All Hell Let Loose (130 page)

Rosenberg, Alfred, 510, 513

Rosie the Riveter (iconic US figure), 353–4

Rostov, 320

Rotmistrov, Pavel, 389

Roton, Gen. Gaston René Eugène, 57

Rowberry, Ivor, 582

Roy, M.N., 417

Royal Air Force: Polish airmen, 23; early actions, 26; actions and losses at Dunkirk, 66–7; Fighter Command in Battle of Britain, 80–8, 101; losses in Battle of Britain, 85, 87, 89; Bomber Command losses against invasion barges, 87, 90; dominance in Mediterranean, 105; strategic bombing offensive, 200, 270, 363, 470–2, 475–6, 480–2, 486; Coastal Command, 273; inadequate air cover for shipping, 275; losses defending Malta, 298; employs German-speaking women, 358; gains strength in North Africa, 366–7; aircrews’ experience, 470–2, 477–8; non-operational casualties, 472; aircrew survival rates, 474; casualties and losses, 475, 478, 492; mental strain on aircrew, 478–9; pre-invasion bombing in France, 485; achievements, 663

Royal Canadian Navy, 283

Royal Navy: and German invasion of Norway, 43–4; and evacuation of Norway, 51; losses in Norway, 52; in Dunkirk evacuation, 65–6; as line of defence, 80; evacuates troops from Greece and Crete, 120, 123; and guarantee of supplies to Britain, 269; ships and technology, 270; early shortage of escorts, 273; convoy escort duties, 276; and protection of Arctic convoys, 293; actions in Mediterranean, 294; losses defending Malta, 298; role in last two years of war, 298; achievements, 663

VESSELS:
Acanthus
(corvette), 280;
Barham
(battleship), 294;
Bramble
(minesweeper), 292;
Cairo
(anti-aircraft cruiser), 296;
Carlisle
(cruiser), 271;
Dorset
(cruiser), 297;
Duke of York
(battleship), 293;
Eagle
(carrier), 295;
Edinburgh
(cruiser), 288, 292;
Eglantine
(corvette), 280–1;
Exeter
(cruiser), 217;
Fame
(destroyer), 280–2;
Foresight
(destroyer), 296;
Furious
(carrier), 295–6;
Glorious
(carrier), 52;
Hood
(battlecruiser): sunk, 270, 327;
Illustrious
(carrier), 294;
Indomitable
(carrier), 295–6;
Ithuriel
(destroyer), 296;
Kenya
(cruiser), 296;
King George V
(battleship), 286, 288;
Matabele
(destroyer), 287;
Matchless
(destroyer), 272;
Montbretia
(corvette), 280;
Nelson
(battleship), 295, 297;
Nigeria
(cruiser), 296;
Queen Elizabeth
(battleship), 294;
Repulse
(battlecruiser), 206–7;
Resolution
(battleship), 125;
Rodney
(battleship), 295;
Seton
(assault ship), 650;
Sheffield
(cruiser), 285;
Trinidad
(cruiser), 288–9;
Unbroken
(submarine), 297;
Valiant
(battleship), 294;
Victorious
(carrier), 294–5;
Viscount
(destroyer), 280–2;
Wolverine
(destroyer), 296

Rubarth, Sgt. Walther, 56, 159

Rubis
(French submarine), 125

Rudnicki, Klemens, 19–20

Ruge, Gen. Otto, 46, 50

Ruggeri, Elide, 460–1

Ruhr: bombed, 482, 484

Ruhr dams: bombed, 481–2

Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von: Manstein serves under, 19; and German advance into France, 58, 68; in Russian campaign, 148; dismissed in Russia, 176; withdrawal from Bulge (January 1945), 530; commands against Allied invasion forces, 533; succeeds von Kluge as C. in C. in France, 557; Kesselring succeeds, 611; qualities, 668

Russia
see
Soviet Russia

Russian Liberation Army (Cossacks), 300

Rutherford, Edie, 345, 655

Rydz-
migły, Marshal Edward, 12, 15

Rzhev salient, Russia, 176–7, 384

 

 

