Berlin: The Downfall 1945

6th Army Group, 192

12th Army Group, 141

ARMIES

First, 5, 137, 140, 141, 191, 203

Third, 141, 146, 191, 200, 203, 325, 364

Seventh, 192

Ninth, 141, 190, 200, 202, 203, 204, 396, 397

DIVISIONS

82nd Airborne, 194, 291

101st Airborne, 194, 291

69th Infantry, 305

83rd Infantry, 190–91, 202, 203

84th Infantry, 191

102nd Infantry, 191

2nd Armored, 190, 203

5th Armored, 191, 202

V

Vadis, Lt. Gen. Aleksandr, 390, 391, 399

Vasilevsky, Marshal Aleksandr, 33, 188

Vienna, 189, 195, 251

Vishnevsky, Vsevolod, 367, 368

Vistula offensive, 7, 8, 10, 12–13, 15, 16–18, 19, 20, 84, 165

Vlasienko, Sergeant, 212

Vlasov, Gen. Andrey, 72, 182–3, 297, 401, 402

Vlasovtsy, see ROA Volkssturm

in East Prussia, 24, 27, 37, 98–9, 102, 103, 175

recruitment and organization, 39, 40

in Silesia, 41, 98–9, 175

guarding and execution of camp prisoners, 41, 155, 191–2

in Pomerania, 55

in Berlin and Brandenburg, 70–71, 134, 148, 248

and defence of Berlin, 178, 209, 245, 262, 271, 287, 296, 300–301, 308, 315, 316, 323, 356

on Oder front, 182, 219, 221, 240, 258, 265

Voss, Vice-Admiral, 398

Vyshinsky, Andrei, 77, 403

W

Waffen SS, 8, 39, 42, 54, 86

and relationship with Army, 72, 241, 333, 334–5, 339

execution of deserters, 123, 129, 176, 247, 339, 344

and debacle in Hungary, 151, 293

scratch troops, 160

Fagdverbande, 174

foreigners in, 257–8, 322–3, 352, 356, 366, 367, 389, 392, 397

ARMIES

Sixth SS Panzer, 5, 21, 82, 195

Eleventh SS Panzer, 88, 89

CORPS

III SS Germanische Panzer, 241, 267, 268

V SS Mountain, 225, 228, 241, 242, 260, 270, 329

XI SS Panzer, 225, 229, 246, 247, 260, 270, 329

DIVISIONS

Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 72, 151, 276, 387

Das Reich, 54

Feldherrnhalle, 71

11th SS Nordland, 241–2, 246, 256, 257, 264, 269, 283, 286, 291, 301, 319, 323, 352, 367, 382

SS Nederland, 241, 397

30. Fanuar, 72, 133, 182, 208, 219, 242, 270

Charlemagne, 116

20th (Estonian), 129

35th SS Police Grenadier, 332

36th SS Grenadier, 334

REGIMENTS AND UNITS

‘Danmark’, 257, 258, 302

‘Norge’, 257, 258, 302

‘Charlemagne’, 291–3, 302, 319, 321–2, 323, 352, 356–7

Latvian Bn, 322

Reichsfuhrer SS guard bn, 294

Heavy Panzer Bn 502, 218, 223, 330

Heavy Panzer Bn 503, 322, 352 ‘Hermann von Salza’ Heavy Panzer Bn, 297, 319, 357

Wagner, Gerd, 218

Wagner, Gauleiter Joseph, 386, 387

Warsaw, 18, 21, 22–3

uprising, 20, 99

ghetto, 23

Wartheland, 22, 63

Wedding, 346

Weidendamm bridge, 382

Weidling, Gen. Helmuth and Oder battle, 225, 228, 229, 237, 242, 245, 246, 256, 259

and defence of Berlin, 267, 269, 286, 287, 291, 292, 301, 304, 320, 358

and breakout plans, 320, 353, 358, 382

and surrender, 386

Weiss, Lt. Col. Rudolf, 351

Weiss, Col. Gen. Walter, 116, 117, 118

Weissensee, 301

Weizsacker, Dr Gerlag v., 325

Wenck, Gen. Walther, 21, 90, 150, 200, 201, 276, 284, 285, 286, 298, 328, 329, 330, 350, 378, 379, 395, 397, 398

Werwolf, 173–6, 260, 261, 412, 415, 416

Werwolfsender, 261, 285

White, Maj. Gen. Isaac D., 190

Wiesbaden, 203

Wilhelm Gustloff, sinking of, 51, 88

Wilhelmstrasse, 304, 322, 347, 351, 352, 356, 366

Winant, John G., 84

Wittenberge, 202

Wohlermann, Col. Hans-Oscar, 228, 229, 237, 340

Wolf, Friedrich, 214

Wolf, Koni, 214, 373, 402