Ostkrieg (136 page)

and Battle for Moscow,
162
,
183
–84,
187
–88,
192
,
199

and Blau,
231
,
233
,
263
,
267
,
269
–70,
275

and Citadel,
342
–43,
351

cooperation with Einsatzgruppen,
101

and defense of Berlin,
460
,
464

and Hitler,
27
,
112
–13,
121
,
128
,
148
,
206
,
209
,
245
,
262
–64,
275
,
280
,
312
,
368
,
399
,
445
,
460

and hunger policy,
172
–73

logistics,
158
,
162
,
169
–70

Military Geography Branch,
59

and Nazi ideology,
480

and retreat to Dnieper,
353
,
368
–69

rivalry with OKW,
342
,
366
–68,
399
–400

and Soviet counterattack (Moscow),
201
–2,
209

and Soviet winter offensive (1944–1945),
434

and Stalingrad,
284
,
306
,
315
–16

and Vistula-Oder offensive,
441
–42,
445

and Zossen,
464

Obersalzberg,
10
.
See also
Berghof

Oder River,
438
,
441
,
445
–48,
457
–60,
464
–65

Odessa,
141
,
144
,
163
,
219
,
392
,
398

oil

Caucasus,
53
,
59
,
83
,
89
,
91
,
106
,
126
,
129
,
132
,
165
,
182
,
190
,
231
,
238
,
262
–63,
268
,
271
–77,
279
–80,
282
–83,
296
,
300
–301,
313
,
322
,
326

Hungarian,
436
,
456

importance of,
xxii
–xxiii,
28
,
41
,
46
–47,
49
,
53
,
55
,
60
–62,
91
,
127
,
133
,
141
,
165
,
169
,
226
,
234
–36,
239
,
264
,
270
–71,
322
,
326
,
402
,
406
,
427
,
475
,
528
n62,
534
n71

Middle Eastern,
46
,
233

Rumanian,
37
,
39
,
47
,
49
,
83
–84,
132
,
169
,
241
,
245
,
379
,
392
,
406
,
427
,
434
–36

shortages,
53
,
82
–84,
141
–42,
169
,
402
,
475
(
see also
German army)

synthetic,
401
–2,
436

Oka River,
208

OKH.
See
Oberkommando des Heeres

Okuniew,
419

OKW.
See
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

Olkovatka,
345

Operational Directives (German),
44
,
68
,
94
,
111
–12,
141
–42,
148
,
152
,
156
,
162
–63,
165
,
172
,
206
,
279
–80,
310
,
333
,
367
,
445

No. 2,
316

No. 5,
338

No. 6,
339

No. 16,
34

No. 18,
49

No. 21,
51
,
66

No. 32,
90

No. 33,
125
–28

No. 34,
128
,
131

No. 35,
147

No. 41,
231
–32,
262
–63

No. 45,
271
,
284

No. 51,
366
–67,
396
,
402

See also
Führer Orders

Oranienburg,
260
.
See also
concentration camps

Oratov,
389

Order Police,
70
–71,
173

Ordzhonikidze,
282

Orel,
154
–55,
203
,
338
,
340
,
343
,
345
–46,
348
,
350
–51,
353
–56,
372

Orsha,
100
,
123
,
182
,
381
–82,
409
,
412
,
414
–15

Ossetian Military Road,
282

Ostarbeiter.
See
forced labor

Ostbahn,
340

Ostheer (Eastern Army),
xvi
,
56
,
60
,
94
,
116
,
121
,
149
–51,
159
–61,
164
,
182
,
185
,
187
,
192
–93,
197
,
204
,
209
,
215
–16,
218
,
221
,
226
,
235
–39,
262
,
292
,
317
,
324
,
328
–29,
336
–37,
343
,
367
,
383
,
400
,
402
–3,
408
–9,
417
,
421
,
423
,
440
,
443
,
470
,
481
–82,
485
–86,
522
n85.
See also
German army

Ostwall,
364
–66,
377

Pacific Ocean,
42
,
194
–95,
197

Palestine,
13

panje
wagons,
xvi
,
119
,
162
,
213
,
395

Panther position,
xvi
,
366
,
368
,
371
,
381
,
387

Panther tank.
See
German army: tanks

Panzer Armies.
See
Armies (German)

