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Munich 332, 432, 510;
Bürgerbräu beerhall 480
Munich Agreement (1938) 8, 17, 45, 59, 97
Murmansk 44, 45, 355, 364, 434
Musser, William (steward) 277
Mussolini, Benito: declares war on Allies 70;
execution 405–6;
intervention in Spanish Civil War 4–5;
invasion of Greece 122;
and North African campaigns 119, 120;
overthrown 376–7;
Pact of Steel with Hitler 9;
and possible peace negotiations between Britain and Germany 68;
relationship with Hitler 123, 589;
Salò Republic 405;
visits Hitler after July Bomb Plot 482
Mustang (fighter) 445–6, 586, 606
mustard gas 568
Mutaguchi, Lieutenant-General Renya 267, 269, 273–4
Mutschmann, Martin 457
Myitkyina 262, 269
Nacht und Nebel (night and fog) Decree 512
Naga Hills 265, 270–71
Nagara (cruiser) 255
Nagasaki 566, 573, 576, 577
Nagoya 214
Nagumo, Admiral Chuichi:
attack on Pearl Harbor 186, 190, 192;
battle of Midway 252, 253–6
Namsos 41–2
Nanking, Rape of (1937) 268, 275
Nantes 73
Naples 284, 375, 378, 380, 381, 394
Napoleon I 14, 86, 291, 558;
and Hitler 73, 137, 148, 150, 160, 179–80, 181, 501;
invasion of Russia 137, 148, 150, 160, 167, 171, 177, 180, 181, 344, 416
Napoleon III 57, 608
Narev river 17
Narva 528
Narvik 39, 40, 41, 42–3, 71, 104
Nash, Paul 96
Nashville, USS 567
National Guard (United States) 313, 385
NATO 460
Nautsi 30
Nazi–Soviet Pact (1939) 10, 25, 26, 29, 149, 151, 539, 603
Nazism: German generals and 580–85;
and German war effort 574, 596, 607–8;
intolerance of debate 100;
racial ideology 19, 27, 76, 148, 163, 590, 607–8;
use of science 573–4;
view of Führer 151, 491–2
Neisse river 543, 550
Nepalis 271, 390
Nero, Roman Emperor 395
Netherlands see Holland
Nettuno 393, 395, 396
Neurath, Baron Konstantin von 5
Nevsky, Alexander 174
New Caledonia 569
New Deal programme (United States) 197
New Guinea 210, 252
New Yorker (magazine) 575–6
New Zealand: servicemen in Allied forces 107, 125, 133, 210, 291, 300, 385, 389, 390, 392, 454, 477;
2nd New Zealand Division 290, 296, 301;
5th Brigade 126
Nicholas, Grand Duke of Russia 120
Nicholls, Major-General John ‘Crasher’ 290
Nicholson, Flight Lieutenant J. B. 106–7
Nicolson, (Sir) Harold 35
Niemen, River 180
Night of the Long Knives 1, 16, 242
Nijmegen 502
Nikolayev 530
Nile, River 132, 285, 286
Nile Army (British) 120
Nimitz, Admiral Chester W. 252–3, 257, 572–3, 577
Ninth Army (French) 53, 56
Ninth Army (German) 171, 412, 417–18, 553
Ninth Army (Russian) 30, 31
Ninth Army (United States) 503, 506, 509, 514, 550
Ninth Panzer Army 421
NKVD (Russian secret service):
atrocities in occupied territories 162;
and battle of Stalingrad 323, 326, 344;
and German invasion 155, 174, 183;
Katy– massacre 25;
in Poland 25, 27;
and Russian war effort 520, 530;
10th NKVD Rifle Division 323
Nobel prizes 574
Nomura, Kichisaburo 187, 190
Norfolk, HMS 361–2, 363
Normandy: air raids on 84, 246, 439, 479, 486;
Allied landings (1944) see Cobra, Operation; D-Day landings; Overlord, Operation;
BEF (1940) 71
Norrie, Lieutenant-General C. W. M. (later 1st Baron Norrie) 122
North-West Army (French) 55–6
Northern Cape 39, 44, 364, 365
Norway: Allies’ planned invasion 38–9, 45, 591, 595;
armed forces 39;
German forces stationed in 463;
German invasion 35, 38–45, 91, 92, 358;
merchant navy 45;
neutrality 34, 38, 39;
puppet government 43;
servicemen in Allied forces 477
‘Not One Step Back’ Orders (Stalin’s) 161, 183, 326
Novgorod 171, 222, 528
Novy Borissov 166
nuclear and atomic weapons 117, 429, 550, 565, 566, 571, 573–7, 598, 608
Nuremberg 496;
bombing of 453;
Nazi party rallies 453
Nuremberg Laws 4, 447
Nuremberg Trials 7, 25, 39, 447, 497, 510, 558, 562, 580, 582–3, 593
Nurnberg (cruiser) 549
Oahu, Hawaii 185, 186, 200
Obama, Barack 579
Oberkommando des Heeres see OKH
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht see OKW
Obersalzberg 146–7;
Documentation Centre 246
Oboyan 421
Observer Corps (British) 99
O’Connor, General (Sir) Richard 120–21, 121–2, 123, 127, 128
O’Daniel, Brigadier John W. 402
Oder, River 542, 543, 545, 548, 550,