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Ruslanova, Lydia, 116, 428

Russian Liberation Army, see ROA

Rybalko, Col. Gen. P. S., 17, 60, 61, 229, 232, 239, 245, 255, 256, 296, 319, 324, 326

Rzhevskaya, Yelena, 360, 363, 370, 390, 391, 399, 400, 403, 426, 431

Sachsenhausen, 181, 274, 325

Salzburg, 155, 192, 251, 275

Samland Peninsula, 88

Sandomierz bridgehead, 16

Saucken, Gen. Dietrich v., 45, 62, 119–20, 122, 402

Schaub, Julius, 277

Schellenberg, SS-Gpfh. Walter, 275, 293–4, 346

Schlesicher Bahnhof, 280

Schmidtke, Erich, 3, 180

Schmundt, Maj. Gen. Rudolf, 7

Schneidemühl, 53, 55, 64, 91

Schönhausen, 396, 397, 398, 403

Schörner, Field Marshal Ferdinand, 52, 61, 92, 93, 126, 127, 225, 241, 244–5, 304, 344, 350, 402

Schwägermann, Günther, 381

Schwedt, 248

Schwerin, sack of, 67

Sebelev, Col. Pyotr, 185–6, 226, 315–16

Seelow, 222, 229, 243, 246, 254

Seelow Heights, 70, 71, 165, 209, 216, 222, 223, 225, 228, 229, 234, 241, 243, 256, 273

Seidemann, Gen., 12

Selivanovsky, Gen., 420

Semyonov, Gen. Vladimir Semyonovich, 418

Serov, Gen. I. A., 64, 99–100, 107

and Polish forces, 199, 200

and Berlin, 307, 308, 309

and uranium, 325–6

and surrender, 404, 405

and aftermath, 406, 415, 420

Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Gen. Walther v., 68, 69, 198

‘ Seydlitz-truppen ’ (German ‘anti-fascists’), 283, 337

Shatilov, Maj. Gen. V. M., 347, 365

Shcheglov, Dmitri, 34, 37

Shtemenko, Gen. S. M., 146

Siegessäule column, 340, 395

Siemensstadt, 269, 323

Simonov, Konstantin, 14, 212, 213, 336, 391–2, 403, 404, 408

Simpson, Gen. William H., 141, 190, 191, 203, 204, 396

Skorzeny, SS-Stbnfh. Otto, 174, 175

SMERSH, 15, 16, 28, 33, 35, 96, 98, 102–3, 416–17

and Red Army, 128, 185, 207, 228, 422, 423

and Yakov Djugashvili, 136

and screening of prisoners of war, 166, 185, 402

and Polish formations, 199–200

and Werwolf , 260, 415–16

and hunting German officers, 300, 415–16

and Reich Chancellery and death of Hitler, 360, 380, 389, 390, 391, 398, 399

and post-war, 422, 423

Sokolovsky, Gen. V. D., 368, 369, 403

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 34, 35, 112

Spaatz, Gen. Carl, 403, 404

Spandau, 323, 356, 384, 385

citadel of, 323, 373–7

Speer, Albert, xxxiii, 9, 10, 60, 171, 431

and Hitler, 149, 157, 250, 251

and ‘Nero Order’, 156–8

and defence of Berlin, 180, 245

and Berlin Philharmonic, 188–9

and return to Berlin, 288–90

on Himmler, 293

and Germania, 355

Spremberg, 239, 245

SS

camp guards, 86, 155

Einsatzgruppen, 149

execution of political prisoners, 181

massacres in Leipzig area, 191–2

split in leadership over continuing the war, 194

Stadtmitte U-Bahn station, 371

Stalin, Joseph, V., xxxiv, 5, 15, 17, 19, 20, 29, 32, 34, 111, 413

and East Prussia, 28, 37

and Holocaust, 38, 46

and Red Army commanders, 63, 87, 127, 136, 309, 407, 423

and Yalta, 77–82, 87, 137, 143, 420

and Poland, 77, 80–82, 99–101, 143, 195, 295–6, 420

and rear areas, 107

summons Zhukov to Moscow, 136–7

and Soviet prisoners of war, 137, 166, 423

and race for Berlin, 137, 138–9, 142–5, 193–4, 210–11, 229, 232, 234, 240, 242, 265, 296, 307, 354

and Western Allies, 142, 144, 145–6, 147, 193–4, 195, 210–11, 232–3, 263, 295, 304, 307, 341, 354, 399

and change of policy on revenge, 197–8

and Oder Neisse battles, 222, 229–30, 232, 239–40, 242, 248

and assault on Berlin, 265, 296, 354, 365

and death of Hitler, 364, 369, 389, 390, 399, 400

and surrender, 368, 369, 402, 406

and fear of Zhukov, 407, 425–6, 427

and post-war Soviet Union, 422

Stalin, Col. Vasily, 427

Stalingrad, battle of, xxxiii, 1, 65, 69, 87–8, 91, 97, 138, 178, 216, 230, 316, 317, 392

