Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) (82 page)

Molotov, Vyacheslav,
128

Moreau, Baron Rudolf von,
36
,
150

Morzik, Col. Fritz,
175
,
176
,
192
,
193
,
198

Mosquito bomber,
226
,
233

mutiny of the fighter pilots,
260

Nehring, Gen. Walter,
209

Neurath, Baron Konstantin von,
31

Nielsen, Lt. Gen. Andreas,
10
,
14
,
132
,
133

night fighters,
203
,
204

Nordmann, Lt. Col. Karl-Gottfried,
272

Nuremberg, bombed by RAF,
224

Operation Barbarossa,
128
,
135
,
140
,
147

Operation Battleaxe,
207

Operation Blue,
183
,
184

Operation Bodenplatte,
259

Operation Citadel,
219

Operation Crusader,
208

Operation Hercules,
209

Operation Luftwaffe,
57

Operation Sealion,
100
,
108

Otto, Gustav,
22
,
23

P-38 “Lightning,”
242
,
243

P-47 “Thunderbolt,”
237
,
242

P-51 “Mustang,”
241
,
242
,
243

Papagos, Gen. Alexander,
114

parachute troops

at Eben Emael, Belgium,
87
,
88

a failure at The Hague,
89

first employed in invasions of Denmark and Norway,
83

heavy losses at Crete,
119
,
121

take Moerdijk in the Netherlands,
89

Park, Air Vice Marshal Keith,
100

Paul, Yugoslavian Prince, agrees to join Axis,
114

Paulus, Col. Gen.,
188
,
192
,
195

blamed by Richthofen for failure at Stalingrad,
187

surrendered at Stalingrad,
198

Peltz, Lt. Gen. Dietrich,
213
,
231

Pflugbeil, Gen. Kurt,
18
,
132
,
139
,
184
,
236
,
254

Philip, Lt. Col. Hans, kills and victories,
243

Pickert, Maj. Gen. Wolfgang,
194

Ploch, Maj. Gen. August,
149
,
155
,
156

Plocher, Lt. Gen. Hermann,
10
,
42
,
44
,
51
,
106
,
136
,
139
,
174
,
184
,
194
,
198
,
248
,
270
,
271
,
273

Pohl, Gen. Maximilian von,
9
,
216

Poland,
65
,
127

Polish air force,
61

Polish army,
67

PQ convoys,
181
,
182

Ram Command Elbe, German equivalent of kamikaze pilots,
230

Reimann, Maj. Gen. Richard,
271

Reitsch, Hanna, female stunt pilot,
276
,
277
,
278

Reynaud, French Prime Minister Paul,
91
,
92

Rhineland Program, launched to create and air force,
11

Riccardi, Adm. Arturo,
114

Richthofen, Baron Manfred von,
2
,
23
,
38

Richthofen, Gen. Wolfram von,
3
,
27
,
40
,
42
,
45
,
46
,
57
,
84
,
91
,
92
,
94
,
125
,
132
,
135
,
138
,
141
,
178
,
179
,
181
,
184
,
185
,
186
,
188
,
193
,
195
,
197
,
198
,
199
,
210
,
274

attacks air bases in Crete,
121

at Belgrade,
116

blames failure at Stalingrad on ground commanders,
187

bombing of Leningrad,
145

career,
37
,
38
,
39

chief of staff of Condor Legion,
39

close air support doctrine ultimately failed,
175

close air support in invasion of Soviet Union,
137

close air support tactics failed in Battle of Britain,
115

close air support tactics successful at Crete,
119
,
126

cousin of Red Baron,
37

at Crimean peninsula,
177

death,
216

develops policy of armed reconnaissance,
137

difficulties on the eastern front in winter,
173

a dominant force in the Luftwaffe,
68

engages the British Mediterranean Fleet,
122
,
123

first experience in parachute operations in Greece,
117

gained valuable experience in Spanish civil war,
47

good relationship with Sperrle,
39

his prestige fell after Sicily and Salerno,
215

influence began to diminish after 1943,
49

at Kharkov,
212
,
213