Berlin: The Downfall 1945

Index

Abakumov, Viktor, 16, 96–8, 136, 389, 422

and Ehrenburg, 197, 198

and plot against Zhukov, 407, 426, 427, 428

Adlerhorst HQ, 6, 7, 8, 12, 18, 26

Adlon Hotel, 48, 323, 391

Agranenko, Zakhar, 28, 30, 34, 87, 106, 122, 124, 125

Akhmatova, Anna, 169

Aleksandrov, G. F., 36, 46

and Pravda reply to Ehrenburg, 197–8, 207

Alexander, Field Marshal Sir Harold, 193

Alexanderplatz, 340, 348, 393

Allenstein, 26, 28, 29, 30

Alpine Fortress (National Redoubt), 141, 146, 192, 195–6

Anhalter Bahnhof, 280, 296, 319, 339, 340, 367, 371

Antonov, Gen. A. I., 79, 101, 137, 140, 145, 146, 147, 211, 232–3, 305, 400

Antwerp, 5

Appel, Reinhard, 181, 270

Ardenne, Prof. Baron v., 325

Ardennes offensive, 5–6, 7, 8, 83, 84, 91, 142, 192

Armia Krajowa, 20, 99, 100, 199

Atrocity propaganda, xxxiv, 3–4, 19, 25, 166–7, 169–70

Red Army ‘revenge scores’, 170, 176, 199, 244

Auguste-Viktoria hospital, 224–5

Axmann, Reichsjugendführer Artur, 180–81, 245, 340, 382, 383

Baklanov, Gen. Gleb V., 305

‘Baltic balcony’, see Pomeranian campaign

Barby, 202, 329

Bärenfänger, Maj. Gen. Erich, 384

Baruth, 256, 265, 331, 332, 333, 337

Bastogne, 6

Baumbach, Col., 159

Baumgart, Eberhard, 72, 73, 182

Baur, Hans, 388

Beelitz, 224, 272, 286, 298, 328, 329, 337, 377, 378

Below, Col. Nicolaus v., 8, 188, 254, 262

Bendlerstrasse and ‘Bendlerblock’, 320, 353, 358, 364, 367

Berchtesgaden, 275, 276, 278, 288–9, 290

Berghof, see Berchtesgaden

Beria, Lavrenty, xxxiv, 15, 20, 68, 69, 368, 391, 400

and East Prussia, 29, 36, 419

and atomic bomb, 138, 324–5

and Poles, 199, 420

and NKVD control in Germany, 307–9, 420

and Red Army commanders, 309, 423, 425, 426

Berlin, Gen. Wilhelm, 229

Berlin Philharmonic, 188–9

Bernadotte, Count Folke, 150, 250, 275, 292–3, 341, 342

Bernau, 248, 259, 263

Berzarin, Col. Gen. Nikolai, 64, 69, 149, 150, 220, 226, 236, 256, 389, 400

as commandant of Berlin, 321, 392, 393, 409, 416, 419

Bewilogua, Dr Ludwig, 325

Blumentritt, Gen. Günther, 3, 39, 429

Bogdanov, Gen. S. I., 17, 64, 222, 223, 235, 255, 315, 404

Boldt, Capt. Gerhard, 265, 299, 351

Boiling, Maj. Gen. Alexander, 191

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 181

Bonin, Col. Bogislaw v., 21, 22

Bormann, Reichsleiter Martin, 19, 22

and Volkssturm, 39

and Himmler, 42, 293

and diary, 75, 191, 251, 341, 350

and ambitions, 154, 343, 361–2

and Eva Braun, 155

and concealing Nazi loot, 155

and Gauleiters, 157, 209, 340

and raising troops, 160

in Führer bunker, 251, 252, 276, 278, 288, 289, 341, 343, 359, 361–2, 364, 369, 379

and attempted escape, 381–2, 383

Bradley, Gen. Omar N., 141, 202, 203–4, 305, 401

Brandt, Dr Karl, 252–3

Bräuer, Gen. Bruno, 236–7, 243

Braun, Eva, 19, 47, 59, 75

and return to Berlin, 155, 252

and Hitler, 253–4, 278, 289, 341, 342–3, 350, 357, 358, 359

and Speer, 288, 290

Braun, Ilse, 48

Braun, Margarete, see Fegelein, Gretl

Bremen, 203

Breslau, 48, 61, 62, 91, 92–3, 230

surrounded, 125–6

siege of, 343

Brezhnev, Leonid, 428

British Army, 192–3

21st Army Group, 140–41, 144

Second Army, 191, 203, 247, 251, 400

1st Airborne Div., 194

Britz, 287, 297, 302

Bromberg, 64, 68

Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan, 80, 82, 84, 138, 139, 141–2

Budapest, fighting for, 8

fall of, 82–3

Budyonny, Marshal S. M., 427

Bulganin, Lt. Gen. Nikolai A., 100

Bull, Maj. Gen. Harold, 98, 107

Bunyachenko, Maj. Gen. S. K., 183

Burgdorf, Gen. Wilhelm, 7, 152, 154, 225, 262, 266, 268, 275, 344, 351, 359, 362, 382, 387

Busse, Gen. Theodor, 88, 132, 135, 151, 152, 160

and Oder battle, 183, 228, 237, 242, 243, 263

and withdrawal to Spreewald, 256, 270

and joining Twelfth Army, 285, 329, 330, 331, 337, 362, 378

Cairncross, John, 138

Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm, 181

Casablanca conference, 194

Celle, 191

Charité hospital, 9, 224–5, 382

Charlottenbrücke (Spandau), 384, 385

Charlottenburg, 340, 341, 356, 358, 416

Chemical weapons, 171–2, 376–7

Chernyakhovsky, Col. Gen. Ivan D., 17, 24–5, 26, 27, 33, 49

Christen, Lt. Col. v., 22

Christian, Gerda, 278, 343, 358, 359, 382, 388

Chuikov, Col. Gen. Vasily I., 44, 64, 65, 70, 71, 88, 91, 149, 150, 206, 321

and Oder battle, 216–17, 220, 222, 227, 229, 242

and Berlin fighting, 317–18, 319, 353

and German surrender, 367–8, 386, 392

Churchill, Winston S., 5, 19, 20

and Poland, 69, 77, 80–82, 143

and Yalta, 77–82, 145

and Eisenhower, 84, 141–2, 143, 195

and Berlin, 138, 195

and Dulles, 142

and post-war fears, 143, 364, 400

and surrender negotiations, 194, 341, 400

Clark Kerr, Sir Archibald, 145, 196

Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius, 309

Combined Chiefs of Staff, 143

Cottbus, 239, 245

Courland encirclement (Army Group North), 12, 89, 152, 180, 241, 402

Courts martial, summary (Standgericht), 130–31, 176

Crimean conference, see Yalta

Dahlem, 232, 324, 326, 384

Danzig, 37, 49, 50, 88, 93, 94

Anatomical Medical Institute, 94–5

defence of, 117, 120–22, 145

Deane, Maj. Gen. John R., 140, 145, 210, 211

Dekanozov, Vladimir, 304

Demmlhuber, SS-Obergpfh., 89

Dempsey, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles, 191

Dessau, 191, 196, 201, 263

Dethleffsen, Maj. Gen., 304

Devers, Gen. Jacob L., 192

Dietrich, SS-Oberstgpfh. Sepp, 5, 90

Djugashvili, Yakov, 136

Dneper flotilla, 297

Döberitz, 201, 267

Doberke, SS-Oberstmbannfh., 294

Dohnanyi, Hans v., 181

Dönitz, Grand Admiral Karl, 50, 83, 154, 159, 188, 201, 250–51, 288, 289, 298, 341, 343, 361, 368, 369, 381, 402

