Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) (76 page)

Battle of Salerno, the last hurrah for the Luftwaffe in the Mediterranean,
215

Battle of Sicily, Richthofen’s worst defeat,
214
,
215

Battle of Stalingrad,
181
,
187
,
188
,
191
,
272

Battle of the Bulge,
259

Battle of the Channel,
98

Battle of the Erbo,
43
,
44

Battle of the Gazala Line,
209

Battle of the Ruhr,
225

Bayerlein, Lt. Gen. Fritz,
251

Beaverbrook, Lord,
98

Below, Gen. Nikolaus von,
53
,
272

Berlin, bombed by RAF,
224

Beust, Col. Baron Hans-Henning von,
47

Bier, Baron Hermann von, listed as Milch’s father on altered birth certificate,
8

biplanes,
55

“Black Thursday,” 62 percent casualty rate for US bombers,
238

Blomberg, Field Marshal Werner von,
9
,
14
,
20

Bock, Field Marshal Fedor von,
84
,
146
,
183
,
185

Bodenschatz, Gen. Karl Heinrich,
3
,
10
,
109
,
191
,
201
,
253
,
254

bomb destruction statistics,
261

Bormann, Martin,
190
,
263
,
264
,
274

Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Walter von,
80
,
141
,
146
,
234
,
235
,
244

Bremen, bombed by RAF,
204

British Mediterranean Fleet,
119
,
121
,
122
,
124
,
125

Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Count Walter von,
175

Budenny, Marshal,
142

Buelowius, Gen. Albert,
184
,
211
,
213
,
271

Buffa, Maj. Gen. Ernst,
271

Busch, Field Marshal Ernst,
273
,
274

Canaris, Adm. Wilhelm, favored aid to Franco,
31

Carganico, Maj. Gen. Victor,
194

Cavagnari, Adm. Dominico,
114

Cavallero, Gen. Ugo,
114

Chamberlain, British Prime Minister Neville,
54

Christian, Maj. Gen. Eckhardt,
253
,
254

Churchill, British Prime Minister Winston,
91
,
107
,
123
,
125

Clark, Gen. Mark,
215

Close Air Support Command,
138

close air support tactics

advocated by Richthofen,
48

constantly demanded by army commanders,
139

in Crete,
119
,
126

at the eastern front,
173

employed at the expense of strategic aerial warfare,
50

in Greece,
116

in Poland,
62

in Spain,
39

Coeler, Lt. Gen. Joachim,
84
,
95
,
96
,
111

Cologne, bombed by RAF,
200
,
201
,
224

Condor Legion,
39
,
43
,
46
,
133
,
143
,
144
,
210
,
257

activated to direct German air and anti-aircraft forces in Spain,
32

attacks Madrid,
36

attacks Red naval fleet at Cartagena,
36

close air support tactics in Spain,
40

disbanded at end of Spanish civil war,
47

first major action took place at Toledo, Spain,
36

at Guernica,
41

organization,
34
,
35

outstanding pilots,
47
,
48

rebuilt after Spanish civil war,
42

“conveyor belt” tactics,
179

Crete,
119-26

to be seized by airborne attack,
118

British, Greek and German casualties,
126

high casualties in German parachute corps,
126

Hill 107 captured,
122

strategic significance,
117
,
118

Crimean offensive,
177
,
178
,
179

Cunningham, Adm. Andrew,
119
,
122

admits defeat at Crete,
123

D’Albiac, Air Vice Marshal J. H.,
116

Darmstadt, devastated in bomb raid,
254

“Day of the Fighter Pilot,”
91

D-Day,
250
,
251

Deichmann, Lt. Col. Paul,
9
,
18
,
51
,
106
,
222
,
223

Demyansk, airdrops,
176
,
177

Dessloch, Maj. Gen. Otto,
58
,
84
,
134
,
175
,
184
,
187
,
213
,
251

Diesling, Ulrich,
234
,
235

Dietl, Lt. Gen. Eduard,
83

Directive Number 21, Hitler’s order to prepare to invade Russia,
128

Do-17 medium bomber,
54

Doenitz, Adm. Karl,
112
,
278

Doering, Col. Kurt von,
3
,
99
,
103
,
204
,
227

Doolittle, Lt. Gen. James H.,
241

Dowding, Sir Hugh C. T.,
100
,
105