Blitzkrieg tactics 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 47, 57, 154, 205, 418, 597
Blokhin, Vasily 25
Blomberg, Field Marshal Werner von 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 18, 194; forcibly retired 6–7, 75, 143
Blondi (Hitler’s Alsatian) 559
Blood Purge (Night of the Long Knives) 1, 16, 242
Bloody Ridge, battle of (1942) 259
Blücher (cruiser) 41
Blue, Operation 315–18
Blumentritt, General Günther 90, 141, 462–3, 473, 479, 497, 584, 593, 597, 600
Bobruysk 533
Bock, Colonel-General Fedor von: created field marshal 75; invasion of Poland 18, 21;
invasion of USSR 139, 151, 153, 162, 166–7, 168–70, 316, 599;
relations with Hitler 169–70;
sacked 316, 411
Bode, Captain Howard D. 258
Bohemia 9, 242
Böhlen 435, 436
Bolero, Operation 466
Bolshevism: Hitler’s loathing of 10, 148, 150; mythical Jewish–Bolshevik conspiracy 219, 227, 249, 509, 547;
and nationalism 163–4;
Stalin and 29–30
Bône 307
Bongyaung 262
booby-traps 31, 266, 280, 292–3
Boot, Das (film) 373
Bór-Kormowski, General Tadeusz 536, 537, 538
Bordeaux 62, 78
Bormann, Martin 136, 146, 177, 221–2, 360, 363, 482, 583
Borneo 209, 213, 570
Borodino 171, 416
Bose, Subhas Chandra 206, 269
Bosnia 125
Bosquet, René 78
Boulogne 52, 63–4
bouncing (Upkeep) bombs 441
Bradley, General Omar: and Allied advance into Germany 498, 499, 514, 550;
and Ardennes Offensive 504, 506, 507, 508–9;
character 305, 377;
Italian campaign 377;
and liberation of Paris 490;
Normandy campaign 378, 467, 475, 476, 486, 487;
North African campaigns 312, 314;
relations with British 508–9, 602
Brandenberger, General Erich 506
Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Walther von: created field marshal 75; Great War service 20;
invasion of France 60, 63, 600;
invasion of USSR 141, 169, 180;
relations with Hitler 328, 590, 600;
support for Mediterranean strategy 149;
and war crimes 493
Braun, Eva 446, 558–9, 560, 562–3
Braun, Werner von 574
Braunau 559
Bravado, Operation 469
Brazil 385
Breda 53, 55, 58, 76
Brereton, Major-General Lewis H. 208
Breslau 542–3
Brest 72, 73, 358, 363, 440, 468, 592
Brest-Litovsk 26
Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of (1918) 148, 600
Brevity, Operation 281
Briare 71
Bridgeman, Robert, 2nd Viscount 60
Briggs, Major-General Raymond 291
Bristol 91, 102
Bristow, Tom 67
Britain: American aid 87, 89, 112, 194; Anglo-German Naval Agreement (1935) 9;
Blitz 100–104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 430, 576;
conscription introduced 9, 109;
declaration of war on Germany 22;
declaration of war on Japan 199;
economy 109–10, 111–12;
Home Front 109–112, 117–18;
imports 351–2, 374;
Jewish emigration to 221;
planned invasion of 44, 69, 87, 88, 90–91, 92, 100, 108, 118;
possibility of peace negotiations with Germany 68–9, 89, 92, 602;
public morale 103–5, 108, 118, 458, 517;
total civilian losses 603;
V-1 and V-2 attacks on 110, 485, 498, 514–19
Britain, battle of (1940) 70, 93–101, 102, 105–9, 156, 351, 587, 600, 602
British Army: failings of 602–3; losses 300, 376, 603;
rations for 51, 500;
relations with Navy 42; see also BEF; individual field armies, divisions and regiments
British Empire/Commonwealth: contribution to war effort 87, 107, 269, 290, 300, 603;
dissolution of Empire 561, 579, 604;
endurance of Commonwealth 579;
Hitler’s admiration for 5, 90, 275
British Expeditionary Force see BEF
Brittain, Vera 90
Brittany 477, 487, 489
Broadhurst, Air Chief Marshal (Sir) Harry 467
Broadway, HMS 350
Broich, Lieutenant-General Fritz von 495