Dresden, bombing of, 83, 146, 192, 211, 244, 325

Dufving, Col. Theodor v., 364, 367, 386

Dulles, Allen, 142, 194, 195

Eberswalde, 246, 267

Edelsheim, Gen. Maximilian Freiherr v., 395, 396

Eden, Anthony, 77

Ehrenburg, Ilya, 25, 28, 36, 169, 194, 195–6, 425

Einsiedel, Heinrich Graf v., 36, 197

Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight, 78

and Rhine crossing, 83–4

and British, 84, 139–40, 141–2, 143

and Soviet Union, 139–40, 141, 143, 145, 147, 194, 210–11, 306, 400

and SCAF-252, 141, 143, 145

and Berlin, 141, 142–4, 191, 195, 202–3, 204, 304

and German surrender, 294, 305, 400

and Zhukov, 425–6

Eismann, Col. Hans Georg, 53, 54, 89, 150, 159, 160, 242

Elbing, 26, 28, 50, 115, 116, 117, 119

Elser, Johann Georg, 181

Elsholz, 377, 378

Erkner, 265

Fedyuninsky, Gen. 1.1., 117

Fegelein, Gretl (Margarete Braun), 19, 59, 75, 253, 290, 341

Fegelein, SS-Gpfh. Hermann, 59, 60, 75, 154–5, 253, 290, 293, 341

Feldgendarmerie, 123, 132, 163, 234–5, 247, 258, 264, 281, 339

Fenet, Henri, 291, 292, 302, 303, 352, 379, 382

Ferch, 353

Ferchland, 396

Förster, Gauleiter Albert, 94, 120

Frankfurt am Main, 152

Frankfurt an der Oder, 27, 70, 71, 150, 183, 228

garrison of, 260, 270, 329

Frederick the Great, 204, 208, 390

Free Germany (Freies Deutschland), see National Committee for a Free Germany

Freisler, Roland, 74–5

Fremde Heere Ost (Foreign Armies East), 6

French First Army, 192, 251, 402

Freytag v. Loringhoven, Maj. Bernd

Freiherr, 12, 42, 58, 59, 151, 152, 153, 277, 278, 299, 350

Friedeburg, Admiral Hans Georg v., 400, 403, 404, 405

Friedrichshain flak tower, 287, 323

Friedrichstrasse, 380

station, 3, 48–9, 382

Fuchs, Dr Klaus, xxxiv, 138

Fuchs, Maj. Gen., 238

Fürstenwalde, 330

Gall, Capt. Vladimir S., 214, 373–6

Gatow, 323

Gdynia (Gotenhafen), 50, 88, 117

defence of, 120–21, 145

Gehlen, Maj. Gen. Reinhard, 6, 7, 26

Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, 83, 286

German Army, see also Waffen SS

ARMY GROUPS

Centre, 11, 92, 241, 244

North, 19, 152

‘A’, 21

‘B’, 190, 200, 201

Vistula, 52, 54, 68, 88, 91, 130, 132, 150, 153, 159–60, 188, 189, 207, 228, 242–3, 256, 267, 291, 320, 337

ARMIES

Second, 26, 49, 50, 88, 90, 115, 119, 402

Fourth, 50, 88

Ninth, 22, 54, 88, 151, 160;

on Oder front, 162, 188, 267;

and defence of Berlin, 179;

and Oder battle, 219, 221, 223, 225, 243, 246;

and withdrawal to south-west, 256, 260, 270, 276;

and breakout to Twelfth Army, 298, 328, 329, 337, 362, 377–9, 395–8;

and Hitler’s fantasies, 304

Twelfth, 201, 202, 263, 276, 284, 291, 298, 304, 328, 329, 353, 377–9, 395–8

Seventeenth, 60, 61, 126

Twenty-First, 400

First Panzer, 132

Third Panzer, 50, 88, 160, 243, 337–8, 400

Fourth Panzer, 125, 208, 239, 241, 329

Fifth Panzer, 5

CORPS

Grossdeutschland, 18, 26, 45, 119, 126

V Corps, 329

XX Corps, 284, 328

XIV Panzer, 126

XLI Panzer, 379

LVI Panzer, 225, 237, 246, 259, 264, 286, 386

CI Corps, 225, 229, 236, 246, 248, 259, 263, 267

DIVISIONS

Grossdeutschland, 11, 121

168th Inf., 129

169th Inf., 62

303rd Döberitz Inf., 73, 163, 209

359th Inf., 126

Ulrich von Hutten, 202, 329

Friedrich Ludwig Fahn, 260

Theodor Körner, 328

Scharnhorst, 263, 264, 286, 328, 329, 395, 398, 403

7th Pz., 243

16th Pz., 17

19th Pz., 18

20th Pz., 127

21St Pz., 232, 330

25th Pz., 18

Kurmark Pz., 235, 246, 330, 362, 377–8

Müncheberg Pz., 286, 303, 319, 339, 340, 384

18th Pzgren., 257, 286, 296, 384

20th Pzgren., 206, 286, 296

391st Security, 208

REGIMENTS

Grossdeutschland Gd Regt, 72, 208, 226, 263

Kurmark Pz., 71

Potsdam, 161–2, 236

11th Training Bde, 223

German Communist Party (KPD), 181, 321, 346, 372, 417–18

Gestapo and SD (Sicherheitsdienst), 42, 56, 154, 155, 283, 386

headquarters Prinz-Albrechtstrasse, 22, 74, 340, 351, 379–80, 382, 386–7

Bundschuh resistance groups, 174

and Kriminalpolizei, 176

and deserters, 260

Hitler’s bodyguards, 341

Giesebrechtstrasse, 345, 346

Goebbels, Reichsminister Joseph, xxxiv, 1, 4, 5, 28

and Volkssturm, 39

as Gauleiter and Reich Commissar for Defence, 57, 58, 133, 245, 261, 268

as Minister of Propaganda, 70, 100, 133, 135, 175, 180, 224, 229, 250, 253, 261, 291, 339, 340

