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Authors: Stephen G. Fritz

raw materials,
xxii
–xxiii,
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rearmament (German),
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,
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–13,
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Red Air Force,
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,
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,
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344
,
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,
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Red Army

advance into East Prussia,
430
–31

atrocities against Germans,
430
–31,
440
,
449
–52

and Bagration,
405
–20

and Barbarossa,
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–53,
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,
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–81,
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–86,
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–89,
112
–14,
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–21,
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,
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–41

and Berlin offensive,
459
–69,
551
n13,

and Blau,
234
,
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–69,
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–75

casualties,
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–xxii,
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–89,
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–67,
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–69,
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n21,
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n16,
530
n20,
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n30,
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n90

in Caucasus,
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–73,
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–78,
281
–83

and Crimea,
241
–47

deep battle, concept of,
79
,
210
,
249
,
303
–4,
341

German assessment of,
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,
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,
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–53,
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,
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–22,
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–38,
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–63,
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,
305
,
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,
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,
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and Kharkov,
248
–52,
323
–24,
353
,
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–56

and Kiev pocket,
141
–45

and Kursk,
341
–53

logistics,
122
,
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,
252
,
421
–22,
471

and Moscow: counterattack at,
199
–204,
207
–14

defense of,
152
–63,
182
–85,
186
–92

prisoners of war (
see
prisoners of war [Soviet])

replacements,
145
,
210
,
373
,
377

and Stalingrad,
269
,
283
–99,
303
–10,
315
–16,
319
–22

and summer offensive (1943),
353
–57

tanks: fear of Soviet models,
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–15,
155
,
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,
204
,
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,
310

losses of,
88
–90,
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–20,
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–52,
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–57,
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–17,
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–21,
430
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433
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n21,
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n94

numbers of,
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114
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200
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272
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283
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304
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319
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343
,
348
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353
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369
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381
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384
,
386
–87,
409
,
419
,
421
,
435
,
442
,
461
,
468
,
535
n78

superiority of,
114
–15,
155
,
159
,
204
,
207
(
see also
tank production [Soviet])

troop strength,
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,
114
,
117
,
125
,
151
–52,
153
,
183
–84,
199
–200,
207
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–10,
421
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435
,
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460
–61,
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n2,
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n75

use of blocking units,
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,
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trucks,
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,
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,
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and winter offensive (1943–1944),
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,
369
–73,
377
–95,
402

and winter offensive (1944–1945),
432
–38

Vistula-Oder offensive (January 1945),
441
–49

and Warsaw Uprising,
419
–20,
See also
Armies; Corps; Divisions; Fronts

Red October Steel Works.
See
Krasny Oktyabr

refugees,
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,
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,
427
,
430
,
445
,
449
,
452
,
456
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465
,
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regiments (German)

Panzer Regiment Bäke,
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,
392

Police Regiment South,
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Reich Air Ministry,
426
–27

Reich Chancellery,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Reich Commissariat for the Strengthening of the German People (RKFDV),
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,
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,
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Reichel, Joachim (Major),
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Reichenau, Walter (Field Marshal),
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,
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–98,
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,
164
–65

Reich Labor Service (RAD),
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Reich Ministry for Armaments and Munitions,
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–29

Reich Ministry for Food,
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,
477
,
505
n60

Reichsbahn,
120
,
150
,
170
,
220
.
See also
railroads

Reich Security Main Office (RSHA),
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24
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65
,
168
,
177
,
480
,
485

Criminal Technical Institute,
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Reichskommissariat Ostland,
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Reichstag,
32
–34,
64
,
109
,
178
,
196
,
218
,
224
,
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,
467
,
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Reinhardt, Hans (General),
88
,
161
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413
,
446
–47

Rendulic, Lothar (General),
447

reparations,
12
,
47

Replacement Army (German).
See
Armies (German): Replacement

Reserve Police Battalions,
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resettlement,
20
–21,
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,
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,
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–93,
106
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108
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177
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181
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254
,
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–59,
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Rhine River,
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–58

Ribbentrop, Joachim von,
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–49,
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Richthofen, Wolfram von (General),
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–44,
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–95,
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–13,
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Riga,
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,
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Ring, Operation,
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roads,
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–57,
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–19,
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–9,
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–83.
See also
Rollbahn

rockets (German),
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,
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rockets (Soviet),
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.
See also
Katyusha rocket launchers

Rohland, Walter,
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–90

Röhm Purge (1934),
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Rokossovsky, Konstantin (Marshal),
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,
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,
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,
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Roland, Operation,
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Rollbahn,
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,
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Rommel, Erwin (Field Marshal),
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Romny,
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–44

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
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–40,
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–97,
458
,
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–75

Roques, Franz von (General),
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Rosenberg, Alfred,
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Roslavl,
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–12

Rostock,
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Rostov,
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–65,
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,
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,
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–72,
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,
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,
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–4,
306
,
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,
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Rotkopf
ammunition,
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Rotmistrov, Pavel (General),
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–50

Rovno,
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Rozan bridgehead,
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rubber,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Ruhr,
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–31,
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,
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Rumania

changes sides in war,
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fighting in,
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,
141
,
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,
405
,
435

forces fighting in the Soviet Union: assessment of,
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–7,
309
,
314
,
367
,
434
–36

in Barbarossa,
89
,
141

in Blau,
236
,
276

in the Crimea,
242
,
245
,
278

morale in,
307

at Stalingrad,
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–89,
292
,
306
–9,
314
–15,
321
,
539
n30

and Germany,
44
,
234
,
236
,
306
,
362
,
435

German military intervention in,
49

oil,
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39
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41
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49
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–84,
132
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169
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241
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245
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272
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277
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379
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392
,
406
,
427

relations with Hungary,
49
,
436

Soviet pressure on,
32
,
36
,
41
,
49
–50

surrender,
436

Rundstedt, Gerd von (Field Marshal),
89
,
140
–41,
143
,
145
,
164
–65,
170

Russia.
See
Soviet Union

Rybinsk,
182

Rynok,
286

Rzhev,
161
,
167
–68,
210
–11,
213
–14,
303
–4

Sachsenhausen,
260
.
See also
concentration camps

Salsk,
275

Sandomierz,
442
–43

Sapun Heights,
246

Saratov,
282

Saturn, Operation,
xvi
,
304
,
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Sauckel, Fritz,
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–23,
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–28,
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