Antony Beevor - Berlin - The Downfall 1945

Petersohn, Gerda, 282, 312–13

Pichelsdorf bridge, 356

Pieck, Wilhelm, 417

Pillau, 37, 50, 88, 93

Plön, 361

Plötzensee, 246

Poland, 65, 66

Soviet policy towards, 20, 69, 77, 80–82, 84, 99–101, 185, 420

NKVD arrest of Polish leaders, 195, 401

political unrest in Polish formations, 199–200

Pomeranian and West Prussian campaign, 87, 89, 90, 91–2, 115–22, 165

Popov, Col. Gen., 184

Potsdam

bombing of, 204–5, 224

children’s clinic, 224, 272, 298, 328

and Berlin operation, 256, 258, 266, 268, 276, 285, 294, 329, 353, 377

Potsdamerplatz, 339, 342, 347

Poznan (Posen), 44, 64, 65, 66, 67, 91–2, 158, 216, 317

Prenzlauerberg, 323, 388

Prisoners

Allied, 85, 86, 295

German, 106, 283

Soviet civilians, 107–12, 165–6, 273, 295, 395, 423–4

French, 179, 192, 269, 271, 272, 273, 295, 314, 346

Prisoners of war, Soviet, 41, 85–6, 110–12, 113, 166, 272, 423, 424, 429

Prague, 225, 280, 297, 340, 364, 401, 402

Propaganda Ministry, 56

Prützmann, SS-Obergpfh. Hans, 173–4, 175

Pukhov, Gen. N. P., 230

Pulawy bridgehead, 17, 18

Puttkamer, Jesco Freiherr v., 47, 55, 118–19

Puttkamer, Admiral v., 276–7

Radom, 60

Rape by Red Army

in East Prussia, 28–32, 118, 188, 326, 410

of Soviet women, 65, 67, 107–9

and sack of Schwerin, 67

abortion after, 157–8, 412

Ehrenburg on, 197

in Berlin, 274, 295, 300, 312–13, 314, 326–7, 345–6, 409–12, 414, 418

Ratibor, 60, 129, 130, 132

Rattenhuber, Hans, 388, 389

Ravensbrück concentration camp, 363

Red Army, 11, 13–14

and SMERSH, 128, 421–4

and hygeine, 128–9

and discipline, 184–5, 346, 413

and tactics in Berlin street-fighting, 316–18

FRONTS

1st Belorussian, 15, 17, 44, 63, 64, 67–8, 87, 93, 111, 115, 145, 147, 184, 206, 210, 216–23;

and battle for Berlin, 268, 283, 296, 330, 369, 375, 399

2nd Belorussian, 15, 25, 26, 28, 35, 36, 87, 100, 102–3, 104, 106, 115, 145, 206, 248, 304, 337–8, 363

3rd Belorussian, 17, 24, 25, 28, 33, 50, 97

1st Ukrainian, 12, 41, 44, 60, 61;

in Silesia, 108, 110, 111, 125–30, 145, 147, 165, 167, 169;

and Neisse-Berlin operation, 206, 207, 225, 230–32, 256, 296, 330, 340

3rd Ukrainian, 82–3

4th Ukrainian, 129

ARMIES

3rd Guards, 239, 245, 271, 330

5th Guards, 61, 232, 238, 239, 245, 307

8th Guards, 17, 44, 65, 66, 67, 71, 87, 149, 150, 151, 163, 206, 210, 220, 222, 227, 242, 246;

and assault on Berlin, 265, 269, 271, 287, 297, 303, 316, 319, 324, 339, 340, 352, 353, 356, 357, 367, 370, 372

11th Guards, 24, 187

2nd Shock, 117

3rd Shock, 64, 116, 172, 184, 211, 215, 217, 219, 226, 235, 236, 242, 243, 255, 260, 265, 269, 280, 283, 300, 301, 317, 323, 342, 356;

and assault on Reichstag, 347, 348, 354–6, 357, 365–6, 370, 384, 389

5th Shock, 17, 44, 69, 149, 167, 220, 222, 226, 227, 242, 243, 244, 256, 265, 269, 287, 297, 300, 339–40, 370, 388, 389

3rd Army, 34, 105, 303, 323, 330

13th Army, 230, 238, 245

19th Army, 29, 30, 117

21st Army, 60, 129, 164

28th Army, 245, 298, 318, 330, 340

33rd Army, 183, 219, 220, 228, 242, 330

39th Army, 24

43rd Army, 24, 29, 187

47th Army, 18, 21, 64, 220, 236, 242, 259, 265, 269, 271, 323, 373–6, 402

48th Army, 50

49th Army, 184

52nd Army, 232, 244, 245

59th Army, 60, 129

60th Army, 45, 60, 129–30

61st Army, 64, 220, 242

69th Army, 186, 220, 225, 242, 330

70th Army, 184

1st Polish, 18, 64, 116, 220, 242

2nd Polish, 232, 245

1st Guards Tank, 18, 44, 64, 66, 116, 117, 118, 206, 220, 235, 242, 246, 255;

and Berlin operation, 265, 269, 287, 296, 303, 316, 319, 372

2nd Guards Tank, 17, 18, 44, 91, 116, 220, 235, 242, 255, 259, 265, 269, 299, 315, 323, 356, 384, 404

