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Index
Afghanistan, 233–235
Agheila, El, 3, 17, 62, 64, 71, 73, 83, 91, 92, 98, 141, 142, 143, 146
Ain Dalla, 37–38, 44–45
aircraft, 256–257
Aitken, Jack, 200, 211
Alam Halfa, 20, 118–121, 275
Alamein. El, 18, 20, 111–113, 134, 137–144
Alanbrooke, Viscount, 109, 120, 161–162
Albania, 184–192, 196, 199–200
Alexander, Field Marshal Harold, 20, 120–121, 153–154, 161, 178, 188
Aliakmon Line, 193, 196
Almasy, Count Lazlo, 4, 6, 270–271
Al-Qaeda, 234–235
Anderson, General, 144, 157, 164
Armstrong, Bill, 198–199
Arnhem, 230
Arnim, General Sixt von, 149–150, 153, 154
Arnold, Philip, 101, 133, 258
Ashby, Corporal, 92
Ashdown, Captain, 72
Ash-Shati Valley, 27
Auchinleck, General Claude, 16–18, 20, 66, 81–82, 95–97, 104–105, 108, 109–113, 118–120
Aujila, 41
Auto-Saharan Companies, 27
Bagnold, 18
Bagnold, Ralph
accomplishments of, 40
aircraft and, 256
desert travel and, 38
details and, 35
in Egypt, 28–29
formation of unit and, 30–31
French and, 42–43
Heywood and, 36
at Kufra, 62–63, 69–70
Leclerc and, 47
in Libya, 27
Lloyd Owen and, 175, 176
mechanical unit and, 72
navigation and, 255
patrols and, 68
pre-war experience of, 249, 251
promotion of, 61
recruitment and, 230
role of LRDG and, 228, 229
supplies and, 32
training and, 257
on water, 34
Wingate and, 41
Bagram Airfield, 234
balaklavering, 252
Balbo, Marshal, 269
Ballantyne, Bruce, 71, 76, 89
Barbarossa, 16, 17
Barce raid, 128–134
Bardia, 52
Barker, Michael, 198
Barker, Trevor, 256–257
Barrett, ‘Shorty,’ 259
Bastico, General, 108–109
behaviour, code of, 7–8
‘Benghazi Stakes,’ 14
Benghazi-Barce railway, 103, 106
Bickmore, Peter, 207
Bir Harash, 63
Black Hawk Down, 237
Blamey, General, 35
Blashford Snell, Colonel John, 242
Bofors, 254
boots, 57
Braithwaite, Joe, 252
Bramley, John, 207
Bravo Two Zero, 232, 233
Brenner Pass, 179, 198–199
Brittorous, F.G.R., 162
Brooke, Alan. see Alanbrooke, Viscount
Browne, Captain, 146, 208–209
Browne, Tony, 211
Brownings, 253
Bruce, Bernard, 152, 178
Buck, Captain ‘Bertie,’ 107, 127
Bulge, Battle of the, 215
Buss, Corporal, 206, 213
Cairo, 10, 28
Calder-Potts, Sergeant, 150
Calvert, ‘Mad’ Mike, 231
Calymnos, 167, 168–169
Cambyses II, 6
Cameron, David, 236, 239, 240–241
Campbell, Colonel ‘Jock,’ 81
Campioni, Admiral, 162
Canaris, Admiral, 271
Cantley, Captain, 143
Carr, Captain, 96
Carr, Lance-Corporal, 87
Castelorizo, 164
Cave, ‘Titch,’ 65–66, 86, 87, 207
Chad, 42–43
Charlie Hebdo, 238–239
Chevrolet 30-cwt truck, 25, 32–33, 34, 83–84, 97, 101, 249–250
Churchill, Randolph, 106
Churchill, Winston
Auchinleck and, 20, 66, 109, 120
Balkans and, 14
on ‘Big Push,’ 134
Dodecanese campaign and, 160, 161–162
politics of, 197–198
on priorities, 118
Tito and, 207
Tobruk and, 275
Tunisia and, 154
Wavell and, 15, 16
Wilson and, 163, 168
Clausewitz, 14
Clayton, Pat, 18, 30, 36–37, 41, 44–47, 242, 251, 255, 257
Clayton-East, Robert, 270
cleanliness, 7
clothing, 32, 57
Clough, Jack, 198
Cold War, 184, 220, 222, 228–229
Commandos, 52
communications, 35–36, 254–255, 273–276
Communist Terrorists (CTs), 231
Corfu, 205–206
Cos, 160–161, 162–163, 167–169
Coventry, Sergeant, 173
Crammond, Lieutenant, 142
Craw, Trooper, 131
