Index

3 (Bomber) Group 101

5th Army 196, 226

8th Army 176, 180, 182, 184, 188, 196

11 Group 125, 149, 164

14th Army 264, 266, 270, 272

15th Air Force 228

221 Group 271

617 Squadron 277

A

Abbeville 124

Addison, Christopher 44

Aden 63, 76, 165, 171, 269

Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment 98

Air Board 28, 32, 38, 39, 43-45, 47, 53, 55

Air Corps Tactical School 86

Air Department 11, 16, 25, 27, 28, 37, 38

Air Historical Branch 109, 271, 283

Air Ministry 39, 43, 44, 46-49, 54, 57-59, 61, 62, 66, 70, 71, 74, 76, 79, 85, 89, 92, 94, 95, 98, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 122, 127, 128, 129, 131-139, 142, 143, 151, 152, 154, 155, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 169, 170, 174, 176, 177, 180, 190, 191, 202-205, 211, 212, 215, 216, 221, 222, 224, 245, 256, 257, 264, 265, 266, 267, 270, 272, 275, 285

Air Transport Command 177

Alanbrooke, Lord 282

Albert Canal 123

Alexander A. V. 276

Alexander, Harold 183, 195, 227, 253

Alexandria 170, 181, 182, 189

Algiers 190-194, 197, 271

Allen, Gordon 286

Allied Expeditionary Air Force 230

Amery, Leo 58, 71

Amsterdam 98

Åndalsnes 117

Antonov, General Alexei 255

Antwerp 17, 19, 117, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254

Anzio 212, 226-228, 248, 254

Ardennes 120, 121, 213, 253, 254, 257

Ark Royal 25

Army Wing 10

Arnold, Lieutenant-General Henry H. 177, 193, 221, 235, 236, 249, 274

Arras 31

Asmara 177

Ashmore, Edward 41, 42, 49-51, 128

Asquith, Herbert 10, 19, 22, 26, 28, 39, 43

Asquith, Margot 37

Asquith, Violet 19, 28,

Atlantic Ferry Organisation 158

Atlantis 78

Attlee, Prime Minister 274-277, 280, 281

Auchinleck, General Claude 137, 172, 174, 175, 178-183, 227

Australia 75-79, 82, 83, 109, 145

Automedon 78

A. V. Roe 134

Avro Lincoln 277, 278

Avro Vulcan 278

Avro York 192, 270

B

B-24 Liberators 177, 185, 192, 202, 204, 205, 208, 268

Babington, Philip 76, 83

Baghdad 64, 87, 171

Baird, John 44

Baldwin, John 264

Baldwin, Stanley 68, 70, 71, 74, 106, 107, 132

Balfour, Arthur 18, 25, 27, 37-39, 43, 62

Balfour, Harold 119, 122, 123, 127, 159

Barbarossa 171

Barnes, Reginald 54, 111

Barratt, Arthur 119, 122, 123, 127, 159

Battle of Britain 128, 138, 139, 143, 145-150, 155, 160, 162, 163, 202, 218

Battle of Jutland 52, 114

Battle of the Atlantic 145, 202-204, 207, 208, 235

Battle of the Bulge 245, 254, 257, 258

Bawdsey Manor 129

Bay of Biscay 203, 206

BE 2 10

BE 2c 25, 40

Beatty, David 31-33, 43, 65

Beaverbrook, Lord 47, 103, 106, 135-140, 155, 157-159, 161, 197, 211, 274

Bedell Smith, Walter 228, 230-232, 238, 244, 251

Belchem, David 246

Belfort 19, 20

Belgium 17, 19, 42, 119, 121, 123, 140, 145, 146, 150, 231, 238, 251

Benghazi 180

Bennett, Arnold 32

Bennett, Ralph 212, 216, 251

Bensusan-Butt, David 213

Bentley Priory 129, 130, 140, 143, 148, 149, 157, 232, 243

Berlin 98, 99, 100, 151, 217, 219, 220, 245, 249, 250, 258, 259, 260, 261, 276, 278, 279, 280

