PART TWO
INDEX


CHAPTER 10
Topic Index

I. How To Use This Index

The scope of this index, and the heading under which the desired information is listed, may be determined by examining the "List of Headings in the Topic Index" (Section II, below). Note particularly that INDEX HEADINGS ARE ALWAYS IN SOLID CAPITALS, while other key-words are in lower case with a cross-reference to the actual index heading. Distinctly historical information can be located under headings for military campaigns, theaters of war, the armed forces of various nations, and headings that contain the words "Operations" or "Activities."

All data in the topic index are references to manuscripts listed and described in the catalog. Some headings contain numerical as well as alphabetical entries; Roman and Arabic numerals follow the alphabet in that order.

II. List Of Headings In The Topic Index

ADMINISTRATION
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Africa (see NORTH AFRICA)
AIRBORNE FORCES
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS, DEFENSE AND COUNTER
ATTACK AGAINST
AIRCRAFT WARNING SERVICE
AIR DEFENSE
AIR FORCE
AIRLIFT
AIR SUPERIORITY
AIR SUPPORT
Allies and Alliances (see COALITION)
AMERICAN ARMY, OPERATIONS AND EVALUATION OF
AMMUNITION
AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
ANTI-NAZI ACTIVITY IN THE GERMAN ARMY
ANTITANK DEFENSE
ARCTIC OPERATIONS
ARDENNES WINTER OFFENSIVE
ARMED FORCES (WEHRMACHT)
ARMORED OPERATIONS
ARMORED TACTICS AND ORGANIZATION
ARMY GENERAL STAFF
Army Rear Area (see COMMUNICATIONS ZONE)
ARTILLERY OPERATIONS
ARTILLERY TACTICS AND ORGANIZATION
ART OF WAR
ASSAULT GUN
ASSAULT INFANTRY
ATROCITIES

BALKANS, GREECE, CRETE
BARBAROSSA (plan for conquest of Russia, 1941)
Belgium (see ARDENNES WINTER OFFENSIVE; FRANCE 1944--WITHDRAWAL)
ROCKING ACTIONS
BOUNDARIES
BREAK-THROUGHS
BRIDGEHEADS
BRIDGES
BRITISH AND EMPIRE COMMAND AND TROOPS

CAMOUFLAGE, CONCEALMENT
CARRIER PIGEONS
CASUALTIES
CAVALRY
CHEMICAL WARFARE
Civilian Control of National Defense (see POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS)
CLIMATE
CLOTHING
COALITION (Allies)
COAST DEFENSE
COBRA OPERATION
COMBATANTS AND NONCOMBATANTS
COMBAT INTELLIGENCE
Combined Headquarters and Forces (see COALITION)
COMMAND, EXERCISE OF COMMAND
COMMAND POST
Command Post Exercise (see TRAINING)
COMMISSARS IN RUSSIAN ARMY
Communication (see SIGNAL COMMUNICATION)
COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION SECURITY
COMMUNICATIONS ZONE
COMMUNISM
COMPASS
Compulsory Military Service (see REPLACEMENTS)
Concentration (see MAIN ATTACK: MAIN EFFORT]
Conscription (see REPLACEMENTS; see also WEHRKREISE in Unit Index)
COOPERATION OF ARMS
CORDUROY ROADS
COUNTERATTACK AGAINST AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
COUNTERATTACK AGAINST A PENETRATION
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Crete (see BALKANS, GREECE, CRETE)
Cross-Country Marches (see TROOP MOVEMENT)
CRYPTANALYSIS, CRYPTOGRAPHY

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DECEPTION
DEFENSE
DEFENSE ON A BROAD FRONT
Deferment (see REPLACEMENTS; PERSONNEL)
DEFINITIONS OF MILITARY TERMS
DELAYING ACTION
DEMOLITIONS AND DESTRUCTION
DESERT OPERATIONS
DOCTRINES OF COMBAT OPERATIONS
DOGS
Draft (see REPLACEMENTS)

