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adversity, 81–82, 84–85
Aitken, Max, see Lord Beaverbrook
Alanbrooke, Lord, 62, 72, 75–78, 94, 112, 115, 125–27, 138, 143–45, 147, 148, 151–52, 157–59, 161–64
Churchill and, 72–79, 115, 125, 143–44, 157, 164, 172–73
Albert, Prince, 11
Alexander, Harold, 73, 153–55
Alexandra, Queen, 11, 14
Alfonso XIII, King, 178
Alice, Princess, Grand Duchess of Hesse, 11
Amery, Leo, 16–17, 146
Anderson, John, 79–80
appeasement, 49, 50, 58, 67
Chamberlain and, 1, 48, 50–53, 55
Churchill and, 8, 47, 48, 66
Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” 170
Astley, Joan, 80
Astor, Nancy, 13
Attlee, Clement, 178, 179
Auchinleck, Claude, 73
Bagehot, Walter, 67
Bahamas, 146
Baldwin, Stanley, 37, 40–41, 43–45, 47, 49, 83
Baruch, Bernard, 63
Beaverbrook, Lord, 39, 62, 63, 95, 178
Berlin, Isaiah, 20, 89
Bevan, Aneurin, 71
Bevin, Ernest, 66
Birkenhead, Lord, 62, 63, 68
Bismarck, Otto von, 64
Bonham Carter, Violet, 18–19
Bowes-Lyon, David, 162
Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth, see Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Bracken, Brendan, 3–4, 62, 63, 94
Brooke, Alan, see Lord Alanbrooke
Bryant, Arthur, 75
Bullitt, William, 122–23
Bush, George W., 61
Canada, 122–24
Cannadine, David, xiii
Chamberlain, Joseph, 40
Chamberlain, Neville, 47, 49, 51–52, 58–59, 107, 109, 111
appeasement and, 1, 48, 50–53, 55
character of, 51
Churchill and, 2–6, 48, 59, 109–11
George VI and, 49, 52, 54–55
Halifax and, 2–8
Hitler and, 50–53, 55
resignation of, x, 1–7
Channon, Henry “Chips,” 39, 43–44, 52, 54, 63, 146
Cheney, Dick, 61
Cherwell , Lord, 62, 63, 170
Churchill, Clementine (wife of Winston), 20, 65, 80, 90, 103, 138
marriage of, 27
Churchill, Jeanette (Lady Randolph; mother of Winston), 12–13, 19, 21, 23
Churchill, John (ancestor of Winston), see Duke of Marlborough
Churchill, John (brother of Winston), 12
Churchill, Marigold (daughter of Winston), 27
Churchill, Mary (daughter of Winston), 80
Churchill, Lord Randolph (father of Winston), 11–12, 17, 21, 27, 39, 97, 103, 177
death of, 17
Churchill, Randolph (son of Winston), 4–5, 80, 119
Churchill, Sarah (daughter of Winston), 80
Churchill, Winston:
Allied victory and, 173–75
appeasement opposed by, 8, 47, 48
appointed prime minister, x, 1–9, 109, 112
aristocracy as viewed by, 29
bathing of, 91, 104
in Big Three, 109–10, 142–43, 157
birth of, 11–12
Brooke and, 72–79, 115, 125, 143–44, 157, 164, 172–73
Chamberlain and, 2–6, 48, 59, 109–11
character of, 83–84, 86–87, 89–105
childhood of, 16–17, 19, 21, 28, 45
civilian aides to, 80
Conservative Party and, 27, 37, 44, 47, 109, 145
Dardanelles campaign and, 30–31, 111
death of, 183
Dill and, 71–73
education of, 18–19, 21
Edward VIII and, 37, 39–40
Edward VIII’s abdication and, 40–41, 44, 47, 65, 66
in election of 1945, 177–79
family background of, 12, 21
family relationships of, 80
as First Lord of the Admiralty, 30–31, 59, 66, 107
