Short History of World War II - James L. Stokesbury [230]
Linear trench systems, 27
List, Wilhelm, 237
Lithuanian empire, 79
“Little Pearl Harbor,” 209
Litvinov, Maxim, 20
Locarno system, 16–17, 60; and German occupation of Rhineland, 43
London, bombing of. See London Blitz
London Blitz, 112–114; British retaliation for, 275, 276
“Long Lance” torpedo, 364
Lucas, John, 303
Ludendorff, Eric, 40, 242
Luftwaffe, 72, 73; and defense of Germany, 282; and Dunkirk evacuation, 98–99; equipment of, 107; in German invasion of Poland, 71; Sicily as base for, 246–247; at Stalingrad, 240. See also Battle of Britain
Lutjens, Gunther, 134
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of, 96
Luxemburg, Rosa, 38
Luzon, 209; American prisoners on, 346, 348; invasion of, 346–347; Japanese surrender at, 347
MacArthur, Douglas, 166, 210, 248, 258, 345, 346; and defense of Philippines, 208–212; leaves Bataan, 211; and New Guinea theater, 334–335; and offensive in the Pacific, 249, 250, 255; and race to Philippines, 333–334; and surrender of Japan, 376
MacAuliffe, General, 354
Machinato Line, 370
Madagascar, Jewish ghetto proposed in, 198; Vichy French in, 225
Maginot, André, 25
Maginot Line, 25–26, 66, 92, 95, 100–101, 102
Mahan, Alfred T., 124
Malay Barrier, 204–205, 206–207
Malaya, surrender of, 201–204
Malayan Peninsula, 200
Malta, 220
Maltby, C. M., 201
Manchukuo, 45
Manchuria, Japanese invasion of, 45
Manila, Philippines, declared open city, 210, 347
Mannerheim, Carl, 80
Mannerheim Line, 80–81
Manstein, Erich von, 27, 94, 240, 241
Manteuffel, Otto, 353
Maquis (French underground), 263
Marianas. See Saipan; Tinian
Marianas Turkey Shoot. See Philippine Sea, Battle of the
Marines: at Iwo Jima, 367–369; landing at Guadalcanal, 250–251; landing at Tarawa, 258–260; Nimitz and, 248; Saipan landing, 336–337; and U.S. Pacific offensive, 340–348
Mark: collapse of, 39; exchange rates in occupied Europe, 193
Marseilles, France, recapture of, 323
Marshall, George C., 184, 210, 268, 313
Marx, Karl, 48
Masaryk, Jan, 57
Mataguchi, Renya, 331–332
Matteotti, Giacomo, 35
“May crisis” in Czechoslovakia, 58–59
Maydanek, 198
Mediterranean war, 137–149, 246; and Balkans, 140–141; Great Britain and, 185–186; and Greece, 142, 143–144; and Italy, 139–142; nations involved in, 137–139. See also North African theater
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 21, 30
Memel, Poland, German annexation of, 64
Merchant shipping: Japanese, in 1945, 365–366; U.S., to Europe via Pacific, 249; U.S., need for improving defense of, 248; U.S., U-boat attacks against, 130
Merrill’s Marauders, 330
Mers-el-Kebir, 104
Messina, Sicily, 294
Messina, Straits of, Sicily, 297
Metaxas Line, 143
Michel, Henri, 262
Midway, Battle of, 214–216, 249
Mikawa, Gunichi, 251
Mikhailovitch, Draja, 263
Military conscription: in France, 23–24; in Nazi Germany, 43
Military policy: in interwar Britain, 30–32; in interwar France, 23–29; Polish, in 1939, 71–72
Military strength: at Battle of the Bulge, 353; of British, French, Czechoslovakian, and Soviet armies before German takeover of Czechoslovakia, 60–61; German vs. Allied in 1940, 93; of Japanese and Americans at Battle of Bataan, 210; of Japanese prior to Pearl Harbor, 168; of Normandy invasion, 312; in North African campaign, 222; at Okinawa, 369; of Russians and Germans, 153–154, 234–235, 241–242; at Sicily, 293; of U. S., 167–168, 180, 249, 254–255
Military supplies. See Supplies
Military theory: interwar, 27–28; and strategic bombers, 31–32
Mindanao, Philippines, Battle of, 347–348
Mindoro, Philippines, landing on, 346
Mines, 127, 136
Mitscher, Mark, 335, 336, 337, 339
Model, Walter, 322, 358–359
Molotov, Vyascheslav, 150
Mongolia, Soviet-Japanese battles in, 150, 152
Monnet, Jean, 101
Montgomery, Bernard, 220, 221–223, 293, 302, 313, 320, 321, 324, 326, 351, 352, 353, 354
Morgenthau, Henry, 381–382
Moscow, Soviet Union: in German invasion plan, 152, 158–160; Soviet offensive around, 233
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 329
Mrotai, New Guinea, 335
“Mukden incident,” 45
“Mulberries,” 311–312
Munich crisis, 37, 116
Mussolini, Benito, 34, 47, 62, 296; attitude toward