Index
Aicher, Otl: strain, 95 Albertsen, Erich: training, 25 alcohol: coping with stress, 73, 120; use against cold, 113 Altner,Helmut: lost years, 221; strain, 95 American soldiers: German view of, 61 Andersch, Alfred (novelist): and war literature, 231 Ansbacher, H.L. (historian): on Landsers ' support for National Socialism , 210-11 anti-tank warfare: accounts of tank destruction , 41-42,44,48, 88-89; training for, 23 anxiety. See fear; psychological conditions ; stress Aretin-Eggert, Max: combat, 45; sensations , 138; strain, 85, 88 atrocities: against civilians, 50-51, 5758 , 97-98; against Jews, 58-59, 198; against partisans, 50-51,56; against prisoners, 52-57; soldiers' reaction to, 52-55, 57-59; Wehnacht policy, 54,97, 199 Bader, Rudolf: sensations, 147 Barbusse, Henri (novelist): on effect of rain, 106 Bartov, Omer (historian): ideological motivation of Landsers, 206,266 n 35; on Landsers' support for National Socialism, 241; on politicization of discipline in Wehnacht, 239 battle. See combat Becker-Glauch, Reinhard: sensations, 144, 148; ideology, 211 Beckering, Bernhard: combat, 42-43; comradeship, 183; sensations, 143; strain, 99-100, 103 Benn, Gottfried (novelist): on National Socialism, 208; on "new man," 188 Blohm, Hermann: training, 26 bodily functions: and cold, 117 Bohringer, Friedrich: sensations, 143 Boll, Heinrich (novelist): and war literature , 231 Bollweg, Ansgar: ideology, 189; sensations , 137-38 Borscheid, Peter (historian): on everyday history, 7 Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Walter von: on National Socialism, 208 Brecht, Bertholt (author): on suffering, 37 Browning, Christopher (historian): on atrocities, 50, 54; on everyday history , 5 Buhl, Bemhard: comradeship, 172, 178; natural forces, 119 camaraderie. See comradeship Canadian soldiers: German view of, 61 casualties: cries of wounded, 47, 114, 151;evacuation of, 64-67; impact on units, 191-92; medical treatment of, 64;reaction to being wounded, 63,65-67, 141-42; as result of weather, 112-13 censorship: of letters, 8-9 climate: cold and snow, 110-14, 117; dust, 108;fear of Russian winter, 109-10;impact of, 104-5, 111;mud, 106-7;rain, 105-6 combat: artillery,fear of, 62-63;atrocities in, 50-58;breakdown in, 88-89, 137-40;comparisons with earlier wars, 153-54;death in, 34-35,4548 ; destructiveness of, 45-47,50; enemy, view of, 59-61,204; exhilaration of, 50, 146-47,149-50;in extreme weather, 113-14;fear in, 30, 32-33,39-40,46, 135-41, 146;first impressions of, 33-35;Flucht nach vom, 83; impact of casualties, 19192 ; impact on horses, 153;inability to describe,37; isolation at front, 36-37, 111, 166;numbness in, 35, 46, 88;panic in, 70-71,97;personal nature of, 31-32, 36, 38-45,49; reaction to, 36-37,41,47,49,53,6768 , 88,98, 146;reflections on, 37, 45,49-50, 103, 147-48, 193;smells of, 34, 152-53;sounds of, 40,42, 47, 150-52;as a test, 135-36;training , effects of, 13, 19-20,24-25,28, 46. See also psychological conditions ; stress comradeship: between officers and men, 18,25, 158, 167;and civilian morale, 183;development of, 1819 , 167;and egalitarianism,158, 183;and fightingeffectiveness, 159,235; group acceptance, 165; group loyalty, 173-75;and Hitler Youth, 160-61;importance of, 15657 , 164-69,174,235; intensity of, 172-73,179-80;loss of, 184;and morale, 82-83;and mutual obligation , 98, 169-71, 175,206; nature of, 156-57,166, 170, 184-86;and notion of family, 18-19,164,236; pain at death of comrade, 175-78, 184-85;pride in unit, 173-74;sense of uniqueness, 181-82;shared experiences , 167-68;and training, 1819 ,25;and tug of front, 178-79; and Volksgemeinschaft,157, 159, 182-84,236,238; Wehmacht efforts to create, 157-59 courage: meaning of, 71, 103.See also heroism cowardice: battlefield panic, 70; consequences of, 97; fear of reaction to combat, 136 Dahlke, Emil: lost years, 228 death: acceptance of, 99, 145;arbitrary nature of, 144-45;and burial services , 177-78;of comrade, 175-78; fear of, 62,68,71, 87, 142-44;as a natural phenomenon, 143-44;premonition of, 139, 143;reaction to, 34-35,47-48,51, 142-44;reflections on, 176-77;smell of, 34, 15253 ; in training,22-23,28-29. See also combat desertion: death for, 91,93-94,96 Dettmann, Giinter:training,28 Diemke, Fritz-Erich: training,24,26 discipline: and field police, 91-94; at front lines, 95,97; German military tradition of, 89-90;harshness of, 9197 ,239-40,251...
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