Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman: Göring, Ribbentrop, and the Nazi invasion of Poland
"Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman offers a compelling behind-the-scenes exploration of the road to World War II and the invasion of Poland by the Hitler's Third Reich. Focusing on the personal power plays within Hitler's inner circle, author Rush Loving details the struggle for Hitl...
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| Summary: | "Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman offers a compelling behind-the-scenes exploration of the road to World War II and the invasion of Poland by the Hitler's Third Reich. Focusing on the personal power plays within Hitler's inner circle, author Rush Loving details the struggle for Hitler's approval, long before the battle for Poland had begun. The rivalry was between "Fat Boy," the moniker given to Hermann Göring by his fellow Nazi generals, and "the Champagne Salesman," Joachim von Ribbentrop, nicknamed for his previous career, and it was at the heart of German's plans for the expansion of the Reich into Poland. Göring, founder of the Lüftwaffe and the man who oversaw the armaments industry, was convinced that any invasion of Poland would lead to war with England and France, who were committed to its defense. Von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, argued that the Allies would stand down and continue their policy of appeasement. Only one would be proved correct. A compelling and dramatic tale, Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman shows Göring and Ribbentrop playing a tug-of-war with Hitler's will. Loving's vivid narrative of the struggle between the two advisers lends a new understanding of the events leading to the opening days of World War II"-- |
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CONTENTS Preface ix Introduction i 1 Kaiser Wilhelms Legacy 2 The Eloquent Artist 5 շ З The Champagne Salesman 4 Fat Boy’s Swedish Friend 14 18 5 “Close Your Hearts to Pity!” 30 6 A Performance of Bombast and Threats 37 47 7 “A Second Bismarck” 8 Et Tu, Brute? 57 9 “It’s Enough to Kill a Bull” 10 The Speech That Fell Flat 11 Into the Wee Hours 12 A Shouting Match 13 “Where Is the Pole?” 14 76 87 96 102 110 The Intercepted Telegram 119
viii ļ Contents 123 15 Invasion 16 Ultimatum 17 Finis 131 Notes 133 Bibliography Index 147 128 145
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Franz. The Halder War Diary, 1939-1942. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1988. Hanfstaengl, Ernst. Hitler: The Missing Years. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. Hassell, Ulrich von. The Ulrich von Hassell Diaries, 1938-1944: The Story of Forces against Hitler inside Germany. Henderson, Nevile. Failure of a Mission: Berlin 1937-1939. New York: Putnam, 1940. Hershman, D. Jablow, and Julian Lieb. A Brotherhood of Tyrants: Manic Depression and Absolute Power. Amherst, MA: Prometheus Books, 1994. Hoffmann, Heinrich. Hitler Was My Friend. Barnsley, UK: Frontline Books, 2011. Keitel, Wilhelm. The Memoirs of Field Marshal Keitel. New York: Stein and Day, 1966. Krueger, Kurt. I Was Hitler’s Doctor. New York: Biltmore, 1943. Kubizek, August. Young Hitler: The Story of Our Friendship. Maidstone, UK: Mann, 1973. Lehrer, Steven. The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006. Manstein, Erich von. Lost Victories. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1982. Messenger, Charles. The Last Prussian: A Biography ofField Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, 1875-1953. London: Brassey’s, 1991. 145
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INDEX Bismarck, Otto von, 7,8, 9,51, 52, 63,79,89, Abwehr, German intelligence agency, 21,65,122 Africa, 9 Agreement between Germany and Russia, see Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the USSR Aida, 125 Albania, 54 Alsace-Lorraine, 89 Amsterdam, 81 Anglo-Polish Treaty, 21-23, 27,45, 60, 69-70, 72,103,109; signed in London, 67,75, 811 Anti-Semitism, 6, 9-10,11,23,25,41 Army Group North, 72 Army Group South, 72 Associated Press, 65,113 Attolico, Bernardo, 51,58, 65,66, 68-69,7°, 87,88,93,103,107,127,128; Mussolini’s laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81 Autobahn, 20 