Berlin Airlift 276, 278-280

Birch, Noel 135

Birdwood, William 26

Birkenhead, Lord 60, 215

Birmingham 87, 90, 130, 215

Birse, Arthur 255

Blackett, Patrick 129, 131, 215

Blériot, Louis 9

Bletchley Park 151, 175, 203, 240

Boeing B-29 Superfortress 277

Bonham Carter, Maurice 28

Bonham Carter, Violet 28, 82

Bordeaux 233

Bór-Komorowski, General Tadeusz 200

Borkum 22, 37, 45, 114

Borneo 76

Borton, Group Captain Amyas 66, 67

Bottomley, Norman 221

Boulton Paul Defiant 107, 131, 132, 152

Bourguébus Ridge 246

Bowhill, Frederick 206

Boyd, Owen 138

Bracken, Brendan 137, 274

Bradley, General Omar N. 247, 248, 250, 253, 257, 259, 280, 281

Braemar Castle 65

Brancker, Sefton 47, 48

Brandenburg Gate 261

Bremen 259

Brereton, General Lewis H. 177

Brett, Major-General H. 177

Brewster Buffalo 76, 79, 81, 83

Bridgeman, Francis 70

Bristol Beaufighter 135, 152, 202, 234

Bristol Blenheim 101, 107, 122, 136, 152, 179

Bristol Bombay 180

British Bombing Survey Unit 224

British Expeditionary Force 18, 121

Brittany 249

Brest 207, 208

Bridges, Edward 286

Brook, Norman 286

Brooke, Alan 176, 179, 183, 185, 186, 199, 219, 224, 226, 228, 232, 233, 234, 247, 248, 250, 253-260, 275, 282, 283

Brooke-Popham, Robert Air Chief Marshal Sir 47, 78, 80, 82, 83, 128

Bruce, Stanley 75

Bruce-Gardener, Sir Charles 133

Buckingham Palace 152

Bufton, Sidney 221

Burma 76, 78, 183, 264-273

Bushy Park 233

Butcher, Commander Harry C. 247

Butler, R. A. (‘Rab’) 120

Butt Report 213, 214-216

C

Cadogan, Alexander 185

Calais 9, 17, 124, 235, 240

Cambridge 120, 274

Cape Matapan 171

Carden, Sackville 23, 24

Casablanca 192, 193, 199, 203, 253

Casey, Richard 77, 78, 190

Cassino 226

‘Catherine’ 112-114

Central Flying School 10

Ceylon 76, 266-270

Chamberlain, Austen 64, 67

Chamberlain, Neville 72, 73, 76, 77, 89, 91, 94, 104-106, 108, 110-112, 114, 115, 117, 120, 132, 134, 138, 139, 146, 148, 167

Chanak 67, 68, 117

Chartwell 102

Chatfield, Admiral Ernle 71, 111

Chatham 18, 49, 111

Chemnitz 245, 258

Chennault, Claire 266

Churchill, Clementine 13, 37, 38, 56, 108, 229

Ciano, Count Galeazzo 146

Clark Field 80

Clark, Mark 196, 227

Clay, General Lucius D. 279

Clyde 114

Coastal Command 105, 106, 111, 197, 202-207, 229, 234, 235

Cocos Islands 271

Coke, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles 18

Collishaw, Raymond 175

Cologne 18, 19, 217, 218

Colville, Jock 110, 115, 120, 136, 145, 167, 254, 258, 260, 263, 274

Committee of Imperial Defence 10, 15, 61, 62, 70, 90, 101, 129

Congreve, Walter 64

Coningham, Arthur 53, 89, 98, 100, 122, 175-177, 181, 182, 186, 187, 190, 193, 229-231, 232, 243, 244, 246, 251, 258, 259, 287

Constantinople 24, 25, 67, 68, 198

Convoy Committee 33

Cos 198, 199

Courtney, Christopher 270

Cowdray, Lord 32, 45, 47, 50, 54, 55

Cox, Percy 66

Cranwell 104, 143

Craven, Charles 136

Cunliffe-Lister, Philip 106

Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew 170, 171, 179, 183, 191, 194, 224, 231, 255, 275

