To Lose a Battle (107 page)

Royal Navy,
145
,
214–18

Rubarth,
Feldwebel,
348–50
,
358
,
394

Ruby, General Édouard,
151
,
236
,
238
,
241
,
245
,
276
,
302
,
316
,
340
,
343
,
359–63
,
384–5
,
395
,
398
,
423
,
447
,
466
,
530

Ruhr,
57
,
60
,
433
,
544

Rundstedt, Field-Marshal Gerd von: character, career,
194–5
; and ‘Directive Yellow’,
185
; and Army Group ‘A’,
187
; and ‘resistance’,
193
; and Manstein Plan,
198
,
204–5
; and
Sichelschnitt,
206–9
; on bridge at Sedan,
388
; supports Hitler’s caution,
485–7
; ‘miracle’ on Meuse,
485
; concern about southern flank,
485–6
,
611–12
; orders halt on Oise,
486
; halt-order and Guderian,
487–9
; and ‘Frankforce’ attack on Arras,
582
,
611–12
; orders second halt, explains to Hitler,
612
; and ‘golden bridge’ theory,
615
; responsible for Hitler’s halt-order,
615
; in final battle,
639
,
643
; 1944 Ardennes offensive,
674
; later career,
676–7

Russia,
50
,
81
,
88–9
,
135–7
,
143
,
160
,
179–83
,
610
,
670

Saar, French annexation of,
57
; ‘offensive’ into,
140–2

St Amand,
546–7

St Dizier,
647

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de,
511
,
525
,
529
,
638

St Omer,
466
,
598

St Quentin,
429
,
454
,
477
,
512
,
515–16
,
562

St-Valéry-en-Caux,
642

St Vith,
267

Sambre, River,
474
,
477–9
,
501

Sancelme, General,
377
,
408
,
413–14
,
430
,
473–4

Sarraz-Bournet, Colonel Jacques,
240
,
249

Sartre, Jean-Paul,
95
,
99
,
237

Sas, Colonel,
247
,
251

Saumur,
649

Schaal, Lieutenant-General,
346
,
420
,
423
,
564

Schacht, Hjalmar,
670

Schellenberg, Walter,
530

Schlieffen Plan,
74
,
173
,
184
,
186–7
,
194
,
206

Schmundt, Colonel I. G.,
184
,
205
,
317

Schraepler, Captain,
324–5
,
580

Schulze, Sergeant,
346–8
,
365
,
386

Schwerin, Colonel Graf von,
257
,
334
,
351
,
423–4

Sedan: German plans to attack,
188
,
198–9
,
201
,
204–5
,
207–12
,
245–6
; French troops defending,
233–6
,
293
,
313–17
,
334
,
336–7
,
342–8
,
351–4
,
356–66
; poor defences,
239–41
; battle of,
303–4
,
312–14
,
333–66
,
370–1
; German consolidation at,
383
; Allies bomb bridges,
388–91
; French counter-attacks,
392–400
; battlefield today,
680–1
,
683

Seeckt, General Hans von,
88–90

Semois, River,
275
,
285–6
,
300–3
,
304–6
,
317
,
356

Senuc,
276
,
361
,
397–8
,
452

Serre, River,
418
,
468
,
494
,
501
,
539–40

Sheean, Vincent,
218
,
221
,
450
,
618

Shirer, William,
82
,
86
,
137
,
142
,
145
,
149
,
192
,
217
,
250
,
481
,
532–3
,
535
,
544
,
559
,
609
,
646
,
661–2
,
664
,
668
,
669

Sichelschnitt,
206–12
,
214
,
218
,
229
,
246–7
,
267
,
344
,
607
,
610
,
635
,
670–1

Siegfried Line,
85
,
141
,
144
,
240

Sievert, Sergeant,
305

Sodenstern, General von,
210
,
483–4

Soize,
468
,
493

Soldan, Lieutenant-Colonel,
288

Sommauthe,
385
,
397

Somme, River,
508
,
538
,
541
,
560
,
564
,
585
,
593–4
,
602
,
630
,
639

Spaak, Paul-Henri,
584

Spaatz, General Carl,
119

Spanish Civil War,
111
,
116
,
123

Spears, General E. L.: on Popular Front,
129
; on ‘confetti warfare’,
142
; on ‘boredom’ in French Army,
150
; on German propaganda,
155
; on Vincennes,
161
; on Gamelin,
162
; on Georges,
167–8
; on La Ferté,
168
; on Daladier,
221
; on Hélène de Portes,
224
,
625
,
655
; and Reynaud-Daladier feud,
226
; on German intentions,
291–2
; on ‘false orders’,
529
; on Pétain,
537–8
,
654
; on Weygand,
556
,
632
,
651
; on Gort,
570
; on Churchill and Weygand Plan,
596
; on Gort’s withdrawal,
606
; Churchill’s personal
representative,
606
,
623
; on mood in Paris,
619
; on rift with Britain over Dunkirk,
619–20
,
633
; on Reynaud,
624
,
650
,
655
,
659
; on French defeatism,
624–5
; on Vuillemin,
626
; on idle soldiers,
649
; on de Gaulle,
650
; flies home,
660–1
; and Mandel,
673