Austria, 2, 6,11 Axis, 44, 57, 58 97 Blitzkrieg, 123; description of, 32 Bock, Fedor von, 72 Bonnet, Georges-Étienne, 23 Bormann, Martin, 90 Bosnia, 2 Brauchitsch, General Walther von, 31,35,71, 73, 74, 77, 98.106 Braun, Eva, 32 British Columbia, 14 British embassy, 67, 96-97,100,102,111,117, 119,120,121,128 British Empire, 9,19, 63, 64, 87, 95 British people, description of, 61 Bullitt, William C., 23-24 Baden Aniline and Soda Factory (BASF), 9 Bad Godesberg, 12 Balkans, 48, 54 Baltic Sea, 19,60, 63, 97 Bavaria, 9, 49 Bayer AG, 9 Beck, Colonel Józef, 20,21, 27,64, 97 Belgium, 4,14 Beer Hall Putsch, 10, 26,90 Belgium, 88 Belgrade, 119 Belle Alliance Platz, 51 Below, Colonel Nicholas von, 46 Berchtesgaden, 5, 20, 30,48,50 Berghof, 5, 6,11,12, 20,28,30,32,38, 46, 51, 59 Berlin, 12, 39, 42, 48, 49, 51, 55, 59, 60, 66, 67, 74,76, 81, 87, 88, 95,96,105,110,111,113,115, 119,120,123 Cadogan, Alexander, 110-112 Caesar, Julius, 61 Canada, 14 Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm, 21,31, 65,71,122 Carinhall, 26, 28, 49,
50,119 Chamberlain, Neville, 12-13,18, 21,22,24,28, 29 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 5°. 52, 56, 72,74 75, 94, 99,100-101,102,103,110-111,112,114, 115,127; toughens stand on Poland, 59-61 Chancellery, Old and New, see Reich Chancellery, Old and New Charles I, King, 61 Chequers, 28 Churchill, Winston S„ 6,13,16-17, 27,33,44 Ciano, Galeazzo, 45,47-48, 56, 57, 58-59, 65, 68,70, 88,103,107.128; Mussolini’s laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81 Communication intercepts; see Intercepts of communications Communists, 2,3, 5, 9-10,11,19,28,82,92 Congress of Berlin, 51 Condor, 49 Conservative Party, 60 147
148 I Index Cooper, Alfred Duff, 22 Coulondre, Robert, 67-68, 79-80, 89,90, 91, 127 Croydon Airport, 86 Czechoslovakia, 11-13,19. շօ, 21 շ7 4շ 66, 94, in; province of Slovakia, 123 Dahlerus, Birger, 27-28,36,39, 49, 50, 54, 55, 74, 75, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96-97, 98,100, 102,108-109,110-112,113,117-118,120,121, 125,127; first meeting with Hitler, 81-86; meeting with Hitler after start of war, 125-126 Daladier, Edouard, 12-13, 67, 79-80, 89,91,93 Danzig 3,19. 20, 21, 22,44, 45,55, 59, 63, 66, 79, 9L 93. 97. 101,102,104,109,112,113,117, 124,130 Defense Council, see Ministerial Council for Reich Defense Dietrich, Otto, 7, 37,52,59-60, 67, 70, 98,103 Dodd, William E., 23 Downing Street, Ten, 74,110,111 East Prussia, see Prussia Emmanuel, King Victor, 59; court of, 45 England, see Great Britain Esplanade Hotel, 49,55,82, 96,127 Estonia, 45 Ethiopia, 10,11,18, 66 Fisher, H. A. L., 65 Forster, Albert, 124 France 2, 3, 9,11-13,14 15 22 23 27. 33. 34. 36, 42 43. 45. 5շ, 54. 57. 59. 61, 66, 67-68, 69, 79. 80-81, 89, 91, 92, 95,126,128,130; French army, 68 Franco-Prussian War, 89 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 2 Franz Josef, Emperor, 2 Führerbau, 12 Fuschl, 45 Gisevius, Hans Bernd, 122 George III, King, 61 George VI, King, 16, 27 German American Bund, 23 German colonies, 64 German embassy in London, 69,70 German Foreign Ministry, 50,73, 78, 87, 90, 98,100,102,112,113,115,118,121,128,129 German military, see Wehrmacht German people, 120,124 Germany, 2-4,13, 28-29,32,41,44, 45,47, 50, 54֊ 59, 63, 64, 66,70, 75,76,78,79,82-86, 89, 90,91, 97, 99; 102-106,111,119,127,129; impact of the
Treaty of Versailles, 3-4 and 9; its rise as an industrial leader, 8-9; colonies, 3,4, 9,18-19; Nonaggression Pact with Russia, 21 Gestapo, 26,90 Gleiwitz, 122 Gobelin tapestries, 30 Goebbels, Joseph, 17, 51,90,93,99,113,122, 129; description of, 25 Göring, Emmy, 21 Göring, Reichmarschall Herman, 1,17, 21, 24, 25, 28-29,31,34,35, 51,52,72,77,103-104, 107,108-109,110-111,113,114,117,119-120, 121,122,125,127,129,130,131; warns Hitler about Ribbentrop, 25; background, 26,-27; creates intelligence and wire-tapping service, 26; and Dahlerus, 27-28,36,39, 49, 50, 54. 55. 56, 73, 74, 75. 81-86, 87, 88, 92, 94, 95, 96, 98,100-101, 102,112,113,114,117-118, 121,125-126; sister, Olga Riegele, 119; and burning of the Reichstag, 124 Great Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), 2-4,8, 9,10-11,15,18-19, 21, 27, 28,30,33,34,38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47,49,52,54,55, 57, 63, 66, 70, 72, 73,74,75,79. 80-86, 87,91,92, 94, 95, 97,98,99,103,104-106, 107-109,112,113,114,121,125,126,129-130; and Anglo-Polish Treaty, 21-23,27,89, 103; British business leaders, 27-28,36; British Cabinet, 37, 79; sympathy of some aristocrats to the Nazis, 11; British Parliament, 21, 22, 27,43, 50 (Also see House of Commons); and Munich crisis, 11-13 Gydnia, 19, 20,113 Hácha, Emil, 21,111,112,114,121 Halder, General Franz, 31,35,71.72 73 74. 98