and Cossacks, 73–4

and Dresden, 83

and Lauban, 126–7

and Berlin, 139, 177, 245, 347

and Kamarilla rivalries, 154, 289

and death of Roosevelt, 204

in Führer bunker, 276, 288, 343, 359, 361, 362, 364

and surrender, 368, 370, 379

and suicide, 380, 381, 390

Goebbels, Magda, 276, 278, 289–90, 343, 359, 361, 380, 381, 390

Goebbels children, 278, 279, 344, 357, 361, 380–81, 398

Gordov, Gen. V. N., 245, 330–31

Goring, Reichsmarschall Hermann, 8, 12, 42, 43, 90, 154, 201, 236, 356

and destruction of Karinhall, 249–50

and Hitler, 251, 289, 350

Görlitz, 126, 244

Goya hospital ship, sinking of, 188

Greim, Col. Gen. Robert Ritter v., 322, 342

Greiser, Gauleiter Arthur, 63, 64, 68, 158

Grishin, Maj., 373–6

Grossdeutscher Rundfunk, 282, 384, 385, 416–17, 418

Grossman, Vasily, 14, 23, 32, 44, 64, 65, 66, 67, 86, 105, 108, 116, 273

and Berlin, 295, 301, 321, 393, 394, 407, 413

and Black Book, 425

Groves, Maj. Gen. Leslie, 138

Grunewald, 322, 324

Guben, 208

Guderian, Col. Gen. Heinz, 6, 7, 8, 12–13, 18, 19, 43, 50, 58, 60

rows with Hitler, 89–90, 149–52, 275

and resignation of Himmler, 131–2

and National Socialist Party, 134–5

and Himmler on peace negotiations, 150

sacking of, 152–3

Gulag

transfer of prisoners to Red Army, 165–6

transfer of Poles to army, 199

Günsche, Otto, 262, 358, 359, 389

Gusakovsky, Col. I. I., 18, 21, 43, 69

Haase, Prof. Werner, 391

Hahn, Dr Otto, 325

Halbe, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 378

Haider, Col. Gen. Franz, 177

Hamburg, 141, 247, 364, 381, 384

Hanke, Gauleiter Karl, 92, 93, 125, 343

Hanover, 191

Harpe, Col. Gen. Josef, 12, 21, 61, 249–51

Harriman, Averell, 101, 145, 194, 211

Hase, Col. Gen. Paul v., 346

Hassleben (Army Group Vistula HQ), 130, 131, 132, 158, 159, 160, 338

Heerstrasse, 353, 356

Heiligenbeil Kessel, 50, 88, 93

Heilstätten, 224, 272, 298, 328

Heinrici, Col. Gen. Gotthardt, 132, 158, 180, 183, 188, 207

and Oder battle, 218–19, 223, 225, 228, 241, 256

and defence of Berlin, 245, 248, 267, 268, 291, 337, 338

Heisenberg, Prof. Werner, 325

Hela, port of, 121

Hermannplatz, 262, 282, 302

Heydrich, SS-Obergpfh. Reinhard, 346

Hildebrandt, Gauleiter, 159

Himmler, Ernst, 384, 385

Himmler, Heinrich, 6, 7, 42

and death marches, 38

and Volkssturm, 39

and Army Group Vistula, 52, 53–4, 68, 88–9, 90, 130, 131–2

and peace negotiations, 150, 175, 250, 275, 290, 292, 293–4, 341, 342, 350, 368

and SS divisions in Hungary, 151, 293

and rivalries, 154, 155, 289, 361

and orders for total warfare, 174, 240

and Vlasov, 182

and Hitler, 250–51, 293

and battle for Berlin, 275, 341

in north Germany, 361

Hitler, Adolf, xxxiii, xxxiv, 225

and Ardennes offensive, 5, 6, 7, 8

and Vistula offensive, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 22

and loss of Warsaw, 21, 22

and East Prussia, 26, 50

and Volkssturm, 39

and refugees, 52

and German Army, 54, 58, 89, 91, 116, 135, 142, 149, 151

withdrawal from public view, 58

last broadcast, 67

and defence of Berlin, 74, 177

and Eva Braun, 75, 253–4, 278, 289, 342–3

and bombing of Dresden, 83

and SS divisions in Hungary, 151

and self-identification with German people, 153, 276

and ‘Nero Order’, 155–8, 202

and Wehrmachthelferinnenkorps, 181

and Oder front, 188, 189, 241

and death of Roosevelt, 204

and birthday, 249–52

and decision to stay in Berlin, 251, 275, 288–9

and battle of Berlin, 266, 267, 268

and Frederick the Great, 268, 275

and Ninth and Twelfth Armies, 285, 288, 295, 330, 331

and Speer, 288, 290

and fantasies of rescue, 295, 304, 322, 331, 340, 350

and breakout plans, 320

and last days in Reich Chancellery, 322, 341, 357

remains of, 399, 400, 431

Hitler Youth, and Panzerjagd units, 74

and defence of Berlin, 180, 189, 265, 270, 272, 275–6, 281, 301, 316, 340, 346, 356, 384

‘Hitler Youth Division’, 180–81

and Oder battle, 235, 245, 247, 257, 338

‘Hiwis’, 112–14, 367, 396–7

Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtney H., 141, 191

Hohenlychen, 131–2, 292, 338

Hohenschönhausen, 265

Hohenzollerndamm, HQ of Berlin Defence Area, 224, 261, 301, 320

Holste, Lt. Gen., 379

Hölz, Maj. Gen. Artur, 179

Hossbach, Gen. Friedrich, 50

Humboldt-Dachroeden, Col. Hubertus Freiherr v., 21, 22, 201, 285, 397

Humboldthain flak tower, 287, 323

Irwin, Virginia, 305–7

Japan, war against, 78, 82, 139, 211

Jews and other concentration camp prisoners, persecution and murder of, 38, 49

Warsaw ghetto, 23

death marches, 38, 155

discovery of Auschwitz, 45–6

Lódź ghetto, 63–4

Stutthof, 94–5, 122

Lauenburg, 117

Nikolayev and Odessa, 169

forced to rework US incendiary bombs, 174

Belsen, 191

massacres in Leipzig area, 191–2

Eisenhower’s reactions and caring for prisoners, 203

Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, 274, 290

Schulstrasse transit camp, 294–5

in Berlin, 346–7, 393, 419

Ravensbrück, 363

and view of Wermacht generals, 429

Jodl, Col. Gen. Alfred, 7, 13, 83, 152, 201, 250, 275, 276, 288, 295, 331, 338, 341, 350, 402

