Authors: Stephen G. Fritz
Bamberg,
300
Baranovichi,
417
Barbarossa, Operation,
xv
,
xxiv
,
72
â76
aim of,
50
â52,
66
â67,
75
â76
Barbarossa Jurisdiction Decree (13 May 1941),
68
â69,
480
Commissar Order,
xv
,
68
â69,
94
,
480
â81,
519
n57
crisis of confidence,
125
â34
Directive No. 21 (Barbarossa Directive),
51
,
66
Directive No. 33,
125
â28
Directive No. 34,
128
â29
economic objectives of,
40
â42,
60
â61,
82
â83
and Einsatzgruppen,
66
,
70
â71,
94
â96,
101
â4
escalating problems,
58
â60,
81
â82,
87
â88,
112
â18
failure of,
191
â93
“Guidelines for Special Areas” (Einsatzgruppen),
66
Hitler's intervention in military matters,
125
â28
invasion launched,
77
â78,
86
â91
and Kiev pocket,
141
â46
and Leningrad,
146
â47
logistic problems,
56
â57,
118
â20,
149
â51,
158
â59,
185
â86,
215
â16
morale of troops,
89
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109
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111
â12,
121
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130
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152
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155
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159
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162
â64,
182
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188
â90,
192
â93,
201
â2
operational plan,
82
â85
and operations in the Balkans,
71
â72
and operations in Ukraine,
140
â46,
163
â65
and Operation Typhoon,
152
â57,
160
â63,
182
â93
and partisan war,
86
â87,
98
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101
â2,
104
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106
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108
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111
,
149
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160
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174
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180
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193
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198
planning for,
52
â60
popular German reaction,
121
,
135
â36,
184
,
229
â30
Soviet counterattack (Moscow),
199
â205,
210
â15
and German response,
205
â12,
215
â17
Soviet resistance,
85
â88,
111
â12,
114
â15,
122
â25,
156
â58
Stalin's reaction,
78
â81
Supplement to Directive No. 33,
126
â28
Supplement to Directive No. 34,
131
as war of extermination,
66
â71,
75
â76,
91
â111,
166
â73,
217
â26
See also
Typhoon
Barrikady gun factory,
290
,
296
,
298
â99
Basargino Station,
288
battle group. See
Kampfgruppe
Bautzen,
469
Beck, Ludwig (General),
36
Belaja Kalitva,
317
Belaya Tserkov,
102
Belorussia (White Russia),
37
â38,
86
,
89
,
93
,
95
,
102
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106
,
140
,
172
,
176
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178
,
254
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256
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333
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381
,
405
,
407
â10,
415
,
435
,
486
Below, Nicolaus von (Captain),
296
Belzec,
178
,
181
,
220
,
226
,
253
,
361
Berdichev,
387
Berezina River,
415
Berezino,
415
â16
Berezovka,
219
Berghof,
xv
,
18
,
33
,
42
,
307
,
396
â97,
400
,
417
â18.
See also
Obersalzberg
Berlin
Allied bombing raids on,
363
,
466
Battle of,
438
,
441
â42,
447
,
449
,
458
â69
deportation of Jews,
14
,
24
,
109
,
175
â76,
258
â59,
531
n31
food situation,
136
Hitler's triumphal return (1940),
31
Red Army atrocities in,
450
signs of war weariness in,
325
Sportpalast,
63
,
155
,
181
,
296
,
298
,
326
Birkenau,
177
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220
,
257
.