Index Halifax, Lord, 60,74,81,106,110,117 Hamburg, 88 Hanover, 24 Hassell, Ulrich von, 119-120 Henderson, Sir Neville, 37-44,46,49, 52, 54, 59, 61,62-65, 66, 67,68,72,74,78,79, 81, 84, 86,88,91, 92, 96,99-101,108,112-113, 119-120,121,125,128-129; shouting match with Hitler, 102-106; stormy meeting with Ribbentrop, 115-117; delivers ultimatum, 127 Henkell family and wine, 14 Herzegovina, 2 Hess, Rudolf, 107,114,124,125,129 Heydrich, Reinhard, 90 Himmler, Heinrich, 26,90, 92,122,125 Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von, 7,10 A History of Europe, 65 Hitler, Adolf, 1,11-13,14 18-19, 20, 27 29 37֊44 45. 47-48. 50, 54. 55. 57֊58, 62-65, 67-68, 70, 71, 72, 80, 81-86, 89, 94, 96, 98,107,111,119,120,122; background, habits and personality, 5-8; believed in using force, 7; demands absolute loyalty, 7; rise of 9-10; unites with Austria, 11; and Munich crisis, 11-13,18; provincialism, 14; reaction to British treaty with Poland, 21-23; makes fun of Franklin Roosevelt, 24; tries to soothe his generals, 25; speech to Wehrmacht leaders, 30- 35; his meals, 37; his conversations, 37; and Northern Lights, 46; hears Ribbentrop’s report, 52-55; surprised by change in British attitude, 59-60; failure to understand ethics, 61; tries to keep Mussolini from backing away, 69-73; Mussolini’s laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81; speech to Nazi Party leaders, 90-92; shouting match with Henderson, 101-106; tries to lure Polish negotiator, 111-116; speech to Reichstag, 124-125; meeting with Dahlerus after invasion, 125-126; receives ultimatum, 127-130 Hitler, Alois, 8 Hoffman, Heinrich, 52,107,129
Holland; see the Netherlands I 149 House of Commons, 50, 52, 55,59-60, 63,127 House of Lords, 60 Hungary, 11,12 Hyde Park, 110 Iceland, 130 India, 63 Intercepts of communications, 64, 91, 96-97, 108,113 Italian air force, 69 Italy, 10,14, 33, 44, 47-48, 54.55. 56, 57. 58, 59. 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69-73, 86, 87, 92, 94, 103,126-127; royal court, see King Victor Emmanuel Japan, 39,57, 69 Junkers, 49,50 Keitel, General Wilhelm, 24, 25, 31,35,39, 61-62, 66,70,71, 73,77,80, 89, 98,102,104, 106,114 Kempka, Erich, Hitler’s chauffer, 49 Kennard, Howard, 114 Königsberg, 39 Krause, Karl Wilhelm, Hitler’s valet, 5-6 Kroll Opera House, 124-125 Krueger, Kurt, Hitler’s doctor, 10 Kruezberg, 51 Krupp, (Friedrich Krupp AG), 9 Labour Party, 60 Landsberg Prison, 10 Landwehr Canal, 51 Latvia, 45 League of Nations, 19 Leibstandarte, 5 Leipziger Platz, 26,102,108 Libau, 45 Liberal Party, 60 Libya, 92 Linz, Austria, 6,8 Linge, Heinz, Hitler’s valet, 49 Lipski, Jozef, 20, 50, 55, 64,108,114,117,118, 119,120-121,122,123,124,130 Lithuania, 21,114 Litvinov, Maxim, 28 Lochner, Louis, 65
150 1 Index London, 12,14, 50,52,55,56, 59,69,72,74,75, 78,79,81, 86,88,91,92,99,100,102,103, 106,109,110,117,121,127; also see Great Britain Long Hall, 62,66,68,70,71, 90,92 Loraine, Ambassador Percy Lynham, 87,103 Lothian, Lord, 130 Lufthansa, 26,49 Luftwaffe, 23,25, 26, 52,90,125; aircraft of, 72,123,130 Mackensen, Count Hans Georg von, 47, 58, 68,76 Magistrati, Count, 47 Manstein, General Erich von, 31,71,72 Obersalzberg, 5,31 Ogilvie-Forbes, George, 96-97,100,108, 117-118,120,121 Officers plot to overthrow Hitler, see Wehrmacht Ottoman Empire, 24 Pacific, islands of, 9 Pact of Steel, 44-45, 47 Palazzo Venezia, 58,76 Papen, Franz von, 15 Pariani, General Alberto, 76 Paris, 90 Parliament, 60,103; also see House of Commons Plot to overthrow Hitler, see Wehrmacht Marseille, 89 Mediterranean Sea, 87 Mein Kampf, 6,10 Poland, 3,12,18,19, 20, 21,22,24,25, 28,30, Meissner, Otto, 99,106 Memel, 21,114 73. 74. 79. 87, 88, 90, 91, 93. 94. 95, 97, 98, 101,102-106,107-109,110-112,113,114,119, 120,121,122,125,127-130; state of Poland’s military, 23,46; Anglo-Polish treaty, 21-23, 43,89; rainy season in Poland, 23, 35,74, 98,103; Polish emissary, 100,103,105,108, 111,112,115; invasion of, 123-127,128-131; fall of, 130 Polish Corridor, 3,19, 20,45, 63,66, 69,89, 91, 97,100,102,109,112,130 Pommery champagne, 14 Prague, 12, 21,121 Prussia, 3,8,19,21, 24,26,31, 51; East Prussia, 7,19,21,39,72, 97,100,113,123; map of, 36 Mercedes, 49, 51 Middle East, 66, 69 Ministerial Council for Reich Defense, 114, 117 Molotov, Vyacheslav, 28 Monte Carlo, 20 Moscow, 28, 29,38,39, 45,46, 51,65, 99 Munich,