Cunningham, Admiral John 276

Curtiss H12 30

Curzon, Lord 28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 67

Cyrenaica 172, 177, 198

Czechoslovakia 110, 111, 146, 214

D

Daily Express 136

Daily Mail 41, 90

Damm fighter station 99

Dardanelles 22-28, 65, 67, 114, 116, 117, 198

Daventry 129

Davies, Lieutenant Richard 18, 25

Dawson, Air Vice-Marshal Grahame 169, 170, 192

DC-3 Dakota 59, 133, 260, 268, 280

D-Day 208, 212, 219, 238, 240-244, 246, 247, 283

Deane, Major-General John R. 255

De Havilland 9a 65

De Havilland Defiant 6, 29

De Havilland, Geoffrey 10, 136

Dempsey, Miles 243, 246, 280

Denmark 259, 280

Derby, Lord 40, 43, 45

Dessau 100

Dieppe 149, 218, 219, 269

Dill, Field Marshal Sir John 159, 167, 169, 213

Doenitz, Karl Admiral 203, 205, 206

Don, Group Captain Francis 98

Doolittle, James H. 229, 231

Dorchester 62

Douglas DC-3 Dakota 59, 260, 261, 268

Douglas, Sholto 86, 127, 131, 132, 148, 152, 155, 156, 157, 160, 162, 163, 181, 190, 198, 199, 229, 268, 287

Dover 9, 17, 36, 125, 241

Dowding, Hugh 38, 86, 90, 91, 97, 100, 105, 106, 109, 115, 118, 124-127, 129, 130-135, 138, 137-163, 196, 211, 217, 271, 287

D’Oyly-Hughes, Guy 115, 116

Dresden 222, 223, 245, 258, 259

Duke of Malborough 89, 103, 178

Dunkirk 17, 19, 53, 124-127, 149, 190, 212, 226

Düsseldorf 18, 19, 253

E

Eagle Day 147

Eaker, Lieutenant-General Ira C. 86, 197, 229

Eastchurch Naval Flying School 13, 15, 16, 19

East Frisian Islands 22

Eden, Anthony 72, 89, 120, 167, 168, 183, 286

Eisenhower, General Dwight D. 165, 171, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 196, 197, 199, 200, 221, 226, 228, 229, 230-241, 244, 246-250, 253-257, 259, 260, 261, 271, 275

El Agheila 169, 180

El Alamein 164, 181, 182, 187, 188, 190

El Faiyum 177

Ellington, Edward 60, 89, 105, 109, 155

Emden 259

Enchantress 14

Enigma 151, 175, 203

Epping 68 Eritrea 177

Essen 55

F

Fairey Battle light bomber 122

Fairey Swordfish 171

Farnborough 10, 11, 93, 98

Felixstowe 30

Felixstowe F2a 30

Fellers, Bonner Frank 182

Fellowes, Peregrine 155

Firth of Forth 17

Fisher, Admiral Sir John 21-26, 36, 37

Fisher, Warren 106, 110

Fleet Air Arm 171, 202

Flight 32, 59, 62, 106, 133

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor 206

Foggia 196

Forbes, Admiral Charles 116

Formidable 171

France 9-11, 18, 19, 20, 27, 32, 33, 38, 41, 44, 48, 53, 61, 69, 77, 93, 97, 106, 111, 112, 114, 117, 119, 121-128, 140, 142-144, 146, 147, 150, 151, 156, 162, 164, 168, 180, 186, 192, 196, 198, 199, 211, 212, 231, 238, 248, 249, 251, 259, 261, 263, 281, 283, 285

Franco 89, 165

Frankfurt 253, 277

Frankland, Dr Noble 109, 150, 223, 262

Fraser, Lovat 39

Fraser, Admiral Sir Bruce 276

Freeman, Wilfrid 100, 109, 132-134, 136, 137, 152, 156, 159, 162, 170, 178, 180, 190, 191, 215, 221, 238, 239, 267