Juhlin-Dannfel, Maj. C. H., 132, 148, 149, 173, 181

July Plot (20 July 1944), 7, 8, 58, 153, 154, 198, 320, 346, 386

executions, 57, 74, 75, 181

Jung, Prof. Dr Gerhard, 374–7, 406

Junge, Gertrud (Traudl), 252, 278, 343, 344, 358, 359, 361, 382, 388

Jüterbog, 92, 200, 238, 256

Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, Dahlem, 139, 210, 232, 324–5

Kaltenbrunner, SS-Gpfh. Dr Ernst, 22, 42, 75, 160, 194, 250, 251, 346

Kardorff, Ursula v., 2, 74, 205, 250, 410, 411, 414, 415

Karlshorst, 179, 269–70, 404, 405, 428

Karlsruhe, 192

Karpov, Gen. V. V., 61

Kassel, 195

Katowice, 22, 60

Katukov, Col. Gen. M. I., 64, 116, 118, 121, 222, 223, 229, 235, 255, 265, 296, 297

Katyn massacre, 99

Kazakov, Col. Gen. V. I., 216–17, 262, 280

Kee, Robert, 41

Keitel, Field Marshal Wilhelm, 6, 7, 12, 52, 83, 90, 127, 152, 250, 275, 276, 284–5, 288, 295, 337, 338, 357, 403, 404, 405

Kempka, Erich, 358

Khrulev, Col. Gen. A. V., 324

Khrushchev, Nikita, 428

Kiel, 361, 364

Kielce, 17, 18

Kienitz, 69, 70

Kinzel, Lt. Gen. Eberhardt, 158, 179, 400

Kissel, Gen. Hans, 40

Klochkov, Capt., 226

Knef, Hildegard, 1, 311

Knesebeck, Lt. Col. von dem, 22

Koblenz, 140

Koch, Dr Edgar, 374–7

Koch, Gauleiter Erich, 27, 50, 64, 68, 75, 187

Köhler, Gen. Carl-Erik, 284

Kolberg, 116, 124

Koller, Gen. Karl, 267, 275, 289

Komsomol, Central Committee and rape of Soviet women, 108–9, 365

Konev, Marshal Ivan, 16, 17, 41, 44, 45

in Silesia, 60, 125–6, 129–30, 132

and Berlin operation, 146–7, 165, 206, 229, 230, 234, 238, 239, 244, 255–6, 265, 271, 295, 296, 297, 305, 329, 330, 333, 362, 401

Königsberg, 24, 25, 28, 37, 50, 75, 86, 87, 88, 91, 93, 149, 174

fall of, 187–8, 235

Königsplatz, 355, 356

Königswusterhausen, 261

Kopelev, Lev, 28, 30, 35

Köpenick, 269, 297

Köslin, 125

Kosmodemyanskaya, Zoya, 212–13

Kraków, 44, 60, 112

Krampnitz, 266, 276

Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star), 25, 194, 196–8

Krasovsky, Gen. S. A., 230

Krebs, Gen. Hans, 91, 150, 152

appointed Chief of General Staff, 153

and Bormann’s circle, 154

and Oder front, 188, 225

and Hitler, 250

and threat to Zossen, 265–6

and battle for Berlin, 268, 275, 277, 286, 299, 304, 322, 337, 340, 350, 351, 359, 362, 364

