Battleship Bismarck (81 page)

Habsburg, King Albrecht,
62

Halke, Hans, Matrosengefreiter,
251n

Hannover
(predreadnought),
26

Hansa
(cruiser),
90

Hansen, Hans, Matrosenhauptgefreiter, helmsman in the
Bismarck
,
167

Hans Lody
(destroyer),
83
,
101

Hasselmeyer, Albert, Kapitänleutnant (Ingenieurwesen), commander of Division II in the
Bismarck
,
221

Heide
(tanker),
428

Hela
(fleet tender),
71
,
91

Helms, Friedrich, Oberbootsmannsmaat, gun captain, turret Dora,
257

Henderson, SirNevile,
15

Hennessy, B. J., Midshipman, HMS
Zulu
,
220
,
221

Hertha
(cruiser),
24

Herzog, Georg, Matrosengefreiter,
168
,
208
,
293–94

Heyda, Wolfgang, Kapitänleutnant,
316–17

Hierl, Konstantin,
387n

Hillen, Paul, Matrose,
75

Himmler, Heinrich,
375

Hinrichsen, Rolf, Marineassistenzarzt der Reserve, dental officer in the
Bismarck
,
275

Hinsley, F. H.,
449n

Hinz, Gerhard, Oberleutnant, commander of Division 8 in the
Bismarck
,
278

Hipper, Franz von, Vice Admiral,
333

Hitler, Adolf,
10
,
11
,
12
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
20
,
21
,
22
,
23
,
24
,
61
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
68n
,
239
,
262
,
302
,
320
,
321
,
329
,
334
,
340
,
346
,
347
,
348
,
353
,
373
,
376
,
382
,
386
,
399
,
400
,
401
,
402
,
405
,
411
,
412
,
413
,
417
,
418
,
419
,
420
; attempted assassination of,
374–75
; birthday message to Lütjens,
185
; cancels international treaties,
17
; on England,
323
; on Germany’s legal system,
355–59
; on Hitler revolution,
414–15
; on invasion of Poland,
23
,
323
; on invasion of Soviet Union,
322
,
324–25
; last messages to
Bismarck
,
221–23
;
Mein Kampf
,
387–88
; Munich Conference, 1938,
7–8
; on navy,
323
; operational risks,
261
; reluctance toward Exercise Rhine,
97–98
,
301–2
; speech at Saarbrücken,
8
; speech of 31 January 1941,
67–68
; speech to officer aspirants,
64
; visits the
Bismarck
,
96–98
,
278
; on waging war,
322–24

Höhn, Reinhard,
358

Holland, Lancelot, Vice Admiral (RN),
123
,
170
,
171
; in battle off Iceland,
137n
,
139
,
141
,
143
,
144

Homersham, Francis S., Wing Commander (RAF],
344

Höntzsch, Otto, Matrosengefreiter,
293–94

Hood
, HMS (battlecruiser),
71
,
122
,
123
,
155
,
156
,
161
,
172
,
176
,
182
,
223
,
234
,
258
,
259
,
289
,
361
; in battle off Iceland,
139–44
,
149
,
152
,
183
; code word for parting of the
Bismarck
and
Prinz Eugen
,
160
,
161
; less to be avenged,
170
,
185
; at Oran,
1

III
(tanker),
428

Indefatigable
, HMS (battlecruiser),
144
,
333

Invincible
, HMS (battlecruiser),
144

Iron Duke
, HMS (battleship),
19

Izzard, Ralph, Lieutenant Commander (RNVR),
315–16
,
319
,
320
,
321
,
326
,
327
,
329

Jahreis, Emil, Kapitänleutnant (Ingenieurwesen), damage-control officer in the
Bismarck
,
94–95
,
226
,
255
; in last battle,
269–70
,
272

Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord,
18–19

Jellicoe, Lady,
18–19

Jens, Walter,
41n

Jeschonnek, Hans, Generaloberst, Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe,
450

Jucknat, Heinz,
251n

Juhl, Heinrich, Oberartilleriemechaniker,
168

Junack, Gerhard, Kapitänleutnant (Ingenieurwesen): on board
Dorsetshire
,
287
,
289n
; on damage control,
270
; on effect of Lütjens’s speech,
183
,
184
; impression of Lindemann,
237
; Junack’s action hammer,
270
; in last battle,
262–63
; prisoner of war,
308
; rudder repairs,
210
,
438–44

Jünger, Ernst,
414

Jutland, Battle of,
18
,
144

Kahn, David,
449n

Kalvanes Bay, Norway,
109
,
113
,
116

Karlsruhe
(cruiser),
5
,
73
,
74
,
90
,
239

Kärnten
(supply ship),
429

Keitel, Wilhelm, Generalfeldmarschall,
96–97

Kennedy, E. C, Captain, commanding HMS
Rawalpindi
,
172

Kennedy, Ludovic, Sub-Lieutenant, HMS
Tartar
,
112n
,
119n
,
172
,
197n
,
275n

Kentrat, Eitel-Friedrich, Kapitänleutnant, commanding
U
-74,
231–32
,
289n
,
293–94