Brook, Norman (later 1st Baron Normanbrook) 557
Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan (later 1st Viscount Alanbrooke): and Allied advance into Germany 499, 514; and Allied bombing of Germany 437–8, 440;
appointed chief of Imperial General Staff 132, 142;
background and character 302;
with BEF 55, 65, 72;
on the Great War 603;
and Italian campaign 376, 400;
and North African campaign 132, 281, 295–6;
opposition to early invasion of France 302, 318;
and Overlord (Allied Normandy landings) 466, 485, 606;
relations with Americans 302, 303, 498;
relations with Churchill 594;
Yalta Conference (1945) 454
Brown, Tommy (NAAFI assistant) 368, 369
Browning, Christopher 225
Browning, Lieutenant-General F. A. M. ‘Boy’ 502
Brownshirts (Sturmabteilung; SA) 1, 28
Bruges 60
Bruhn, Major-General Johannes 495
Brunei 565
Bruns, Major-General Walther 496–7
Brussels 56, 499
Bryansk 171
Bryansk Front 421
Bucharest 539
Buchenwald concentration camp 115
Bucknall, Lieutenant-General G. C. 467
Buckner, Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar 569, 572
Budapest 539, 541
Budenny, General Semyon 154
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 579
Bug, River 154, 529, 530, 534
Bulgaria 521, 540, 561
Bulge, battle of the (1944–5) 505–10, 512, 530, 545; see also Ardennes Offensive
Bulldog, HMS 350
Bureau of Yards and Construction (United States) 469
Burgis, Lawrence 123, 309, 397
Burma: Allied reconquest 274, 567–8, 603; Chindit expeditions 260–67;
fall of 210, 211–13, 268;
Japanese occupation 201;
and Japanese U-Go offensive 269–70, 274, 568;
nationalists 117, 211;
oilfields 186, 211;
SOE operations in 117
Burma Road 210–11, 212, 269, 567
Busch, Field Marshal Ernst 75, 533, 595
Busse, General Theodor 553
Butcher, Harry 312
Bydgoszcz 17, 28, 29
Byrnes, James F. 198
Bzura river 24
Cactus, Operation 257–8
Cadogan, Sir Alexander ‘Alec’ 484
Caen 246, 470–71, 472, 476, 478, 486
Caesar Line 400
Cairo 134, 261, 281, 285–6, 300, 588
Calais 52, 64, 463, 595
California 185, 187, 191, 200, 204, 213
Calvert, Brigadier Michael 262, 265, 266
Cambrai 61
Cambridgeshire, HMT 72
Camino, Mount 385, 386
Camm, Sydney 96
Campbell, Major-General Jock 133
Campo di Carne 398
Campoleone 394, 395, 396–7
Canada: air force 454; contribution to war effort 454;
navy 358, 366, 367;
possibility of withdrawing British forces to 88–9;
servicemen in Allied forces 107, 290, 318, 319, 447, 454, 475, 477;
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade 476;<
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Canadian First Army 468, 486, 499
Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm 18, 196, 241, 581
Canberra, HMAS 258
cannibalism 172
Cape of Good Hope 149, 285, 376
Cape Hanko 29
Cape Matapan, battle of (1941) 351
Cape San Augustin 567
Caporetto, battle of (1917) 59
Carentan 478
Carlyle, Thomas, Frederick the Great 562
Carpathian mountains 16, 17, 542
Carter, Leading Seaman C. G. ‘Nick’ 43
Carton de Wiart, Major-General Sir Adrian 42
Carver, Field Marshal Michael (later Baron Carver) 122, 132, 133–4, 291, 297–8, 299, 300, 303, 304, 411
Casablanca 30, 306, 308, 311
Casablanca Conference (1943) 309–10, 369, 375, 439–40, 606
Casey, Richard 417, 453
Caspian Sea 315, 319, 320, 588
Cassino 376, 386–7, 388; see also Monte Cassino, battles of
Catania 376
Catholic Church 78, 85, 90, 390–91; see also Vatican
Caucasus: German plans to capture 285, 316–17, 319, 337, 588–9, 593–4; oilfields 154, 316, 319;
Russian securing of 523
Cavalry Corps (French) 55, 59
Cazalet, Victor 417