and surrender, 367, 368, 369, 370

and suicide, 382, 387

Kriegsmarine, 120–21, 149, 343, 402

Sprengboote, 159

scratch troops, 159–60, 298, 322

SHIPS

Admiral Hipper, 51

Admiral Scheer, 88

Leipzig, 120

Lützow, 88

Prinz Eugen, 117, 120

Schlesien, 120

Krüger, Elsa, 278

Krukenberg, SS-Brigfh. Gustav, 116, 291–3, 299, 301, 303, 304, 322, 352, 370

and blowing up S-Bahn tunnel, 370–72, 382, 383, 384

Kryukov, Gen. Vladimir, 116, 427–8

Kummersdorf, 333, 362, 377

Kunz, Dr Helmuth, 361, 380, 381, 391

Kurchatov, Prof. Igor, 138, 325

Kurfürstendamm, 339, 345

Küstrin, 69, 70, 132, 142, 149, 152, 185, 206, 207, 219, 220

Kuznetsov, Gen. V. I., 384

Lammerding, SS-Brigfh., 54, 131

Landsberg, 273

Lange, Franz, 386, 387

Lange, Lt. Col. Heiner, 238

Lauban, 126

Lauenburg, 117, 122, 247

Lasch, Gen. Otto, 87

Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean de, 192, 404

Laue, Dr Max v., 325

League of German Officers (BDO), 69, 198

Leba, 125

Leipzig, 146, 191, 203

Lelyushenko, Gen. D. D., 17, 62, 126, 229, 232, 245, 256, 265, 298

Lend-Lease, 66

Leningrad, 117

Lichtenberg, 416

Lichtenrade, 271

Lichterfelde, 416

Linge, Heinz, 359

Lódź, 44, 64

Loewe, Lothar, 2

Lohbeck, Col., 179

Lorenz, Heinz, 299, 341–2

Lötzen, 50

Löwenstein de Witt, Hans Oskar Baron, 294–5

Lübben, 147, 232, 296

Lübeck, 137, 141, 292, 294, 400

‘Lublin government’, 20, 81

Luchinsky, Gen. A. A., 298, 318, 333

Luckenwalde, 256, 306

Luftwaffe, 131, 249–50, 430

and attacks on Oder bridges, 133, 159, 237–8

paratroopers, 159

scratch troops, 159–60, 323

and Oder battle, 237–8, 243

and Elbe front, 263

and battle for Berlin, 266, 267, 287, 342

1st Flak Division, 178–9

9th Parachute Division, 159, 223, 236, 243, 246–7, 286, 385, 388

25th Parachute Regiment, 92, 117

27th Parachute Regiment, 218, 223, 237

Leonidas squadron, 238

Luttwitz, Gen. Smilo Freiherr v., 22

Lvov, 100

Magdeburg, 190, 196, 202, 431

Magnuszew bridgehead, 17

Mahlsdorf, 269

MaiziAre, Col. Ulrich de, 89, 153, 203, 243, 276, 277

Makhnev, Col. Gen., 324, 325

Malchow, 265

Malenkov, G. M., 108, 137, 325

Malinin, Gen. M. S., 230

Manhattan Project, xxxiv, 78, 138, 324

Mannheim, 195

Manteuffel, Gen. Hasso v., 5, 160, 248, 304, 337, 338, 400

Manzialy, Constanze, 278, 358, 382, 388

Marienburg, 49, 115, 117

Mariendorf, 296

Marshall, Gen. George C., 78, 79, 80, 142, 195, 364

Masur, Norbert, 250

Matrosov, Aleksandr, 166

Memel, 121

Merezhko, Capt. Anatoly, 216

Meseritz line, 63, 66, 68

Meshik, Gen. P. Ya., 44–5, 61, 308

Misch, Rochus, 359, 360

Moabit, 347

Mobilization of German civilians, 106–7, 185

Model, Field Marshal, 142–3, 156, 190, 200, 201, 283

Mohnke, SS-Bdefh., 287, 322, 357, 366, 370, 379, 382, 383, 388, 389

Molotov, Vyacheslav, 77, 137, 143

Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard, 84, 140, 141, 146, 195

and looting, 193

and surrender, 400–401

Morell, Dr Theodor, 252, 275, 277, 359

Müller, SS-Gpfh. Heinrich, 22, 342

Müllrose, 270

Mummert, Maj. Gen. Werner, 339

Müncheberg, 228, 243, 246, 254, 256, 259

Munich, 350, 402

Murphy, Robert, 84–5, 409

Mussolini, Benito, 98, 357

National Committee for a Free Germany, 36, 69, 181, 197, 363

National Redoubt, see Alpine Fortress

National Socialist Party, 131, 134

and Freikorps Adolf Hitler, 134–5, 160

and obsession with 1918, 174–5, 428

and Werwolf, 175

and defence of Berlin, 178–9, 356

and departure of senior officials, 251, 252, 261

and legacy, 430

Nauen, 274, 290, 384

Nehring, Gen. Walther, 45, 62

Neisse, German Army executions in, 127

Nemmersdorf, 28, 118

‘Nero Order’, 155–8, 202

Neuhardenberg, 222, 223, 242, 243, 244

Neukölln, 282, 297, 303, 312–13, 323, 352

Neustrelitz, 291, 293

Neustroev, Capt., 349, 354, 365, 372

NKVD, 16, 20, 421–2

rear area troops, 29, 30, 36, 38, 45, 61, 82, 97, 98–100, 102–6, 113, 199, 207, 260, 273, 308, 415, 419–20

postal censorship, 34

at Yalta, 78

prisoners, 166, 185, 422

and Soviet prisoners of war, 167–8, 402

and Red Army discipline, 168, 184, 273

and deserters, 184

arrest of Polish political leaders, 195

and arrests for contacts with foreigners, 307

commanders, 308–9, 420

and Operation Borodino, 324–5

and chemical weapons, 377

NKVD DIVISIONS

57th Rifle Division, 96–7

NKVD REGIMENTS

105th Frontier Guards, 308

127th Frontier Guards, 102

157th Frontier Guards, 308

217th Frontier Guards, 107

333rd Frontier Guards, 308

108th Special Communications Company, 165

Novikov, Marshal A. A., 298

Oderbruch (Oder flood plain), 70, 71, 72, 132, 161, 207, 216, 225–6, 232, 236, 248

Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 142

Ohlau bridgehead, 61, 125, 129

OKH HQ Zossen, 7, 12, 13, 89, 151

bombing raid on, 150–51, 152, 153, 200

and Red Army offensive, 225, 240, 241, 243, 265–7

OKW HQ, 241, 304

Oldershausen, Libussa von, 118–19, 123

Operation Barbarossa, 91, 98, 138, 147, 301, 304

Operation Borodino, xxxiv, 138, 324–6, 406

Operation North Wind, 8

Operation Plunder, 192

Operation Seraglio, 276–7

Operation Sonnenwende, 90–91, 125, 200

Oppeln, 60, 62, 112, 127, 129

Oranienburg, 194, 269, 274, 292

Osnabruck, 195

Oster, Maj. Gen. Hans, 181

Ostermayr, Herta, 252, 254, 278

Pachur, Capt., 293

Papen, Franz v., 364

Patton, Gen. George S. Jnr, 141, 146, 152, 191, 325–6, 364

Paulus, Field Marshal Friedrich, 68, 69

Pehrsson, SS-Hauptstfh., 302, 323

Perkhorovich, Lt. Gen. F. I., 373, 375, 376

Petersohn, Gerda, 282, 312–13

Pichelsdorf bridge, 356

Pieck, Wilhelm, 417

Pillau, 37, 50, 88, 93

Plön, 361

Plötzensee, 246

Poland, 65, 66

Soviet policy towards, 20, 69, 77, 80–82, 84, 99–101, 185, 420

NKVD arrest of Polish leaders, 195, 401

political unrest in Polish formations, 199–200

Pomeranian and West Prussian campaign, 87, 89, 90, 91–2, 115–22, 165

Popov, Col. Gen., 184

Potsdam

bombing of, 204–5, 224

children’s clinic, 224, 272, 298, 328

and Berlin operation, 256, 258, 266, 268, 276, 285, 294, 329, 353, 377

Potsdamerplatz, 339, 342, 347

Poznan (Posen), 44, 64, 65, 66, 67, 91–2, 158, 216, 317

Prenzlauerberg, 323, 388

Prisoners

Allied, 85, 86, 295

German, 106, 283

Soviet civilians, 107–12, 165–6, 273, 295, 395, 423–4

French, 179, 192, 269, 271, 272, 273, 295, 314, 346

Prisoners of war, Soviet, 41, 85–6, 110–12, 113, 166, 272, 423, 424, 429

Prague, 225, 280, 297, 340, 364, 401, 402

Propaganda Ministry, 56

Prützmann, SS-Obergpfh. Hans, 173–4, 175

Pukhov, Gen. N. P., 230

Pulawy bridgehead, 17, 18

Puttkamer, Jesco Freiherr v., 47, 55, 118–19

Puttkamer, Admiral v., 276–7

Radom, 60

Rape by Red Army

in East Prussia, 28–32, 118, 188, 326, 410

of Soviet women, 65, 67, 107–9

and sack of Schwerin, 67

abortion after, 157–8, 412

Ehrenburg on, 197

in Berlin, 274, 295, 300, 312–13, 314, 326–7, 345–6, 409–12, 414, 418

Ratibor, 60, 129, 130, 132

Rattenhuber, Hans, 388, 389

Ravensbrück concentration camp, 363

Red Army, 11, 13–14

and SMERSH, 128, 421–4

and hygeine, 128–9

and discipline, 184–5, 346, 413

and tactics in Berlin street-fighting, 316–18

FRONTS

1st Belorussian, 15, 17, 44, 63, 64, 67–8, 87, 93, 111, 115, 145, 147, 184, 206, 210, 216–23;

and battle for Berlin, 268, 283, 296, 330, 369, 375, 399

2nd Belorussian, 15, 25, 26, 28, 35, 36, 87, 100, 102–3, 104, 106, 115, 145, 206, 248, 304, 337–8, 363