Stargard tank battle, 90–91, 125

State Defence Committee, 137, 166, 325

Stauffenberg, Col. Claus Schenk Graf v., 7, 320

Stavka , 15, 25, 26, 78, 79, 80, 83, 86, 137, 144, 146, 147, 165, 211

and Oder battle, 220, 222, 229, 232, 242

and battle for Berlin, 256, 298, 390, 391

and surrender, 304, 369, 400

Steglitz, 416

Steinau bridgehead, 62, 125

Steiner, SS-Obergpfh. Felix, 89, 241, 267, 268, 269, 275, 298, 341

Stendal, 396

Stettinius, Edward R. Jnr, 401

Stolp, 47, 55, 117, 118

Strausberg, 256, 257, 260

Strecker, Gen. Karl, 68

Striegau, 126–7, 128

Stumpfegger, Dr Ludwig, 252, 357, 380, 381, 383

Stumpff, Col. Gen., 404, 405

Stürz, Gauleiter, 159

Stuttgart, 192

Sulkhanishvili, Capt. Shota, 214–15, 219, 235, 389

Supreme Headquarters Allied

Expeditionary Force Europe

(SHAEF), 146, 195–6, 202, 304, 305, 402, 429

Susloparov, Maj. Gen. Ivan, 402

Swedish diplomats and embassy, 132, 148, 173, 181, 302

Swiss Red Cross, 298, 329

Tangermünde, 191, 202, 396

Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur, 19, 20, 98, 140, 141, 142, 143, 403, 404, 405

Tegel, 385

Telegin, Lt. Gen. K. F., 216–17, 390

Tempelhof, 283, 287, 302, 303, 319, 321, 367, 403, 417

Teupitz, 330, 336

Thiessen, Prof. Peter, 325

Tiergarten, 282, 294, 319, 323, 340, 342, 356, 372, 384, 394, 395

Tilsit, 24

Tippelskirch, Gen. Kurt v., 148, 173, 400

Tolbukhin, Marshal F. I., 82–3

Torgau, 305, 306, 307, 374

Treptow, 297, 303, 324

Treuenbrietzen, 286, 298, 328

Truman, President Harry S., 196, 295, 305, 341, 364

Tsanava, Gen. L. F., 102, 308

Tully, Andrew, 305–7

Ulbricht, Walter, 418

Unter den Linden, 304

UPA (Ukrainian nationalist partisans), 100

US Air Force, 100–101, 403

and Red Army aviation incidents, 142, 296

on Elbe front, 202, 263, 285

last raids on Berlin, 249, 262

US Army

6th Army Group, 192

12th Army Group, 141

ARMIES

First, 5, 137, 140, 141, 191, 203

Third, 141, 146, 191, 200, 203, 325, 364

Seventh, 192

Ninth, 141, 190, 200, 202, 203, 204, 396, 397

DIVISIONS

82nd Airborne, 194, 291

101st Airborne, 194, 291

69th Infantry, 305

83rd Infantry, 190–91, 202, 203

84th Infantry, 191

102nd Infantry, 191

2nd Armored, 190, 203

5th Armored, 191, 202

Vadis, Lt. Gen. Aleksandr, 390, 391, 399

Vasilevsky, Marshal Aleksandr, 33, 188

Vienna, 189, 195, 251

Vishnevsky, Vsevolod, 367, 368

Vistula offensive, 7, 8, 10, 12–13, 15, 16–18, 19, 20, 84, 165

Vlasienko, Sergeant, 212

Vlasov, Gen. Andrey, 72, 182–3, 297, 401, 402

Vlasovtsy , see ROA Volkssturm

in East Prussia, 24, 27, 37, 98–9, 102, 103, 175

recruitment and organization, 39, 40

in Silesia, 41, 98–9, 175

guarding and execution of camp prisoners, 41, 155, 191–2

in Pomerania, 55

in Berlin and Brandenburg, 70–71, 134, 148, 248

and defence of Berlin, 178, 209, 245, 262, 271, 287, 296, 300–301, 308, 315, 316, 323, 356

on Oder front, 182, 219, 221, 240, 258, 265

Voss, Vice-Admiral, 398

Vyshinsky, Andrei, 77, 403

Waffen SS, 8, 39, 42, 54, 86

and relationship with Army, 72, 241, 333, 334–5, 339

execution of deserters, 123, 129, 176, 247, 339, 344

and débâcle in Hungary, 151, 293

scratch troops, 160

Fagdverbände , 174

foreigners in, 257–8, 322–3, 352, 356, 366, 367, 389, 392, 397