friendships of, 62–63, 68
George VI’s correspondence with, ix, 136–37, 150–51, 153–56, 164, 166–69
George VI’s death and, 182–83
George VI’s weekly meetings with, 85, 93, 117, 155
Halifax and, 70, 73, 126, 156
at Harrow, 16–17, 19
history as approached by, 90–91
as Home Secretary, 29–30, 93
in interwar years, 37–46
marriage of, 27
medals and titles of, 102–3
as Military Co-ordination Committee chairman, 109
military service of, 19, 23–27
military strategy and, 76–78, 126–27, 142–47, 163–64
as Minister of Defence, 70, 109, 146, 167, 168
as monarchist, 39, 65–66
painting hobby of, 104–5, 176
in Parliament, 27–28, 47
physical constitution of, 91–94
political ambitions of, 27, 40, 46
political past and reputation of, 8, 31, 37, 180
political temperament of, 27–28, 37, 39, 44
reentry into government, 59, 66, 107
relationship with father, 17, 21
Roosevelt and, 62, 72, 90, 91, 94, 121–23, 158, 163, 170
Roosevelt’s death and, 173
Roosevelt’s wartime meetings with, 138–39, 141, 147
senior commanders and, 70–76, 79, 86
sleeping, smoking, drinking, and eating habits of, 100–101
speeches of, 95–96
Stalin and, 61, 148–49, 158, 171
Stalin presented with sword by, 157–58
warnings about Hitler and Germany, 48, 53–54
women as viewed by, 13
World War I and, 27, 30–32
writing of, 17, 19–20, 24–25, 48, 95, 108, 135, 178
at Yalta conference, 171–72
young adulthood of, 23, 28, 45
Colefax, Sibyl, 38
Colville, John “Jock,” 80, 92, 96, 98, 102, 105, 118, 123, 127, 138, 146–47, 172, 182
Conservative Party, 27, 37, 44, 47, 109, 145, 158
Cooper, Duff, 31
Cromwell, Oliver, 66
Cunard, Emerald, 38–39
Cunningham, Andrew, 79
Curie, Eve, 118
Czechoslovakia, 1, 53, 55–56
Darlan, Jean-François, 115–16
Davidson, J. C. C., 33
de Gaulle, Charles, 154, 171
Dill, John, 71–73, 75, 115, 139, 142, 158–59
Disraeli, Benjamin, 64, 97
Eden, Anthony, 52, 79, 90, 94, 171, 172
Edward VII, King, 9, 11, 14, 23, 38, 66
Edward VIII, see Duke of Windsor
Egypt, 150, 152, 155
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 124, 164–65, 173
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 53, 66, 118, 161–62, 171, 173
bombed areas toured by, 129–31
marriage of, 33–35
Roosevelt and, 122–23
Elizabeth II, Queen, 41, 80, 161–62, 173, 175, 182
birth of, 34
Fisher, John, 72
Fitzherbert, Maria, 65
France, 53–54, 176
Allied invasion of, 163–70
fall of, 116
liberation of Paris, 171
in World War II, 112–17, 119, 143, 145, 148, 154, 163–71
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 25
French, John, 68
Gamelin, Maurice, 114
George IV, King, 65
George V, King, 9, 13–15, 20, 23, 26, 38, 64–65, 69, 147, 167
character of, 14–15, 99
George VI’s relationship with, 15, 21, 32–35
illness and death of, 35
World War I and, 1, 15, 25
George VI, King:
Allied victory and, 173–75
“Bertie” nickname, 14
birth of, 11
bombed areas toured by, 129–31
bravery of, 67–68
Chamberlain and, 49, 52, 54–55
character of, 15–16, 18, 20, 68–69, 83, 84, 91, 92, 97–100, 103–4