10, 88,93,103 Munich crisis, 11-13,18, 21,22 23 24 3L 34, 42. 55. 84, 94. 98,107 Mussolini, Benito, 10-12,14,18, 23,33,44, 45, 46, 47-48, 54, 55,57-59,61,65, 67,68, 87, 92-93,103,107,126-127,128; wavers between war and peace, 59-60; letter to Hitler, 69-73; laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81; offers to mediate, 88, 92,103 Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Party, 5,7,10,19, 23,26, 28, 31,41,49,50,88, 92, 97, 98,101; Hitler addresses party leaders, 90-92 Netherlands, the, 88; Wilhelm’s flight to, 3 New Guinea, 9 New York, 14 Nicholas II, czar, 3 North Sea, 60 Nuremberg, 8 ЗВ 32. 34. 36, 37. 38. 40, 41. 41. 44. 45. 47, 48. 54. 55. 56. 57. 59. 60, 63, 64, 65, 68, 70,72, Quebec, 14 Raeder, Admiral Eric, 31,129-130 Reich Chancellery, New, 49, 51,52,67, 68, 7։ 73.76. 82, 90, 99,115,121,128-129; description of, 62-63 Reich Chancellery, Old, 51,52,66,74,80, 81, 88,92,93, 95, 98,107,125 Reichstag, 24,88, 91,92,124-125 Rhineland, 11, 89 Ribbentrop, Adolf, 15 Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister Joachim von, 1,14-17,18,21,24, 27,28,29,38,39,40, 45,
Index 46, 48, 49, 50; 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 61-62; 63-65, 67, 69, 70, 72, 82, 84, 87-88, 94, 99, 100-106,111,113,114,117,118,119,120,121, 124,127,128-130,131; social climber and snob, 15; makes fool of himself in Britain, 16; becomes foreign minister, 17; banned by Hitler, 73, 99; tries to lure Polish negotiator, 111-116; stormy meeting with Henderson, 115-117 Ribbentrop, Annelies Henkell, 14-15, 20 Ribbentrop, Gertrude von, 15-17 Richthofen, Baron Manfred von, 26 Roman Catholic Church, 19 Romans, ancient, 87 Romania, 66 Rome, 47, 51,58,59, 68,70,76,78,80, 87,107, 126 Roosevelt, Franklin D„ 6,23-24,130 Royal Navy, 60 Ruhr, 4 Rundstedt, General Gerd von, 31,72 Russia, 2, 3, 9,11,19, 20,21, 28,34,39,44,45, 46,47, 49,52, 54, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 66, 81, 92,98,99,114,130 Saar, 3 Salzberg, 43, 45, 49 Sarajevo, 2 Schleswig-Holstein, battleship, 101,123,130 Schmidt, Paul, 60, 63, 66,67,71,76, 78, 80-81, 104-106,113,115-116,127,128-129 Schmundt, Colonel Rudolf, 39,49,70, 73 Schuschnigg, Kurt, 11,114 Schutzstaffel (SS), 5,35, 49, 51,62, 90, 99,122, 124 Skagerrak, 60 Serbia, 2 Skoda Works, 11 Speer, Albert, 51, 80 Spencer, Charles, 86 Spree River, 51 Soviet Union (USSR), see Russia SS, see Schutzstaffel Stalin, Josef, 28, 52, 66, 94,130 Stockholm, 39 Sudeten crisis, see Munich crisis I 151 Sudetenland, 11-13, 60 Suez Canal, 10 Sweden, 27, 28 Tanzania (Tanganyika), 18 TASS news agency, 114 Templehof Field, 50, 52 Third Reich, 11,51 Tokyo, 39 Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the USSR, 46; 45,50, 55, 57, 60, 69; secret protocol, 39, 94,130 Turkey, 66, 69 United States,
23,130 University of Chicago, 23 Verdi, Giuseppe, 125 Versailles, Treaty of, 3-4, 8, 9-10,11,18,19, 20, 26,27,43, 89 Vienna, 8,11 Vistula River, 20, 21 Wagner, Richard, 124 War Crimes Trial, 131 Warlimont, Colonel Walter, 73 Warsaw, 20, 64, 68, 97,101,105,108,111,113, 114,118,120,122,123,130 Wehrmacht, 21, 24,48, 54, 56,57, 73,103, 109,114,123,127; Hitler’s speech to high command of, 30-35; first order to prepare for invasion, 23; top officers plot to overthrow Hitler, 24,31, 33,122 Weizsäcker, Ernst von, 38, 39, 43, 45, 48, 55, 58,66,74,88,93,102,113,119,121,129,131 Weizsäcker, Lieutenant Heinrich von, 128 Weizsäcker, Lieutenant Richard von, 128 Westerplatte, 101,123 Wettermark, Alan, 49, 50 Wilhelm II, Kaiser 2, 3,7,24 Wilhelmstrasse, 51, 67,88,125 Windau, 45 Wolff, Karl, 90 Wood, Kingsley, 112 World War I, շ֊Յ, 9,11,17, 23,24,34, 82,88, 130 |
