Hitler, Donitz, and the Baltic Sea (65 page)

     
and Army Group North,
40
,
41
,
48
,
54
,
57
,
60

     
and Army Group Vistula,
115
,
127

     
and the Baltic Isles,
60
,
67
,
69
,
72
,
80

     
and Courland,
84
,
96
,
98
,
99
,
101
,
104
,
142

     
Dönitz and,
71
,
73

     
and the evacuation of Estonia,
55
,
58
,
60

     
Gehlen and,
137–38

     
and German navy,
15
,
118
,
125
,
142

     
Hitler and,
55
,
136
,
218

     
on Leningrad attack,
9–10

     
Meisel and,
19–20

     
and Memel,
108
,
116

     
and the Oder front,
125

     
Reinhardt and,
110

     
Rendulic and,
112–13
,
118

     
Schörner and,
28
,
29
,
49
,
54
,
62
,
65
,
67
,
69
,
70
,
71
,
93
,
96
,
98
,
99
,
103
,
104

     
and Second Army,
113

     
Skl and,
41
,
72
,
123

     
and Sworbe Peninsula,
70
,
71
,
72

     
and XXVIII Corps,
108

     
Weiss and,
121

OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht; [German] Armed Forces High Command),
146

     
and Åland Islands,
41

     
and Courland,
99

     
Dönitz and,
71
,
73
,
129
,
195
,
197

     
and East Prussia,
122

     
Hitler and,
18
,
121
,
157
,
218

     
and Norway,
158
,
191

     
and Skl,
9
,
11
,
12
,
19
,
41
,
117
,
123–24
,
190–91

     
and Sweden,
155
,
157
,
163

Operation “Market Garden,”
148

Oranienbaum Bridgehead,
1
,
4
,
5
,
8

     
Army Group North and,
20

     
German navy and,
9
,
10

     
Hitler and,
11
,
14

     
Kücher and,
5

     
Schmundt and,
11

     
Skl on,
9
,
10
,
11
,
20

Ösel island,
49
,
65–68
,
66
,
69
,
72
,
77
,
78
,
80
,
103

Paasikivi, Juho,
18

Panther Position,
1
,
3
,
4
,
19

     
and Army Group North,
7
,
12
,
18
,
22
,
24
,
27
,
41
,
65

     
Assmann and,
13
,
59

     
Dönitz and,
59

     
Finland and,
18

     
German navy on,
17
,
59

     
Hitler and,
3
,
6
,
12
,
13

     
Küchler and,
3
,
5
,
6
,
10

     
Model and,
14
,
15

     
Skl on,
12

     
Soviet offensive at,
13
,
44

     
Zeitzler and,
20

Panzer armies.
See
Eleventh SS Panzer Army
;
First Panzer Army
;
Fourth Panzer Army
;
Ninth Panzer Army
;
Sixth SS Panzer Army
;
Third Panzer Army

Peifer, Douglas,
xxi

Poland.
See
East Prussia

POWs,
15
,
88
,
90
,
184

Prinz Eugen
(German cruiser),
13
,
21
,
32
,
44
,
77
,
118
,
184
,
188

Prussia.
See also
East Prussia
;
West Prussia

Puttkamer, Karl–Jesko von,
xv
,
195

Raeder, Erich,
xv
,
8
,
9
,
153
,
159
,
174
,
183
,
188
,
193
,
194
,
222

Rahn, Werner,
xxi

“Rain,” code name,
53

Raus, Erhard,
xv
,
91
,
108
,
127
,
195
,
220

Reinhardt, Hans,
xv
,
29
,
108–11
,
116–17
,
118
,
128
,
138
,
151
,
211

Rendulic, Lothar,
xv
,
86
,
88
,
90
,
106
,
134
,
189
,
221

Ribbentrop, Joachim von,
30
,
42

Riga-Ost Position,
49
,
51
,
53

rockets.
See
individual names of rockets

Romania,
23
,
31
,
146
,
208
,
213

“Rotdorn,” code name,
34
,
37

Rudel, Hans,
39

Ruge, Friedrich,
xv
,
202

Rust, Eric,
xxi

Ryti, Risto,
30
,
31

Salewski, Michael,
xxi
,
194
,
220
,
222

Samland Peninsula,
111–14
,
112
,
119–21
,
122
,
140

Saucken, Dietrich von,
xv
,
121
,
122
,
126
,
127

Scharnhorst
(German cruiser),
21
,
188
,
205

Schmundt, Hubert,
xv
,
11
,
75
,
160–61
,
164

Schnee, Adalbert,
xvii
,
179

Schörner, Ferdinand,
xv
,
xx–xxi
,
28–30
,
31
,
37–41
,
44
,
45
,
46
,
47–55
,
56–64
,
67–71
,
72
,
73–74
,
79
,
80
,
82
,
85
,
87
,
88–96
,
104–6
,
108
,
132
,
133
,
134
,
146
,
147
,
148–49
,
151
,
165
,
198
,
215
,
216
,
219–21

     
and Army Group A,
106

     
and Army Group Center,
29
,
47
,
89

     
and East Prussia,
53
,
54
,
137–41

     
and Latvia,
47
,
50
,
93
,
103
,
134

     
and Luftwaffe,
99

     
meets Hitler,
50
,
51

     
and Memel,
54–55
,
61
,
137

     
and Narva,
29–30
,
48

     
and OKH,
28
,
29
,
49
,
54
,
62
,
65
,
67
,
69
,
70
,
71
,
93
,
96
,
98
,
99
,
103
,
104

     
and Skl,
71
,
74

Schreiber, Gerhard,
xxi

Second Army,
109
,
110–11
,
113–16
,
120
,
121
,
122
,
124–27
,
135
,
185

Second Baltic Front,
5
,
25
,
26
,
29
,
48
,
51
,
63
,
83–84

Second Belorussian Front,
109–10
,
115
,
116
,
127
,
136

Second Courland Battle,
82
,
84
,
86
,
101
,
133

Second Front (Stalin’s),
23

Second Guard Army,
133

Second Task Force,
30
,
35
,
57–58
,
68–69
,
72
,
74
,
77–78
,
108
,
117
,
119
,
128–29
,
184–85

Segewold Position,
48
,
49
,
50–51
,
63
,
78

Sevastopol,
9
,
63
,
93
,
140
,
146
.
See also
Crimea

Seventh Courland Battle,
84

Sicily,
2
,
147
,
204

Silesia,
13
,
93
,
106
,
115
,
123
,
128
,
151
,
182
,
215

Sixteenth Army,
3
,
5
,
6
,
24
,
26
,
27
,
28
,
29–30
,
50
,
51
,
53
,
68
,
69
,
71–72
,
73
,
82–83
,
104

Sixth Army,
140
,
147
,
149

Sixth Courland Battle,
84
,
86
,
87

Sixth SS Panzer Army,
115

Skl (
See
kriegsleitung;
[German] Naval Staff
),
8
,
22
,
56
,
64
,
68
,
184

     
and Army Group North,
56
,
71
,
73

     
Assmann and,
12
,
35
,
43
,
190
,
206

     
and the Baltic Isles,
70–71
,
72
,
76
,
79

     
Buchardi and,
77
,
79
,
126
,
127

     
and Courland,
56
,
60
,
100
,
102
,
103

     
Dönitz and,
11
,
12
,
21
,
34–35
,
36
,
38
,
42
,
43
,
141–45
,
185
,
190