EAST AND WEST--INTERDEPENDENCE OF
ECONOMIC WARFARE
ENEMY SUPERIORITY
ENGINEER OPERATIONS
ENGINEER TECHNIQUES AND ORGANIZATION
Enlistment (see REPLACEMENT; VOLUNTARY SERVICE)
ENVELOPMENTS
ESPIONAGE
ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION
EUROPE
EVACUATION

FELIX PLAN
"FESTE PLAETZE"
FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS
FIELD WORKS AND SHELTER
FIGHTING POWER, CONSERVATION OF
Finland (see RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN, N. SECTOR)
FIRE FIGHTING--PASSIVE AIR DEFENSE
FLAMETHROWERS
FLANK ATTACK
Flash Ranging (see SOUND AND FLASH RANGING)
FLOODING
FOG
FORTIFICATIONS, ATLANTIC WALL AND FRANCE
FORTIFICATIONS, BALKANS
FORTIFICATIONS, MEDITERRANEAN, ITALY
FORTIFICATIONS, METZ
FORTIFICATIONS, RUSSIA
FORTIFICATIONS, STRATEGIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS
FORTIFICATIONS. WEST WALL AND GERMANY
Forward Slope Position (see REVERSE SLOPE POSITION)
FOXHOLES
FRANCE: GEOGRAPHY AND GOVERNMENT
FRANCE: 1940 CAMPAIGN AND GERMAN OCCUPATION
FRANCE 1944--GENERAL
FRANCE 1944--HOLLAND
FRANCE 1944--NORMANDY
FRANCE 1944--SOUTHERN FRANCE
FRANCE 1944--WITHDRAWAL
FRENCH FORCES 1942--45
FRONTAGE AND DEPTH
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

GASOLINE
GENERAL STAFF, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
GEOGRAPHY
GERMAN ARMY
GERMAN COMMAND AND TROOPS
GERMANY 1944--45, EASTERN FRONT
GERMANY 1944--45, WESTERN FRONT--CENTRAL AND N. GERMANY E. OF THE RHINE
GERMANY 1944--45, WESTERN FRONT--CENTRAL SECTOR W. OF THE RHINE
GERMANY 1944--45, WESTERN FRONT--GENERAL
GERMANY 1944--45, WESTERN FRONT--NORTHERN SECTOR W. OF THE RHINE
GERMANY 1944--45, WESTERN FRONT--SOUTHERN SECTOR AND S. GERMANY
GLIDE BOMBS
Greece (see BALKANS, GREECE, CRETE)
Ground Support (see AIR SUPPORT)
Guerilla Warfare (see PARTISAN WARFARE)
Guided Missiles (see MISSILES, LONG RANGE)

Hague Convention; Rules of Warfare (see LAW--MILITARY AND INTERNATIONAL)
Headquarters (see COMMAND POST)
HIGH COMMAND ACTIVITIES
HIGH COMMAND ORGANIZATION
History (see MILITARY HISTORY)
HITLER AS A COMMANDER
Holland (see FRANCE 1944--HOLLAND)
HORSES
HOSTAGES

IMPROVISATIONS
INFANTRY
INFANTRY REGIMENT
INFILTRATION
INTELLIGENCE
Intercept Service (see COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION SECURITY)
ITALY AND ITALIAN FORCES
Italy, German Operations in (see MEDITERRANEAN, ITALY--OPERATIONS IN)

JAPAN
Joint Staff (see ARMED FORCES)

LABOR SERVICE
LAW--MILITARY AND INTERNATIONAL
LEADERSHIP: LEADERS
LEAVE
LIAISON AND LIAISON OFFICERS
Logistics (see STRATEGY; SUPPLY; TRANSPORTATION)
Lubrication (see OPERATIONS IN SNOW AND COLD)
Luftwaffe (see AIR FORCE)
Luxembourg (see ARDENNES WINTER OFFENSIVE; FRANCE 1944 -WITHDRAWAL)

