Vlasov, A. A. (General), 211, 213
Volchansk, 249, 252–53
Volga Germans, 174
Volga River, 81, 93, 156, 162, 184, 186, 200, 213, 232, 238, 268–71, 275, 281, 284–87, 289–91, 293–94, 296, 299, 300–301, 303, 322
Volkhov River, 205, 211, 213
Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans), xvii, 18, 20, 21, 254–55, 257–59, 476, 481, 488
Volksgemeinschaft (national community), xvii, 13, 17, 92, 136, 224, 328, 363, 376, 424–25, 428, 439, 449, 453, 483, 486–87
Volkssturm (German national militia), xvii, 428–29, 433, 457, 459, 461, 467
Vologda, 182
Voronezh, 162, 185, 187, 232, 261, 264–67, 270, 283, 313, 323
Voroshilovgrad, 182
V-2 rockets, 335
Vyazma, 152–57, 160, 199, 211, 214, 232
Waffen-SS, xvii, 103, 384, 399
Wagner, Adolf (Gauleiter of Bavaria), 137
Wagner, Eduard (General), 66, 156, 168, 169, 189
Walther, Gebhardt von, 59
Wannsee Conference, 180–81, 219, 236, 505n59, 522n78
War Economy and Armaments Office, 59, 83, 165
Warlimont, Walter (General), 67, 280, 341
Warsaw, 22, 272, 405, 408, 418, 441, 449
fighting for, 418–20, 422, 429–30, 444–45
ghetto, 257, 318, 361
Uprising, 419, 548n24
Warthegau, 175, 220,
Wartheland, 20, 177, 476
Warthe River, 460
Washington, 40, 268
weather, 27, 39, 73, 116, 118–19, 126, 129, 142, 144, 150, 155, 157–59, 162, 163, 168, 170, 183, 185, 219, 261, 297, 308, 310, 312, 318, 383, 387, 389–91, 437
Wehrkraftzersetzung (undermining the war effort), xvii, 377, 454
Wehrmacht. See German army; German navy; Luftwaffe; Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Weichs, Maximilian von (General), 284, 292, 298, 308, 312
Weidling, Helmuth (General), 467
Weimar Republic, 254, 427
Weizsäcker, Ernst von, 36, 50
Wenck, Walter (General), 448
Werwolf complex (Vinnitsa), 279
West Prussia, 20, 255, 449
Wetzel, Erhard, 256
White Russia, 37–38. See also Belorussia
Wietersheim, Gustav von (General), 287
Wilhelm, Operation, 252–53
Winter Relief, 296
Winter Storm, Operation (Wintergewitter), xvii, 313, 315
Winter War, 36
Wirth, Christian, 177
Wöhler, Otto (General), 356, 454
Wolf’s Lair (Wolfsschanze), xvii, 263, 311, 430
wonder weapons, 426
“working toward the Führer,” 22, 107
World War I, 1–2, 6, 37, 124, 138, 238, 337, 377, 383
American entry into, 194
Battle of the Marne, 183, 190, 192
Battle of Verdun, 192, 293, 298, 300, 322, 325, 345, 411, 420
blockade, 7, 12, 69
collapse of German home front, 328
exchange of populations, 478–79
food shortages, 60–61, 224–25, 428
German encirclement in, 234
German surrender, 12
hunger, 12, 69, 171, 317
influence on German generals, 9, 26, 29, 81, 98, 125, 399, 480
influence on Hitler, xxiii, 4–9, 12, 16–17, 63, 104–5, 170–71, 178–79, 194, 206, 208–9, 218, 234, 254, 280, 317, 328, 401, 411, 476–78
reparations, 12
“stab in the back” myth, 69, 474, 480, 487
Treaty of Versailles, 2, 4, 10, 12, 18, 57, 194, 439, 473, 476, 482, 484
trench war, 206, 293, 343, 407, 441
Wotan position, 366
Wriezen, 463–64
Yakhroma, 191
Yalta Conference, 447
Yampol, 392–94
Yaroslavl, 182
Yelnya, 133, 141
Yugoslavia, 71, 447
Yukhnov, 154, 210–12
Zamosc, 257–59
Zaporozhye, 141, 163, 323, 368, 371, 379
Zeitzler, Kurt (General)
appointed Chief of Staff, OKH, 280
attempts to resign, 397
and Bagration, 413, 417
and Citadel, 340, 342, 351, 366
dismissed, 417
and Hitler, 366, 397, 399
and Stalingrad, 305, 307–8, 312–13, 316, 319
Zentrale Planung, 229
Zety, 288
Zhitomir, 141, 380, 387–88
Zhukov, Georgi (Marshal)
and Berlin Operation, 461–68, 551n13
and Cherkassy pocket, 391
and counteroffensive (Moscow), 200–201, 206–7, 210, 214
and defense of Leningrad, 142
and defense of Moscow, 156–57, 161, 186–87
and defense of Stalingrad, 290–92, 303–4, 316
and Kursk, 347
and Operation Little Saturn, 316
and Operation Mars, 304
and Operation Uranus, 292
and preemptive strike against Germany, 80
and Stalin, 80, 142, 143, 200, 207, 210, 214, 248, 290–92, 316, 391, 422, 462–63, 508n17, 551n13
and Stavka, 207, 248
and summer campaign, 1942, 248
and summer offensive, 1944, 422
and Vistula-Oder offensive, 442, 444–449
and winter offensive, 1943–1944, 394–98
Zossen, 464
Zubtsov, 211
Zvenigorodka, 388–89
Zyklon-B, 177
Zymlyanskaya, 267
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Ostkrieg : Hitler′s war of extermination in the East / Stephen G. Fritz.
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1. World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Eastern Front. 2. World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Soviet Union. 3. World War, 1939-1945—Atrocities—Europe, Eastern. 4. Soviet Union—History—German occupation, 1941-1944. 5. Germany—Territorial expansion—History—20th century. 6. Germany—Territorial expansion—Economic aspects. 7. Germany—Territorial expansion—Social aspects. 8. Germany—Military policy. 9. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945—Military leadership. I. Title.
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