French, Lord 20, 40

Freyberg, Bernard 169, 227, 228

Friedeburg, Admiral Hans Georg von 260

Friedrichshafen 19, 20

G

Gallipoli 23, 26, 35, 36, 59, 67, 68, 112, 115, 218, 227

Gamelin, Maurice 116, 119, 123

Garrod, Guy 264, 270, 286

Garvin, James 28, 107

Gazala 180, 182, 187

Geddes, Eric 43, 49

Gerrard, Eugene 17

Giant 35, 49, 50, 51

Gibraltar 152, 154, 164, 165, 193

Gloster Gladiator biplane 101, 115

Ghana 165,166

Gleave, Group Captain Tom 198

Global Strategy Paper 281

Gneisenau 116

Goddard, Wing Commander Victor 88, 89

Goebbels, Josef 110, 146

Gort, Lord 112, 184

Gotha GIV 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 49, 50, 51, 53

Grand Fleet 23, 31

Great Yarmouth 30

Greece 111, 167-169, 171, 172, 178, 198, 199, 256, 281

Gretton, Commander Peter 69, 208

Grey, C. G. 53, 76

Grey, Edward 17, 19, 27

Groves, Robert 60

Guest, Frederick 66

Guingand, Francis de 168, 182

Gustav Line 196, 226, 230

H

Habbaniya 165, 171

Haig, Douglas 33, 40-43, 45, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 56, 150, 223

Haldane, Lord 15

Halfaya Pass 172

Halifax 72, 120, 121, 125, 158, 159

Halifax, Nova Scotia 203

Halpern, Paul 20

Halverson, Gail S. (‘Hal’) 279

Hamburg 259

Hamilton, Ian 23, 227

Handley Page 0/100 21, 53

Handley Page 0/400 53

Handley Page, Frederick 21, 83, 134

Handley Page Hampden 101

Handley Page Heyford 129

Handley Page Victor 278

Hanesse, Friedrich 98, 99

Hankey, Maurice 102, 104, 107, 137

Hanworth aerodrome 103

Hardinge, Alexander 162

Harington, Charles 67

Harker, Ronnie 220

Harriman, Averell 172, 173

Harris, Arthur 81, 86, 161, 162, 176, 181, 183, 190, 204, 205, 207, 215-223, 228, 229, 231-236, 238, 249, 258, 262, 270, 275, 286

Hart, Squadron Leader Raymond 130

Harwood, Admiral Sir Henry 184

Hassan, Mohammed Abdullah 63

Hawker 134

Hawker Fury 103

Hawker Hurricane 79, 108, 122, 125, 131, 132, 135, 136, 142-144, 160, 268

Hebrides 203

Heinkel He 118 99

Heinkel 111B-1 bomber 99

Heligoland Bight 17

Henderson, David 10, 32,

Henderson, Reginald 32, 40, 43, 47-49, 53, 56, 59

Hennessey, Patrick 32

Hermes 79

Hinaidi 65

Hiroshima 272

Hives, Ernest 170

HMS Phaeton 24

Hoare, Samuel 65, 69

Holt, Felton Vesey 38, 128

Home Defence Force 128

Home Defence Wing 38

Hong Kong 76, 78, 271, 281

Honolulu 80

Hopkins, Richard 70

Horton, Admiral Sir Max 203

Hotel Cecil 44

Hotel Metropole 45, 56

Howard, Michael 227

I

Imperial Japanese Navy 72, 83

Imphal 268

India 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 75, 104, 158, 172, 183, 185, 260, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273

Indomitable 79

Ingenohl, Admiral Friedrich von 30

Inskip, Thomas 106-108, 111

Ireland 30, 31, 61, 63, 64, 146

Isle of Wight 74

Ismay, Hastings 90, 140, 161, 166, 200, 219, 286

Ivelaw-Chapman, Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald 275

J

Jameson, Admiral Sir William 33

Japan 69, 72-89, 105, 111, 121, 126, 146, 166, 169, 180, 186, 202, 214, 223, 233, 258, 264-268, 271, 273, 284, 285, 287

