Doctor Who_ Just War - Lance Parkin [114]
Nuremberg Trial — The public trial of twenty-two (or according to Just War, twenty-three — Oskar Steinmann being the twenty-third) senior Nazis after the Second World War.
Oberst — German army rank approximately equivalent to brigadier.
Rienfenstahl, Leni — German actress and director of such critically acclaimed Nazi propaganda films as Triumph des Willens and Fest der Volker.
RCS — Radar Cross Section.
SID (Scientific Intelligence Division) — A (fictional) British intelligence organization in which scientists and military personnel liaised.
Speer, Albert — Nazi architect and city planner. After the Nuremberg Trial he served twenty years in prison. He was the author of Inside the Third Reich (1970).
SS ( Schutzstaffel; ‘Elite Guard’) — Although technically a political police force, during the Second World War the Waffen-SS were fanatical combat troops, dedicated to Fascist ideology.
Standardtenführer — SS rank, roughly equivalent to colonel.
Tausendjährige Reich, der — ‘The Thousand Year Reich’.
Ubermenschen — The Nazi concept of the ‘superman’.
Unteroffizier — German army rank equivalent to sergeant.
Versailles Treaty — Treaty signed at the end of the First World War in which Germany took responsibility for the war.
Under the terms of the treaty, Germany ceded her colonies and some European territory. Germany also promised to pay full reparations and strict limits were placed on the size of her armed forces. Article 231, the so-called ‘war guilt clause’, established that Germany was entirely responsible for the war.
Wehrmacht — The combined German armed forces. The term was used from 21 May 1935 onwards.
Wunderwaffen (‘Wonder Weapons’) — Secret and frequently exotic weapons developed by the Nazis for possible use in the Second World War. The only significant weapons actually used were the V1 and V2 flying bombs.
Document Outline
Front Cover
Back Cover
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1 Resistance is Useless
2 The Start of Something Big
3 Bang on Time
4 Death and its Ramifications
5 Things to Come
6 Kill All the Butterflies
7 I Spy
Interlude
8 Taking Sides
9 Thought and Memory
10 Blind Justice
Interlude II
11 Peace In Our Time
12 Planning for the Future
13 Ground Zero
14 Endgame
Glossary
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1 Resistance is Useless
3 Bang on Time
4 Death and its Ramifications
5 Things to Come
6 Kill All the Butterflies
7 I Spy
Interlude
8 Taking Sides
9 Thought and Memory
10 Blind Justice
Interlude II
11 Peace In Our Time
12 Planning for the Future
13 Ground Zero
14 Endgame
Glossary