Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig
von, 223–225, 229, 308
Hitler’s service in, 228
Ludendorff, Erich von, 223,
308–310
Model’s successful career,
329
Mussolini’s disillusionment,
342
Student, Kurt, 490
World War II, xi–xii
Allied victory at Saint-Lô,
280
atrocities against Jews, 57–58
attack on Poland, 194
German and British air
battles, 175–176
German invasion of Poland,
194, 229, 254, 271, 273, 279,
329, 491
growth of Red Navy, 196–198
Hitler’s strategic blunders,
229–230
Homma’s opposition to war
against U.S., 234
Japanese bomber pilots,
169–171
Keitel’s subservience to
Hitler, 271–272
Kesselring’s air force, 273
Manteuffel in North Africa,
318
Model’s strong leadership,
330
Operation Barbarossa, 443
Pacific aerial combat,
349–350
Pacific campaigns, 446–447
Pearl Harbor attack, 531
Rommel’s tactics at
Ardennes, 435
Skorzeny’s rescues and
kidnappings, 478–480
SS activities, 142–143
Tokyo Rose, 510–512
U-boat strategies, 145–147
Yamashita, Tomoyuki,
534–536
SeeAppendix B for list of
participants; Ardennes
offensive; Normandy
invasion; Poland, German
invasion of; individual
battles
Wounded Knee, South Dakota,
478
Wright, Carleton, 496
Wright, George, 265
Wynkoop, Edward, 55
Wyoming Massacre, 88–89, 120Yakima Indians, 263
Yamamoto, Isoroku, xi, 345, 509,
531–534Yamashita, Tomoyuki, 234, 509,
534–536
Yehonala. SeeCixi, Dowager
Empress
Yell Rifles, 105
Yeo, James Lucas, 40, 149, 151,
407–409, 537–540
Yokosuka Air Corps, 169, 171
York, Canada, 149, 468, 475
Yorktown, Battle of, 201, 499
Cornwallis’s abortive attempt
on, 126–127
Germain’s responsibility for,
182
Leslie’s southern command
after, 290
O’Hara’s surrender at,
355–356
Young King, 52
Young Officers’ Revolt, 535
Younger, Cole, 14, 414
Yugoslavia, capture of,
229–230Zapata, Emiliano, 526
Zemke, Hub, 36
“Zero Hour” (radio program),
511–512
Zollicoffer, Felix K., 133–134
Zumwalt, Elmo R., 186,
197–198INDEX