To Lose a Battle (108 page)

Speidel, Lieutenant-Colonel Hans,
646

Sperrle, Field-Marshal Hugo,
338

Stavisky, Serge,
100
,
103
,
104

Stiotta, Major von,
210
,
240

Stonne,
313
,
387–8
,
394
,
397
,
401
,
418–24
,
441
,
464–6
,
501
,
516

Stackelberg, Karl von,
416–17
,
641
,
668

Stalingrad,
611

Stresemann, Gustav,
65

Strikes,
54
,
109–11
,
135

Student, General,
265
,
291

Stuka: origin,
121–2
; in Poland,
142
; in Norway,
216
; in Ardennes,
286–7
; vulnerable,
301–2
; at Sedan,
338
,
341–6
,
352
,
361
; at Onhaye,
379
; at Nouzonville,
381–2
; bomb own troops,
386
; support Rommel,
407–8
; effects of,
472–3
; attack de Gaulle’s tanks,
494
,
540
; heavy casualties among,
611
,
627

Stülpnagel, General Heinrich von,
193

Sturmpionieren,
284
,
317
,
324
,
328
,
334
,
336
,
347
,
352
,
354–7
,
358
,
381
,
384
,
394
,
503

Switzerland, imaginary German threats to,
440
,
464

Taittinger, Pierre,
239

Tanks, tactical use of,
79
,
90–3
,
113
,
118
,
178–9
,
231
,
417
,
419
; types,
78–9
,
112
,
230–1

Taylor, A. J. P.,
83

Taylor, Brigadier-General Telford,
530

Teissier du Cros, Janet,
147
,
252

Templar, Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald,
636

Têtu, General,
164–5
,
431

Thélonne,
385–6

Thierry d’Argenlieu, General,
333

Thomas, Colonel (censor),
451–3
,
562
,
618

Thorez, Maurice,
107–8
,
117–18
,
134
,
157–8
,
653

Touchon, General,
424–5
,
427–9
,
448
,
490
,
495
,
508
,
517
,
534

Tours,
645
,
650
,
654–6
,
663

‘treachery’,
131–2
,
290
,
302
,
304
,
362
,
526–34

Trondheim,
215–16
,
218

Udet, Ernst,
120–2

‘Ultra’ decoding machine,
634–7

Valenciennes,
542
,
546
,
557

Vasselle, Pierre,
453

Vauthier, General,
417
,
430

Vautrin, Major,
575

Veiel, Lieutenant-General Rudolf,
355
,
488

Verdun,
46
,
51
,
67–71
,
73
,
86
,
90
,
102–3
,
141
,
161
,
196
,
203
,
360–1
,
647
,
672

Versailles, Treaty of,
45–6
,
54
,
56–7
,
63
,
83
,
86–7

Vervins,
418
,
468
,
474

Villelume Colonel,
371
,
444–5
,
510

Vincennes, Château de,
161
,
163–4
,
166
,
271–2
,
345
,
437–8
,
440–2
,
444
,
447–8
,
463–5
,
508–9
,
553–4
,
592
,
680

Vuillemin, General,
123–4
,
126–7
,
133
,
164
,
175
,
553
,
626–7
,
640

Wadelincourt,
348–50
,
358
,
363

Wahagnies,
548
,
567
,
573

Wailly,
577–9

Walther, Lieutenant,
266

Warlimont, Colonel W.,
185

Waterfield, Gordon,
146
,
452
,
524
,
621

Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah,
182

Wehrmacht: and reoccupation of Rhineland,
82
; rearmed,
86–7
; Reichswehr,
88–9
; origins of Panzer divisions,
91–4
; revolutionary spirit,
95
; teamwork,
96–7
; gains superiority over French Army,
119
; in Poland,
142–3
,
177–9
; weakness at outbreak of war,
144
; plans to invade Low Countries,
185
; conventional Establishment of,
193
; abortive attack,
202–3
; line-up for
Sichelschnitt,
207–8
,
229
; ‘special operations’,
208–9
,
262
,
264–71
; war games,
204–5
,
210
,
318
,
346
; deception plans,
246
,
404
,
440
,
480
; paratroopers,
259
,
312
; airborne landings,
262
,
264–5
,
268–9
; ability to counter-attack,
333
; rubber dinghies,
346–9
,
351–2
,
356–7
,
368
,
380
; reliance on captured fuel,
401
,
468
; losses,
412
,
424
,
478–9
,
515
,
577–8
,
666–7
; second-line troops,
466
; infantry manning flanks,
501–3
,
598–9
; their endurance,
502
; speed and efficiency,
559
,
599
; speed of advance compared with Americans,
562
; deployment for final battle,
639
; armistice negotiations,
663–5
; good behaviour,
668
; in occupied France,
669
; lack of plan to invade Britain,
670–1
; a ‘fragile instrument’,
674

Weil, Simone,
110

Welles, Sumner,
145
,
210–11

Wenck, Major,
387
,
492

Werner, Colonel,
307–8
,
380