Cornelius Ryan - The Last Battle

plans Rankin C, 141-42, 144-45, 150

Morgenthau plan, 161 n

Moscow, 143

Heinrici’s stand at, 73-74

Kremlin described, 243-44

Moscow Conference (1943), 143

Moselle River, 130

Mosely, Philip E., 152, 156, 157, 158, 159 n , 183

Mourmelon-le-Grand, 124

Movie theaters, 373

Mulde, 297, 298

Müller, SS Grüppenführer Heinrich, 46, 47

Müller, Inge, 367, 492

Müller-Hillebrand, Major General Burkhart, 476, 477

Müncheberg, 358, 397, 398, 407

Munich, 202, 216, 230, 497

Murphy, Robert 159 n , 177

Museum treasures stored, 167-68

Mussolini, Benito, 497

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 194, 247

Nassenheide, 474

National Redoubt (Alpenfestung)

Eisenhower’s plans against, 216, 237, 238, 279, 329-30

intelligence reports on, 209-14

map of, 211

proven a chimera, 446-47

Nauen, 445

Naumann, Dr. Werner, 29, 437, 496, 497, 501, 502

Nazis, 19, 24, 28, 32, 51-56

Berliners’ attitude to, 52, 371-72

flight of, 69, 405-7

suicide of, 34, 407

Nebe, General Artur, 47

Neisse River, 86, 87

Russian offensive over, 255, 353-57, 368

Nelson, Lieutenant Clarence A., 133

Nestorstrasse, 23

Neuenhagen, 39, 430

Neukölln, 418, 448, 452

Neumann, Edith, 29

Neumann, Hugo, 29

Nicodemus, Lieutenant Robert E., 312-13

Nicolaieff, Dr., 350

Niedieck, Lieutenant Gerda, 466, 514

Niemöller house, 454

Nijmegen, 120, 129

Nikolassee, 36

Nolte, Fire Colonel Wilhelm, 479

Norway, 238, 329, 446

Norwegian volunteers in German Army, 222

Notte Canal, 434

Novikov, Sergeant Nikolai Georgievich, 346-47

Nuremberg, 202, 203

Nuremberg trials, 104n, 407 n

Obersalzberg, 125, 210

Occupation of Germany

airborne assault on Berlin planned, 120-25, 147, 179, 249, 281-82

British planning for, 141-42, 144-45, 150

conflict between State and War departments, 151-52, 156-57

corridors to Berlin proposed, 152, 158-59

French zone accepted, 162

German capture of maps for, 90, 96-104, 116, 278, 363-64, 436n

joint occupation of Berlin planned, 143, 144, 148, 154, 159

Roosevelt’s objections to plans for, 141, 145-50, 154-61

Russians accept Rankin C plan for, 153-54

zones formally approved, 162

Oder Bruch, 352, 360

Oder front

condition of German troops on, 222-24, 265-66, 269, 272-73

German reinforcements to, 271-72, 414 335, 342

Küstrin attack, 93-94, 224-26

plans for Russian offensive on, 21-22, 250-51, 254, 299, 301-3

Russian offensive on, 345-53, 360-65, 367-68, 384-86, 390-99, 434, 437-39, 472-76

Russians’ original positions on, 87-90, 193, 208-9, 265

Ohnesorge, Wilhelm, 303

Ohrdruf concentration camp, 327-28

OKH (Army High Command), 77-79, 229-30, 466

evacuates Zossen, 413

Guderian relieved as Chief of, 225-29

Krebs appointed Chief of, 228

united with OKW, 466, 467

OKW (Armed Forces High Command), 77-79, 96, 230, 466

united with OKH, 466, 467

“voice” of, 446

Olbertz, Dr. Albert, 47

Olympic Stadium, 479

Omaha Beach, 315

Operation Anvil, 238

Operation Eclipse (Rankin C)