Jefferis, Major Millis 117

Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John 23, 33

Jodl, General Alfred 260, 261

Joffre, Marshal 239

John, Admiral Sir Caspar 105

Johnson, Louis 280

Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee 88

Joynson-Hicks, William 55

Junkers Ju 52 133, 141

K

Kandy 268, 271

Keitel, Field Marshal Wilhelm 261

Kelly, Denis 286

Kemal, Mustafa (Atatürk) 67, 68

Keppel Harbour 74

Kerr, Admiral Mark 54

Kesselring, Albert 191, 196, 197

Khartoum 166, 175

Kiel Canal 17

Kilid Bahr 67

King George 162, 164, 256

Kingston-McCloughry, Flight Lieutenant Edgar 66, 109

Kitchener, Field Marshal Horatio 17, 20, 21, 22, 43

Koenig, General Marie-Pierre 238

Kohima 268

Kuantan 81

L

Lake Constance 19

Lakenheath 277

Lampson, Ambassador Miles 173

Larnder, Harold 130, 145

Lattre de Tassigny, General Jean 261

Lawrence, Oliver 221, 222

Leigh, Wing Commander H. de V. 205

Leigh Light 205

Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshal Sir Trafford 148, 154-156, 160, 192, 230-234, 243, 244, 246, 247, 270

Leipzig 245, 258, 259

Lemnos 23-25

Lemon, Ernest 133

Leros 198, 199

Leslie, Norman 32

Liddell Hart, Basil 41, 121, 160, 233, 282

Lindemann, Frederick 93, 96, 130, 131, 133, 139, 190, 213, 286

Linlithgow, Lord 104

Lloyd George, David 9, 36, 39, 40, 42-45, 47, 50, 54-56, 58, 60, 62, 67, 72

Lockhart, Sir Robert Bruce 238

London 11, 17, 18, 20, 27, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 50, 54, 76, 77, 78, 80, 90, 91, 95, 105, 108, 128, 135, 143, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 163, 168, 169, 172, 173, 178, 184, 201, 211, 215, 230, 232, 238, 241, 249, 261, 268, 271, 272

Longmore, Arthur 27, 138, 159, 168, 169

Loucheur, Louis 54

Lovett, Robert 221

Lübeck 215

Lucas, General John 226, 228

Ludlow-Hewitt, Edgar 101, 108, 109, 123, 175, 211, 267

Luxembourg 121

Luxeuil 53

LVG CIV biplane 39

Lympne 98

Lyttelton, Oliver 172, 173, 175, 179, 180, 183

M

Maastricht 123

MacArthur, Douglas 281

MacLean, Group Captain Lachlan 101

Macksey, Major-General Pierse 116

McEvoy, Air Marshal Sir Theodore 136, 198, 255

Maginot Line 121

Malaya 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 264, 281

Maleme airfield 169

Malta 23, 61, 74, 102, 125, 138, 154, 164, 165, 169, 181, 184, 197, 271

Manchester 19

Manchester Guardian 49

Margesson, David 110

Marham 277

Marseille 248, 257

Marshall, General George C. 159, 193, 196, 228, 229, 231, 238, 254, 256, 257, 276

Martin Marauder B-26 227

Martini, General Wolfgang 130

Martlesham Heath 98

Massawa 177

Maxwell, Alfred R. 221

Menzies, Robert 79

Merer, Marshal John 279

Messina 196

Mestopotamia 35, 61, 63, 64, 67

Meuse 122, 123

Middle East Air Command 181

Milch, Erhard 101

Ministry of Aircraft Production 136, 138

Ministry of Munitions 32, 43, 44, 53, 59

Mitchell, Billy 35, 67

Mitchell, Reginald 131

Mitsubishi ‘Betty’ aircraft 81

Mitsubishi ‘Nell’ aircraft 81

Mokattam hills 170

Montgomery, Bernard 183, 186, 187, 188, 190, 192, 196, 219, 229, 230, 231, 232, 239, 244, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259, 275, 276, 282, 283

