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Authors: Stephen G. Fritz

fighter production (
see
Germany)

and French campaign,
54

fuel shortages (
see
Germany)

and Goering,
132
,
243
–44,
312
,
318

and Hitler,
37

and invasion of Britain,
33
,
38

losses,
169
,
352
,
357
,
399

numbers,
78
,
85
,
343
,
355
,
369
,
378
,
382
,
394
,
410
,
441
,
452
,
461

and Stalingrad,
287
,
306
,
310
–14,
318
,
320
–21,
538
n25

and winter campaign (1943–1944),
366
,
391
,
393
See also
Fliegerkorps; Luftflotte

Lutze, Viktor,
361

Lvov,
89
,
392
–93,
398
,
418
,
420

Mackensen, Eberhard von (General),
252

Madagascar Plan,
13
,
24
,
65
,
92
,
108
,
479

Maginot Line,
54

Magnuszew,
418
–19,
442
,
444
–45

Maidanek,
258
,
450
.
See also
extermination camps

Maikop,
83
,
164
,
182
,
235
,
268
,
271
–72,
275
–78,
534
n71

malnutrition,
94
,
166
,
167
–68.
See also
hunger policy

Mamayev Kurgan,
290
,
294
–95

Mann, Thomas,
3

Manstein, Erich von (Field Marshal)

anti-Semitism of,
98

Army Group Don,
309
,
312
,
316
,
322

“back-hand blow” strategy,
338
,
417

Barbarossa,
88
,
128
,

Cherkassy pocket,
389
–92

Citadel,
339
–40,
342
,
350
–51

Crimea,
164
,
241
–47

defensive battles in Ukraine (1943–1944),
323
–25,
338
–40,
346
–47,
350
–51,
355
–56,
367
–68,
378
–80,
387
–97,
403

dismissal of,
397

and Donets,
322
,
338
,
367
–68

Eleventh Army,
163
,
241
,
247
,
268
,
276

and Hitler,
312
,
323
,
340
,
342
,
350
–51,
356
,
367
–68,
379
,
388
,
395
–97

Kharkov,
323
–24,
338
–39,
356

relief attack on Stalingrad,
312
–16

retreat to Dnieper,
368
,
371
,
378

and “Sickle-cut,”
27
,
54
,
56
,
323

Manteuffel, Hasso von (General),
465

Manych River,
275

Marcks, Erich (General),
52

Marina Gorka,
415

Marne, Battle of,
183
,
190
,
192

Mars, Operation,
xvi
,
304

Mauthausen,
260
.
See also
concentration camps

Mediterranean Sea,
xxiv
,
39
,
43
,
45
,
184
,
307
,
311
,
341
–42,
350
–51,
484
,
486

Mediterranean strategy,
45
–51,
71
,
233
,
487

Medyn,
210
–11

Mekhlis, L. Z.,
243

Melitopol,
365
,
379

Mers-el-Kebir,
33

Meyer, Konrad,
93
,
253
,
255
–56

Michael I (king of Rumania),
436

Middle East,
39
,
46
,
117
,
233
,
272
,
279
,
336
,
400

Mikhailov,
203

Milch, Erhard (Field Marshal),
222
,
229
,
319

Millerovo,
261
,
267
,
269

Minsk,
86
–88,
97
,
100
,
111
,
122
,
127
,
130
,
140
,
158
,
167
,
176
,
220
,
381
–82,
408
,
414
–18

Mississippi River,
93

Mittelbau-Dora,
426
.
See also
concentration camps

Mius River,
163
,
165
,
322
,
353
,
370

Model, Walther (Field Marshal),
455

Army Group B,
458

Army Group Center,
415
,
417
–19

Army Group North,
386

Army Group North Ukraine,
408
,
410

Army Group South,
397
–98

Bagration,
408
,
410
,
415
,
417
–19,
432

Citadel,
339
–40,
344
–47,
353
–55

and Hitler,
344
,
354
,
386
,
397
,
408
,
417
,
432

Ninth Army,
211
,
339
,
344
,
355

Orel salient,
345
–46,
353
–54

retreat to Panther position,
386

and sabotage of Hitler's “Nero Order,”
455
–56

Mogilev,
123
,
178
,
219
,
409
,
412
,
415

Molodechno,
417

Molotov, Vyacheslav,
48
–50,
80
,
268

Monowitz,
260

Montoire,
47

morale (German),
xxiii
,
89
,
109
,
121
,
136
,
152
,
155
,
159
–60,
164
,
166
–67,
182
,
188
–90,
192
–93,
202
,
224
,
230
,
248
,
262
,
283
,
293
,
295
–97,
319
,
328
,
330
–31,
359
,
363
,
376
–77,
428
,
452

morale (Soviet),
273
,
322

Moltke, Helmuth James von,
167

Morocco,
46
,
178

Morozovsk,
267

Mortain,
420

Moscow.
See
Barbarossa; Red Army: Moscow; Stalin: counterattack at Moscow; Stalin: defense of Moscow; Typhoon