3rd Belorussian, 17, 24, 25, 28, 33, 50, 97

1st Ukrainian, 12, 41, 44, 60, 61;

in Silesia, 108, 110, 111, 125–30, 145, 147, 165, 167, 169;

and Neisse-Berlin operation, 206, 207, 225, 230–32, 256, 296, 330, 340

3rd Ukrainian, 82–3

4th Ukrainian, 129

ARMIES

3rd Guards, 239, 245, 271, 330

5th Guards, 61, 232, 238, 239, 245, 307

8th Guards, 17, 44, 65, 66, 67, 71, 87, 149, 150, 151, 163, 206, 210, 220, 222, 227, 242, 246;

and assault on Berlin, 265, 269, 271, 287, 297, 303, 316, 319, 324, 339, 340, 352, 353, 356, 357, 367, 370, 372

11th Guards, 24, 187

2nd Shock, 117

3rd Shock, 64, 116, 172, 184, 211, 215, 217, 219, 226, 235, 236, 242, 243, 255, 260, 265, 269, 280, 283, 300, 301, 317, 323, 342, 356;

and assault on Reichstag, 347, 348, 354–6, 357, 365–6, 370, 384, 389

5th Shock, 17, 44, 69, 149, 167, 220, 222, 226, 227, 242, 243, 244, 256, 265, 269, 287, 297, 300, 339–40, 370, 388, 389

3rd Army, 34, 105, 303, 323, 330

13th Army, 230, 238, 245

19th Army, 29, 30, 117

21st Army, 60, 129, 164

28th Army, 245, 298, 318, 330, 340

33rd Army, 183, 219, 220, 228, 242, 330

39th Army, 24

43rd Army, 24, 29, 187

47th Army, 18, 21, 64, 220, 236, 242, 259, 265, 269, 271, 323, 373–6, 402

48th Army, 50

49th Army, 184

52nd Army, 232, 244, 245

59th Army, 60, 129

60th Army, 45, 60, 129–30

61st Army, 64, 220, 242

69th Army, 186, 220, 225, 242, 330

70th Army, 184

1st Polish, 18, 64, 116, 220, 242

2nd Polish, 232, 245

1st Guards Tank, 18, 44, 64, 66, 116, 117, 118, 206, 220, 235, 242, 246, 255;

and Berlin operation, 265, 269, 287, 296, 303, 316, 319, 372

2nd Guards Tank, 17, 18, 44, 91, 116, 220, 235, 242, 255, 259, 265, 269, 299, 315, 323, 356, 384, 404

3rd Guards Tank, 17, 60, 108, 126, 232, 239, 241, 245, 255–6, 260, 270, 271, 296;

storms Teltow Canal, 296–7, 303;

in Berlin fighting, 318, 319, 324

4th Guards Tank, 17, 62, 126, 130, 186, 213, 232, 239, 241, 256, 260, 265, 271, 284, 298, 323, 378

5th Guards Tank, 26, 37, 305

CORPS

26th Guards Rifle, 226

28th Guards Rifle, 226

32nd Guards Rifle, 307

50th Guards Rifle, 331

79th Guards Rifle, 372

96th Guards Rifle, 331

3rd Rifle, 172

9th Rifle, 388

79th Rifle, 255

125th Rifle, 259

1st Guards Cavalry, 307

2nd Guards Cavalry, 115, 116, 330

3rd Guards Cavalry, 26, 115

4th Guards Tank, 307

6th Guards Tank, 105, 271

7th Guards Tank, 271

5th Guards Mechanized, 272, 328

11th Tank, 235

25th Tank, 401

DIVISIONS

12th Guards Rifle, 220

27th Guards Rifle, 227

48th Guards Rifle, 296

50th Guards Rifle, 333

54th Guards Rifle, 331

58th Guards Rifle, 305

89th Guards Rifle, 69

94th Guards Rifle, 167

61st Rifle, 340

107th Rifle, 45

150th Rifle, 347, 348, 349, 354, 355, 365

171st Rifle, 348, 349, 356

200th Rifle, 184

230th Rifle, 73

248th Rifle, 226, 227, 243

266th Rifle, 227

301st Rifle, 227, 340, 351

RED ARMY AVIATION

2nd Air Army, 230, 298, 331, 334

16th Air Army, 221, 298, 334

18th Air Army, 221, 298, 334

Refior, Col. Hans, 177, 178, 179, 180, 224, 286, 301, 320, 364, 367

Refugees

from East Prussia, 36, 37, 47–8, 50, 93

treks, 46–7

statistics, 48

arrival in Berlin, 48–9

by sea, 50, 88, 93, 94, 188

treatment by Nazi authorities, 52, 75, 76

in Brandenburg, 53, 256, 258, 264, 337, 395, 396, 397, 398

from Breslau and Silesia, 62–3, 83

Stalin’s satisfaction, 82, 93

in Pomerania, 117–19

Nazi Party and abortions for rape victims, 157–8

Reich Labour Service (RAD), 70, 260, 284, 287n, 303, 328

Reichenau, Field Marshal Walter v., 276

Reichhelm, Col. Günther, 200, 201, 284, 285, 378, 379, 397

Reichsbank, 406

Reichssportsfeld and Olympic Stadium, 180, 293, 340, 384, 391

Reichstag, xxxiii, 210, 319, 324, 347, 348, 349, 350

assault on, 354–6, 365–6, 372, 388, 394,. 426

Reinecke, Pastor, 386, 387

Reinhardt, Col. Gen. Hans, 12, 50

Reinickendorf, 180, 299

Reitsch, Hanna, 322, 342

Reitwein Spur, 71, 163, 216–17, 222, 379

Remagen, Rhine bridge at, 84, 137, 140, 141, 151, 179

Rettich, Capt. Peter, 264–5, 286, 328, 395, 398

Reymann, Lt. Gen. Helmuth, 158, 176–8, 179, 180, 224, 245, 261, 268, 353, 377

Ribbentrop, Reichsminister Joachim v., 83, 190, 237, 250, 251, 289, 304, 340

ROA (Russian Liberation Army), 73–4, 85, 112, 113, 401, 402

1st Division, 182–3

Rodimtsev, Gen. A. I., 307

Rogatin, Lt. Gen., 104

Rokossovsky, Marshal K. K., 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 28

Order No. 006, 30, 49, 50, 87

SMERSH investigation, 100, 106

and Pomeranian campaign, 115, 117, 145

and Berlin operation, 186, 206, 229, 242, 248, 249, 304, 337–8, 400

and victory parade, 426, 427

Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 7

Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 5

and Yalta, 77–82, 143

and Stalin, 84–5, 145, 195

and surrender negotiations, 194, 195

mortally ill, 196

death of, 204, 208

Rosly, Gen. I. P., 340

Rosslau (Twelfth Army HQ), 201

Rudel, Col. Hans-Ulrich, 9

Rüdersdorf, 258, 265

Ruhr encirclement, 138, 142, 156, 190, 200, 201

Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd v., 42

Rusakov, Maj. Gen. Vladimir, 305

Ruslanova, Lydia, 116, 428

Russian Liberation Army, see ROA

Rybalko, Col. Gen. P. S., 17, 60, 61, 229, 232, 239, 245, 255, 256, 296, 319, 324, 326