Moore-Brabazon, John 137

Morton, Desmond 90, 98, 107, 108

Moscow 184, 185, 218, 254-257, 277

Mosul 65

Mountbatten, Louis 219, 268-272

Munich 89, 102, 110, 111, 214

Mussolini 89, 125, 165, 195, 196

Myers, Major Gilbert 103

N

Nagasaki 272

Nancy 53

Naples 196, 197

Narvik 114-117, 241

Nasiriyah 66

National Cadet Organisation 141

Naval Flying Service 18

Naval Wing 10, 11, 15, 16, 25, 28, 37

Netherlands 119, 121, 141, 151, 259

Newall, Cyril 53, 54, 104, 109, 140, 142-144, 148, 149, 152, 155, 211

New Zealand 75, 77, 78, 83, 145, 163, 175, 178

Nile Delta 164

Normandy 205, 208, 212, 222, 227, 228, 233, 235, 236, 238, 240-252, 259, 262, 268, 282

Norstad, Lauris 227, 277, 280

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 276

Northcliffe, Lord 55

North Hinder Light Vessel 30

Norway 72, 112, 114-119, 122, 126, 127, 141, 142, 148, 168, 233, 241, 259, 269, 285

Nuremberg 220, 222

Nye, Sir Archibald 164, 184, 275

O

Observer 28, 107

Observer Corps 93, 128, 139, 141

Ochey 53, 54

Ohio 184

Oldenburg 22

Operation Anvil 248, 249, 251

Operation Avalanche 196

Operation Baytown 196

Operation Charnwood 245, 246

Operation Crossbow 241

Operation Crusader 177, 178, 179, 180, 186, 207

Operation Dynamo 125, 126

Operation Fortitude 240

Operation Hercules 164

Operation Husky 193, 194, 198

Operation Lightfoot 188

Operation Market Garden 250, 251

Operation Overlord 198, 204, 205, 226, 228

Operation Pedestal 184

Operation Pointblank 231, 234

Operation Sealion 147

Operation Supercharge 188

Operation Torch 186, 188

Operational Research Section 130, 216, 243

Orfordness 129

Ostend 19

P

P-38 Lightning 268

P-40 Tomahawk 266

P-47 Thunderbolt 268

P-51 Mustang 220

Page, Walter 30

Paine, Godfrey 44, 52

Palestine 61, 63, 64, 193, 197, 269

Pantelleria 193

Park, Keith 26, 92, 100, 125, 128, 129, 132, 139, 148-151, 154, 155, 160, 163-165, 175, 184, 191, 197, 198, 203, 229, 233, 240, 264, 270-273, 287

Passchendaele 240

Patch, General Alexander M. 249

Pathfinder Force 194, 217

Patton, Lieutenant General George S. 240, 250

Pearl Harbor 204, 265, 266

Peirse, Richard 115, 207, 213, 264, 267, 270

Pemberton Billing, Noel 38

Penang 76

People’s Republic of China 281

Percival, Arthur 80, 82, 83

Phillips, Admiral Sir Tom 79, 80, 81, 114, 153, 202

Phillpotts, Tony 137

Phoney war 122, 139

Pincus, Henry 221

Poland 73, 77, 89, 111, 119, 121, 126, 139, 146, 200, 201, 211, 254

Portal, CAS Charles 86, 122, 123, 127, 137, 138, 148, 149, 153, 156, 159, 161, 164-166, 168-170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 183, 187, 201, 204, 207, 212-216, 219, 221-224, 228, 230, 231, 232-234, 236-238, 244, 245, 249, 255, 256, 262, 263, 267, 268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 286

Potts, Ramsay 236

Pound, Dudley 79, 80, 81, 113, 202, 204, 213, 215, 219

Pownall, Henry 112, 117, 188, 286

Prince of Wales 78, 79

Pulford, Conway 83

Q

Qattara Depression 182

Quetta 271

R

Radar 35, 91-94, 124, 125, 130, 131, 139, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 155, 158, 160, 164, 193, 206, 209, 225, 266, 267, 281