See also
concentration camps
black market,
136
,
171
,
224
,
427
â28
Black Sea,
77
,
141
,
241
,
245
,
271
â72,
277
â78,
355
,
379
,
387
,
396
â98,
435
Black Sea Fleet (Soviet),
241
,
245
Blau, Operation,
xv
,
230
â39,
241
,
246
,
248
,
252
â53,
261
â67,
269
â70,
291
,
338
blitzkrieg,
xv
,
xxiii
,
9
,
26
â29,
52
â55,
57
,
74
,
82
,
87
,
110
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125
,
129
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160
,
171
,
214
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231
â32,
293
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324
,
346
,
422
,
434
,
473
,
476
,
484
,
486
Blobel, Paul,
102
â3
blocking units (Red Army),
143
,
273
Blomberg, Werner von (General),
11
BMW,
260
Bock, Fedor von (Field Marshal)
dismissal of (July 1942),
267
dismissal of (December 1941),
205
â6
doubts about Operation Barbarossa,
51
,
59
,
82
Operation Barbarossa,
86
â87,
111
,
113
,
123
â25,
127
,
129
,
131
â33,
140
,
142
â44,
146
Operation Blau,
243
,
248
â51,
253
,
261
,
263
,
265
â67,
269
Operation Typhoon,
145
,
151
â56,
159
â62,
170
,
182
â85,
187
â88,
191
â92
protests “Jew trains,”
176
Soviet counterattack (Moscow),
199
â200,
202
â7
Bolshaya (bridgehead),
307
â8
Bolshevism
German determination to eradicate,
42
,
66
â68,
73
,
97
â98,
101
,
121
,
170
â73,
175
“Jewish,”
xxi
âxxii,
5
,
7
â11,
26
,
35
,
42
,
66
,
68
,
70
,
74
,
78
,
94
,
101
,
110
,
135
,
360
,
375
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377
,
473
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480
,
487
in Hitler's worldview,
xxi
,
5
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7
â11,
17
,
26
,
35
â36,
42
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44
,
66
â67,
72
â73,
75
,
78
,
91
,
94
,
110
,
235
,
360
,
366
,
440
,
473
,
478
,
480
,
484
in Nazi ideology,
68
,
254
,
478
,
480
,
487
in Nazi propaganda,
99
,
107
,
135
,
137
,
236
,
320
â22,
327
,
376
â77,
453
,
512
n56
“booty” Ukrainians,
373
,
377
,
384
,
394
,
398
â99,
435
Borisov,
416
Bormann, Martin,
105
,
178
,
328
â29,
474
Bradley, Omar (General),
468
Brandenburg,
446
Brandt, Karl,
139
Brauchitsch, Walter von (Field Marshal),
19
,
27
,
38
â39,
42
â43,
50
,
66
,
69
,
75
,
101
,
124
,
127
,
131
â32,
148
,
164
,
190
,
201
dismissal of,
205
â6
Braun, Eva,
467
Breker, Arno,
3
Brenner Pass,
47
brigades, German
Grodeck,
244
Britain,
xxii
Battle of,
33
â34,
38
â39,
41
â43,
46
â49,
484
â85
bombing campaign,
50
,
72
,
83
,
109
,
136
â37,
427
and “destroyers for bases” deal,
40
,
45
Dunkirk evacuation,
484
and eugenics movement,
138
and German invasion of Poland,
8
,
25
and German plans for invasion of USSR,
42
,
58
,
75
Germany and,
xxiii
,
2
,
6
â7,
24
,
28
â29,
41
,
44
,
51
â52,
60
,
71
,
83
,
469
,
475
,
477
,
479
Hitler and,
3
,
6
,
8
â10,
12
â14,
16
,
32
â33,
36
â38,
40
,
43
,
63
â64,
71
,
75
,
91
,
156
,
194
,
217
,
268
,
296
,
400
,
402
,
433
,
475
Hitler's “peace offer,”
25
,
33
â35,
37
,
45
,
326
,
363
,
484
Joint Intelligence Subcommittee,
336
and Lend-Lease,
40
and Mers-el-Kebir,
33
Soviet Union and,
xxii
,
144
,
165
,
276
,
341
U.S. and,
39
â40,
45
,
71
,
110
,
194
,
484
warnings to Stalin,
80
German plans for attack on,
43
,
50
,
233
Japan and,
34
,
42
â43,
45
,
51
,
71
â72,
194
,
217
,
233
Bromberg (Bydgoszcz),
446
Brusilov,
380