accepted by Russians, 153-54

German capture of maps of, 90, 96-104, 116, 278, 363-64, 436 n

Morgan’s planning of, 141-42, 144-45, 150

planned airborne assault on Berlin under, 120-25, 147, 179, 249, 281-82

Roosevelt’s objections to, 145-50, 154-57

Operation Effective, 125

Operation Eruption, 124

Operation Jubilant, 125, 282

Operation Overlord (Invasion), 122, 141, 315, 375

Roosevelt’s objections to, 146-47

Operation Rankin, see Operation Eclipse

Operation Talisman, 122

Oppenheim, 116

Oranienburgstrasse, 408

OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 23

on National Redoubt, 210, 212

Osterwieck, 306

Ostmann, Colonel Hermann, 294-26, 389-90, 409-12, 508-9

Pankow, 13, 40, 262, 358, 429, 462-64, 478, 487

Panzer, Hildegard, 511

Panzerbar, Der , 450

Panzerfäuste , 52, 385-86, 391, 399

Pariser Platz, 378

Parkins, Lieutenant Bill, 324

Patch, Lieutenant General Alexander, Seventh Army of, 125, 130, 213

Patton, Lieutenant General George S., 135, 178

Montgomery and, 205

at Ohrdruf concentration camp, 327-28

Third Army of, 116, 130, 131, 207, 282, 283 n , 297, 326, 327

Pemsel, Lieutenant General Max, 106, 375-76

Pergamon sculptures, 167

Petcoff, First Sergeant George, 293

Peters, Major Alcee L., Jr., 317-18

Philharmonic Orchestra, 16, 171-72

evacuation plan for, 173-75, 373-75, 386-87

Plassenburg, 174

Piön, 506-7

Plötzensee, 431

Pluskat, Major Werner, 315, 446

Poganowska, Lisbeth, 18

Poganowska, Richard, 17-20, 57, 369, 458-59

Poland, 161, 193

1939 Russo-German clash in, 209

Russian claims to, 142-43

Stalin’s violation of Yalta agreement on, 162, 164

Polevoi, Colonel Boris, 433, 504

Police, Berlin, 16, 450

Popiel, Lieutenant General Nikolai N., 249 n , 302, 348, 350, 360-61, 390-91, 394

Population of Berlin, 26-27

Posen, 268

Post office, 408

Postage stamps, 303

Potsdam, 372, 413, 436, 450 n

Potsdam Bridge, 503

Potsdamer Platz, 49, 165, 373, 420

Potsdamerstrasse, 422

Prague, 257, 273, 353

Pravda (newspaper), 429

Prenzlau, 104, 402

Presnell, First Sergeant William G., 285

Preysing, Bishop Count Konrad von, 460

Prieros, 37-39, 493

Prisoner-of-war (POW) camps

captured by Americans, 313

evacuation of Stalag 357, 190, 294-96, 389-90, 410-12, 507-9

planned airborne drops on, 125, 282

Prisoners of war, German

of Russians, 429-30

in West, 291, 326

Prisoners of war, Russian, 335, 349, 480-81

Probst, Margareta, 489

Promeist, Margarete, 422, 450, 488

Pukhov, General Nikolai Pavlovich, 354, 356

Thirteenth Army of, 354, 356, 357

Putlitzstrasse, 490

Quebec Conference, 146, 160-61

Radusch, Hildegard, 37-39, 60, 493

Raeder, Grand Admiral Erich, 405

R.A.F., 56

attacks POW column, 410-11 See also Air raids on Berlin

“Rag-Tag Circus” (83rd Infantry Division), 128-29, 134, 285, 288, 290-91, 319-20, 322, 325, 330

“Railsplitters” (84th Infantry Division), 128, 134, 289, 292, 317

Rankin, see Operation Eclipse

Rankine, Paul Scott, 496

Rape, see Sexual attack

Rastenburg, 55

attempted assassination of Hitler at, 45-47

Ration allowance, 38, 409-10

Ravené, Liese-Lotte, 35

Red Army, see Russian Army

“Red Ball Highway,” 197

Red Star (newspaper), 28n, 429, 493n

Redoubt, see National Redoubt

Refior, Colonel Hans, 66, 106, 218-20, 229-30, 377, 381, 384, 405

Refugees, 44, 385, 394, 443-44

atrocity stories of, 27-30

from Berlin, 510-11

Regensburg, 203, 216

Reich, Das (magazine), 66

Reichhelm, Colonel Günther, 111, 298, 366, 443

Reichskanzlei, 56, 302, 340, 341, 382

described, 14, 258-59 See also Führerbunker

Reichsstrasse 96, 69-70, 368

Reichstag building, 15, 115, 302, 382, 418, 502

planting of Soviet flag on, 186, 449, 503

Reims, SHAEF in, 197-98

Reinickendorf, 41, 486

Reitsch, Flight Captain Hanna, 482-83

Remagen bridgehead, 17, 86-87, 130, 207, 314, 334-35