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CONTENTS Preface ix Introduction i 1 Kaiser Wilhelms Legacy 2 The Eloquent Artist 5 շ З The Champagne Salesman 4 Fat Boy’s Swedish Friend 14 18 5 “Close Your Hearts to Pity!” 30 6 A Performance of Bombast and Threats 37 47 7 “A Second Bismarck” 8 Et Tu, Brute? 57 9 “It’s Enough to Kill a Bull” 10 The Speech That Fell Flat 11 Into the Wee Hours 12 A Shouting Match 13 “Where Is the Pole?” 14 76 87 96 102 110 The Intercepted Telegram 119
viii ļ Contents 123 15 Invasion 16 Ultimatum 17 Finis 131 Notes 133 Bibliography Index 147 128 145
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INDEX Bismarck, Otto von, 7,8, 9,51, 52, 63,79,89, Abwehr, German intelligence agency, 21,65,122 Africa, 9 Agreement between Germany and Russia, see Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the USSR Aida, 125 Albania, 54 Alsace-Lorraine, 89 Amsterdam, 81 Anglo-Polish Treaty, 21-23, 27,45, 60, 69-70, 72,103,109; signed in London, 67,75, 811 Anti-Semitism, 6, 9-10,11,23,25,41 Army Group North, 72 Army Group South, 72 Associated Press, 65,113 Attolico, Bernardo, 51,58, 65,66, 68-69,7°, 87,88,93,103,107,127,128; Mussolini’s laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81 Autobahn, 20 Austria, 2, 6,11 Axis, 44, 57, 58 97 Blitzkrieg, 123; description of, 32 Bock, Fedor von, 72 Bonnet, Georges-Étienne, 23 Bormann, Martin, 90 Bosnia, 2 Brauchitsch, General Walther von, 31,35,71, 73, 74, 77, 98.106 Braun, Eva, 32 British Columbia, 14 British embassy, 67, 96-97,100,102,111,117, 119,120,121,128 British Empire, 9,19, 63, 64, 87, 95 British people, description of, 61 Bullitt, William C., 23-24 Baden Aniline and Soda Factory (BASF), 9 Bad Godesberg, 12 Balkans, 48, 54 Baltic Sea, 19,60, 63, 97 Bavaria, 9, 49 Bayer AG, 9 Beck, Colonel Józef, 20,21, 27,64, 97 Belgium, 4,14 Beer Hall Putsch, 10, 26,90 Belgium, 88 Belgrade, 119 Belle Alliance Platz, 51 Below, Colonel Nicholas von, 46 Berchtesgaden, 5, 20, 30,48,50 Berghof, 5, 6,11,12, 20,28,30,32,38, 46, 51, 59 Berlin, 12, 39, 42, 48, 49, 51, 55, 59, 60, 66, 67, 74,76, 81, 87, 88, 95,96,105,110,111,113,115, 119,120,123 Cadogan, Alexander, 110-112 Caesar, Julius, 61 Canada, 14 Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm, 21,31, 65,71,122 Carinhall, 26, 28, 49,
50,119 Chamberlain, Neville, 12-13,18, 21,22,24,28, 29 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 5°. 52, 56, 72,74 75, 94, 99,100-101,102,103,110-111,112,114, 115,127; toughens stand on Poland, 59-61 Chancellery, Old and New, see Reich Chancellery, Old and New Charles I, King, 61 Chequers, 28 Churchill, Winston S„ 6,13,16-17, 27,33,44 Ciano, Galeazzo, 45,47-48, 56, 57, 58-59, 65, 68,70, 88,103,107.128; Mussolini’s laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81 Communication intercepts; see Intercepts of communications Communists, 2,3, 5, 9-10,11,19,28,82,92 Congress of Berlin, 51 Condor, 49 Conservative Party, 60 147
148 I Index Cooper, Alfred Duff, 22 Coulondre, Robert, 67-68, 79-80, 89,90, 91, 127 Croydon Airport, 86 Czechoslovakia, 11-13,19. շօ, 21 շ7 4շ 66, 94, in; province of Slovakia, 123 Dahlerus, Birger, 27-28,36,39, 49, 50, 54, 55, 74, 75, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96-97, 98,100, 102,108-109,110-112,113,117-118,120,121, 125,127; first meeting with Hitler, 81-86; meeting with Hitler after start of war, 125-126 Daladier, Edouard, 12-13, 67, 79-80, 89,91,93 Danzig 3,19. 20, 21, 22,44, 45,55, 59, 63, 66, 79, 9L 93. 97. 101,102,104,109,112,113,117, 124,130 Defense Council, see Ministerial Council for Reich Defense Dietrich, Otto, 7, 37,52,59-60, 67, 70, 98,103 Dodd, William E., 23 Downing Street, Ten, 74,110,111 East Prussia, see Prussia Emmanuel, King Victor, 59; court of, 45 England, see Great Britain Esplanade Hotel, 49,55,82, 96,127 Estonia, 45 Ethiopia, 10,11,18, 66 Fisher, H. A. L., 65 Forster, Albert, 124 France 2, 3, 9,11-13,14 15 22 23 27. 33. 34. 36, 42 43. 45. 5շ, 54. 57. 59. 61, 66, 67-68, 69, 79. 80-81, 89, 91, 92, 95,126,128,130; French army, 68 Franco-Prussian War, 89 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 2 Franz Josef, Emperor, 2 Führerbau, 12 Fuschl, 45 Gisevius, Hans Bernd, 122 George III, King, 61 George VI, King, 16, 27 German American Bund, 23 German colonies, 64 German embassy in London, 69,70 German Foreign Ministry, 50,73, 78, 87, 90, 98,100,102,112,113,115,118,121,128,129 German military, see Wehrmacht German people, 120,124 Germany, 2-4,13, 28-29,32,41,44, 45,47, 50, 54֊ 59, 63, 64, 66,70, 75,76,78,79,82-86, 89, 90,91, 97, 99; 102-106,111,119,127,129; impact of the
