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Hitler’s view of 143–4;
Katy-massacre 25, 536;
losses 159, 160, 170, 426, 520, 524, 550, 556–7, 603;
panic induced by German advances 158;
patriotism of 34, 144;
punishments for ‘counter-revolutionary crimes’ 561;
reintroduction of badges of seniority 343;
resilience against Germans 520, 529–30;
size 139–40, 154, 156, 551;
Stalin’s purging of 33, 143;
unprepared for German invasion 154–7; see also individual field armies and divisions
Red Cross 279, 537
Red Sea 121
Reggio 375
Regia Aeronautica see Italian air force
Reichenau, Field Marshal Walther von 20, 23, 55, 75, 227
Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) 90, 242
Reichswehr (German armed forces) 1, 3, 11; see also Wehrmacht
Reims 73
Reinberger, Major Helmuth 48–9
Reinhardt, General Georg-Hans 56, 59
Rejewski, Marian 347
Remagen 513, 596
Rendulic, General Lothar 492, 549, 596
Renown, HMS 37, 363
Renthe-Fink, Cecil von 41
Repola 29
Repulse, HMS 202, 203
Reserve Police Battalion 101 (German) 224–5
Reykjavik 44
Reynaud, Paul 58–9, 71, 73, 74
Rheinübung, Operation 361–4
Rhine, River 502, 503, 513, 514, 520, 596
Rhineland 4, 44, 143, 483
Rhodesia 107
Ribbentrop, Joachim von 10, 26, 179, 195, 196–7, 360, 482, 562, 582, 590
Richard Hovey, SS 277
Richards, Colonel Hugh 270, 272
Richthofen, Field Marshal Baron von 337
Rifle Brigade 294
Riga 226, 496–7
Riis, Ib 470
Rimini 404
Ring, Operation 341–2
Ritchie, General (Sir) Neil 133, 134, 283
River Plate, battle of the (1939) 37, 358
Riviera Conference see Placentia Bay
Roberts, Sir Frank 483
Robota, Róza 233
Rochs, Hugo 136, 137
Rockall 354
Rodimtsev, General Alexandr 325, 333
Rodney, HMS 40, 363
Roer river 503
Rogers, Sergeant M. A. W. 406
Rohland, Walter ‘Panzer’ 196
Röhm, Ernst 1, 16
Rokossovsky, General Konstantin 33, 154, 341, 412, 414, 418, 533, 534, 542, 549, 601, 602
Romagna 404
Romania: Allied air operations 449;
declares war on Germany 539;
and German invasion of USSR 152;
German occupation 123;
German threat to 9;
internment of Polish Government 23;
oilfields 124, 142, 167, 381, 539, 593;
post-war 546, 562;
Russian invasion 521, 531, 532, 539;
servicemen in Axis forces 316, 333–5, 338, 521, 593;
surrender to Russians 539
Rome: Allied plans to capture 381, 384, 385, 387, 396, 401–2, 449, 490;
Allied POWs in 312;
Ardeatine massacre (1944) 379;
falls to Allies 388, 402–3
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin:
and Allied invasion of Italy 377, 378;
and Allied invasion of Normandy 377, 462, 472, 473, 474, 476, 477, 479, 486, 594–5;
background and career 59, 123;
and German invasion of France 59, 63, 123;
and Italian forces 288–9;
North African advances and victories 123, 127–8, 129, 131, 132–5, 284, 285, 310–12, 525, 588, 591;
North African defeat and retreat 283, 284, 290–91, 293–5, 297–301, 307, 312–14, 351, 593, 600;
reputation 123, 281;
sick leave 287, 293, 486;
suicide 299, 501
RONA (Russian National Liberation Army) 164
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano: and attack on Pearl Harbor 186–7, 192–3;
Casablanca Conference (1943) 309–10, 369, 375, 439–40, 606;
death 547;
declares war on Japan 193, 194;
and development of atomic weapons 574–5;
elections (1940) 87;
(1942) 303;
and Germany First policy 130, 214, 302–3, 564, 589;
internment of Japanese-Americans 200;
Lend-Lease scheme 87, 130;
and North African campaigns 303, 307;
opposition to early invasion of France 318;
and Overlord (Allied Normandy landings) 461, 466;
and Pax Americana 604;
Placentia Bay Conference (August 1941) 129–31, 364;
pre-war warnings to Japan 187;
Quebec Conference (1943) 264, 375;
relations with Churchill 87, 89, 130;
relations with Marshall 594;
relations with Stalin 545–6;
support for USSR 434;
Teheran Conference (1943) 382–3, 403, 545;
and unconditional-surrender policy 309, 483;
vetoes proposed use of mustard gas 568;
war economy 197–8, 214–15;
Washington Conferences (1941–2) 134, 199, 214;
Yalta Conference (1945) 454, 538, 545–6
Rorke’s Drift 271
Roseman, Mark 239, 240
Rosenberg, Alfred 165, 562, 582
Rosenman, Samuel 557
Rositz 436
Roskill,