Sinclair, Sir Arthur 141
Sinclair, Sir John 111
Soames, Mary, née Churchill 52, 78, 113
Somervell, Mr (teacher) 27
South Africa 35
Spears, Sir Edward 216, 235, 240, 241–2
Stanhope, James Stanhope, 7th Earl 97
Stanley, Oliver 67, 69
Sudan 35
Sudetenland 61–2, 96, 98
Suez Canal 140, 186, 192
Sunday Express 182
Supreme War Council 74, 150, 151–2, 153–4, 168–9, 170, 242, 243–7
Thatcher, Margaret 111
Thompson, W. H. 79
Tonypandy riots 41
Toye, Richard: The Roar of the Lion 129–31
trade
Board of 38
Free Trade 37
Trondheim 3, 16
unemployment 55
United States of America 145–7, 166–7, 176, 202, 228, 248
Neutrality Acts 146–7
Versailles, Treaty of 91
Victoria, Queen 36
Wall Street Crash 55
War Cabinet ix–x, 46, 48, 69–70, 73, 74–6, 92, 95, 137–40, 142–5, 149–50, 151–2, 153–4, 155, 165–6, 170–71, 173–4, 175–6, 179–80, 183–7, 188–93, 194–5, 218, 221, 236–9, 241–2, 247, 248, 249
27 May 1940 meeting 201–14
28 May 1940 meeting 221–5, 230–31
Churchill appoints his Cabinet 81–2
minutes viii, 188–9, 195, 263
War Staff 43
Warner, Philip 73–4
Watching Committee 3, 5
Weygand, Maxime 167, 168–9, 171, 172–3, 174, 175, 242, 249
Wilhelmina of Holland 138
Wood, Sir Kingsley 6, 17–18, 72–3, 96–7
Yorkshire Dragoons, Queen’s Own 88
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