Saarland: French occupy (1939), 11

Sadat, Anwar, 414, 421

Sadoul, Georges, 27

Saghal, Capt. Prem K., 214

St Nazaire: raid (1942), 326

St Paul’s Cathedral, London: struck by unexploded bomb, 97

Saipan, 567–8

Sajer, Guy, 383–4, 589, 618

Saldanha, George, 226

Saldhana, Jose, 226

Salerno, Italy: landings, 334, 451–4, 531

Samoilov, David, 139, 547

Samokhvalov, Pvt., 393

Sandeman, Capt. Arthur, 223

Santa Cruz (Pacific), 261

Sapieha, Princess Paul (Virgilia), 6, 23

Sapir, Estelle, 399

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 27

Sauberzweig, Karl-Gustav, 405

Saumur: cadets resist Germans, 71–2

Saurma, Lt. Tony, 610

Savarkar, Veer Damodar, 417

Savo island: US naval defeat, 255–7, 261

Say, Rosemary, 76, 342

Scheldt estuary, 582–4

Schlesinger, Arthur, 198, 229, 517, 656

Schlesinger, Elizabeth, 198

Schmid, Col. ‘Beppo’, 82

Schmidt, Bernice, 346

Schmuckle, Gerd, 626

Schneider, Helga, 625

Schnorkel
(German submarine air-replenishment system), 274

Schönbeck, Hans-Erdmann, 156

Schoo, Donald, 336, 589

Schörner, Gen. Ferdinand, 526

Schrodek, Panzer Lt. Gustav, 167

Schröder, Capt. Rolf-Helmut, 326, 525, 553, 594

Schwanenflügel, Dorothea von, 624

Schwerin von Krosigk, Johann Ludwig, Graf von (Lutz von Krosigk), 191

Scott, Col. Robert, 562

Seabrook, Maj. Belford, 349

Sealion
, Operation: postponed, 92

Sebastian, Mihail, 11, 111, 128, 143, 147, 337, 514, 658

Sebelev, Pyotr, 622

Second Front: delayed, 303–4;
see also
Normandy

Sedan, 57

Seeckt, Gen. Hans von, 70

Seeds, Sir William, 15

Selective Service Act (US, 1940), 185

Selerie, Peter, 543

Senger und Etterlin, Gen. Fridolin von, 529

Serbia: Jews and gypsies killed, 518

Serbs: Croats persecute, 465, 467

Sevareid, Eric, 185

Sevastopol, 300–1, 304, 526

Seversky, Maj. Alexander, 473

Sexwale, Frank, 412

Shabalin, Maj. Ivan, 160

Shabolsky, Professor Yan, 171

Shaw, Irwin:
The Young Lions
, 515

Sherbrooke, Cdr. Robert, VC, 292

Sherwood, Robert, 184, 186

ships: new designs, 361

Shirer, William, 9

Sho-Go
, Operation, 571, 574

Short, Lt.Gen. Walter, 196

Shostakovich, Dmitry, 173, 314

Showers, Col., 457

Siamese Prince
(cargo liner), 277

Sicily: Allies invade (July 1943), 391, 442, 444–7; Germans evacuate, 448–9; outcome and lessons, 449–50, 531

Siegel, Grete, 490

Siegfried Line, 17

Sierra Leone, 409–10

Siialsvuo, Col. Hjalmar, 33

Sikorski, Gen. Władysław, 516

Simon, Irma, 524

Simpson, F/Lt. Bill, 57

Simpson, Gen. William Hood, 610–11

Sinclair, Capt. (Ashanti district commissioner), 409

Singapore: pre-war life in, 202; bombed, 203; falls to Japanese, 211–15

Singh, Jaswal (‘Tiger’), 417

Singh, Gen. Mohan, 422

Singh, Lt. Shiv, 422

Sivolobov (Russian partisan leader), 391

Skillett, Gladys, 340

Skopina, Dr Sof’ya, 299

Skorzeny, Otto, 448, 592

Skryabina, Elena, 170, 172

l
zak, George, 7, 14

l
zak family, 500

Sledge, Marine Eugene, 330–1

Slesarev, Alexander, 392

Slesarev, Vasily, 153

Slessor, Air Marshal John, 228

Slim, Gen. William: resists Japanese advance in Burma, 223; retreats over Irrawaddy, 224; on Japanese fighting qualities, 260; and British actions in Burma, 560–1, 563–4; reputation and popularity, 563; recaptures Burma, 633–5, 645; meets Aung San, 635; qualities, 667

Slovakia: Jews in, 522, 524

Smersh: reports on Kursk battle, 390; anti-collaborator actions, 526

Smith, Lt.Gen. Holland, 568

Smith, Howard, 98

Smith, Gen. Walter Bedell: hatred of Montgomery, 584

Smolensk, 148, 159, 395

Smorczewski, Ralph and Mark, 6

Smuts, Field Marshal Jan Christian, 412

Smyth, Maj.Gen. Sir John, 221–2

Snow, Edgar, 427

Soddu, Gen. Ubaldo, 116

Solak, B.J., 6

Solomon Islands, 254, 437;
see also
East

Solomons

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 627

Somaliland, 108, 110