Panzerfaust,
xvi
,
432
,
459
,
463

Paris,
3
,
14
,
29
,
82
,
133
,
183

partisans (Soviet),
81
,
86
,
98
,
101
–2,
104
,
108
,
111
,
149
,
160
,
180
,
198
,
212
,
297
,
333
,
340
,
354
,
378
,
381
,
385
,
400
,
409
,
412
,
415
–16,
447
,
482

Patton, George S. (General),
468

Paulus, Friedrich (Field Marshal)

and Barbarossa,
53
,
128

and Blau,
250
,
265

on breakout from Stalingrad,
311
–12,
315

and Hitler,
280
,
320
–21

and Stalingrad,
272
,
277
,
283
–89,
292
–99,
301
,
304
,
308
–12,
315
,
319
–21

and surrender,
319
–21

Pearl Harbor,
179
,
193
,
484

Peipus, Lake,
128
,
384
,
386

Persia,
238
,
271
–72

Persian Gulf,
48
–49

Petain, Henri-Philippe,
47
–48

Phony War (Sitzkrieg),
27
,
71

Piatigorsk,
275

Pilsen,
469

Pitomnik,
289
,
320

Ploesti,
434
–36

pogroms,
15
,
94
–95.
See also
Kristallnacht

Pohl, Oswald,
260

Poland

Final Solution in,
95
–96,
176
–77,
180
–81,
219
,
223
,
225
–26,
237
,
254
,
257
,
361

forced labor,
221
,
223

General Government,
65
,
73
,
225
–26

German anti-Jewish actions in,
20
–24,
65
–66,
69
,
73
,
92
,
94
–96,
176
–77

German invasion,
9
–10,
25
–26,
439
,
473

German racial policy in,
18
–21,
23
–24,
60
,
92
,
139
,
254
,
256
,
476

Home Army,
419

Jews in,
259
,
479

Soviet actions in,
26
,
36
,
447
–48,
452

as staging area for Barbarossa,
36
,
89
,
150

See also
Auschwitz; Bagration; Final Solution; forced labor; ghettos; Vistula-Oder operation; Warsaw

Poltava,
249
,
265

Pomerania,
446
,
448
–49

Ponyri,
345

Posen,
171
,
255
,
335
,
361
,
442
,
446

Praga (Warsaw),
418

Prague,
175
,
468
–69

Pripet,
410

Pripet Marshes,
52
,
56
,
89
,
106
,
123
,
125
–26,
129
,
140
–41,
378
,
382
,
388
,
392
,
405
,
407

prisoners of war (German),
68
,
98
,
470
,
510
n40

prisoners of war (Soviet),
99
,
104
,
166
–68,
170
,
172
,
174
,
198
,
215
,
220
,
222
,
260
,
317
,
332
,
478
,
480
–81,
519
n54,
519
n57

Prokhorovka,
347
–50

Proletarskaya,
275

propaganda, German.
See
Bolshevism: in Nazi propaganda; Germany; Goebbels; Jews

propaganda, Soviet,
273
–75,
322
,
450

Protectorate (Bohemia and Moravia),
175

Prussia.
See
East Prussia; West Prussia

Prut River,
52
,
395

Psel River,
347
,
351

Pskov,
386

Pskov, Lake,
384

public opinion (German),
135

Pulawy,
444
–45

purges (Red Army),
44
,
78
–79

Pushkin,
385

Putsch, Beer Hall,
14
,
179
,
299
,
307

quartermaster-general,
66
,
128
,
156
,
168
,
170
–71,
183
,
189
,
477

Race and Resettlement Main Office,
522
n78

racial policy (German).
See
Bolshevism: “Jewish”; colonization; Commissar Order; Einsatzgruppen; Final Solution; forced labor; Generalplan Ost; German army; Germany; hunger policy

Radom,
443

Radomsyl,
380

Raeder, Erich (Admiral),
33
,
42
–43,
45
–46,
50

RAF Bomber Command.
See
Britain: Bomber Command

railroads,
52
,
57
,
88
,
119
,
133
,
150
,
156
,
192
,
199
,
237
,
288
,
366
,
370
,
373
,
379
,
412
,
430
,
442
,
451
,
471
.
See also
Ostbahn; Reichsbahn

rape,
431
,
449
–52

rasputitsa
,
xvi
,
158
,
161
,
212
,
214
,
217
,
324
–25,
339
,
382

Rastenburg (East Prussia),
104
,
228
,
430

Ratzel, Friedrich,
6

Rauff, Walter,
177

Ravensbrück,
260
.
See also
concentration camps