Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) (79 page)

appalled by paratroop casualties at Crete,
126

commits suicide,
264
,
278

decides to invade Greece and Yugoslavia,
115

delayed invasion of Britain,
97

demands Goering’s resignation,
264

enraged after Cologne raid,
233

feared Stalin’s annexation of Rumania,
127

furious about Me-262 deceit by Milch,
247

Goering’s hero,
3

held Greim in high esteem,
273

held Moelders in high esteem,
143

injured by briefcase bomb,
253

invades Norway and Denmark,
82

issues his first “hold at all costs” order for the eastern front,
173

missed the opportunity to take Moscow,
142

ordered Greim to arrest Himmler,
278

ordered reprisal raids for RAF bombings,
201

orders attacks on London in retaliation for minor raids on Berlin,
105

orders increase of fighter defense,
225

orders preparations for seaborne invasion of Britain,
99

orders Rommel to hold Tunisia,
209

promised to send aid to Franco,
31

refused to believe American production statistics,
202

refused to leave Berlin as Third Reich collapsed,
263

refused to withdraw from Stalin-grad,
191
,
192
,
195

reluctant to help Mussolini,
114

renounces Treaty of Versailles,
13

shaken by defeat at Stalingrad,
199

strategic disagreement with von Brauchitsch over Russian campaign,
141

summons Greim to Berlin after Goering was sacked,
276

thought highly of Korten,
236

thought Me-262 would be available as a fighter-bomber,
246

threatens to disband Luftwaffe,
256

“Hitler Program,”
29
,
30
,
232

Hoffmann, Gerhard,
261

Hoth, Col. Gen. Hermann,
138
,
139
,
141
,
217

Hube, Gen. Hans, praises Milch to Hitler,
197

Hurricane (British fighter), greater range than Me-109,
98

Ihlefeld, Herbert, Condor Legion pilot; career,
47

International Brigades, reinforced Spanish Republican government troops,
36

Italy, calls for German intervention in the Greek war,
114

Jaenecke, Col. Gen. Erwin,
47

Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wing),
12

Jeschonnek, Gen. Hans,
24
,
52
,
68
,
81
,
92
,
94
,
97
,
99
,
105
,
106
,
109
,
111
,
128
,
150
,
151
,
152
,
176
,
191
,
196
,
199
,
202
,
204
,
215
,
225
,
233
,
234
,
235
,
236

advocated dive-bomber and opposed four-engine bomber,
232

bitter enemy of Milch,
27

blind obedience to Hitler,
232

career,
26
,
27
,
231
,
232
,
233

court-martial ordered by Milch, refused by Kesselring,
20

failed to prepare for war against Great Britain,
51

had little or no influence over Goering,
53

his decline began with the raid on Cologne,
233

kept raiding the training establishment,
183
,
217
,
223

neglected training,
221
,
222

objected to Kammhuber Program,
29

personality,
26
,
27
,
232

serious mistakes as chief of the General Staff,
232

suicide,
231

transferred from army to Luftwaffe,
9

unable to stand up to Richthofen’s personality,
50

Jodl, Maj. Gen. Alfred,
21
,
92
,
265

Ju-52,
56

Ju-88,
55

failures demonstrated during Battle of Britain,
152

performance was cut by structural modifications,
54

problems,
151

supported by Jeschonnek,
232

“Wonder Bomber,”
150
,
222

Ju-88A-1, plagued with technical problems,
151

Ju-88A-4,
151

Junkers, Professor Hugo,
7
,
11

Kaltenbrunner, SS Chief Ernst,
265

Kammhuber, Col. Joseph,
9
,
29
,
30
,
81
,
99
,
200
,
203
,
204
,
225
,
239

Kammhuber Program,
29
,
232

Kampfgeschwader (Bomber Wing),
12

Kasserine Pass,
210

Keitel, Col. Gen. Wilhelm,
42
,
265

Keller, Col. Gen. Alfred,
27
,
58
,
83
,
84
,
94
,
131
,
175
,
176
,
177
,
183

Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert,
22
,
27
,
52
,
81
,
92
,
97
,
99
,
100
,
102
,
106
,
107
,
110
,
128
,
132
,
146
,
191
,
208
,
209
,
210
,
213
,
215
,
274