Rainsford, Air Commodore Frederick 275

Ramsay, Admiral Bertram 125, 126, 239, 240, 249, 251

Rangoon 79, 266, 270, 271, 272

Reggio 196

Reims 257, 260, 275

Repulse 78, 79, 81

Reynaud, Paul 116, 123, 127

Rhine 20, 55, 61, 248, 250, 251, 253-255, 259, 266

Rhodes 198, 199

Richmond, Herbert 23, 106

Ritchie, Neil 180, 182

Robertson, William 40, 41

Robeck, John de 24

Rogge, Captain Bernhard 78

Rolls-Royce 134, 170, 220

Rome 196, 226, 227, 228

Rommel, Erwin 164, 172, 177, 179, 180-184, 186-189, 242

Roosevelt, President 77, 94, 113, 145, 159, 192, 193, 199, 200, 201, 204, 208, 221, 226, 229, 231, 238, 248, 250, 253, 254, 260, 263, 266, 268, 283, 284, 287

Rostock 99, 215

Rothermere, Lord 55, 56, 90, 98, 123

Rowe, Albert 129-131

Rowley, Squadron Leader Herbert 97-101

Royal Aircraft Factory 10, 11

Royal Flying Corps 10, 18, 202, 240

Royal Naval Air Service 11

Ruhr 119, 217, 220, 245, 250, 251, 259

Rundstedt, Gerd von 241

S

Saarbrücken 53

Salazar 165

Salmond, John 54, 65, 76, 109, 128, 140, 141, 152, 153, 155, 156, 162

Samos 198, 199

Samson, Commander Charles 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25

Sardinia 194

Scobie, Ronald 164, 184

Sauvy, Alfred 121

Scarlett, Francis 16, 27

Scharnhorst 116

Schleswig-Holstein 22

Schwann, Oliver 16

Schweinfurt 86, 220

Sculthorpe 277

Sea of Marmara 24, 68

Seebohm, Captain Alfred 182

Seely, John 10, 38, 64, 66

Seletar 74

Seversky, Alexander de 35

Sheffield 90, 240

Shiva 65

Short Sunderland 206

Short Type 184 30

Sicily 138, 164, 178, 184, 193-197, 212, 235, 242, 252, 257

Simon, Sir John 211

Simonstown 79

Simpson, Frank 250

Sinclair, Archibald 72, 82, 138, 148, 154, 157, 159, 161, 162, 179, 190, 191, 212, 223, 230-233, 238, 245

Singapore 69, 74-84, 103, 133, 207, 264, 271, 272, 277

Slessor, Jack 48, 76, 87-90, 109, 122, 158, 159, 197, 198, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 226, 227, 228, 229, 238, 251, 252, 270, 281, 282, 287

Slim Sir William (‘Uncle Bill’) 265-273, 276, 283, 285

Smith, Arthur 181

Smith, Geoffrey 106

Smuts, Jan Christian 41-50, 56, 167, 175, 176, 183, 197, 229, 238, 251, 255, 286

Somaliland 15, 63

Southampton 65

South East Asia Command 268, 271, 273

South Korea 281

Spaatz, Major-General Carl A. 192, 193, 220, 221, 222, 228, 229, 231, 233-237, 243, 245, 249, 257, 261, 274, 277, 278

Spain 73, 88, 89, 95, 146, 154, 180

Spanish Civil War 88, 109

Speer, Albert 254

Spitfire 131, 132, 135

Spooner, Stanley 12, 15, 62, 66

Stalin, Joseph 81, 166, 185, 186, 193, 200, 218, 226, 229, 248, 254, 255, 256, 258, 259, 263, 273, 280, 284, 287

Steel, John 90, 105

Stevenson, Donald 131, 132, 266

Stilwell, General Joseph W. 268

Straits Times 76

Strike Wings 268

Stumpff, General Hans-Jürgen 101, 260

Sueter, Murray 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 37, 53, 59, 62

Suez Canal 164

Sumatra 233, 273

Sunday Chronicle 160

Switzerland 20

Sykes, Frederick Major General 10, 24, 25, 56, 59, 60

Syria 172

T

Takoradi 165-167, 174, 175

Taranto 166, 196

Tedder, Arthur 53, 68, 83, 89, 94, 100, 103, 106, 122, 132, 133, 136-138, 152, 155, 159, 165-167, 169, 170-199, 216, 221, 224, 228-239, 243-249, 251, 253-265, 268, 271, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 283