Treaty of Versailles, 3-4 and 9; its rise as an industrial leader, 8-9; colonies, 3,4, 9,18-19; Nonaggression Pact with Russia, 21 Gestapo, 26,90 Gleiwitz, 122 Gobelin tapestries, 30 Goebbels, Joseph, 17, 51,90,93,99,113,122, 129; description of, 25 Göring, Emmy, 21 Göring, Reichmarschall Herman, 1,17, 21, 24, 25, 28-29,31,34,35, 51,52,72,77,103-104, 107,108-109,110-111,113,114,117,119-120, 121,122,125,127,129,130,131; warns Hitler about Ribbentrop, 25; background, 26,-27; creates intelligence and wire-tapping service, 26; and Dahlerus, 27-28,36,39, 49, 50, 54. 55. 56, 73, 74, 75. 81-86, 87, 88, 92, 94, 95, 96, 98,100-101, 102,112,113,114,117-118, 121,125-126; sister, Olga Riegele, 119; and burning of the Reichstag, 124 Great Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), 2-4,8, 9,10-11,15,18-19, 21, 27, 28,30,33,34,38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47,49,52,54,55, 57, 63, 66, 70, 72, 73,74,75,79. 80-86, 87,91,92, 94, 95, 97,98,99,103,104-106, 107-109,112,113,114,121,125,126,129-130; and Anglo-Polish Treaty, 21-23,27,89, 103; British business leaders, 27-28,36; British Cabinet, 37, 79; sympathy of some aristocrats to the Nazis, 11; British Parliament, 21, 22, 27,43, 50 (Also see House of Commons); and Munich crisis, 11-13 Gydnia, 19, 20,113 Hácha, Emil, 21,111,112,114,121 Halder, General Franz, 31,35,71.72 73 74. 98
Index Halifax, Lord, 60,74,81,106,110,117 Hamburg, 88 Hanover, 24 Hassell, Ulrich von, 119-120 Henderson, Sir Neville, 37-44,46,49, 52, 54, 59, 61,62-65, 66, 67,68,72,74,78,79, 81, 84, 86,88,91, 92, 96,99-101,108,112-113, 119-120,121,125,128-129; shouting match with Hitler, 102-106; stormy meeting with Ribbentrop, 115-117; delivers ultimatum, 127 Henkell family and wine, 14 Herzegovina, 2 Hess, Rudolf, 107,114,124,125,129 Heydrich, Reinhard, 90 Himmler, Heinrich, 26,90, 92,122,125 Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von, 7,10 A History of Europe, 65 Hitler, Adolf, 1,11-13,14 18-19, 20, 27 29 37֊44 45. 47-48. 50, 54. 55. 57֊58, 62-65, 67-68, 70, 71, 72, 80, 81-86, 89, 94, 96, 98,107,111,119,120,122; background, habits and personality, 5-8; believed in using force, 7; demands absolute loyalty, 7; rise of 9-10; unites with Austria, 11; and Munich crisis, 11-13,18; provincialism, 14; reaction to British treaty with Poland, 21-23; makes fun of Franklin Roosevelt, 24; tries to soothe his generals, 25; speech to Wehrmacht leaders, 30- 35; his meals, 37; his conversations, 37; and Northern Lights, 46; hears Ribbentrop’s report, 52-55; surprised by change in British attitude, 59-60; failure to understand ethics, 61; tries to keep Mussolini from backing away, 69-73; Mussolini’s laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81; speech to Nazi Party leaders, 90-92; shouting match with Henderson, 101-106; tries to lure Polish negotiator, 111-116; speech to Reichstag, 124-125; meeting with Dahlerus after invasion, 125-126; receives ultimatum, 127-130 Hitler, Alois, 8 Hoffman, Heinrich, 52,107,129
Holland; see the Netherlands I 149 House of Commons, 50, 52, 55,59-60, 63,127 House of Lords, 60 Hungary, 11,12 Hyde Park, 110 Iceland, 130 India, 63 Intercepts of communications, 64, 91, 96-97, 108,113 Italian air force, 69 Italy, 10,14, 33, 44, 47-48, 54.55. 56, 57. 58, 59. 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69-73, 86, 87, 92, 94, 103,126-127; royal court, see King Victor Emmanuel Japan, 39,57, 69 Junkers, 49,50 Keitel, General Wilhelm, 24, 25, 31,35,39, 61-62, 66,70,71, 73,77,80, 89, 98,102,104, 106,114 Kempka, Erich, Hitler’s chauffer, 49 Kennard, Howard, 114 Königsberg, 39 Krause, Karl Wilhelm, Hitler’s valet, 5-6 Kroll Opera House, 124-125 Krueger, Kurt, Hitler’s doctor, 10 Kruezberg, 51 Krupp, (Friedrich Krupp AG), 9 Labour Party, 60 Landsberg Prison, 10 Landwehr Canal, 51 Latvia, 45 League of Nations, 19 Leibstandarte, 5 Leipziger Platz, 26,102,108 Libau, 45 Liberal Party, 60 Libya, 92 Linz, Austria, 6,8 Linge, Heinz, Hitler’s valet, 49 Lipski, Jozef, 20, 50, 55, 64,108,114,117,118, 119,120-121,122,123,124,130 Lithuania, 21,114 Litvinov, Maxim, 28 Lochner, Louis, 65