childhood of, 15–18, 21, 45, 97
and choice of successor to Chamberlain, 1–7, 9
Churchill’s correspondence with, ix, 136–37, 150–51, 153–56, 164, 166–69
Churchill’s weekly meetings with, 85, 93, 117, 155
education of, 18, 20, 21
Edward VIII compared with, 13, 15
Edward VIII’s abdication and, 41–42
family background of, 13–14, 21
family relationships of, 80
friendships of, 63, 68
Halifax and, 2–3, 7, 49, 117, 132
Hitler and, 54
in interwar years, 37–46
marriage of, 33–35, 103
naval service of, 25–27, 32–33, 43, 49, 97
and outbreak of World War II, 57–58
physical limitations and ill health of, 15, 20, 21, 25, 26, 32, 91, 92, 181–82
radio broadcasts of, 159–60, 169–70, 174
relationship with father, 15, 21, 32–35
Roosevelt and, 122–24, 138–39, 151
speeches of, 95, 97
stammer of, 15, 18, 20, 95, 97
throne assumed by, 42–46
World War I and, 32–33
Germany, 48–49, 59, 146–47, 155
Churchill’s warnings about, 48, 53–54
invasions by, 1, 5, 57, 112, 135, 141–42, 147–48
rockets of, 170–71
Soviet Union and, 135, 141–42
Gladstone, William Ewart, 181
Gloucester, Duke of, 146
Goering, Hermann, 126
Haakon VII, King, 132
Halifax, Lord, 2–8, 49, 50, 53, 54, 72, 73, 124, 139–40, 143, 146, 175
Churchill and, 70, 73, 126, 156
George VI and, 2–3, 7, 49, 117, 132
Hamilton, Duke of, 82
Hardinge, Lord, 59
Harriman, W. Averell, 62, 140–41
Hastings, Max, xii
Hemingway, Ernest, 82
Hess, Rudolf, 82
Hitler, Adolf, 52–53, 101, 113, 120, 122, 125, 146–47, 176
appeasement of, see appeasement
Chamberlain and, 50–53, 55
Churchill’s warnings about, 48, 53–54
George VI and, 54
Hopkins, Harry, 61, 62, 121, 124, 138, 140, 147, 148
Hore-Belisha, Leslie, 146
House, Edward M., 61
Hull, Cordell, 139–40
Ismay, Hastings, 74–75, 78–79, 94, 102, 113–14, 165, 173
Italy, 156–57
Jenkins, Roy, 29, 31, 181
Jerome, Leonard, 12
Kalinin, Mikhail, 109
Kennedy, Joseph P., 56, 118–19, 123
Kent, Duke of, 149, 175
King, Ernest, 148
King’s Speech, The, ix–x
Kipling, Rudyard, 135
Kissinger, Henry, 61
Kitchener, Lord, 31
Labour Party, 3–5
Lascelles, Alan, 63, 66, 146, 157, 160, 164, 166–68, 173, 176
Lees-Milne, James, 125, 170, 171, 174–75
Leopold III, King, 147
Liberalism, 27–28, 37
Lindemann, Frederick see Lord Cherwell
Lippmann, Walter, 56, 123
Lloyd George, David, 30, 83
Logue, Lionel, 97
Lothian, Lord, 120
Lytton, Lady (Pamela Plowden), 90
Macmillan, Harold, 153–54
Margaret, Princess, 34, 80, 161–62, 175
Marlborough, Duke of, 17, 48
Marsh, Edward, 7, 62–63
Marshall, George, 62, 70, 72, 78, 90, 124, 144, 147, 148, 163, 164
Martin, John, 90
Mary, Queen, 13–14, 21, 34, 35, 41, 44, 53, 85–86, 97, 118, 149
Merriman, Roger, 120–21
Montgomery, Bernard, 73–74, 165, 166, 170
Moran, Lord, 66, 81, 91, 93–94, 141, 182, 183
Mountbatten, Lord, 43, 63
Mussolini, Benito, 54, 120, 157
Napoleon I, Emperor, 71–72, 112
Narvik, 111
Newby, Eric, 159–60
Nicolson, Harold, 48–51, 112, 131–32, 171
Nixon, Richard, 61
Norway, 1, 110–12