MAIN ATTACK: MAIN EFFORT
MAINTENANCE
MANEUVERS AND EXERCISES
MANPOWER

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MAPS
March (see TROOP MOVEMENT)
March Discipline (see TRAFFIC CONTROL; MILITARY POLICE; MOTOR MOVEMENTS)
March Unit (see REPLACEMENTS)
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY
MEDITERRANEAN, ITALY--OPERATIONS IN
MEETING ENGAGEMENT
Memoirs (see PERSONALITIES AND MEMOIRS)
MESSENGERS
MILITARY ATTACHES
MILITARY GOVERNMENT
MILITARY HISTORY, MILITARY LITERATURE
MILITARY POLICE
Military Terms (see DEFINITIONS OF MILITARY TERMS)
MILITIA
MINES
MISSILES, LONG RANGE (V-WEAPONS)
MISSION
MOBILIZATION
MORALE
MORTARS
MOTOR MOVEMENT
MOUNTAIN OPERATIONS
MUD

NAVAL OPERATIONS NAVY
Netherlands (see FRANCE 1944--HOLLAND) NIGHT
NONCOMBATANTS
NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS
NORDWIND OPERATION (Diversionary attack on south wing of the Ardennes offensive in northern Alsace, Jan 1945)
Normandy (see FRANCE 1944--NORMANDY)
NORTH AFRICA, EAST
NORTH AFRICA, GENERAL
NORTH AFRICA, WEST
NORWAY

Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)--(see ARMY GENERAL STAFF)
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL)--(see AIR FORCE)
Oberkommando der Marine (OKM)--(see NAVY)
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)--(see ARMED FORCES)
OBSERVATION ARTILLERY--RECONNAISSANCE ARTILLERY
Obstacles(see BLOCKING ACTIONS)
OCCUPIED ENEMY TERRITORY
OFFENSE
OFFICERS
OPERATION ORDERS
OPERATIONS, GENERAL
OPERATIONS IN SNOW AND EXTREME COLD
Orders (see OPERATION ORDERS)
ORDNANCE
ORGANIZATION
Orientation (see RECONNAISSANCE)
OVER-ALL STRATEGY, WORLD WAR II
Overlays (see MAPS)
OVERSNOW MOVEMENT OF TROOPS

PARACHUTE TROOPS
PARTISAN WARFARE
PATROLS
PENETRATION
PERSONALITIES AND MEMOIRS
PERSONNEL
PINCERS
Planning (see STRATEGY)
PLATOON, RIFLE PLATOON
POLAND
POLISH CAMPAIGN, 1939
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
POLITICAL EDUCATION
PRISONERS OF WAR
PROFESSIONAL AND MERCENARY ARMIES
PROPAGANDA
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
PURSUIT

Quartermaster Corps (see SUPPLY)

RADAR
Radio (see SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS)
RAILROADS
Rear Area (see COMMUNICATIONS ZONE)
RECONNAISSANCE
Reconnaissance Artillery (see OBSERVATION ARTILLERY)
RECOVERY
RECRUITING SYSTEM
RELIEF AND REHABILITATION
REMAGEN BRIDGE
REPLACEMENTS
REPORTS
RESERVE OFFICERS
RESERVES
RETROGRADE MOVEMENTS
REVERSE (FORWARD) SLOPE POSITIONS
Rifle Company (see ORGANIZATION; TACTICS)
RIVER CROSSINGS IN RUSSIA
RIVERS
ROADS
ROCKET PROPULSION--ROCKET ARTILLERY
ROMMEL
Rotation (see RELIEF AND REHABILITATION; FIGHTING POWER, CONSERVATION OF)
RUSSIAN AIR FORCE -LUFTWAFFE IN RUSSIA
RUSSIAN ARMY
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN--CENTRAL SECTOR
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN--GENERAL
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN -NORTHERN SECTOR
AND FINLAND
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN--SOUTHERN SECTOR
Russian infantry (see RUSSIAN ARMY)