150 1 Index London, 12,14, 50,52,55,56, 59,69,72,74,75, 78,79,81, 86,88,91,92,99,100,102,103, 106,109,110,117,121,127; also see Great Britain Long Hall, 62,66,68,70,71, 90,92 Loraine, Ambassador Percy Lynham, 87,103 Lothian, Lord, 130 Lufthansa, 26,49 Luftwaffe, 23,25, 26, 52,90,125; aircraft of, 72,123,130 Mackensen, Count Hans Georg von, 47, 58, 68,76 Magistrati, Count, 47 Manstein, General Erich von, 31,71,72 Obersalzberg, 5,31 Ogilvie-Forbes, George, 96-97,100,108, 117-118,120,121 Officers plot to overthrow Hitler, see Wehrmacht Ottoman Empire, 24 Pacific, islands of, 9 Pact of Steel, 44-45, 47 Palazzo Venezia, 58,76 Papen, Franz von, 15 Pariani, General Alberto, 76 Paris, 90 Parliament, 60,103; also see House of Commons Plot to overthrow Hitler, see Wehrmacht Marseille, 89 Mediterranean Sea, 87 Mein Kampf, 6,10 Poland, 3,12,18,19, 20, 21,22,24,25, 28,30, Meissner, Otto, 99,106 Memel, 21,114 73. 74. 79. 87, 88, 90, 91, 93. 94. 95, 97, 98, 101,102-106,107-109,110-112,113,114,119, 120,121,122,125,127-130; state of Poland’s military, 23,46; Anglo-Polish treaty, 21-23, 43,89; rainy season in Poland, 23, 35,74, 98,103; Polish emissary, 100,103,105,108, 111,112,115; invasion of, 123-127,128-131; fall of, 130 Polish Corridor, 3,19, 20,45, 63,66, 69,89, 91, 97,100,102,109,112,130 Pommery champagne, 14 Prague, 12, 21,121 Prussia, 3,8,19,21, 24,26,31, 51; East Prussia, 7,19,21,39,72, 97,100,113,123; map of, 36 Mercedes, 49, 51 Middle East, 66, 69 Ministerial Council for Reich Defense, 114, 117 Molotov, Vyacheslav, 28 Monte Carlo, 20 Moscow, 28, 29,38,39, 45,46, 51,65, 99 Munich,
10, 88,93,103 Munich crisis, 11-13,18, 21,22 23 24 3L 34, 42. 55. 84, 94. 98,107 Mussolini, Benito, 10-12,14,18, 23,33,44, 45, 46, 47-48, 54, 55,57-59,61,65, 67,68, 87, 92-93,103,107,126-127,128; wavers between war and peace, 59-60; letter to Hitler, 69-73; laundry list and Hitler’s response, 76-81; offers to mediate, 88, 92,103 Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Party, 5,7,10,19, 23,26, 28, 31,41,49,50,88, 92, 97, 98,101; Hitler addresses party leaders, 90-92 Netherlands, the, 88; Wilhelm’s flight to, 3 New Guinea, 9 New York, 14 Nicholas II, czar, 3 North Sea, 60 Nuremberg, 8 ЗВ 32. 34. 36, 37. 38. 40, 41. 41. 44. 45. 47, 48. 54. 55. 56. 57. 59. 60, 63, 64, 65, 68, 70,72, Quebec, 14 Raeder, Admiral Eric, 31,129-130 Reich Chancellery, New, 49, 51,52,67, 68, 7։ 73.76. 82, 90, 99,115,121,128-129; description of, 62-63 Reich Chancellery, Old, 51,52,66,74,80, 81, 88,92,93, 95, 98,107,125 Reichstag, 24,88, 91,92,124-125 Rhineland, 11, 89 Ribbentrop, Adolf, 15 Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister Joachim von, 1,14-17,18,21,24, 27,28,29,38,39,40, 45,
Index 46, 48, 49, 50; 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 61-62; 63-65, 67, 69, 70, 72, 82, 84, 87-88, 94, 99, 100-106,111,113,114,117,118,119,120,121, 124,127,128-130,131; social climber and snob, 15; makes fool of himself in Britain, 16; becomes foreign minister, 17; banned by Hitler, 73, 99; tries to lure Polish negotiator, 111-116; stormy meeting with Henderson, 115-117 Ribbentrop, Annelies Henkell, 14-15, 20 Ribbentrop, Gertrude von, 15-17 Richthofen, Baron Manfred von, 26 Roman Catholic Church, 19 Romans, ancient, 87 Romania, 66 Rome, 47, 51,58,59, 68,70,76,78,80, 87,107, 126 Roosevelt, Franklin D„ 6,23-24,130 Royal Navy, 60 Ruhr, 4 Rundstedt, General Gerd von, 31,72 Russia, 2, 3, 9,11,19, 20,21, 28,34,39,44,45, 46,47, 49,52, 54, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 66, 81, 92,98,99,114,130 Saar, 3 Salzberg, 43, 45, 49 Sarajevo, 2 Schleswig-Holstein, battleship, 101,123,130 Schmidt, Paul, 60, 63, 66,67,71,76, 78, 80-81, 104-106,113,115-116,127,128-129 Schmundt, Colonel Rudolf, 39,49,70, 73 Schuschnigg, Kurt, 11,114 Schutzstaffel (SS), 5,35, 49, 51,62, 90, 99,122, 124 Skagerrak, 60 Serbia, 2 Skoda Works, 11 Speer, Albert, 51, 80 Spencer, Charles, 86 Spree River, 51 Soviet Union (USSR), see Russia SS, see Schutzstaffel Stalin, Josef, 28, 52, 66, 94,130 Stockholm, 39 Sudeten crisis, see Munich crisis I 151 Sudetenland, 11-13, 60 Suez Canal, 10 Sweden, 27, 28 Tanzania (Tanganyika), 18 TASS news agency, 114 Templehof Field, 50, 52 Third Reich, 11,51 Tokyo, 39 Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the USSR, 46; 45,50, 55, 57, 60, 69; secret protocol, 39, 94,130 Turkey, 66, 69 United States,
