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in Russia, 321; cause of disasters in Russia, 322; retreat from Russia, 323; total casualties, 324, 669; fighting qualities, 336–7; deserters executed, 337; uses V-weapons against Britain, 343; civilians’ experiences, 346; food and consumer goods, 347–8; female workers, 352; codes broken, 367–8; defeats in Russia (1943), 381; army deserters in Russia, 386; recruits from subject nations, 405; defensive strategy in Italy and Sicily, 443–9, 528; superiority in wireless communications, 446; casualties in Italy, 453, 529; reprisals against Italians, 460–1; casualties from bombing raids, 480; effect of bombing on civilian morale, 485–6, 489–91; slave labour, 486; downed Allied aircrew killed by crowds, 488; looters shot, 489; forced deportations and labour, 503–6; Jews deported, 512–13; numbers in Russia, 527; and Russian deception methods, 527, 550–1; escapes from Russian encirclement and entrapment, 530; infantry weapons, 539–40; casualties in Normandy, 544, 556; continues to fight in face of defeat, 552–3; military executions, 553; expectation of defeat, 576; defensive actions against Allied advance in West, 582–6; soldiers’ behaviour in Belgium, 592; Western Allies’ advance in, 605–7, 612; Allied soldiers’ behaviour in, 606; condition of army at war’s end, 609; refugees flee before Russians, 615–16; Russian army advances in, 615–18; end-of-war massacres by Nazis, 620–1; Red Army behaviour in at war’s end, 631; Western Allies’ behaviour in at war’s end, 631; reaction to war’s end, 653; material damage, 654; strategic mistakes, 662; reaction to war, 671; war criminals, 671; see also Kriegsmarine; Luftwaffe; Nazism

Geyr von Schweppenburg, Gen. Leo, Baron, 535, 557

Gibraltar: Germans propose seizure of, 81, 98, 105, 113; population evacuated, 105; bombed by Vichy aircraft, 125; and Malta convoys, 295

Gibson, Wing Cdr. Guy, VC, 481–2

Gilding, Walter, 65

Gloan, Pierre le, 127

Globocnik, SS-Brigadeführer Odilo, 519

Glorieux (French submarine), 403

Gnade, Lt. Hartwig, 521

Godau, Capt. Karl, 381

Godfroy, Adm. René, 125

Godłewski, Capt., 5

Goebbels, Joseph: justifies attack on Poland, 14; on Russia, 144; disbelieves quick conclusion to war in Russia, 153; propaganda successes with young Germans, 317; on deportation of Jews, 513

Goering, Hermann: anger at outbreak of war, 8; and Luftwaffe at Dunkirk, 66–7; and air attack on Britain, 81–2, 87; on exploitation of Soviet Russia, 142; on final solution of Jewish question, 153, 506–7; on Luftwaffe at Stalingrad, 317; on RAF’s bombing of Ruhr, 484; on use of Russians to build German aircraft, 505; qualities, 662

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 653

Gold Coast: recruits from, 409, 411

Goldberg, Szmulek, 23, 498–9

Goodwood, Operation, 554

Gordeev, Aleksandr, 309, 382

Gort, Gen. John Standish Surtees Vereker, 1st Viscount: commands BEF, 25; disbelieves French offensive, 62; and rescue of BEF, 63

Gothic Line (Italy), 530

Gourmet (magazine), 348

Govorov, Lt.Gen. Leonid, 311, 313

Grafton, Bob, 655

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem see al-Husayni, Mohammad Amin

Grant tanks: in North Africa, 366

Gray, Jimmy, 248, 252

Graziani, Marshal Rodolfo, 109–10, 115

Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Japanese), 437

Greece: Italy prepares to attack, 109; Axis advance in, 115; Mussolini invades, 115–17; British and Anzac forces sent to, 111, 118–20; Germany invades, 119; British defeat and evacuation, 120, 122, 124; Germans occupy, 122; food shortages and starvation, 352; Germans evacuate (1944), 551; casualties, 670

Green, Muriel, 28, 93, 345, 354, 359, 376, 582

Greer, Lt. Peter, 207

Grensemann, Friedrike, 620

Griffenberg, Maj.Gen. Hans von, 146

Gros, Martha, 489, 491

Grossman, Vasily, 151, 156–8, 177, 182, 307, 310–11, 320, 355, 384, 390, 395, 613, 627

Grosz, Joseph, Bishop of Budapest, 604

Groves, Maj.Gen. Leslie, 648

Grumann, Lt. Kurt, 163, 167

Grunauer, Liselotte, 629

Gryn, Hugo, 621

Guadalcanal, 254–63

Guam, 566, 568

Guderian, Gen. Heinz: in invasion of Poland, 4; in defeat of France, 73; dismissed in Russia, 176; interrogated over evacuation of Warsaw, 615; qualities, 668