Rzhevskaya, Yelena, 360, 363, 370, 390, 391, 399, 400, 403, 426, 431

Sachsenhausen, 181, 274, 325

Salzburg, 155, 192, 251, 275

Samland Peninsula, 88

Sandomierz bridgehead, 16

Saucken, Gen. Dietrich v., 45, 62, 119–20, 122, 402

Schaub, Julius, 277

Schellenberg, SS-Gpfh. Walter, 275, 293–4, 346

Schlesicher Bahnhof, 280

Schmidtke, Erich, 3, 180

Schmundt, Maj. Gen. Rudolf, 7

Schneidemühl, 53, 55, 64, 91

Schönhausen, 396, 397, 398, 403

Schörner, Field Marshal Ferdinand, 52, 61, 92, 93, 126, 127, 225, 241, 244–5, 304, 344, 350, 402

Schwägermann, Günther, 381

Schwedt, 248

Schwerin, sack of, 67

Sebelev, Col. Pyotr, 185–6, 226, 315–16

Seelow, 222, 229, 243, 246, 254

Seelow Heights, 70, 71, 165, 209, 216, 222, 223, 225, 228, 229, 234, 241, 243, 256, 273

Seidemann, Gen., 12

Selivanovsky, Gen., 420

Semyonov, Gen. Vladimir Semyonovich, 418

Serov, Gen. I. A., 64, 99–100, 107

and Polish forces, 199, 200

and Berlin, 307, 308, 309

and uranium, 325–6

and surrender, 404, 405

and aftermath, 406, 415, 420

Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Gen. Walther v., 68, 69, 198

‘Seydlitz-truppen’ (German ‘anti-fascists’), 283, 337

Shatilov, Maj. Gen. V. M., 347, 365

Shcheglov, Dmitri, 34, 37

Shtemenko, Gen. S. M., 146

Siegessäule column, 340, 395

Siemensstadt, 269, 323

Simonov, Konstantin, 14, 212, 213, 336, 391–2, 403, 404, 408

Simpson, Gen. William H., 141, 190, 191, 203, 204, 396

Skorzeny, SS-Stbnfh. Otto, 174, 175

SMERSH, 15, 16, 28, 33, 35, 96, 98, 102–3, 416–17

and Red Army, 128, 185, 207, 228, 422, 423

and Yakov Djugashvili, 136

and screening of prisoners of war, 166, 185, 402

and Polish formations, 199–200

and Werwolf, 260, 415–16

and hunting German officers, 300, 415–16

and Reich Chancellery and death of Hitler, 360, 380, 389, 390, 391, 398, 399

and post-war, 422, 423

Sokolovsky, Gen. V. D., 368, 369, 403

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 34, 35, 112

Spaatz, Gen. Carl, 403, 404

Spandau, 323, 356, 384, 385

citadel of, 323, 373–7

Speer, Albert, xxxiii, 9, 10, 60, 171, 431

and Hitler, 149, 157, 250, 251

and ‘Nero Order’, 156–8

and defence of Berlin, 180, 245

and Berlin Philharmonic, 188–9

and return to Berlin, 288–90

on Himmler, 293

and Germania, 355

Spremberg, 239, 245

SS

camp guards, 86, 155

Einsatzgruppen, 149

execution of political prisoners, 181

massacres in Leipzig area, 191–2

split in leadership over continuing the war, 194

Stadtmitte U-Bahn station, 371

Stalin, Joseph, V., xxxiv, 5, 15, 17, 19, 20, 29, 32, 34, 111, 413

and East Prussia, 28, 37

and Holocaust, 38, 46

and Red Army commanders, 63, 87, 127, 136, 309, 407, 423

and Yalta, 77–82, 87, 137, 143, 420

and Poland, 77, 80–82, 99–101, 143, 195, 295–6, 420

and rear areas, 107

summons Zhukov to Moscow, 136–7

and Soviet prisoners of war, 137, 166, 423

and race for Berlin, 137, 138–9, 142–5, 193–4, 210–11, 229, 232, 234, 240, 242, 265, 296, 307, 354

and Western Allies, 142, 144, 145–6, 147, 193–4, 195, 210–11, 232–3, 263, 295, 304, 307, 341, 354, 399

and change of policy on revenge, 197–8

and Oder Neisse battles, 222, 229–30, 232, 239–40, 242, 248

and assault on Berlin, 265, 296, 354, 365

and death of Hitler, 364, 369, 389, 390, 399, 400

and surrender, 368, 369, 402, 406

and fear of Zhukov, 407, 425–6, 427

and post-war Soviet Union, 422

Stalin, Col. Vasily, 427

Stalingrad, battle of, xxxiii, 1, 65, 69, 87–8, 91, 97, 138, 178, 216, 230, 316, 317, 392

Stargard tank battle, 90–91, 125

State Defence Committee, 137, 166, 325

Stauffenberg, Col. Claus Schenk Graf v., 7, 320

Stavka, 15, 25, 26, 78, 79, 80, 83, 86, 137, 144, 146, 147, 165, 211

and Oder battle, 220, 222, 229, 232, 242

and battle for Berlin, 256, 298, 390, 391

and surrender, 304, 369, 400

Steglitz, 416

Steinau bridgehead, 62, 125

Steiner, SS-Obergpfh. Felix, 89, 241, 267, 268, 269, 275, 298, 341

Stendal, 396

Stettinius, Edward R. Jnr, 401

Stolp, 47, 55, 117, 118

Strausberg, 256, 257, 260

Strecker, Gen. Karl, 68

Striegau, 126–7, 128

Stumpfegger, Dr Ludwig, 252, 357, 380, 381, 383

Stumpff, Col. Gen., 404, 405

Stürz, Gauleiter, 159

Stuttgart, 192

Sulkhanishvili, Capt. Shota, 214–15, 219, 235, 389

Supreme Headquarters Allied

Expeditionary Force Europe

(SHAEF), 146, 195–6, 202, 304, 305, 402, 429

Susloparov, Maj. Gen. Ivan, 402

Swedish diplomats and embassy, 132, 148, 173, 181, 302

Swiss Red Cross, 298, 329

Tangermünde, 191, 202, 396

Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur, 19, 20, 98, 140, 141, 142, 143, 403, 404, 405

