DEDICATION
For Jonothan Plotnek
Contents
Germany
Allmendinger, Karl commander V Corps, later commander Seventeenth Army
Angelis, Maximilian de commander Sixth Army, replaced by Fretter-Pico
Back, Hans-Ulrich commander 16th Panzer Division
Bke, Franz commander eponymous panzer regiment
Balck, Hermann commander XLVIII Panzer Corps
Bayerlein, Fritz von commander 3rd Panzer Division, replaced by Lang
Betz, Paul fortress commander, Sevastopol
Breith, Hermann commander III Panzer Corps
Brese-Winiary, Heinz von battlegroup commander, 14th Panzer Division
Brinkmann, Helmuth commander Kriegsmarine forces in the Black Sea
Bucher, Wolfgang commander Korps Abteilung B battlegroup
Bsing, Otto panzer regiment commander, Grossdeutschland
Busse, Theodor chief of staff, Army Group South
Cramer, Gerhard panzergrenadier officer, 1st Panzer Division
Debus, Heinrich commander reconnaissance battalion, SS-Wiking
Degrelle, Leon commander SS-Wallonien
Dorr, Hans commander SS-Germania
Drekmann, Paul commander Korps Abteilung A
Edelsheim, Maximilian Freiherr von commander 24th Panzer Division
Einem, Hans-Egon von commander 21st Panzergrenadier Regiment (24th Panzer Division)
Frank, Heinz-Werner commander 1st Panzer Regiment (1st Panzer Division)
Fretter-Pico, Maximilian commander Sixth Army
Friessner, Johannes commander Army Group South Ukraine
Gehlen, Reinhard head of Fremde Heere Ost
Gille, Herbert commander SS-Wiking
Glssgen, Heinz Panther battalion commander, 26th Panzer Regiment
Gollnick, Hans commander XLVI Panzer Corps
Graeser, Fritz-Hubert commander XXIV Panzer Corps, later commander XLVIII Panzer Corps
Harpe, Josef commander Fourth Panzer Army
Hauffe, Arthur commander XIII Corps
Hell, Ernst-Eberhard commander VII Corps
Hollidt, Karl-Adolf commander Sixth Army, replaced by de Angelis
Horn, Heinrich commander 72nd Infantry Division
Hrnlein, Walter commander Grossdeutschland Division
Hube, Hans-Valentin commander First Panzer Army
Jaenecke, Edwin commander Seventeenth Army, replaced by Allmendinger
Kstner, Robert commander 72nd Infantry Division battlegroup
Kirchner, Friedrich commander LVII Panzer Corps
Kleist, Ewald von commander Army Group A
Knobelsdorff, Otto von commander XL Panzer Corps, later eponymous Armee Abteilung
Koll, Richard commander 1st Panzer Division, replaced by Marcks
Kller, Hans battlegroup commander, SS-Wiking
Kruse, Kurt commander 389th Infantry Division
Lammerding, Heinz commander SS-Das Reich
Lang, Rudolf commander 3rd Panzer Division
Langkeit, Willi battlegroup commander, 14th Panzer Division
Lex, Alfred battlegroup commander, SS-Das Reich
Lieb, Theodor commander Korps Abteilung B
Lttwitz, Smilo Freiherr von commander XLVI Panzer Corps
Manstein, Erich von commander Army Group South
Manteuffel, Gnther von commander 16th Panzergrenadier Division
Manteuffel, Hasso von commander 7th Panzer Division, replaced by Schulz, then Mauss; later commander Grossdeutschland
Marcks, Werner commander 1st Panzer Division
Mattenklott, Franz commander XLII Corps
Mauss, Karl commander 7th Panzer Division
Mieth, Friedrich commander IV Corps
Mummert, Werner battlegroup commander, 14th Panzer Division
Neindorff, Egon von Tarnopol garrison commander, replaced by Schnfeld
Nicolussi-Leck, Karl battlegroup commander, SS-Wiking
Ohlendorf, Otto commander Einsatzgruppe D
Raus, Erhard commander Fourth Panzer Army (replaced by Harpe), then First Panzer Army, then Third Panzer Army