3rd Guards Tank, 17, 60, 108, 126, 232, 239, 241, 245, 255–6, 260, 270, 271, 296;

storms Teltow Canal, 296–7, 303;

in Berlin fighting, 318, 319, 324

4th Guards Tank, 17, 62, 126, 130, 186, 213, 232, 239, 241, 256, 260, 265, 271, 284, 298, 323, 378

5th Guards Tank, 26, 37, 305

CORPS

26th Guards Rifle, 226

28th Guards Rifle, 226

32nd Guards Rifle, 307

50th Guards Rifle, 331

79th Guards Rifle, 372

96th Guards Rifle, 331

3rd Rifle, 172

9th Rifle, 388

79th Rifle, 255

125th Rifle, 259

1st Guards Cavalry, 307

2nd Guards Cavalry, 115, 116, 330

3rd Guards Cavalry, 26, 115

4th Guards Tank, 307

6th Guards Tank, 105, 271

7th Guards Tank, 271

5th Guards Mechanized, 272, 328

11th Tank, 235

25th Tank, 401

DIVISIONS

12th Guards Rifle, 220

27th Guards Rifle, 227

48th Guards Rifle, 296

50th Guards Rifle, 333

54th Guards Rifle, 331

58th Guards Rifle, 305

89th Guards Rifle, 69

94th Guards Rifle, 167

61st Rifle, 340

107th Rifle, 45

150th Rifle, 347, 348, 349, 354, 355, 365

171st Rifle, 348, 349, 356

200th Rifle, 184

230th Rifle, 73

248th Rifle, 226, 227, 243

266th Rifle, 227

301st Rifle, 227, 340, 351

RED ARMY AVIATION

2nd Air Army, 230, 298, 331, 334

16th Air Army, 221, 298, 334

18th Air Army, 221, 298, 334

Refior, Col. Hans, 177, 178, 179, 180, 224, 286, 301, 320, 364, 367

Refugees

from East Prussia, 36, 37, 47–8, 50, 93

treks, 46–7

statistics, 48

arrival in Berlin, 48–9

by sea, 50, 88, 93, 94, 188

treatment by Nazi authorities, 52, 75, 76

in Brandenburg, 53, 256, 258, 264, 337, 395, 396, 397, 398

from Breslau and Silesia, 62–3, 83

Stalin’s satisfaction, 82, 93

in Pomerania, 117–19

Nazi Party and abortions for rape victims, 157–8

Reich Labour Service (RAD), 70, 260, 284, 287n, 303, 328

Reichenau, Field Marshal Walter v., 276

Reichhelm, Col. Günther, 200, 201, 284, 285, 378, 379, 397

Reichsbank, 406

Reichssportsfeld and Olympic Stadium, 180, 293, 340, 384, 391

Reichstag, xxxiii, 210, 319, 324, 347, 348, 349, 350

assault on, 354–6, 365–6, 372, 388, 394,. 426

Reinecke, Pastor, 386, 387

Reinhardt, Col. Gen. Hans, 12, 50

Reinickendorf, 180, 299

Reitsch, Hanna, 322, 342

Reitwein Spur, 71, 163, 216–17, 222, 379

Remagen, Rhine bridge at, 84, 137, 140, 141, 151, 179

Rettich, Capt. Peter, 264–5, 286, 328, 395, 398

Reymann, Lt. Gen. Helmuth, 158, 176–8, 179, 180, 224, 245, 261, 268, 353, 377

Ribbentrop, Reichsminister Joachim v., 83, 190, 237, 250, 251, 289, 304, 340

ROA (Russian Liberation Army), 73–4, 85, 112, 113, 401, 402

1st Division, 182–3

Rodimtsev, Gen. A. I., 307

Rogatin, Lt. Gen., 104

Rokossovsky, Marshal K. K., 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 28

Order No. 006, 30, 49, 50, 87

SMERSH investigation, 100, 106

and Pomeranian campaign, 115, 117, 145

and Berlin operation, 186, 206, 229, 242, 248, 249, 304, 337–8, 400

and victory parade, 426, 427

Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 7

Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 5

and Yalta, 77–82, 143

and Stalin, 84–5, 145, 195

and surrender negotiations, 194, 195

mortally ill, 196

death of, 204, 208

Rosly, Gen. I. P., 340

Rosslau (Twelfth Army HQ), 201

Rudel, Col. Hans-Ulrich, 9

Rüdersdorf, 258, 265

Ruhr encirclement, 138, 142, 156, 190, 200, 201

Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd v., 42

Rusakov, Maj. Gen. Vladimir, 305