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Urumbrogol Mountain, 341
Ushijima, Mitsuru, 370
V-l flying bomb, 351
V-l rocket, Polish theft of, 273
V-2 missile, 351
Vandergrift, A. A., 250
Veitinghoff, Heinrich von, 350
Verdun, Stalingrad compared with, 238, 241
Versailles Treaty, 15, 16, 20; Baltic Provinces of Russia in, 79; British attitude toward, 30; French support for, 22; and German army, 18–19, 28; and Italy, 33; and Japan, 44; war reparations in, 51–52; and Weimar government, 37–38
Vichy Air Force, 227
Vichy French: and Allied invasion of French North Africa, 139, 225–227; and Japanese occupation of Indochina, 164; and Labor draft, 194; and surrender of Algiers, 226–227; in Syria, 146; U. S. seizure of ships of, 120
Victor Emmanuel III (king of Italy), 36
Vienna, Austria, taken by Russians, 356
Vironezh, fall of, 236
Vistula River, Poland, 63–64
Wainwright, Jonathan, 209, 212
Wake Island, 200, 201
Warsaw, Poland, Polish Resistance in, 271–273; surrender of, 73–74
Washington Conference (1922), 19, 31
Wavell, Sir Archibald, 140–141, 148, 204, 205–206, 219, 220, 256, 329
Weaponry: in Battle of the Atlantic, 127, 131; in Czechoslovakia, 57; German, 351; German aircraft, 107; post-World War I, 27–28; of U. S. Army in 1930s, 50. See also Inventions; Military strength; Tank warfare; Supplies
Weather: and Burmese campaign, 331; and German invasion of Russia, 146, 158, 160, 233–234; and Italian campaign, 308–309; and Normandy invasion, 311; and Stalingrad defense, 239
Wedemeyer, Albert C., 329
Wehrmacht. See German Army
Weichs, Maximilian von, 237, 240
Weimar Republic, 37–39. See also Germany
Western Allies: and defense of Belgium, 95–98; estimate of Red Army by, 83; and German invasion of Norway, 87–88; military strength of, 93; planned defense of France, 89, 91–94; and Russo-Finnish War, 80, 83–84. See also Allies and under individual nations
Western Desert battles, 140, 147–149. See also Mediterranean war
Weygand, Maxime, 97, 101
Weygand Line, 100
Whites, in Russian Civil War, 48
Wilhelm (German Kaiser), 37
Wilhelm II (German Kaiser), 63
Wilmot, Chester, 180
Wilson, Sir Henry Maitland, 143–144
Wilson, Woodrow, 16
Wingate, Orde, 256–257, 330
Winter Line, 301, 302
Winter War. See Russo-Finnish War
World War I: compared with World War II, 242; impact on British war aims in World War II, 176–178; impact on Germany, 38–39; Italy in, 33; Japan during, 44; military tactics and, 124–125; period of settlement after, 16–17; and Poland, 63–64; Royal Navy in, 124; Russia in, 47–48; settlement of, 15–20; U.S. in, 50–51, 79
World War II: accomplishments of, 388–389; in Atlantic, see Battle in the Atlantic; Casualties of, see Casualties; causes of, 15–20, 54; contribution of strategic bombing campaign to, 275, 286–287; crises leading to, 54–66; devastation from, 377; effects of, 15, 377–389; French and British declarations of war in, 66; French and British military preparedness for, 24–32; and French military interwar policies, 23–29; homeless people after, 380–381; impact of Resistance on, 262; and international relations, 387–388; in Mediterranean, see Mediterranean war; prevention of, 21–32; Soviet role in Allied victory in, 116; U. S. policies as factor in, 116; and superior technology, 340
Yalta conference (1945), 186–187, 382
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 167, 169, 171, 212, 255
Yamashita, Tomoyuki, 202–204, 341–348
Yorktown (U.S. aircraft carrier), 214, 215, 216
Yugoslavia: appeal to Soviet Union for support, 153; cedes Fiume to Italy, 35; German invasion of, 143; Greek proposal for common front with, 142; Resistance and anti-Resistance forces in, 263, 267, 269–270
Zhukov, Georgi, 355
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Croat government in, 143
About the Author
James L. Stokesbury was born in Connecticut and received his Ph.D. from Duke University. The author of many distinguished histories, including