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RUSSIAN NAVY--GERMAN NAVAL OPERATIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
RUSSIAN POPULATION
RUSSIAN STRATEGY AND TACTICS--GERMAN COUNTERMEASURES
RUSSIAN TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

SANITATION
SEARCHLIGHTS
Secret Field Police (see MILITARY POLICE)
SECURITY
SEELOEWE PLAN
Selective Service (see REPLACEMENTS)
SHELTER
SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS
SIGNAL CORPS
Signal Intelligence (see COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION SECURITY)
SIMPLICITY--SIMPLIFICATION
Situation Estimate (see ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION)
SMALL UNIT TACTICS
SMOKE
SOUND AND FLASH RANGING
Soviet Union (see RUSSIAN POPULATION)
SPARE PARTS
SPOILING ATTACK
SQUAD, RIFLE SQUAD
STAFFS
STANDARDIZATION
STATISTICS
STEPPES
STRATEGY
SUPPLY
Supreme Command (see ARMED FORCES)
SURPRISE
SURVEY
SWAMPS

Tables of Organization (see ORGANIZATION)
TACTICAL EXAMPLES
TACTICS, TACTICAL PRINCIPLES
TANKS
TECHNICS
Tents (see SHELTER)
THEATER OF OPERATIONS
TOWNS, FIGHTING IN
TRAFFIC CONTROL
TRAINING
TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
TROOP MOVEMENT
Tunisia (see AFRICA, WEST)

United States Army (see AMERICAN ARMY, OPERATIONS AND EVALUATION OF)
UNITY OF COMMAND

Veterinary (see MEDICAL AND VETERINARY)
VOLKSGRENADIER DIVISION
VOLKSSTURM
VOLUNTARY SERVICE, ENLISTMENT
V-weapons (see MISSILES, LONG RANGE)

WAR DIARY
WAR ECONOMY
WAR POTENTIAL
WEAPONS
Weather (see CLIMATE)
Wehrmacht (see ARMED FORCES--WEHRMACHT)
Western Campaign 19<*0 (see FRANCE: 1940 AND GERMAN OCCUPATION)
WINTER EQUIPMENT
WINTER WARFARE
WITHDRAWAL
WOMEN IN WAR SERVICE
WOODS

Yugoslavia (see BALKANS, GREECE, CRETE)

ZITADELLE OPERATION
ZONE DEFENSE

III. Topic Index

ADMINISTRATION

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Africa (see NORTH AFRICA)

AIRBORNE FORCES

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AIRBORNE FORCES--Continued

AIRBORNE OPERATIONS

AIRBORNE OPERATIONS, DEFENSE AND COUNTER-ATTACK AGAINST

AIRCRAFT WARNING SERVICE

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AIR DEFENSE

AIR FORCE

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AIR FORCE Continued

AIRLIFT

AIR SUPERIORITY

AIR SUPPORT

Allies and Alliances (see COALITION)

AMERICAN ARMY, OPERATIONS AND EVALUATION OF

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AMERICAN ARMY, OPERATIONS AND EVALUATION OF--Continued

AMMUNITION

AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS

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ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY

ANTI-NAZI ACTIVITY IN THE GERMAN ARMY

ANTITANK DEFENSE

ARCTIC OPERATIONS

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ARDENNES WINTER OFFENSIVE

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ARMED FORCES (WEHRMACHT)

ARMORED OPERATIONS

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ARMORED TACTICS AND ORGANIZATION

ARMY GENERAL STAFF

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ARMY GENERAL STAFF--Continued

Army Rear Area (see COMMUNICATIONS ZONE)

ARTILLERY OPERATIONS

ARTILLERY TACTICS AND ORGANIZATION

ART OF WAR

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ART OF WAR--Continued

ASSAULT GUN

ASSAULT INFANTRY

ATROCITIES

ATTACK

BALKANS, GREECE, CRETE

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BALKANS, GREECE. CRETE--Continued

BARBAROSSA (plan for conquest of Russia, 1941)