Moscow-Volga canal,
182
,
184
,
191
,
201

Moskva (Moscow) River,
182

Mozdok,
282

Mozhaisk,
153
,
161

Mozhaisk Line,
156

Mtsensk,
155
,
160
,
161

mud,
81
,
89
,
118
–19,
143
,
146
,
149
,
151
,
152
,
153
,
157
–59,
163
–64,
185
,
199
,
213
,
238
,
380
,
389
–91,
393
,
438

Müller, Heinrich,
178
,
454

Munich,
2
,
4
,
14
,
144
,
218
,
300
,
340

Conference,
14

Hitler's annual address,
179
,
299
,
307
,
439

Murmansk,
238

Mussolini, Benito,
36
,
46
–49,
72
,
232

Myshkova River,
315
–16

Napoléon,
3
,
54
,
73
,
77
,
205
,
216
,
231
,
327

Narew River,
429
–30,
444

Nasyr line,
242
,
244

National Socialist Leadership officers,
453

National Socialist People's Welfare Organization (NSV),
xvi
,
137
,
363

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact,
9
,
19
,
25
,
32
,
36
,
45
,
50

Nebe, Arthur,
97

Neisse River,
448
–49,
461
,
464

Neman River,
86

Nemmersdorf,
430
–31

“Nero Order” (March 1945),
457
–58

neutrality,
32
,
241

Neva River,
146

Nevel,
383
–84

“New Order,”
12
,
22
,
105
,
257
,
414
,
476
–77,
483

New York,
15

Nezhin,
371

Night of Broken Glass (November 1938).
See
Kristallnacht

Nikopol,
371
,
379
,
387
–88,
390

Nisko,
21
,
477
,

NKVD,
157
,
269

Normandy,
337
,
367
,
400
,
402
,
413
,
421
–22,
427
,
469
,
486

North Africa,
39
,
44
,
71
,
197
,
247
,
281
,
299
–301,
307
,
313
,
325
,
336
,
341
,
469
,
484

North Sea,
79

Norway,
268
,
337

“Not one step back” decree (Stalin Order No. 227),
273

Novgorod,
142
,
146
,
385

Novorossiysk,
278

Novosokolniki,
383

Nuremberg,
446

nutrition,
166
–67,
171
–73,
297
.
See also
malnutrition

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW),
xvi

assessments of German strength,
116
,
182
,
237
,
384
,
399

attitude toward communism,
66
,
68
,
97
,
168
–69

attitude toward Jews,
66
,
68
,
97
,
168
–69

and Barbarossa,
58
,
66
,
116
,
125
–26,
128
,
132
–33,
143
,
162
–63

and Battle of Moscow,
151
,
162
–63

and Citadel,
339
,
342
,
350

and defense of Berlin,
458
–59,
464

and France,
27
,
406

and Hitler,
132
,
162
–63,
264
,
280
,
342
,
350

logistics,
150
–51,
169

and Mediterranean strategy,
45
,
487

and Nazi ideology,
68
,
168
,
376
,
480

and occupation policy,
66
,
68
,
97

Operations Branch,
445

and raw materials,
58
,
169

rivalry with OKH,
264
,
342
,
366
–68,
399
–400

and Soviet prisoner policy,
168
–69

and Stalingrad,
276
,
280

strategy,
162
–63,
336
–37,
379
,
399
–400,
406
,
458
–59

Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH),
xvi

assessments of German strength,
114
–16,
142
,
151
–52,
169
,
209
,
234
,
236
,
262
,
353
,
367
,
522
n85

and Bagration,
405
–12,
415
,
418
,
429

and Barbarossa,
52
–54,
84
,
112
–13,
121
,
123
,
125
,
128
,
148
,
151
,
156
,
158
,
163
–65

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