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6 X 10.5 Long Title.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-50971-8 - Rommel’s Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 Martin Kitchen Index More information INDEX Acroma 227 Rommel and 433 Agedabia 193 artillery (German), Alam Halfa 257, 295–6, 298–300, 10cm K17 292, 303 307–8, 309 88s in dual role 303 Battle of 300–8 Auchinleck, General Sir Claude German assessments of 309–10 119, 165, 217, 257, 262, 270, Alexander, Field Marshal Sir Harold 277, 284 453 dismissed 286–7 Alfieri, Dino 33, 36 tactical skill 261 Allied operations, ‘Husky’ 453 Bach, Captain Wilhelm 119 ‘Torch’ int. 9, 353–4, 356, 357, Badoglio, Pietro 16, 18, 19, 25, 28, 420 34 ‘Menace’ 27 Balbo, Air Marshal Italo 20 ‘Sledgehammer’ 356 Barbasetti di Prun, General Curio Ambrosio, General Vittorio 425 206, 293, 337 Anderson, Lieutenant-General Bardia 25, 248 Kenneth 377, 378 Barre,´ General Georges 364 Anderson, Major-General Kenneth Bastico, General Ettore 133, 143, 438 150, 159, 174–5, 267, 270, Anti-tank guns, 391, 392, 400, 410, 412, 425 two-pounder 61 Battle of Britain 2–3 37mm 118 Bayerlein, Colonel Fritz 11, 231, 47mm Pak 135, 339 429, 449 50mm Pak 61, 118, 218, 339 Benghazi 193, 194, 323, 387 75mm 306 Berndt, Lieutenant Alfred-Ingemar 88mm 61, 110 131, 345, 386, 447 QF six-pounder 334 Bir Hacheim 225, 227, 228, 230, American 7.5cm 435 231–4 Aosta, Duke of 5, 36 Bismarck, Otto von 399 Arabs 43, 185–6 Bizerta 428 Arco dei Fileni 392–3 Borghese, Prince Valerio 136 Arnim, General Hans-Jurgen¨ von Borne, Lieutenant-Colonel Klaus 378, 426, 452 Kreuzwendedich von dem 49 ideology 443–4 Bourguiba, Habib 375–6 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-50971-8 - Rommel’s Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 Martin Kitchen Index More information 591 / Index Brauchitsch, Walter von 2, 21, 35, 22nd Guards Armoured Brigade 45, 121–2 81, 85, 92, 97, 109, 116, 148, British army 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 8th Army 148 160, 173 Western Desert Force 5, 25, 109, 24th Brigade 81, 92 115, 148 32nd Armoured Brigade 148, 13th Corps 54, 153, 157, 173, 219 219, 257, 269 150th Brigade 220 30th Corps 148, 158, 171, 172, Polish Infantry Brigade 148 173, 220, 257 7th Support Group 156, 159 corps de chasse 289 Long Range Desert Group 52, 1st South African Division 148, 74, 178, 313, 407 155, 172, 193, 219 1st Durham Light Infantry 109 2nd South African Division 45, 8th Hussars 158, 223 54, 74, 75, 81, 91, 95 11th Hussars 52, 81, 86, 87, 93, 4th Indian Division 37, 148, 153, 98, 156 171 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle 5th Indian Division 220, 223 Corps 158 6th Australian Division 38, 54, 28th Maori Battalion 146 74 Royal Dragoons 341 7th Armoured Division, ‘Desert 3rd Royal Tank Regiment 155, Rats’ 37, 54, 148, 149, 153, 223 154, 155, 156, 157, 173, 329, 6th Royal Tank Regiment 156 346, 385 7th Royal Tank Regiment 37, 38 7th Australian Division 80 SAS 178 9th Australian Division 74, 76, British operations:, 148 ‘Aberdeen’ 232 10th Armoured Division 335 ‘Acrobat’ 218 19th Australian Division 338 ‘Agreement’ 312 50th Division 219 ‘Bacon’ 265, 269 51st Highland Division 334, 410 ‘Battleaxe’ 111, 115–19 70th