Fussell, Paul (historian): on harassment during training, 25; on ideological vacuum of Allied soldiers, 236-37
Gädeke, Friedrich: natural forces, 126
Gädtke, Albert: training, 27
Georgii, Dieter: combat, 62
Gerlach, Heinrich: lost years, 231
Goebbels, Joseph: on Landsers’ support for Hitler, 241-42
Goes, Reinhard: comradeship, 179; ideology, 190, 217; sensations, 148
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang: quoted, 155
Great Britain: soldiers, German view of, 61
Grebe, Karclass="underline" strain, 95
Gruner, Gottfried: comradeship, 181; strain, 99, 101
Grupe, Friedrich: combat, 32, 35, 38, 48-49, 57-58; comradeship, 158, 161-64, 170, 183-84; ideology, 195, 201, 212, 215-17; lost years, 223-24, 226; natural forces, 105, 133; sensations, 136, 140-43, 151-52; strain, 72-73, 75, 79, 81, 84; training, 14-15, 18
Guderian, General Heinz: on cold weather, 117; and National Socialism, 199
Guttenberg, Meinhart Freiherr von: combat, 33, 36; sensations, 138
Haag, Friedrich Reinhold: ideology, 191-92; sensations, 153
Halbey, Rudolf: combat, 33; sensations, 147, 151; training, 13
Hansmann, Claus: combat, 39, 42, 50, 65-67, 175, 184-85; everyday war, 2, 4-5; lost years, 226-27; natural forces, 108, 111, 114-15, 119, 123, 132-33; sensations, 136, 144; strain, 70, 77-78, 88
Happich, Walther: natural forces, 106; sensations, 136, 151-52
Harenberg, Fritz: combat, 58; training, 26
Harnack, Helmut von: combat, 60; comradeship, 173, 178
Hausmann, Manfred (poet): on comradeship, 179-80
Heck, Alfons: lost years, 220, 225-26; training, 14
Heidtmann, Wilhelm: strain, 102
Heinrich, Willi (novelist): on comradeship, 156-57, 165; on death, 143; on fear, 138-39; on Russian forests, 125; and war literature, 231
Henckell, Konrad Wilhelm: sensations, 145
Henry, Harald: combat, 34, 37; ideology, 193-94; lost years, 228; natural forces, 108, 112, 119-20; sensations, 138, 141, 152-53; strain, 98, 100
heroism: view of, 98-99. See also courage
Heubner, Johannes: sensations, 153
Heupel, Wilhelm: natural forces, 127-28
Hickmann, Heinz: combat, 61
Hitler, Adolf: discipline, views on, 90; importance of comradeship, 158; Landsers’ loyalty to, 196-97, 200-201, 210, 215-16, 241-42; and Russian war, 199; and “trench socialism,” 208; and Volksgemeinschaft, 160, 207, 209-11
Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend): and comradeship, 14, 160-61; effectiveness at indoctrination, 163; and Volksgemeinschaft, 161
Hocke, Franz Rainer: sensations, 145; strain, 83
Hoffmann, Rolf: strain, 102
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von (playwright): on Volksgemeinschaft, 208
Hohenstein, Adolf: combat, 61
Holmes, Richard (historian): on comradeship, 173; on sight of dead, 142; on training, 13, 18-19
home front: aerial bombardment of, 84-86; fear for, 85-86; Feldpostbriefe and civilian morale, 86; morale sustained by Landsers, 183
Hörbach, Michael (novelist): on resentment at lost years, 229-31
Huber, Willi: strain, 100
Huebner, Johannes: combat, 52
humor: as means of coping, 73-75; ridiculing authority, 74-75
hunger. See food
ideology: as cause of atrocities, 54-55, 57, 97, 199; comparison of Landsers with Allied soldiers, 236; and Ernst Jünger, 193-94, 259 n 32; impact of, 9-10, 60, 205-6, 237-39; indoctrination in Wehrmacht, 199-201, 206; as motivation, 195, 200-202, 211-13, 215; notion of “Jewish-Bolshevik” conspiracy, 195-99, 265 n 24; postwar beliefs, 217; reinforced by experiences in Russia, 203-5; sacrifice as theme, 100, 190, 214-15; and Volksgemeinschaft, 159, 163, 206-7; World War I and “new man,” 188-90, 194. See also Landsers; motivation; National Socialism; Volksgemeinschaft
