Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) (84 page)

Streicher, Julius,
265

Student, Gen. Kurt,
9
,
26
,
53
,
84
,
90
,
118
,
122

Stuka dive-bomber,
37
,
39
,
43
,
55
,
93
,
122

Stumpff, Gen. Hans-Juergen,
9
,
21
,
22
,
24
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
29
,
81
,
83
,
94
,
97
,
181
,
182
,
183
,
239
,
254
,
276

Suessmann, Maj. Gen. Wilhelm,
90
,
119
,
121

“Swedish Turnip” system of attack,
112

Terrorangriffen (terror attacks),
200
,
231

Thoma, Ritter Wilhelm von,
32

Timoshenko, Marshal Semen Konstantinovich,
137
,
269

Tobruk, Siege of,
208

Todt, Dr. Fritz,
245

“Trumpets of Jericho,”
62
,
91

Tscherich, Guenther,
149
,
155
,
156

Twining, Maj. Gen. Nathan,
241

U-boats,
181
,
182

Udet, Col. Gen. Ernst,
3
,
22
,
54
,
55
,
86
,
94
,
148
,
233
,
246

becomes depressed,
155

bitter enemy of Milch,
150

career,
22
,
23

charming and persuasive,
153

chief of Technical Office,
149

commits suicide,
156

could not deal harshly with aircraft manufacturers,
154

deceived Hitler and Goering,
153

failed to develop new aircraft technology,
24

good relationship with Goering,
23

incompetent,
30

lacked training for high-level assignments,
23

long-range bomber development,
151

mismanagement,
205

opposed the Hitler Program,
29

personality,
23
,
24

public failures,
152

Richthofen had been his most competent assistant,
39

a scapegoat,
155

some aircraft selections were total failures,
150

suggested attaching sirens to Stuka dive-bombers,
62

surprised when war broke out earlier than expected,
154

United States Air Force

bombs U-boat base at Wilhelms -haven,
224

precision bombing on Paris, Naples and Antwerp,
226

precision bombing over Hamburg,
228

Ural Bomber,
15

V-1 Rocket,
244

Vietinghoff, Col. Gen. Heinrich von,
215

Visconti-Prasca, Gen. Sebastiano,
86
,
114

Volkmann, Gen. Helmuth,
42
,
43
,
44
,
45

Vuillemin, Gen. Joseph,
86
,
87
,
94

Waber, Bernhard,
260

Wachenfeld, Edmund,
12

Waldau, Maj. Gen. Otto Hoffmann von,
10
,
96
,
109
,
128
,
207
,
209
,
232
,
233

war criminals,
265

Warlimont, Lt. Col. Walter,
31
,
41

Wavell, Field Marshall Sir Archibald,
118
,
125

Weichs, Col. Gen. Baron Maximilian von,
185

Weise, Gen. Hubert,
84
,
94
,
202
,
203
,
229
,
231
,
239

Wenck, Gen. Walter,
278

Weston, Maj. Gen. E. A.,
119

Wever, Lt. Col. Walter,
9
,
14
,
15
,
18
,
20
,
27

Weygand, Gen. Maxime,
86
,
92

Wietersheim, Gen. Gustav von,
187

Wilberg, Lt. Gen. Helmut,
4
,
5
,
31

Wilcke, Col. Wolf-Dietrich,
226
,
243

“Wild Boar” tactics,
229
,
230
,
237

Wild, Col. Wolfgang von,
131
,
132

Wimmer, Col. Wilhelm,
9
,
15
,
22
,
24
,
56
,
260

Winkelman, Gen. Henri,
90

Wuehlisch, Maj. Gen. Heinz-Hellmuth,
81

Wurmheller, Maj. Joseph, kills and victories,
243

Zander, Konrad,
12

Zeitzler, Col. Gen. Kurt,
187
,
190
,
191
,
196
,
198

Zerstorergeschwader (twin-engine fighter “destroyer” wing),
12