CBO (Allied Combined Bomber Offensive) 439–40, 442, 454, 457–9, 528, 533, 600
censorship; Britain 35, 108, 436–7; Eire 115
Central Front (German) 542
Central Front (Russian) 412, 414, 418
Cesarani, David 585
Ceylon 195, 276, 437
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart 220
Chamberlain, Neville: declares war on Germany 22; fall of government 41, 45, 58;
and German invasion of Poland 19;
government of 22, 94, 109–10, 115, 431;
Munich Agreement (1938) 8, 9, 45, 605;
in War Cabinet 69
Channel Islands 82, 500
Charles XII, King of Sweden 137, 180
Charleville-Mézières 62
Charlottesville, Virginia 87
Chartres 82
Chasseurs Alpins 43
Château du Muguet 70–71
Chaudoir, Elvira 470
Chekhov, Anatoly 325
Chełmno 223
Chemnitz 454
Chennault, Major-General Claire 268
Cherbourg 72, 104, 464, 468, 478, 485–6, 499
Chernova, Tanya 326
Chernyakovsky, General Ivan 542
Cherwell, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount 453
Chetniks 125, 383
Chiang Kai-shek 187, 190, 211, 212, 257, 268–9, 382
Chicago, USS 258
Chiefs of Staff Committee (British) 129, 328
China: American aid 212, 268; atrocities in 268, 274–5;
and Burma campaign 212;
Churchill’s support for 257;
Communists 268;
Kuomintang Nationalists 187, 268–9;
post-war 579;
Sino-Japanese War 186, 187, 210–11, 267–9;
total casualties 267
China Air Task Force (USAAF Fourteenth Air Force) 268
Chindits 260–67
Chindwin river 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 270, 274, 567
Chiusi 403
Choltitz, General Dietrich von 489, 490, 492, 493, 495–6
Christian X, King of Denmark 41
Christison, Lieutenant-General Philip 269
chromium 213, 352, 545
Chrušciel, General Antoni 536
Chuikov, General Vasily Ivanovich 321–2, 323, 326–7, 328–34, 337–8, 343–4, 559–60
Chunking 268
Churchill, Clementine, (later Baroness Spencer-Churchill) 213, 467
Churchill, Lord Randolph 211
Churchill, (Sir) Winston: and Allied advance into Germany 499–500, 514;
and Allied bombing campaigns 436–7, 438, 440, 441, 453, 457;
on Anglo-American alliance 199–200;
on battle of Britain 109, 351;
becomes prime minister 45–7, 57–8, 346;
and Burma campaign 257, 260, 264;
Casablanca Conference (1943) 309–10, 369, 375, 439–40, 606;
character 45–6;
and Crete campaign 127;
and death of General Sikorski 417;
declaration of war on Japan 199;
on Dunkirk evacuation 68;
on Eastern Front 427;
and fall of Singapore 205, 207;
first lord of the Admiralty 22, 45, 499;
on food shortages 500;
and German invasion of USSR 155;
and Germany First policy 130, 214;
and Great War 20, 46, 499;
and Greek campaign 123;
on Hitler’s Halt Order (May 1940) 60, 61;
and Italian campaign 375, 382–3, 389, 393, 394, 395, 397–8, 399, 403;
on July Plotters 482, 491;
as military strategist 51, 605;
on neutral countries 113;
and North African campaigns 119, 131–2, 134, 281, 286, 288–9, 292, 295, 300–301, 303, 308–9, 314;
offer of union with France 71;
opposition to early invasion of France 318;
opposition to peace negotiations with Germany 68–9;
oratory 58, 68, 85, 109, 573;
and Overlord (Allied Normandy landings) 461, 466, 485–6;
and Pacific campaign 204, 257;
Placentia Bay Conference (August 1941) 129–31, 364;
plans for invasion of Norway 44;
political career 46;
and possible invasion of Britain 90;
and punishment of German war crimes 557–8;
Quebec Conference (‘Quadrant’; 1943) 264, 375;
on Red Army 34;
relations with Brooke 594;
relations with Roosevelt 87, 89, 130, 303;
relations with Stalin 546;
support for USSR 434;
suspension of habeas corpus 109;
Teheran Conference (1943) 382–3, 403, 545;