induction center: examinations at, 12
Italy: mud in, 107
Jews: atrocities against, 58-59, 198; racial hostility toward, 195-200
Jung, Matthias: combat, 58
Jünger, Ernst (author): ideology, 188-90, 193-94; sensations, 148
Jünger, Ernst (son): natural forces, 118
Karstens, Werner: training, 26, 28
Kaysel, Pauclass="underline" comradeship, 183
Keegan, John (historian): on everyday history, 3
Keitel, Field Marshal Wilhelm: on Landsers’ support for National Socialism, 242; racist and ideological directives, 54
Kilian, Ernst-Peter: lost years, 227
Kinzelbach, Theodor: natural forces, 118, 127
Kirst, Hans Hellmut (novelist): and war literature, 231
Kleist, Ernst: combat, 33, 36; natural forces, 107, 120
Kluge, Wolfgang: ideology, 194; natural forces, 124; sensations, 153
Knappe, Siegfried: combat, 32, 34-35, 63-64; lost years, 224-25, 227; natural forces, 106, 108, 110, 113, 117, 119, 125; sensations, 142, 145, 150, 152-53; strain, 98-99; training, 11, 15-16, 19, 24, 27
Knickrehm, Gustav: training, 24
Kniepkamp, Helmut: comradeship, 181-82
Knoch, Peter (historian): on everyday history, 6
Koch, Friedrich Andreas von: combat, 36; sensations, 144; strain, 96
Kondruss, Hans: ideology, 198
Köppke, Gustav: comradeship, 161
Kreutz, Gustav: natural forces, 109
Kruse, Friedebald: ideology, 215
Küchler, Heinz: combat, 47, 52; ideology, 190, 194, 213; sensations, 147; strain, 99
Labor Service: and comradeship, 14-15; and Volksgemeinschaft, 161-63
Landowski, Max: combat, 55, 57; strain, 94-95; training, 26
landscapes: North Africa, 126-28; Russia, 123-25. See also natural forces
Landsers: comparison with Allied soldiers, 8, 235-37, 239-42; description of, 1-2, 4; and everyday war, 1-7; hostility to Jews, 59, 195-200; loyalty to Hitler, 196-97, 200-201, 210, 215-16, 241-42; postwar support for National Socialism, 217-18, 221-24; postwar view of German society, 223-24; resiliency of, 192-94, 205-6; self-image of, 220, 222, 233, 235-36, 240-41; support for National Socialism, 10, 200-201, 203, 211-13, 216, 237-38, 242; support for Volksgemeinschaft, 211-15, 217; and universal experiences of soldiers, 234-35; view of war as crusade, 195-202, 211-13, 215, 217, 238
language: use of slang terms, 2, 28-29, 39, 73, 81, 95, 106, 136, 181, 220, 243 n 3
Laumen, Ludwig: natural forces, 108, 125, 128
leadership: and spirit of comradeship, 25
Lenz, Pauclass="underline" ideology, 197
Ley, Robert: on National Socialism, 208
Liddell Hart, B.H. (historian): on everyday history, 3
Lindner, Martin: ideology, 191; sensations, 141, 147-48; strain, 76, 82
living conditions: filth, 104-5; flies, 118; insects in Russia, 118-19; lack of privacy, 122; lice infestation, 105, 117-18
loneliness: during combat, 36-37, 111, 166; separation from wives, 80
Löscher, Klaus: comradeship, 173, 179; natural forces, 107; sensations, 139, 144; strain, 88
love: desire for affection, 78-79; infidelity, 80; marital strains, 79-81; as reason for desertion, 80-81. See also sexuality
Ludwig, Hans-Heinrich: combat, 45; ideology, 193; natural forces, 106; sensations, 151, 154; strain, 99
Luebke, Ulrich: ideology, 217
Mahnke, Reinhold: ideology, 197-98
maiclass="underline" censorship of, 9; importance of to Landsers, 72, 83-84, 86; importance of letters from soldiers, 86
Malaparte, Curzio (war correspondent): natural forces, 129-30; sensations, 153; on stoicism of Russian wounded, 204
Mann, Thomas (novelist): on World War I and Volksgemeinschaft, 207
Manstein, General Erich von: racist and ideological directive, 199