World War One: A Short History (22 page)

Grey, Sir Edward,
29
–30

Guise,
36

Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas,
63
,
83
–7,
104
,
106
–7,
112
–13,
115
–17,
133
,
136
–7,
140
,
143

Hall, Adm Sir William,
103

Hamilton, Genl Sir Ian,
58

Hankey, Maurice,
54

Harrach, Count Franz von,
19

Helfand, Alexander (Parvus),
124

Helfferich, Karl,
100

Hemingway, Ernest,
123
,
125

Hindenburg, Genl Paul von,
39
–40,
65
,
89
,
141
–2,
147
,
155

Hintze, Adm Paul von,
131

Hitler, Adolf,
12
,
24
,
60
,
134
,
147
,
155
–6

Holland, naval blockade and,
55

Holtzendorff, Adm Henning von,
100
,
101
–2,
104

horses, indispensability of and drawbacks,
32
,
36
,
68

Hötzendorf
see
Conrad von Hötzendorf

Hoyos, Count,
20

Hungary,
18
,
144

Hutier, Genl Oskar von,
132
;
see also Blitzkrieg
(Hutier tactics)

India, German threat (1918),
130

industry, war industry,
12
,
16
–17,
83

infantry tactics, advance inline,
84
; assault battalions (storm troops/stosstrupps),
117
,
118
,
134
; fire and movement,
105

influenza epidemic (1919),
153

Iraq
see
Mesopotamia Isonzo battles,
112
,
119

Italy,
7
; appeals for Russian help,
87
; Caporetto (1917),
120
–24; casualties and losses,
112
,
119
,
123
–4; colonial ambitions,
12
; Isonzo battles,
112
,
119
; war with Austria,
66
,
80
,
118
–24,
145

Ivanov, Genl Nikolai,
68
,
69

Jellicoe, Adm Sir John,
82

Joffre, Marshall Joseph,
34
–5,
37
,
98

Joseph Ferdinand, Archduke,
88

Jutland, battle (1916),
82
–3

Karl
I
, Emperor of Austria,
100

Kemal Atatürk,
49
,
59

Khan of Nakhichevan,
32

Kisch, Egon Erwin (journalist),
49

Kitchener, Field Marshal Lord,
37

Kluck, Genl Alexander von,
35
–7,
38

Königsberg,
39
,
40

Kovno,
70
,
71

Kress von Kressenstein, Genl Friedrich,
49

Kriemhild Line,
143
, 1942

Kühlmann, Richard von,
131

Kuropatkin, Genl Alexei,
80

Kut el Amara, British surrender (1916),
60

Lake Narotch, battle (1916),
80
–81

Lammasch, Heinrich,
144

Lanrezac, Genl Charles,
34
,
35

Lawrence, T. E.,
153
–4

Le Cateau, battle (1914),
36

League of Nations,
154

Leinster
, RMS,
146

Lemberg (Lvov),
44
,
69

Lemke, Mikhail,
80

Lemnos,
58

Lenin, Vladimir
I
.,
24
,
111
–12,
124
–5,
129
,
130

Leopold of Bavaria, Prince,
5

Levetzow, Captain Magnus von (German navy),
147

Libya,
12

Liège,
32
,
34
,
39

Liman von Sanders, Genl Otto,
13
,
14

Lithuania,
6

Lloyd George, David,
23
,
97
,
107
,
112
,
131
,
148
,
153
,
156

London, Declaration of (1909),
55

Loos, battle (1915),
63

Lossberg, Col von,
114
,
140

Lossow, Genl Otto von,
130

Ludendorff, Genl Erich, Austro-Hungarian army and,
89
; defeat,
145
–7; East Prussia, Poland and Baltic,
39
–40,
65
,
71
; March offensive and retreat (1918),
133
–44; master in Germany,
101
,
130
,
131
; recognises Western front conditions,
97
; relations with Conrad,
47
–8; ‘stab in the back’ fantasy,
156

Lusitania
, RMS,
99

Lvov (Lemberg),
44
,
69

Lys, battle (1918),
137

Mackensen, Field Marshal August von,
67
,
70
,
71
–2

malaria,
58
,
91

Mametz, battle (1916),
85

Mangin, Genl Charles,
139
–49

Marne, battle (1914),
36
,
37
–8; battle (1918),
139
–40

Marwitz, Genl Georg von der,
66
,
90
,
132

Masurian lakes,
41
; Winter Battle (1915),
65

Maubeuge,
36

Max of Baden, Prince,
145
,
147
–8

Mesopotamia,
48
; British expeditionary force,
58
,
59
–60

Messines Ridge, battle (1917),
112
–13

Metz,
34

Mexico, Zimmermann telegram,
103

Moldavia,
91

Moltke, Genl Helmuth von,
36
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
41
,
44

Monash, Genl Sir John,
140

Mons (1914),
35

Morhange-Sarrebourg,
34
–5

Morocco, Germany and,
11
,
12

Mount Kemmel (1918),
137
,
142

Mussolini, Benito,
12
,
24

Namur,
34
,
35
,
36

Narotch
see
Lake Narotch

Naumann, Friedrich,
7
–8

Neuve Chapelle, battle (1915),
63

New Zealand, Gallipoli campaign (1915–16),
59

Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia,
109
,
110

Nicolson, Sir Arthur,
15

Nivelle, Genl Robert,
79
,
80
,
97
–8,
104
,
105
–7

Novogeorgievsk,
70

oil, importance of,
48
,
130
,
144
,
148