Authors: Samuel W. Mitcham
favored aid to Franco,
31
felt threatened by strong-willed officers,
27
first serious loss of prestige with Hitler caused by Cologne raid,
201
a friend of Schmid,
107
good relationship with Udet,
23
halted development of four-engine bomber,
18
held Moelders in high esteem,
143
his declining power,
224
,
225
influence was threatened by Bor-mann,
190
Kesselring and Sperrle disagree with his plan to attack Britain,
100
last meeting with Hitler,
262-63
long leaves of absence,
109
made Reichsmarschall after French campaign,
94
marries for a second time,
19
mistrusted Greim,
274
,
275
at Nuremberg trial,
264
obesity and drug habit,
19
opposed the invasion of Soviet Union,
128
,
129
ordered mass production of troubled Ju-88,
151
orders another reorganization of Luftwaffe,
52
packs art treasures and leaves Karin-hall,
262
perceived Luftwaffe to be much stronger than it was,
153
personality,
18
,
19
persuades Hitler to let Luftwaffe take Dunkirk alone,
92
promises Hitler the Luftwaffe will supply the army at Stalingrad,
190
protected Udet,
155
realizes Battle of Britain was lost,
108
received bribes from Milch,
8
,
9
refused to believe American production statistics,
202
,
205
rejects Kammhuber Program,
29
relationship with Hitler deteriorated after Stalingrad,
199
reorganized Luftwaffe in 1937,
21
,
22
reprimands fighter pilots in Mediterranean,
214
rise to power,
4
a shell of his former self,
260
stops Hitler from invading Sweden,
82
surrenders in Austria,
264
suspicious of Milch,
20
,
244
trying to save his declining prestige with Hitler,
191
upset at Udet’s death,
156
wanted to get rid of Rommel in North Africa,
208
wanted to send Udet to a sanatorium,
154
worried about safety of western Germany when Britain and France declared war,
65
wounded in Beer Hall Putsch, became a drug addict,
4
youth,
1
Goering, Karin von Kantzow, Goering’s first wife,
3
,
19
“Goering Program,” Milch’s reorganization of Udet’s office,
155
Gollob, Gordon M.,
259
Gransard, Gen.,
90
Grauert, Col. Gen. Ulrich,
56
,
84
,
94
,
131
Gravenreuth, Lt. Col. Baron Siegmund-Ulrich von,
48
Greece, Isthmus of Corinth cut off by German paratroopers,
117
Greim, Gen. Ritter Robert von,
22
,
23
,
24
,
27
,
58
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94
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132
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139
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141
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183
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218
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220
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253
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254
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264
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274
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276
anguishes over the Goering situation with Luetzow and Steinhoff,
275
career,
266
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267
,
268
,
269
,
270
,
271
,
272
,
273
commits suicide,
278
considered by Hitler one of the best Luftwaffe generals,
274
demoralized and disillusioned,
278
fuel shortage during Battle of Kursk,
219
in plane crash,
277
popular among German airmen,
273
Gruppen (Groups),
12
Guderian, Gen. Heinz,
91
,
137
,
138
,
139
,
141
,
142
,
144
,
262
Guernica, brutal victory,
41
Hahn, Hans,
12
Halder, Gen. Franz,
21
,
80
,
140
,
190
Hamburg, bomb destruction,
228
Hammerstein, Dr. Christian von,
97
,
260
Harlinghausen, Maj. Gen. Martin,
48
,
95
,
111
,
112
,
209
,
210
,
211
Harris, Air Marshal Sir Arthur,
200
HE (high explosive) bombs,
90
He-111 twin-engine bomber,
54
,
152
He-51,
46
Hess, Rudolf, Nazi party chief,
20
,
190
Himmelbett system,
230
neutralized by foil,
229
used by night fighters,
203
weaknesses,
203
Himmler, Heinrich, SS Chief,
19
,
20
,
247
,
274
Hindenburg, Field Marshall Paul von,
14
Hitler, Adolf,
1
,
53
,
54
,
67
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80
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81
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90
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94
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107
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110
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111
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118
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127
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129
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140
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146
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148
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176
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185
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198
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205
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229
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243
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244
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245
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251
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254
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255
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259
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260
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277