23,130 University of Chicago, 23 Verdi, Giuseppe, 125 Versailles, Treaty of, 3-4, 8, 9-10,11,18,19, 20, 26,27,43, 89 Vienna, 8,11 Vistula River, 20, 21 Wagner, Richard, 124 War Crimes Trial, 131 Warlimont, Colonel Walter, 73 Warsaw, 20, 64, 68, 97,101,105,108,111,113, 114,118,120,122,123,130 Wehrmacht, 21, 24,48, 54, 56,57, 73,103, 109,114,123,127; Hitler’s speech to high command of, 30-35; first order to prepare for invasion, 23; top officers plot to overthrow Hitler, 24,31, 33,122 Weizsäcker, Ernst von, 38, 39, 43, 45, 48, 55, 58,66,74,88,93,102,113,119,121,129,131 Weizsäcker, Lieutenant Heinrich von, 128 Weizsäcker, Lieutenant Richard von, 128 Westerplatte, 101,123 Wettermark, Alan, 49, 50 Wilhelm II, Kaiser 2, 3,7,24 Wilhelmstrasse, 51, 67,88,125 Windau, 45 Wolff, Karl, 90 Wood, Kingsley, 112 World War I, շ֊Յ, 9,11,17, 23,24,34, 82,88, 130 |
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| spelling | Loving, Rush Jr. ca. 20./21. Jh. Verfasser (DE-588)126812558X aut Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman Göring, Ribbentrop, and the Nazi invasion of Poland Rush Loving Jr Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University Press [2022] ix, 151 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Kaiser Wilhelm's legacy -- The eloquent artist -- The Champagne Salesman -- Fat Boy's Swedish friend -- "Close your hearts to pity!" -- A performance of bombast and threats -- "A second Bismarck" -- Et tu, bruté? -- "It's enough to kill a bull" -- The speech that fell flat -- Into the wee hours -- A shouting match -- "Where is the pole?" -- The intercepted telegram -- Invasion -- Ultimatum -- Finis "Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman offers a compelling behind-the-scenes exploration of the road to World War II and the invasion of Poland by the Hitler's Third Reich. Focusing on the personal power plays within Hitler's inner circle, author Rush Loving details the struggle for Hitler's approval, long before the battle for Poland had begun. The rivalry was between "Fat Boy," the moniker given to Hermann Göring by his fellow Nazi generals, and "the Champagne Salesman," Joachim von Ribbentrop, nicknamed for his previous career, and it was at the heart of German's plans for the expansion of the Reich into Poland. Göring, founder of the Lüftwaffe and the man who oversaw the armaments industry, was convinced that any invasion of Poland would lead to war with England and France, who were committed to its defense. Von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, argued that the Allies would stand down and continue their policy of appeasement. Only one would be proved correct. A compelling and dramatic tale, Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman shows Göring and Ribbentrop playing a tug-of-war with Hitler's will. Loving's vivid narrative of the struggle between the two advisers lends a new understanding of the events leading to the opening days of World War II"-- Ribbentrop, Joachim von 1893-1946 (DE-588)118600192 gnd rswk-swf Göring, Hermann 1893-1946 (DE-588)118540157 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Polenfeldzug 1939 (DE-588)4175002-0 gnd rswk-swf Göring, Hermann / 1893-1946 Ribbentrop, Joachim von / 1893-1946 Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei / History World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Poland Germany / Politics and government / 1933-1945 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 / Campagnes et batailles / Pologne Allemagne / Politique et gouvernement / 1933-1945 Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Military campaigns Politics and government Germany Poland 1933-1945 History Göring, Hermann 1893-1946 (DE-588)118540157 p Ribbentrop, Joachim von 1893-1946 (DE-588)118600192 p Polenfeldzug 1939 (DE-588)4175002-0 s Geschichte z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-253-06196-6 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033782127&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033782127&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Literaturverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033782127&sequence=000005&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Gemischte Register |
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