Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) (80 page)

career,
16
,
17
,
20

halted development of four-engine bomber,
17
,
18

orders bombing of Rotterdam,
89

personality,
17
,
20

played a role in creation of parachute corps,
17

protected Jeschonnek from Milch,
27

resigned as chief of staff,
21

strategy at Tunisia a miserable failure,
211

transferred from army to Luftwaffe,
9
,
17

unhappy arranged marriage,
16

Wever’s replacement,
16
,
17

wiped out Red Air Force in 48 hours,
135

Ketten (squadron sections),
13

Kholm airdrops,
175
,
176

Kleist, Ewald von,
84
,
141
,
144
,
269

Kluge, Field Marshall Guenther von,
251
,
271

Koller, Gen. Karl,
157
,
253
,
277

career,
254
,
255

tells Goering of Hitler’s intention to commit suicide,
263

Koppenberg, Dr. Heinrich,
11
,
54
,
150
,
157

Korten, Maj. Gen. Guenther,
185
,
186
,
236
,
237
,
252
,
274

Kreipe, Gen. Werner,
109
,
245
,
253
,
254
,
274
,
275

Kuehl, Lt. Gen. Bernard,
24
,
194
,
222

Kutrzeba, Gen. Tadeusz,
65

Lancaster bomber,
200
,
237

Leeb, Col. Gen. Ritter Wilhelm von,
56

Lehrgeschwader (Training Wing),
12

Leningrad,
146

List, Field Marshal Wilhelm von,
116

“Little General Staff,” Goering’s inner circle,
27
,
131
,
234

Litzmann, Gen. Karl von,
15

Loehr, Gen. Alexander,
52
,
114
,
118
,
132
,
138
,
139
,
183
,
184

Loerzer, Gen. Bruno,
1
,
2
,
10
,
27
,
57
,
132
,
137
,
138
,
142
,
210
,
245

Lucht, Rulof,
149
,
151
,
156

Ludendorff, Gen. Erich von,
14

Luebeck, first major RAF bomb raid in Germany,
200

Luetzow, Col. Guenther,
138
,
259
,
260
,
261
,
275
,
276

Luftkreise (Air Service Commands),
12

Luftwaffe

1937 reorganization and internal strife,
21
,
22

1938-39 reorganization,
52
,
53

1939 reorganization,
24

air strength in 1939,
54
,
55
,
56

air strength in 1940 prior to Battle of Britain,
100

air strength May 1940 and June 1941,
129
,
130
,
131

air strength on the eastern front in 1942,
183

air strength prior to invasion of Soviet Union,
133

air supremacy at Greece,
117

army was unaware of the potentialities of air power,
139

attacks Belgium, the Netherlands and France,
87

attacks Poland,
62
,
63
,
64
,
65
,
67

bomber wing poorly trained at beginning of war,
55

bombing of Rotterdam,
89
,
90

casualties rise in third phase of Battle of Britain,
108

collapse,
260

command fragmentation,
22

creation and organization,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13

decline in readiness by late 1941,
147

in dire straits at end of 1942,
205

disaster at Dunkirk,
93

dive-bomber development,
151

employed in piecemeal fashion along the eastern front,
174

factors that led to its greatest victories and defeats,
48

fighter wing kill statistics,
216

first large-scale airlifts at Kholm and Demyansk,
175

first military airlift in history brought aid to Franco,
31

flak corps,
134
,
186

fundamental weakness,
186

gained valuable experience in Spanish civil war,
47

inadequate training in many areas,
68

intelligence reports were usually wrong,
106

labor shortage in factories,
244

lack of long-range bomber,
55
,
174

lacked trained commanders at every level,
55

leaderless and fragmented,
28

loss of veteran aviators led to its demise,
217
,
242
,
262

losses during Normandy assault,
250

lost its lead in aviation technology by the time of the Battle of Britain,
152

lost priority for materials,
157

magnificent performance in Operation Barbarossa,
147
,
148