on U-boat war 346, 351, 352, 358, 360, 369–70;
and V-1 and V-2 attacks 518;
views on the French 77;
views on Hitler 179, 314, 491, 501, 535, 559, 602;
visits France (1940) 70–71;
(1944) 485–6;
visits bombsites 102;
and war economy 111, 112;
and Warsaw Uprising (1944) 536–7;
Washington Conferences (1941–2) 134, 199, 214;
Wilderness Years 46–7;
Yalta Conference (1945) 538, 545;
The Grand Alliance 199–200;
‘The Scaffolding of Rhetoric’ 46
Ciano, Count Galeazzo 196–7, 376
Cisterna 394, 395, 396, 399, 401
Citadel, Operation see Zitadelle, Operation
Clark, Alan 50, 419, 420, 524, 548, 591, 601
Clark, Lloyd 398
Clark, General Mark: character 305, 377, 385; Italian campaign 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 388, 394, 395–6, 400–403, 404;
North African campaign 305, 313
Clausewitz, Carl von 167–8, 169, 283, 503, 543, 596
Clothier, Second Lieutenant Neil N. 499
Clyde, River 102, 361, 566
coal 213, 598
Cobra, Operation 486–7
Cocteau, Jean 79
code-breaking 99, 190, 252, 256, 346–51, 367–9, 372, 598; see also Bletchley Park; Enigma; Magic; Ultra
Cold War 325, 330, 343, 604
Colleville-sur-Mer 477
Collins, Major-General Joseph Lawton 467, 478, 486
Cologne 432, 438–9
Colombo 201, 276
Colossus II (computer) 372
Colville, (Sir) John ‘Jock’ 89
Combined Bomber Offensive (Allied; CBO) 439–40, 442, 454, 457–60, 528, 533, 600
Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee (Anglo
-American) 302, 319, 440
Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC; Trent Park) 492–7, 585
Communist International, Third 5
Como, Lake 405
Compass, Operation 121
Compiègne 74, 91
concentration camps (Russian) 27
concentration and extermination camps (German) 219, 222, 223–4, 495, 514; liberation of 245;
operation of 228–38, 245;
question of potential Allied bombing of 245–8;
revolts in 232–3; see also Auschwitz-Birkenau; Bergen-Belsen; Buchenwald; Dachau; Sobibór; Stutthof; Theresianstadt; Treblinka
Condor Legion 4
Coningham, Air Vice-Marshal (Sir) Arthur 289
conscription: Britain 9, 109; Germany 4;
USSR 156–7
Conservative Party 45
Cooper, Alfred Duff (later 1st Viscount Norwich) 76
copper 213, 351, 364, 545
Coral Sea, battle of (1942) 251–2, 253
Corap, General André 53, 56, 57, 59, 76, 77
Corinth Canal 125
Cork and Orrery, William Boyle, 12th Earl of 42
Coronet, Operation 573
Corregidor 208, 209
Corrèze 479
Corsica 309, 375, 376, 386
COSSAC (Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander) 461, 466
Cossacks 26, 164
Cotentin peninsula 467, 477
Coulommiers 56
Courageous, HMS 36
Coventry 105, 430, 576
Coventry, HMS 286
Coward, (Sir) Noël 90–91
Cramer, General Hans 284
Crerar, Lieutenant-General Henry 468, 499
Crete 123, 125–7, 134, 149, 587, 602
Creti river 384
Crimea: German advances in 176, 410; Hitler’s plans for 166–7, 521;
Jews in 493, 495–6;
Russian recapture of 316, 521, 532, 593
Crimean Tatars 164
Cripps, Sir Stafford 155, 557
Croatia 125, 344
Crocker, General (Sir) John 467
Cromwell, Oliver 109
Crossman, Richard 433
Croydon 518
Cruel Sea, The (Monsarrat) 115–16
Crusader (Allied tank) 285
Crusader, Operation 132–3
Crusades 146
Crutchley, Rear-Admiral Victor 258
Crüwell, General Ludwig 493
CSDIC (British Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre; Trent Park) 492–7, 585
Cumberland, HMS 37
Cunningham, General Sir Alan 121, 126, 283
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew (later Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope) 126–7, 351, 380, 451, 486
Currie, Brigadier John 298, 303
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