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Charlottenbrucke (Spandau), 384, 385

Charlottenburg, 340, 341, 356, 358, 416

Chemical weapons, 171–2, 376–7

Chernyakhovsky, Col. Gen. Ivan D., 17, 24–5, 26, 27, 33, 49

Christen, Lt. Col. v., 22

Christian, Gerda, 278, 343, 358, 359, 382, 388

Chuikov, Col. Gen. Vasily I., 44, 64, 65, 70, 71, 88, 91, 149, 150, 206, 321

and Oder battle, 216–17, 220, 222, 227, 229, 242

and Berlin fighting, 317–18, 319, 353

and German surrender, 367–8, 386, 392

Churchill, Winston S., 5, 19, 20

and Poland, 69, 77, 80–82, 143

and Yalta, 77–82, 145

and Eisenhower, 84, 141–2, 143, 195

and Berlin, 138, 195

and Dulles, 142

and post-war fears, 143, 364, 400

and surrender negotiations, 194, 341, 400

Clark Kerr, Sir Archibald, 145, 196

Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius, 309

Combined Chiefs of Staff, 143

Cottbus, 239, 245

Courland encirclement (Army Group North), 12, 89, 152, 180, 241, 402

Courts martial, summary (Standgericht), 130–31, 176

Crimean conference, see Yalta

D

Dahlem, 232, 324, 326, 384

Danzig, 37, 49, 50, 88, 93, 94

Anatomical Medical Institute, 94–5

defence of, 117, 120–22, 145

Deane, Maj. Gen. John R., 140, 145, 210, 211

Dekanozov, Vladimir, 304

Demmlhuber, SS-Obergpfh., 89

Dempsey, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles, 191

Dessau, 191, 196, 201, 263

Dethleffsen, Maj. Gen., 304

Devers, Gen. Jacob L., 192

Dietrich, SS-Oberstgpfh. Sepp, 5, 90

Djugashvili, Yakov, 136

Dneper flotilla, 297

Doberitz, 201, 267

Doberke, SS-Oberstmbannfh., 294

Dohnanyi, Hans v., 181

Donitz, Grand Admiral Karl, 50, 83, 154, 159, 188, 201, 250–51, 288, 289, 298, 341, 343, 361, 368, 369, 381, 402

Dresden, bombing of, 83, 146, 192, 211, 244, 325

Dufving, Col. Theodor v., 364, 367, 386

Dulles, Allen, 142, 194, 195

E

Eberswalde, 246, 267

Edelsheim, Gen. Maximilian Freiherr v., 395, 396

Eden, Anthony, 77

Ehrenburg, Ilya, 25, 28, 36, 169, 194, 195–6, 425

Einsiedel, Heinrich Graf v., 36, 197

Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight, 78

and Rhine crossing, 83–4

and British, 84, 139–40, 141–2, 143

and Soviet Union, 139–40, 141, 143, 145, 147, 194, 210–11, 306, 400

and SCAF-252, 141, 143, 145

and Berlin, 141, 142–4, 191, 195, 202–3, 204, 304

and German surrender, 294, 305, 400

and Zhukov, 425–6

Eismann, Col. Hans Georg, 53, 54, 89, 150, 159, 160, 242

Elbing, 26, 28, 50, 115, 116, 117, 119

Elser, Johann Georg, 181

Elsholz, 377, 378

Erkner, 265

F

Fedyuninsky, Gen. 1.1., 117

Fegelein, Gretl (Margarete Braun), 19, 59, 75, 253, 290, 341

Fegelein, SS-Gpfh. Hermann, 59, 60, 75, 154–5, 253, 290, 293, 341

Feldgendarmerie, 123, 132, 163, 234–5, 247, 258, 264, 281, 339

Fenet, Henri, 291, 292, 302, 303, 352, 379, 382

Ferch, 353

Ferchland, 396

Forster, Gauleiter Albert, 94, 120

Frankfurt am Main, 152

Frankfurt an der Oder, 27, 70, 71, 150, 183, 228

garrison of, 260, 270, 329

Frederick the Great, 204, 208, 390

Free Germany (Freies Deutschland), see National Committee for a Free Germany

Freisler, Roland, 74–5

Fremde Heere Ost (Foreign Armies East), 6

French First Army, 192, 251, 402

Freytag v. Loringhoven, Maj. Bernd

Freiherr, 12, 42, 58, 59, 151, 152, 153, 277, 278, 299, 350

Friedeburg, Admiral Hans Georg v., 400, 403, 404, 405

Friedrichshain flak tower, 287, 323

Friedrichstrasse, 380

station, 3, 48–9, 382

Fuchs, Dr Klaus, xxxiv, 138

Fuchs, Maj. Gen., 238

Furstenwalde, 330

G

Gall, Capt. Vladimir S., 214, 373–6

Gatow, 323

Gdynia (Gotenhafen), 50, 88, 117

defence of, 120–21, 145