, 257–8

Alexsandrovka 255

bridgeheads 242–5

Butovo 232

Butyrki 255

Bykovka 240

Cherkasskoe 232–3

German casualties 241, 246, 259

Gertsovka 233

Gremuchii 241

Korovino 233

losses (mechanical), German 224, 251, 257, 259

losses (mechanical), Soviet 224, 251, 257

Maloarkhangelsk 249

Maslovo Pristani 246

preliminary bombardment 221

Soviet defences 226–8, 237, 246–7, 249, 251–7

6th–8th July 261–306

6th July 263–73, 289–96

7th July 273–81, 296–301

8th July 282–9, 296–7, 302–4

air operations 266–7, 283–4, 287–8, 289–90, 297–8, 299–300

Bolshie Maiachki 282

German casualties 267, 272, 298, 305

Gostishchevo 283–4

Greznoye 275

losses (mechanical), German 272, 305, 311

losses (mechanical), Soviet 284

Luchki 267

Olkhovatka heights 296–300, 302–5

Ponyri 294–6, 300–301

Ponyri Station 293–4

Samodurovka 302

Soviet counteroffensives 266, 268, 283–4, 286–90, 292–3

Soviet defences 263–4, 265–6, 268–9, 270–71, 272–3, 282, 288, 296–9, 301

Syrtsevo 275–6, 284–5

Teploe 302–4

Teterevino 274–5

Verkhopenye 285–8

9th–11th July 309–39

9th July 312–20

10th July 320–29

11th July 329–39

advance on Prokhorovka 318–21, 324–39

air operations 315–17, 322–3, 333–4

German casualties 318, 325

German losses (mechanical) 327

Kochetovka 318

Novosselovka 313–14

Oboyan front 314–18, 324

Oktiabrskii State Farm 335–6

planning, German 305–6

planning , Soviet 306

Sukho-Solotino 318

Verkhopenye 312–13

12th July see Prokhorovka, Battle of after 12th July 371–82

13th July 371–8

14th July 378–80

Belenikhino 379

Ivanovka 379

Operation Roland 378–81

Soviet counteroffensives 383–4

factors leading to outcome (summary) 386–9

Zorn, Gen Hans 186, 249, 448