Division 148 ‘Beresford’ 305 New Zealand Division 148, ‘Bigamy’ 312 169–71, 255, 305 ‘Brevity’ 109–11 3rd Indian Motorised Brigade 77, ‘Compass’ 7, 37–8 81, 93–5, 225 ‘Crusader’ 145–50, 151–2, 179 4th Armoured Brigade 116, 148, ‘Demon’ 81, 93 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 223 ‘Excess’ 66 5th South African Brigade 145, ‘Grapeshot’ 383, 420 159 ‘Lightfoot’ 324, 326–36 6th New Zealand Brigade 160 ‘Lustre’ 67 7th Armoured Brigade 116, 153, ‘Manhood’ 271 155 ‘Pugilist’ 447 7th Indian Brigade 166 ‘Splendour’ 267, 269 10th Indian Brigade 236 ‘Strike’ 454 11th Indian Infantry Brigade 116, ‘Supercharge’ 336, 338, 339 173 ‘Tiger’ 108 18th Infantry Brigade 81, 92, 261 ‘Vulcan’ 453 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-50971-8 - Rommel’s Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 Martin Kitchen Index More information 592 / Index Buerat 399, 401, 404, 405, 406, de Guingand, Brigadier Francis 407, 408, 410, 411, 412, 413, Wilfred 288 414, 415, 416–17 Deir el Shein 260, 269 Delease 293 Campioni, Admiral Inigo 67 delegato politico 274 Canaris 36 Derrien, Admiral Edmond-Louis Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm Franz 362, 366 372 Desert Air Force 250, 262, 388 Cape Matapan, Battle of 68 Dill, Field Marshal Sir John Greer Carnimeo, General Nicolangelo 37 81 Carrell, Paul 10 Donitz,¨ Grand-Admiral Karl 136, Cassa Mediterranea di Credito 274 444–5 Cauldron Battle 230, 232, 236 Dorman-Smith, Brigadier Eric 37, Cavallero, Ugo 16, 19, 20, 33, 50, 193, 287, 288 51, 191, 213, 388, 390, 392, 398, 406, 418 Eden, Anthony 81, 90–1, 251 argues with Mussolini 195 Egypt 188–9, 257–8 relieved of command 425 Axis policies towards 257 Churchill, Winston Spencer 3, 9, ‘The Flap’ 245–6 210, 269, 275 Eichmann, Karl Adolf 277 on fall of Tobruk Einsatzkommando Rauff 276, Ciano, Count Galeazzo 17, 25, 47 278–80, 361, 370 dismissed 425 Eisenhower, General Dwight D. meetings with Hitler 34–5, 356, 368, 438, 452 360–1 El Adem 226, 236 Pact of Steel 16 El Alamein 249 Comando Supremo 16, 195, 197, First Battle of 258–73 293 German positions at 312 Coningham, Air Vice-Marshal Enfidaville 452 Arthur 315 Enigma 69 continental bloc See Ribbentrop, Eppler, Hanns (‘John W.’) 113, 276 Joachim von espionage 113–14 Corbett, Lieutenant-General Thomas Esteva,´ Admiral Jean-Pierre 362, 288 370 Crete 32, 81, 93, 114 Cruwell,¨ Lieutenant-General Ludwig Farouk, King 188, 274, 276, 281 127, 154, 159, 160, 164, 228 forced labour 368–70 disagreements with Rommel 169, Fort Capuzzo 86, 97, 117 172 Fougier, General Rino-Corso 138 Cunningham, Lieutenant-General Sir Franco, General Francisco 4, 6, 7, Alan 148, 162, 165–6 27, 28, 34, 36, 38, 42, 43 Cunningham, Admiral Andrew Fremde Heere West 22 Browne 69, 70 French navy 285 Cuppers,¨ Martin 10 Freyberg, Major-General Bernard 161, 170, 255, 270, 305, 336, Dakar 27 447 Darlan, Admiral Jean-Franc¸ois 358, Montgomery’s opinion of 454 362, 366 Fricke, Vice-Admiral Kurt 39 de Gaulle, General Charles 43 Fredendall, General Lloyd 438 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-50971-8 - Rommel’s Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 Martin Kitchen Index More information 593 / Index Frohlich,¨ Major-General Stefan 59 172, 302, 339, 347, 