The Storm of War - Andrew Roberts [397]
Ponary 226
Ponedelin, General Pavel 183
Pontarlier 52, 113
Ponyri 420
Pope Pius XII 390–91, 483
Popov, General Marian 421
Porajorpi 29
Porsche, Ferdinand 526
Port Moresby 252
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles (later Viscount Portal of Hungerford): and ‘Bomber’ Harris 433, 453;
and bombing of French ports 370;
and bombing of Germany 440, 449–50, 453;
and death of General Sikorski 417;
underestimation of Japanese Air Force 187
Portsmouth 102
Portugal 112, 207
Potsdam Conference (1945) 562
Pound, Admiral Sir Dudley 204, 365–6
Powers, Lieutenant James 252
Pownall, Lieutenant-General (Sir) Henry 56
POWs (prisoners of war):
American 209;
atrocities against 275, 582;
British 64, 546;
death rates of 275;
French 73, 84, 306;
German 160, 308, 314, 343, 345, 376, 486, 534–5;
Italian 308, 376;
Russian 157–8, 164–5, 224, 226, 234, 343, 555, 582;
SS massacres of Allied POWs 64;
Trent Park (CSDIC) interrogation centre 492–7, 585
Poznań 17, 542
Poznań Army (Polish) 24
Prague 9, 143, 242–3
Prasca, General Sebastiano Visconti 123
Prevail, USS 396
Prien, Lieutenant-Commander Günther 36, 357
Priestley, J. B. 104
Prince of Wales, HMS 129, 202, 203–4, 361, 362
Prinz Eugen (cruiser) 353, 360–62, 364, 549, 592
Prioux, General René 55, 59
Pripet Marshes 152, 153, 166, 227, 528, 533, 534
prisoners of war see POWs
Prokhorovka 421–3, 424, 426, 427–8, 597
propaganda: Goebbels’ propaganda machine 104, 416;
on Hitler’s military ‘genius’ 49–50, 416;
Soviet 325, 330;
and spread of terror 23
Proserpina (tanker) 293
Prüfer, Kurt 236
Prussian Army 24, 484
Prut river 532, 539
Pskov 528
Pujol García, Juan 470
Purple (Japanese government cipher) 190, 347
Puttkamer, Karl-Jesko von 371
Pyawbwe 212, 566, 567
Qattara Depression 134, 287, 290, 291, 292
Quebec Conference (‘Quadrant’; 1943) 264, 375
Queen, Operation 503
Quincy, USS 258
Quisling, Vidkun 43
Rabaul 201, 210, 258
Rabelais, François 574
racial ideology 19, 27, 76, 140, 148, 163, 547, 574, 579, 590, 607–8
radar 93, 94–5, 99, 367, 435, 444, 447, 464
radio: Churchill’s broadcasts 58, 184;
decryption and monitoring of radio traffic 347, 348–51, 363, 367–8, 372;
Goebbels’ broadcasts 514;
Hitler’s broadcasts 328, 332, 562, 592;
Truman’s broadcasts 576
Raeder, Admiral Erich:
background and career 5, 353–4, 592;
and invasion of Norway 38, 39;
on Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 194;
planned invasion of Britain 92;
resignation 355, 592;
support for Mediterranean strategy 149;
trial 39;
and U-boat war 353, 354
RAF (Royal Air Force):
Advanced Air Striking Force 22, 70;
and Allied Normandy landings 468, 469, 470, 472, 478, 487;
battle of Britain 70, 93, 94–5, 96–100, 101, 102, 105, 106–9;
Bomber Command 99, 356, 430–32, 434–44, 447–9, 450–51, 453–4, 455, 458, 459–60, 600;
Burma campaign 273, 274;
co-operation with USAAF 199, 439–40, 449–50;
Coastal Command 356–7, 363, 370, 433;
Dunkirk evacuation 66;
Fighter Command 70, 94, 98–100, 107, 431;
foreign pilots 107;
German invasion of France 59;
Greek campaign 124;
losses 66, 70, 97–8, 99, 105, 108, 434–5, 450;
North African campaigns 121, 133, 134;
Norway campaign 40;
in Singapore 202;
supplies to USSR 364;
unpopularity with Army 66;
and V-1 attacks 515–16;
and Warsaw Uprising (1944) 245, 248, 538
Rahman Track 296, 297, 298, 303
Ramcke, General Bernhard 496
Ramcke Brigade 289, 293
Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram 60, 64, 65, 462, 503
Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Wing Commander H. N. G. 364
Ramsgate 92, 93
Ranger, USS 189
Rangoon 210, 212, 567, 568
Rankin, Jeannette 193
rape 268, 275, 278–9, 280, 541, 554–6
Rapido river 385, 387
Rastenburg 424
Rastus (‘Bomber’ Harris’s bull-terrier) 433
rationing: Britain 109, 111;
Germany 177;
United States 197–8;
USSR 158–9, 172
Rattenhuber, Colonel Hans 480
Rattenkrieg (rat warfare) 322
Ravenstein, Lieutenant-General Johann von 133
RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) 454
Red Army: atrocities in occupied territories 554–6;
counter-offensives 176, 315, 323, 334, 409, 521–2, 524, 528, 591;
execution of soldiers 326, 530;
failings