Crawford, Driver, 26
Crichton-Stuart, Michael, 44, 64–65, 66, 68, 69
Crisp, Lieutenant, 101, 108
Croucher, Dick, 64, 85, 98, 100, 107, 125, 179, 217
Cruewell, General, 82
Cunningham, General Alan, 70, 80–81, 83, 104, 161
Cyrenaica, 12, 17, 30, 68, 75, 86, 93, 95, 97, 105, 106, 118
Dal Pozzo, General, 269–270
Darlan, Admiral, 143
Davies, Frank, 186
Davy, George, 124, 171, 188, 209, 221
death, 7
Denniff, Alan, 207
Dennis, Sergeant, 130, 131, 132
desert
climate of, 4–5
conditions in, 57–58
daily life on patrol in, 56–61
landscape of, 1–4
mapping of, 4
waging war in, 6–7
‘Desert Rat,’ 8
‘Desert Rose,’ 7
Desert Storm, 233
discipline, 9, 33–34
disease, 7
disinformation, 84–85
Dodds, Lieutenant, 100
Dodecanese campaign, 157, 160–164
Donovan, ‘Big Bill’, 194
Dorman-Smith, Brigadier Eric, 108, 109, 111, 112, 118, 120
Duncalfe, ‘Blondie,’ 19
Dunkirk, 11
Easonsmith, Captain Jake, 68–69, 73–76, 85–86, 89, 94–95, 101, 128, 130–133, 148, 155–157, 166, 168, 170–174
Easton, Guardsman, 48
Eastwood, Stan, 99, 169, 187–188, 189–192, 205–206, 208–209, 220
Eboue, M., 42
Eden, Anthony, 14, 193
Edwards, Private, 218–219
Egypt, 5
Eisenhower, General Dwight D., 143, 144, 161, 164
Eitzen, Paul ‘Blitz,’ 91–92
Ellingham, Lieutenant, 71
Ellis, Reg, 207
Enfield Rifle [Enfield Rifle], 252
English Patient, The (Ondaatje), 270
; Eppler, Johannes, 271
Exercise Swift-Sword, 234
Falklands War, 232–233
Farouk, King, 5
Faya, 47
Fermor, Patrick Leigh, 237
Fezzan, 27, 30, 270
Findlay, ‘Jock,’ 131
First Gulf War, 233
Fleming, Simon, 206
Fliegerkorps X, 13–14
flies, 17
Fogden, Private, 142
Folland, Dudley, 169
Follett, Ken, 270
food, 59
footwear, 32, 57, 94
Ford trucks, 250
Fraser, Simon, 53, 102
Free French, 42–44, 45–46, 47, 55, 63, 93, 106, 107, 143, 145, 147, 148
French forces, 42, 236
Freyberg, General, 35, 40, 44, 61, 82, 85, 109, 110, 114, 139, 148, 151, 176, 208
Frost, Terence, 52
Fuad, King, 5
Funck, Hans von, 13
Gabr Saleh, 80
Gambut airfield, 104
Gardaba Track, 66
Gariboldi, General, 16
Garvin, Corporal, 94
Gatchell, Lieutenant, 208
Gatrun, 145
Gaulle, General de, 43, 143, 220
Gazala, 54, 104–108
Geraldine, Queen, 184–185
Germans, 270–272
Ghurkhas, 153
Gibbs, Martin, 44, 66, 68, 69
Gibson, Archie, 19–20, 210
Glennie, Major, 100
Goebbels, Josef, 15
Gott, General ‘Strafer,’ 20, 80, 109, 110, 120
Gould, Alastair, 122
Grandguillot, Captain, 108, 125, 150
Graziani, Marshal, 39
Greece, 14–15, 192–200
Greek Sacred Squadron, 55
Greenwood, Ashley, 173–174, 206
Gtafia, 92
Guest, Ernest Lucas, 176
Guild, Alastair, 107, 125, 156
Guingand, Freddie de, 118, 119
Guns of Navarone, The (Maclean), 160
Gurdon, Captain Robin, 101, 103, 106, 123, 125
Hackett, General, 26
Halder, 16
Hamer, Stuart, 218
Hansell, Signaller, 208
Harding, General, 139, 178
Harding-Newman, Rupert, 34
Hare, Major, 187
Haselden, ‘Jock,’ 53, 54, 75, 85, 97, 127, 128
Hauteclocque, Philippe Leclerc de, 43, 47, 48, 49, 92, 93, 98, 144–145, 148
Hay, Lieutenant, 69
Hay, Tony, 88, 89
Henry, Lieutenant, 145, 150, 151
Herodotus, 6
Hewson, S.D., 46
Heywood, Tim, 35–36, 72, 172, 177–178, 179, 210, 214, 217, 218
Hill, Ron, 19, 174–175
Hitler, Adolf 11–12, 13–14, 17, 20, 194, 195, 196, 218, 241
HMS Coventry, 128
HMS Illustrious, 14