Tegel, 385

Telegin, Lt. Gen. K. F., 216–17, 390

Tempelhof, 283, 287, 302, 303, 319, 321, 367, 403, 417

Teupitz, 330, 336

Thiessen, Prof. Peter, 325

Tiergarten, 282, 294, 319, 323, 340, 342, 356, 372, 384, 394, 395

Tilsit, 24

Tippelskirch, Gen. Kurt v., 148, 173, 400

Tolbukhin, Marshal F. I., 82–3

Torgau, 305, 306, 307, 374

Treptow, 297, 303, 324

Treuenbrietzen, 286, 298, 328

Truman, President Harry S., 196, 295, 305, 341, 364

Tsanava, Gen. L. F., 102, 308

Tully, Andrew, 305–7

Ulbricht, Walter, 418

Unter den Linden, 304

UPA (Ukrainian nationalist partisans), 100

US Air Force, 100–101, 403

and Red Army aviation incidents, 142, 296

on Elbe front, 202, 263, 285

last raids on Berlin, 249, 262

US Army

6th Army Group, 192

12th Army Group, 141

ARMIES

First, 5, 137, 140, 141, 191, 203

Third, 141, 146, 191, 200, 203, 325, 364

Seventh, 192

Ninth, 141, 190, 200, 202, 203, 204, 396, 397

DIVISIONS

82nd Airborne, 194, 291

101st Airborne, 194, 291

69th Infantry, 305

83rd Infantry, 190–91, 202, 203

84th Infantry, 191

102nd Infantry, 191

2nd Armored, 190, 203

5th Armored, 191, 202

Vadis, Lt. Gen. Aleksandr, 390, 391, 399

Vasilevsky, Marshal Aleksandr, 33, 188

Vienna, 189, 195, 251

Vishnevsky, Vsevolod, 367, 368

Vistula offensive, 7, 8, 10, 12–13, 15, 16–18, 19, 20, 84, 165

Vlasienko, Sergeant, 212

Vlasov, Gen. Andrey, 72, 182–3, 297, 401, 402

Vlasovtsy, see ROA Volkssturm

in East Prussia, 24, 27, 37, 98–9, 102, 103, 175

recruitment and organization, 39, 40

in Silesia, 41, 98–9, 175

guarding and execution of camp prisoners, 41, 155, 191–2

in Pomerania, 55

in Berlin and Brandenburg, 70–71, 134, 148, 248

and defence of Berlin, 178, 209, 245, 262, 271, 287, 296, 300–301, 308, 315, 316, 323, 356

on Oder front, 182, 219, 221, 240, 258, 265

Voss, Vice-Admiral, 398

Vyshinsky, Andrei, 77, 403

Waffen SS, 8, 39, 42, 54, 86

and relationship with Army, 72, 241, 333, 334–5, 339

execution of deserters, 123, 129, 176, 247, 339, 344

and débâcle in Hungary, 151, 293

scratch troops, 160

Fagdverbände, 174

foreigners in, 257–8, 322–3, 352, 356, 366, 367, 389, 392, 397

ARMIES

Sixth SS Panzer, 5, 21, 82, 195

Eleventh SS Panzer, 88, 89

CORPS

III SS Germanische Panzer, 241, 267, 268

V SS Mountain, 225, 228, 241, 242, 260, 270, 329

XI SS Panzer, 225, 229, 246, 247, 260, 270, 329

DIVISIONS

Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 72, 151, 276, 387

Das Reich, 54

Feldherrnhalle, 71

11th SS Nordland, 241–2, 246, 256, 257, 264, 269, 283, 286, 291, 301, 319, 323, 352, 367, 382

SS Nederland, 241, 397

30. Fanuar, 72, 133, 182, 208, 219, 242, 270

Charlemagne, 116

20th (Estonian), 129

35th SS Police Grenadier, 332

36th SS Grenadier, 334

REGIMENTS AND UNITS

‘Danmark’, 257, 258, 302

‘Norge’, 257, 258, 302

‘Charlemagne’, 291–3, 302, 319, 321–2, 323, 352, 356–7

Latvian Bn, 322

Reichsführer SS guard bn, 294

Heavy Panzer Bn 502, 218, 223, 330

Heavy Panzer Bn 503, 322, 352 ‘Hermann von Salza’ Heavy Panzer Bn, 297, 319, 357

Wagner, Gerd, 218

Wagner, Gauleiter Joseph, 386, 387

Warsaw, 18, 21, 22–3

uprising, 20, 99

ghetto, 23

Wartheland, 22, 63

Wedding, 346

Weidendamm bridge, 382

Weidling, Gen. Helmuth and Oder battle, 225, 228, 229, 237, 242, 245, 246, 256, 259

and defence of Berlin, 267, 269, 286, 287, 291, 292, 301, 304, 320, 358

and breakout plans, 320, 353, 358, 382

and surrender, 386

Weiss, Lt. Col. Rudolf, 351

Weiss, Col. Gen. Walter, 116, 117, 118

Weissensee, 301

Weizsäcker, Dr Gerlag v., 325

Wenck, Gen. Walther, 21, 90, 150, 200, 201, 276, 284, 285, 286, 298, 328, 329, 330, 350, 378, 379, 395, 397, 398

Werwolf, 173–6, 260, 261, 412, 415, 416

Werwolfsender, 261, 285

White, Maj. Gen. Isaac D., 190

Wiesbaden, 203

Wilhelm Gustloff, sinking of, 51, 88

Wilhelmstrasse, 304, 322, 347, 351, 352, 356, 366

Winant, John G., 84

Wittenberge, 202

Wöhlermann, Col. Hans-Oscar, 228, 229, 237, 340

Wolf, Friedrich, 214

Wolf, Koni, 214, 373, 402

Wolf, Markus, 214, 373, 417–18

Wolff, SS-Obergpfh. Karl, 142, 144, 194

Wolfsschanze HQ 6, 7, 96–8

Woltersdorf, 240, 248

Wriezen, 134, 242, 243, 246

Yalta conference, 20, 77–82, 83, 99, 100, 143, 364, 420

Yermakov, Maj. Gen. I. P., 328

Yushchuk, Maj. Gen. I.I., 235–6

Zavenyagin, Gen. Avraami, 324, 325

Zehlendorf, 232

Zerbst, 203, 232, 284

Zhadov, Gen. A. S., 239, 245

Zhukov, Marshal G. K., 15, 16, 18, 21, 26, 44, 63, 64, 65, 87, 88

and Poland, 99

and Pomeranian campaign, 115–16

summoned to Moscow by Stalin, 136–7

and ‘Berlin operation’, 144–5, 146–7, 165, 186, 206

and arrest of Polish leaders, 195

and battle for see low Heights, 216–23, 226, 227, 228, 229–30, 235, 242, 243, 269

and rivalry with Konev, 222, 230, 232, 242, 255, 256, 265, 296, 319

and battle for Berlin, 255, 268, 269, 319, 384

and surrender, 368, 369, 403, 404–5

and death of Hitler, 389, 399, 400, 426, 428

and Red Army discipline, 413

and Stalin, 425, 426, 427, 428

Ziegler, SS-Brigfh. Joachim, 241, 242, 269, 291, 292, 301–2, 366, 382, 383

Zoo flak tower and bunker, 2, 268, 282, 287, 340, 355, 356, 372–3, 384, 391–2, 394