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Stalingrad, Battle of, 235, 237–241; casualties at, 380
Stauffenberg, Claus von, 319
Stilwell, Joseph (“Vinegar Joe”), 248, 256, 327, 329, 330–331
Stimson, Henry, 249
Strassbourg, France, 256
Strasser, Gregor, 42
Strategic bombing campaign: American participation in, 280–282; and Dresden, 286; and Hamburg, 284–286; evaluation of, 286–287; and fighter aircraft, 283–284; and German production capacity, 279–280; importance of, 275; and Schweinfurt raids, 283; technical problems of, 276–277
Sturmabteilung. See SA
Submarine war in Pacific, 364–366. See also U-boats
Sudeten Germans, 58
Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, 57, 61
Suicide: of Hitler, 362; Japanese warfare and, 337; of Model, 359; of Ushijima, 371. See also Kamikaze
Sultan, Daniel, 332
Supplies: from Allies to Russians, 234–235, 241–242; and Bataan, 210–211; in Battle of the Atlantic, 126; errors with, 340; and Guadalcanal, 251; and Italian campaign, 300; Japanese shortage of, 364–366; and North Africa, 217–218, 220, 223; in Pacific, 339–340; to Resistance, 266–267; to Stalingrad, 238; from U.S. manufacturers, 116–117. See also Merchant shipping; Naval battles
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 317
Surigao Strait, Battle of, 344
Suzuki (premier of Japan), 375
Swordfish torpedo planes, 134, 140
Syria, Free French vs. Vichy French in, 146, 225
Tanaka, Giichi, 255
Tank warfare, 27–28; and Battle of Britain, 106; at Caen, 318; and German vs. Allied tanks in 1940, 93; and invasion of Soviet Union, 154; and invasion of France, 100–101; at Kasserine Pass, 230; at Kursk, 242–243; in North Africa, 218, 219; in Russo-Finnish War, 82; and tanks sent by Allies to Russia, 234
Tarawa (Gilbert Islands), U. S. landing at, 258–260
Taylor, A. J. P., 54
Tehran conference, 186, 243–244, 307, 382
Thailand, pact with Japan, 165
Third International, 49
Tientsin, China, Japanese occupation of, 46
Timor, 205
Tinian, Mariana Islands, battle of, 336, 337, 340
Tito, 263, 269–270, 383
Tobruk, Libya, battle of, 148, 219
Tojo, Hideki, 166, 367
Tokyo, bombing of, 213
Toyoda, Soemu, 337
Treaty of Rapallo (1922), 49
Treblinka (concentration camp), 198
Trenchard, Sir Hugh, 32
Trident Conference (1943), 185–186
Triple Alliance (1882), 33, 139
Trotsky, Leon, 47, 48
Truk, raid on, 336
Truman, Harry S, 181, 187, 361, 374–375, 386
Truscott, Lucian, 306, 323
Tukhachevski, Michael, 49
Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 214, 250
Tunisia, 139, 224, 229–230. See also North Africa
Turner, R. K., 250, 251, 253
Tyrol, Italianization of, 35
U-boats, 123–126, 127, 128, 129–130, 248–249
Ukrainians, and German invasion, 156–157
Unconditional surrender, 185, 204, 363–364, 375–376
United Nations, 120, 186, 382
United States: attitude of Axis powers toward, 47; casualties of, 380; contribution to World War II, 179–180; debate over neutrality, 117–122; effects of World War II on, 380; foreign policies after World War II, 386–387; Germany-first policy, 249; immigration policies, 44; impact of Battle of Britain, 118–119; impact of fall of France, 118; interwar policies, 51; and Japanese expansionism, 45, 52, 165–167; and Japanese Pacific offensives, see Japanese Pacific offensives; Kellogg-Briand Pact with France, 17; loans to interwar Germany, 38; and London Blitz, 113–114; Neutrality Acts, 52–53; neutrality during World War II, 115, 116–122; and Norsk Hydro Plant affair, 268–269; and North African campaign, 223–231; prior to World War II, 50–53; recognition of Soviet Union by, 49; relations with Japan, see Japan, relations with U. S.; seizure of Axis ships, 120; strategic bombing of Germany, see Strategic bombing campaign; U-boat operations off eastern seaboard of, 130; war aims, 178–181; war plans, 168–169; and Washington Conference, 19; and World War I, 50–51
United States Air Force: bombing of Norsk Hydro Plant, Norway, 268–269. See also Air warfare; Strategic bombing campaign
United States Congress: defense appropriations in 1939, 116; and Lend-Lease Act, 119–120; and National Defense Tax Bill, 118; and Selective Training and Service Act, 119
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