Tempelhof 98, 99, 261

Tenedos 23

Tennant, Harold 37, 38

Têtu, General Marcel 123

Thayer Mahan, Alfred 35

The Aeroplane 14

The Morning Post 45

The Pall Mall Gazette 13

Thomas, Sir Shenton 76, 83

Thorold, Henry Group Captain 169, 170

Thunderbolt 243

Tizard, Henry 93, 94, 129, 131, 157, 214, 215, 224

Tiverton, Major Lord 41, 42

Tobruk 172, 177, 180, 181

Tomoyuki, Yamashita 80

Toulon 248

Trenchard, Hugh 13, 19, 35, 40, 41, 42, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54-70, 86, 100, 105, 108, 109, 122, 140, 141, 150, 152, 153, 155, 156, 162, 190, 212, 213, 223, 275, 286

Tripoli 168, 180

Trondheim 116

Truman, Harry S. 263, 276, 281

Tudor, General Sir Hugh 158

Tunisia 165, 178, 183, 187, 194, 193-195, 197, 252

Tunner, General William H. 279

Turkish navy 23

Turkey 65, 67, 68, 168, 198, 229, 233

Typhoon 243

U

U-boat 29-31, 34, 65, 91, 93, 185, 203-209, 235, 242

Udet, Ernst 99, 101, 105, 135, 153

Ultra 151, 171, 172, 175, 179, 184, 187, 200, 203, 208, 209

Uxbridge 128, 129, 149

V

V-1 241, 242, 244

V-2 241, 242

Vandenberg, Hoyt S. 277, 278

Vaughan-Lee, Rear-Admiral 37

Vernon 65

Vickers 134-136

Vickers-Armstrong 136

Vickers Valiant 278

Vickers Wellington 26, 107, 135, 205, 206, 216

Vigerie, General Astier de la 123

Villiers, Francis 17

Vincent, Stanley 264

Vuillemin, General Joseph 119, 127

Vultee Vengeance 268

Vyshinsky, Andrei 261

W

Warburton, Wing Commander Peter 98

War Office 9, 10-12, 15, 18, 21, 27, 37, 43, 44, 46, 48, 58-61, 71, 74, 116, 122, 125, 142, 213, 250, 253, 265, 275, 282

War Illustrated 79

Warrington-Morris, Air Commodore Alfred 139

Washington 157-159, 173, 177, 182, 191, 193, 221, 228, 249, 254

Watson-Watt, Robert 129, 131

Wavell, Archibald 82, 83, 169, 170, 172, 185

Webster, Sir Charles 223, 261, 262

Weir, William 44-47, 53-57, 59

Wessex Bombing Area 90, 105

Westbrook, Trevor 136

Western Desert 122, 168, 169, 174, 176

Westland Lysander 115, 122

Westminster 87, 89, 132, 146, 152, 205, 284, 285

Whitehall 39, 41, 45, 47, 48, 76, 79, 87, 92, 109, 127, 146, 153, 197, 231, 232, 249, 254, 267, 275, 277, 279, 281, 284, 285

Whitley 107

Whittle, Frank 135

Whitworth Whitley 101

Wigram, Ralph 103

Wildman-Lushington, Gilbert 13

Wilhelmshaven 207

Williams, Edgar 247, 251

Williams, Eric 130, 131

Williams, Tom 264, 265

Wilson, Sir Charles 176

Wilson, Henry 64

Wilson, Sir Horace 104

Wilson, Maitland 198

Wilson, Woodrow 30

Wimperis, Harry 129, 131

Wingate, Orde 267, 269

Wood, Kingsley 102, 135

Woolwich 18, 50

Worthington-Evans, Laming 64

Y

Yalta 257-259

Z

Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von 9, 10

Zeppelins 9, 10, 11, 12, 17-23, 25, 37-40, 43, 44, 51, 130

Zhukov, Marshal Georgi 261