Paul of Yugoslavia, Prince, 147
Peck, John, 99–100
Pétain, Philippe, 114
Pim, Richard, 179
Pitt, William, the Younger, 164
Poland, 1, 52, 57, 172
Portal, Charles, 79, 127
Potsdam Conference, 178
Pound, Dudley, 79
Reynaud, Paul, 114
Rhodes James, Robert, xiii, 67, 85, 97–98
Roberts, Andrew, 62, 145, 148
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 121, 132
Roosevelt, Elliott, 138
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 7, 33, 59, 61, 69, 70, 78, 120, 124, 159
in Big Three, 109–10, 142–43
Churchill and, 62, 72, 90, 91, 94, 121–23, 158, 163, 170
Churchill’s wartime meetings with, 138–39, 141, 147
death of, 173
George VI and, 122–24, 138–39, 151
at Yalta conference, 171–72
Rose, Kenneth, 9, 99
Russia, see Soviet Union
Sawyers, Frank, 94, 104, 140
Shaw, George Bernard, 116
Simpson, Wallis, see Duchess of Windsor
Smith, F. E. see Lord Birkenhead
Smuts, Jan Christian, 163–64, 168, 170
Soames, Christopher, 80
Soames, Nicholas, 181
Soviet Union, 135, 137–38, 140, 142–43, 148–49, 151–52, 157–58, 172
German invasion of, 135, 141–42
Spears, Edward, 111–14, 116, 153
Stalin, Joseph, 1, 7, 61, 70, 78, 148–49, 157, 158, 164, 172
in Big Three, 109–10, 142–43, 157
Churchill and, 61, 148–49, 158, 171
Churchill’s presentation of sword to, 157–58
Stamfordham, Baron, 14, 167
Stimson, Henry, 70
Tedder, Arthur, 98
Thompson, Charles Ralfe “Tommy,” 140
Thompson, W. H., 6
Times (London), 9
Truman, Harry, 61
Victoria, Queen, 9, 11, 38, 64, 155
Voroshilov, Kliment, 158
Watt, Donald Cameron, 51
Wavell, Archibald, 72–73, 139, 149
Weinberg, Gerhard, 55–56
Weygand, Maxime, 113, 114
Wheeler-Bennett, John, xii
Wigram, Ralph, 48, 80
Wilhelm I, Kaiser, 64
Wilhelmina, Queen, 147
Wilson, Woodrow, 61
Winant, John “Gil,” 62, 124, 140–41
Windsor, Duke of (Edward VIII; Prince of Wales; known as David within family), 9, 18, 25, 37–41, 49, 63, 118, 122, 145–46
abdication of, x, 40–42, 44, 45, 47, 65, 66
birth of, 13
George VI compared with, 13, 15
throne assumed by, 35, 37–38
Windsor, Duchess of, 38–41, 45, 49, 65, 67, 118, 122, 145–46
World War I, 1, 25, 30, 68, 107–8
Churchill and, 27, 30–32
Dardanelles campaign in, 30–31, 111
George V and, 1, 15, 25
George VI and, 27, 32–33
World War II, 9, 107–8, 135–60
Allied victory in, 161–76
Anglo-American relations in, 162–63
appeasement and, see appeasement
Baedeker Raids in, 147
Big Three in, 109–10, 142–43, 157
Blitz in, 125, 127–33
British military strategy in, 76–78, 126–27, 142–47, 163–64
D-Day, 163–70, 179
France in, 112–17, 119, 143, 145, 148, 154, 163–71
Germany in, see Germany
Italy in, 156–57
Japan in, 140–41, 144
North Africa in, 147–48, 150, 152, 154–56
outbreak of, 57–58, 107–8, 112
Pearl Harbor bombing in, 140–41
phases of, 135–36
Phony War and, 58, 112, 125, 135
Soviet Union in, see Soviet Union
supreme climax in, 163
U.S. entry into, 138, 140–41
U.S. support in, 118–24, 139
V-E Day, 174
V-J Day, 175
Yalta conference, 171–72
Ziegler, Philip, xiii, 69