Kiel: the
Bismarck
at,
53
; fire control school,
20
,
59

Kiel Canal: the
Bismarck’s
transits of,
52–53
,
69
; blocked,
66
,
68
,
88

King George V
, HMS (battleship): in action with the
Bismarck
,
246–48
,
251–53
,
257
,
260–61
,
275
,
277
,
289
,
297–98
,
299
,
445–46
,
448
; building of,
19
; flagship of Admiral Tovey, commander in chief, Home Fleet,
119n
,
121–23
,
176
,
180
,
185
,
187
,
188
,
194
,
198n
,
201
,
203
,
215
,
223–24
,
241–45
; mistaken for the
Prince of Wales
,
140
,
152
,
159–60
,
161
,
164

Kirchberg, Kurt, Oberbootsmann,
96
,
168

Klemperer, Otto,
405

Knight, Esmond, Lieutenant (RNVR), HMS
Prince of Wales
,
146–47

Koellreutter, Otto,
358

König, Heinrich, Maschinenmaat,
267

Königsberg
(cruiser),
5
,
56

Körner, Paul Willy, Generalleutnant,
21

Korsfjord (now Krossfjord), Norway,
83
,
109

Kota Penang
(scout ship),
83

Krebs
(German armed trawler),
303–4

Krossfjord, Norway.
See
Korsfjord Krüger, Hans-Joachim, Marinestabsarzt,
275

La Boétie, Étienne,
382

Landshoff, Fritz Helmut,
11

Lane, Arthur Bliss, U.S. ambassador to Warsaw,
393

Langer, Herbert, Matrosenhauptgefreiter,
251n

La Pallice, France,
192

Larcom, Charles, Captain, commanding HMS
Sheffield
,
241

Leberecht Maass
class (destroyers),
104n

Lehmann, Walter, Korvettenkapitän (Ingenieurwesen), chief engineering officer of the
Bismarck
,
189–90

Leipzig
(cruiser),
93

Lell, Rudolf, Korvettenkapitän, commanding 5th Minesweeping Flotilla,
107

Lenbach, Franz von,
278

Letitia
SS (transport),
395

Lindemann, Ernst, Kapitän zur See (
Bismarck
):
48
,
50
,
51
,
53
,
56
,
59
,
71
,
75
,
76
,
95
,
115
,
116
,
124
,
301
; action against
Norfolk
,
131–32
; address to ship’s company on Exercise Rhine,
101
; after battle off Iceland,
151
,
154
,
157; Ark Royal
torpedo plane strike,
206
,
212
; assigned to the
Bismarck
,
27
; averts collision with the Prinz
Eugen
,
132–33
; battle off Iceland,
139
,
140
; on the
Bismarck’s
combat readiness,
46
,
58
,
69
,
72
,
74
,
87
,
93–94
; career,
24–27
,
29
; classmate of Brinkmann’s,
158
; at commissioning ceremony,
31–34
; effects of Lütjens’s birthday speech,
184
,
226
; forbids launching of the
Bismarck’s
aircraft,
195
; friendship with Wohlfarth,
232–34
; Hitler visit to the
Bismarck
,
96
,
98
; in last battle,
248
,
253
; on the last morning,
235–38
; official visits in Hamburg,
47
; plans for Exercise Rhine,
100
; possible differences with Lütjens,
147–49
; rudder repairs,
440
; sinking of the
Bismarck
,
277–78

Lippmann, Walter,
373

Lloyd, Frank, Captain,
180

London
, HMS (cruiser),
171

Lorenzen, Walter, Maschinengefreiter,
295

Lothringen
(tanker),
160
,
428

Lough Erne, Northern Ireland,
193

Love, John,
300

Lowell, A. Lawrence,
340

Löwenstein, Hubertus, Prinz,
22

Ludendorff, Erich, Prussian General,
63

Lund, Roscher, Colonel, Norwegian government-in-exile’s military attaché in Stockholm,
105
,
106
,
112

Lusitania
(passenger ship),
12

Lütjens, Günther, Admiral, Fleet Commander:
93
,
100
,
112n
,
114
,
116
,
118
,
119
,
120
,
124
,
126
,
127
,
128
,
160
,
164
,
179
,
180
,
182n
,
189
,
195
,
197
,
208n
,
276
,
278
,
300
,
301
,
302
,
303
,
304
,
306n
,
307
,
443
; advice from Group North,
114
,
117–18
,
124
,
306
; attempts to break British contact,
174
; battle off Iceland,
139
,
140
,
144
; birthday,
174
,
185
; on British radar,
134
; career,
89–91
; confers with Admiral Raeder,
85
; conversation with Rear Admiral Hans Voss,
86
; decisions after battle off Iceland,
153–61
; decision to make for St. Nazaire,
153
,
156
,
165
; embarks in the
Bismarck
for rehearsal,
88
,
91
; encounter with the
Norfolk
and the
Suffolk
,
130
,
132–34
; Hitler’s visit to the
Bismarck
,
96–98
; last morning,
236–40
; learns that Force H is at sea,
173
; orders for Exercise Rhine,
82
; operational risks taken by,
426–51
; plans for Exercise Rhine,
99–100
; radio messages exchanged,
221–23
; radio messages to and from Group West,
175
,
176
,
177
; Raeder’s confidence in,
239
,
246
; raid into the Atlantic with the
Scharnhorst
and the
Gneisenau
,
78
; releases escorting destroyers off Norway,
117
; report on the
Bismarck’
s fuel situation,
189
; separation of the
Bismarck
and the
Prinz Eugen
,
161
; on sighting of the
Gotland
,
104
,
305
; speaks to ship’s company,
182
,
183–84
,
186
,
226
; war diary,
228–30