Belgium (see ARDENNES WINTER OFFENSIVE; FRANCE 1944-WITHDRAWAL)

BLOCKING ACTIONS

BOUNDARIES

BREAK-THROUGHS

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BREAK-THROUGHS--Continued

BRIDGEHEADS

BRIDGES

BRITISH AND EMPIRE COMMAND AND TROOPS

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BRITISH AND EMPIRE COMMAND AND TROOPS--Continued

CAMOUFLAGE, CONCEALMENT

CARRIER PIGEONS

CASUALTIES

CAVALRY

CHEMICAL WARFARE

CLIMATE

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CLOTHING

COALITION (Allies)

COAST DEFENSE

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COBRA OPERATION (US breakout attack near Mortain, Normandy)

COMBATANTS AND NONCOMBATANTS

COMBAT INTELLIGENCE

Combined Headquarters and Forces (see COALITION)

COMMAND, EXERCISE OF COMMAND

COMMAND POST

Command Post Exercise (see TRAINING)

Combined Headquarters and Forces (see COALITION) COMMISSARS IN RUSSIAN ARMY

COMMAND, EXERCISE OF COMMAND

Communications (see SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS)

COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION SECURITY

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COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION SECURITY--Continued

COMMUNICATIONS ZONE

COMMUNISM

COMPASS

Compulsory Military Service (see REPLACEMENTS)

Concentration (see MAIN ATTACK: MAIN EFFORT)

Conscription (see REPLACEMENTS; see also WEHRKREISE in Unit Index)

COOPERATION OF ARMS

CORDUROY ROADS

COUNTERATTACK AGAINST AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS

COUNTERATTACK AGAINST A PENETRATION

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COUNTERATTACK AGAINST A PENETRATION--Continued

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

Crete ( see BALKANS, GREECE, CRETE)

Cross-Country marches (see TROOP MOVEMENT)

CRYPTANALYSIS, CRYPTOGRAPHY

DECEPTION

DEFENSE

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DEFENSE--Continued

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DEFENSE--Continued

DEFENSE ON A BROAD FRONT

Deferment (see REPLACEMENTS; PERSONNEL)

DEFINITIONS OF MILITARY TERMS

DELAYING ACTION

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DELAYING ACTION--Continued

DEMOLITIONS AND DESTRUCTION

DESERT OPERATIONS

DOCTRINES OF COMBAT OPERATIONS

DOGS

Draft (see REPLACEMENTS)

EAST AND WEST--INTERDEPENDENCE OF

ECONOMIC WARFARE

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ECONOMIC WARFARE--continued

ENEMY SUPERIORITY

ENGINEER OPERATIONS

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ENGINEER TECHNIQUES AND ORGANIZATION

Enlistment (see REPLACEMENTS; VOLUNTARY SERVICE

ENVELOPMENTS

ESPIONAGE

ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION

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ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION--Continued

EUROPE

EVACUATION

FELIX PLAN

"FESTE PLAETZE" (Localities to be defended to the last German troops)

FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS

FIELD WORKS AND SHELTER

FIGHTING POWER, CONSERVATION OF

Finland (see RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN SECTOR)

NORTHERN FIRE FIGHTING--PASSIVE AIR DEFENSE

FLAMETHROWERS

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FLAMETHROWERS--Continued

FLANK ATTACK

Flash Ranging (see SOUND AND FLASH)

FLOODING

FOG

FORTIFICATIONS, ATLANTIC WALL AND FRANCE

FORTIFICATIONS, BALKANS

FORTIFICATIONS, MEDITERRANEAN, ITALY

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FORTIFICATIONS, MEDITERRANEAN, ITALY--Continued

FORTIFICATIONS, METZ

FORTIFICATIONS, RUSSIA

FORTIFICATIONS, STRATEGIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS

FORTIFICATIONS, WEST WALL AND GERMANY

Forward slope position (see REVERSE SLOPE POSITION)

FOXHOLES