Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) (83 page)

a leader in the movement for close air support,
48

in the Mediterranean,
214

night bombing raids in Russia,
136

one of the best tacticians in the history of air warfare,
177
,
178

overall influence on the Luftwaffe,
48
,
49
,
50

personality,
37
,
50

pleads for withdrawal from Stalin-grad,
191
,
192

at Sebastopol,
180

strong advocate of Stuka dive-bomber,
39

tactical error at Tatsinskaya,
196

takes command of Condor Legion,
44

terror raid on Warsaw,
65
,
66
,
67

transferred from army to Luftwaffe,
9

Richthofen, Lothar von,
38

Ringel, Lt. Gen. Julius,
119
,
121

“Risk Luftwaffe,”
11
,
12

Roatta, Gen. Mario,
40

Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin,
118
,
192
,
207
,
208
,
248

defeated at El Alamein due to lack of effective air support,
209

disappointed with the Luftwaffe in France,
252

unable to bring up panzer units on D-Day,
250

wounded during Normandy campaign,
251

Rommel, Polish Gen. Juliusz,
67

Rosen, Count Eric von,
82

Rosenberg, Alfred,
265

Royal Air Force (RAF)

advantages over Luftwaffe in invasion of Britain,
100
,
102

begins bombing Germany in 1942,
200

bomb raids eroded German civilian morale,
226

impact on German war effort was minimal,
204

types of aircraft,
93

Rudel, 1st Lt. Hans Ulrich,
145
,
146
,
188
,
262

Ruedel, Gen. Otto Guenther,
22

Rundstedt, Gerd von,
84

Sauckel, Fritz,
265

Saur, Karl-Otto,
245
,
246
,
247

Schacht, Dr. Hjalmar Horace Greeley,
10

Schall, Franz,
261

Schellenberg, Walter,
205

Scherer, Maj. Gen. Theodor,
175

Schlieffen Plan,
90

Schmid, Joseph “Beppo,”
10
,
106
,
107
,
128
,
239

Schmidt, Maj. Gen. Arthur,
192

Schwaberdissen, Lt. Gen. Walter,
227

Schwarm (fighter section),
13

Schweickhard, Maj. Gen. Karl,
12

“Secret” Luftwaffe,
4
,
10

Seeckt, Gen. Hans von,
4
,
14

Seidel, Lt. Gen. Hans Georg von,
128
,
199
,
232

Seidemann, Maj. Gen. Hans,
10
,
44
,
209
,
210
,
219
,
223

Sevastopol,
179
,
180
,
270

Seyss-Inquart, Arthur,
265

shuttle bombing,
230

Simovic, Gen. Richard, launches coup against Prince Paul,
115

Soddu, Gen. Ubaldo,
114

Spanish Civil War,
31
,
32
,
33
,
34
,
35

Speer, Albert,
110
,
155
,
229
,
245
,
246
,
247
,
255
,
260
,
262

Speidel, Lt. Gen. Hans,
248
,
252

Speidel, Wilhelm,
9
,
56
,
68
,
81

Sperrle, Field Marshal Hugo,
12
,
15
,
27
,
39
,
40
,
41
,
42
,
52
,
91
,
94
,
97
,
99
,
100
,
102
,
111
,
201
,
249
,
251

acquitted at Nuremberg,
252

advocated destruction of RAF over terror bombing of London,
106

allowed pilot training to decline,
110

career,
32
,
34

conflict with Faupel,
41

develops superior tactics to offset Red air superiority over Madrid,
36

disgusted when Luftwaffe was defeated in Britain,
107

embittered after the fall of France,
252

fell from power,
248

first commander of Condor Legion,
32
,
34

loses interest in the war and moves to Paris,
110

at Normandy,
250

personality,
35

replaces several aircraft,
37

transferred from army to Luftwaffe,
9

Spitfire fighter,
98
,
241
,
242

Sponeck, Lt. Gen. Count Hans von,
89

Stabsstaffel (Staff Squadron),
12

Stack, Brig. Gen. Robert J.,
264

Staffeln (Combat Squadrons),
12

Stalin,
140
,
142
,
173

Stauffenberg, Col. Count Claus von,
252
,
253

Steinhoff, Col. Johannes,
247
,
259
,
260
,
262
,
271
,
275