403, 423, Fuka 335, 337, 338, 340, 341, 345, 426, 431 351, 380, 390 90 Africa Light Division 145, Funck, Major-General Baron von 146, 332 42, 45 164 Light Africa Division 270, report on situation in North Africa 291, 293, 326 46 Hermann Goring¨ Division 366, 423 Gabes 398, 400, 405, 409, 412, Kriemhild Division 366 414, 419, 423, 425, 426, 427, 1 Luftwaffe Light Infantry Brigade 448 291, 381 Gafsa 426, 427, 431–2, 449 5 Panzer Regiment 86, 87, 88, Gambara, General Gastone 159, 98, 99, 157, 159, 166 173 8 Panzer Regiment 117, 158, 159 Gambier-Parry, Major-General 10 Panzer Intelligence Regiment Michael 76, 78 146 Gariboldi, General Italo 55, 126 104 Rifle Regiment 88, 99, 225 Gatehouse, Major-General Alec 335 115 Infantry Regiment 87, 88, Gause, Major-General Alfred 126, 98, 99 191, 231, 386 155 Infantry Regiment 145, 158 Gazala 194, 216–17, 218, 221, 361 Africa Regiment 145, 160 236, 387 3 Reconnaissance Battalion 57, battles 222–37 74, 75, 87, 98 ‘Gazala Gallop’ 237 2 Machinegun Battalion 73, 101 Geisler, General Hans 41, 54 8 Machinegun Battalion 57, 75, German army, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 97, 98, 99, Afrikakorps 57, 145, 153 162 Arab volunteers 373, 376–7 15 Motorcycle Battalion 83, 87, divisional organisation 57–8 97, 98, 109 forces for Tunisia 366 33 Anti-Tank Unit 83–4, 97 morale 259–60, 269–70 39 Anti-Tank Unit 57 on 8th Army 177–8, 196, 289 621 Wireless Intelligence on Italians 81, 92, 178 Company, NFA 146 radio intelligence 146–7 Oasis Companies 145 German army units German navy 3 Panzer Division 42 strategy 23, 38–9, 136–7, 182–3, 5 Light Division 42, 48, 56, 57, 198–201 58, 73, 75, 77, 81, 82, 83, 85, U-boats 135–6, 162, 359 87, 88, 89, 95, 97, 98, 99, German operations 101, 111 ‘Alpha’ 216 7 Panzer Division 49 ‘Anton’ 358 10 Panzer Division 366, 423, 426 ‘Attila’ 36, 51 15 Panzer Division 58, 63, 87, 98, ‘Barbarossa’ 48, 64, 71, 81, 91, 101, 102, 111, 116, 145, 153, 120, 130, 246 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, ‘Beer Sausage’ (Bierwurst) 427 162, 166, 172, 223, 229, 239, ‘Blockhead’ (Ochsenkopf) 439 302, 329, 339, 347, 403, 426 ‘Brown’ 365 21 Panzer Division 145, 153, ‘Camelia’ 36 154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 166, ‘Capri’ 439 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-50971-8 - Rommel’s Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 Martin Kitchen Index More information 594 / Index German operations, (cont.) Harlinghausen, Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Condor’ 113 Martin 41 ‘Felix’ 33, 35, 38 Harmon, Major-General Ernest ‘Fredericus II’ 247 438 ‘Gisela’ 359 Heckmann, Wolf 10 ‘Hercules’ 208, 211, 212, 213, Heggenreiner, Major Heinz 55 214, 215, 216, 247 Herff, Colonel Max von 109 ‘Himmelbett’ 239 Himmler, Heinrich 277–8 ‘Ilona’ 359 Hitler, Adolf 1, 2, 3–8, 14–16, 22, ‘Isabella’ 359 23, 24, 28, 29, 33–4, 36, 42, ‘Marita’ 8, 33, 34, 36, 43, 48, 43–4, 47–8, 76, 82, 96, 120, 60 132, 135–6, 138, 157, 184, ‘Mercury’ 211 185, 194, 201, 202–3, 208, ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ 149 210, 213, 243, 246–7, 273, ‘Morning Air’ (Morgenluft) 427 290, 298, 341, 343, 354, 355, ‘Salaam’ 113 356, 363, 367, 379,
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