Recknagel, Hermann commander XLII Corps
Sansdig, Rudolf commander LSSAH battlegroup
Saucken, Dietrich von commander III Panzer Corps, later XXXIX Panzer Corps
Schnfeld, Carl-August von Tarnopol garrison commander
Schrner, Ferdinand commander Army Group South Ukraine, succeeded by Friessner
Schulz, Adalbert commander 7th Panzer Division, replaced by Mauss
Schwerin, Gerhard Graf von commander 16th Panzergrenadier Division, replaced by Manteuffel, G
Sixt, Friedrich commander 50th Infantry Division
Speer, Albert armaments minister
Speidel, Hans chief of staff, Eighth Army
Stemmermann, Wilhelm commander XI Corps
Tippelskirch, Kurt von commander Fourth Army
Tresckow, Henning von chief of staff, Army Group Centre and anti-Hitler conspirator
Unrein, Martin commander 14th Panzer Division
Vormann, Nikolaus von commander XLVII Panzer Corps
Wagener, Carl chief of staff, First Panzer Army
Waldenfels, Rudolf Freiherr von commander 6th Panzer Division
Wenck, Walter chief of staff, First Panzer Army, succeeded by Wagener
Wietersheim, Wend von commander 11th Panzer Division
Whler, Otto commander Eighth Army
Zeitzler, Kurt Chief of the General Staff
Soviet Union
Alekseev, Vasily Mikhailovich commander V Guards Tank Corps
Baranov, Viktor Kirillovich commander 1st Horse and Mechanised Group, 1st Ukrainian Front
Bogdanov, Semen Ilyich commander Second Tank Army
Chuikov, Vasily Ivanovich commander Eighth Guards (formerly Sixty-Second) Army
Eremenko, Andrei Ivanovich Stavka representative in the Caucasus, then commander Coastal Army, replaced by Melnik
Gagen, Nikolai Aleksandrovich commander Fifty-Seventh Army
Galitsky, Ivan Pavlovich head of engineering troops, 1st Ukrainian Front
Grechkin, Aleksei Aleksandrovich commander Twenty-Eighth Army
Grechko, Andrei Antonovich commander First Guards Army
Katukov, Mikhail Efimovich commander First Tank Army
Konev, Ivan Stepanovich commander 2nd Ukrainian Front
Koroteyev, Konstantin Apolinovich commander Fifty-Seventh Army
Koshevoi, Petr Kirillovich commander LXIII Rifle Corps
Kravchenko, Andrei Grigorovich commander Sixth Tank Army
Kreizer, Iakov Grigorevich commander Fifty-First Army
Lashchenko, Petr Nikolaevich commander 322nd Rifle Division
Lelyushenko, Dmitri Danilovich commander Fourth Tank Army
Loza, Dmitri Fedorovich Red Army tank crewman
Makovchuk, Nikolai Matveevich commander XXXIV Guards Rifle Corps
Malinovsky, Rodion Yakovlevich commander 3rd Ukrainian Front
Melnik, Kondrat Semenovich commander Coastal Army
Monyushko, Evgenii Dmitrievich artillery officer, Red Army
Moskalenko, Kirill Semenovich commander Thirty-Eighth Army
Oktyabrsky, Filipp Sergeyevich commander Black Sea Fleet
Otroschenkov, Sergei Andreevich Red Army tank crewman
Papish, Mark Abramovich Red Army infantryman
Petrov, Ivan Efimovich commander North Caucasus Front, then Fifty-Sixth Army, renamed Coastal Army, replaced by Eremenko
Pliev, Issa Aleksandrovich commander Horse and Mechanised Group, 3rd Ukrainian Front
Polozkov, Vasily Iudovich commander XVIII Tank Corps
Proshin, Ivan Ivanovich commander 155th Tank Brigade
Pushkin, Efim Grigorevich commander XXIII Tank Corps, replaced by Vainrub
Reinhardt, Alfred commander 98th Infantry Division
Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich commander 1st Belarusian Front
Rotmistrov, Pavel Alexeyevich commander Fifth Guards Tank Army
Russkikh, Grigory Antonovich Red Army infantryman