by Sadler, John
Holliman, Captain, 73, 84, 93, 98, 99, 107
Holliman, Captain Gus, 73, 84, 93, 98, 99, 107, 125
Holmes, General, 110
Homeyer, Hauptman von, 272
Horrocks, General Brian, 138, 139
Hoxha, Enver, 184, 185, 187
Hughes, 139
Hughes, Sergeant, 173
humour, 10
Hunter, Tony, 85, 96, 147
Hussein, Saddam, 233
hybrid warfare, 235, 239–241
Inglis, Brigadier, 110
intelligence gathering, 18–19, 100
Iraq, 233
Istria, 211, 218, 219, 220–221, 222
Italians, 269–270
Jackson, ‘Jacko,’ 200, 206, 211–212
Jackson, Sergeant, 145
Jalo Oasis, 142
Jarabub, 65, 69
Jedabia, 90, 92
jeeps, 54–55, 250–251
Jellicoe, George, 162, 165, 170, 177
jerry-cans, 60
Johnson, Bill, 154, 155
Johnston, Helen, 239
Jordan, Lieutenant, 107
Keitel, General, 204
Kendall, 85
Kennedy Shaw, Captain Bill, 30–33, 36–39, 44, 49, 61–62, 64, 75, 93, 98, 106, 117, 124, 257
Kesselring, Marshal, 108, 111, 149, 275–276
Key to Rebecca, The (Follett), 270
Keyes, Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey, 53, 55
Kilcullen, David, 237–238
kit, 57
Kleeman, General, 162
Kreipe, General, 237
Kufra Oasis, 30, 47–48, 49, 62, 70–71, 84, 242, 269
Kupe, Abas, 200
Lair, David, 69
Lassen, Captain Anders, 210
Lawrence, Colonel T.E., 19, 21, 122
Lawson, Dick, 129–130, 132–133, 171, 178, 259–260
Laycock, Brigadier Robert ‘Bob,’ 52, 224
Lazarus, Captain Ken, 33, 71, 125, 133, 142, 143, 147–148, 151–152, 169, 177, 180, 188, 189, 214, 217
Leech, Sergeant, 211
Leese, General, 138
Leros, 160–161, 162, 163, 165, 166–167, 168, 169, 170, 171–175
Levita, 170, 171
Lewes, Jock, 91, 94
Lewis Gun, 250, 253
Libyan Desert, 2–3
Light Blue, 273
‘Lightfoot,’ 139
List, General von, 195
Lloyd Owen, Colonel David
Aegean campaign and, 164–166, 168
Albania and, 187, 188–191, 192
Alexander and, 178
Brenner Pass and, 179
command of, 175–176, 179–180
commando order and, 218–219
Easonsmith and, 170, 171–172
end of war and, 224
guerrillas and, 211
Hill and, 175
injury to, 134
intelligence gathering and, 155
Italians and, 103
Kennedy Shaw and, 98
leave for, 156–157
Leros and, 173–174
on Macks, 92
on mechanics, 252
in mudflats, 86
at Orso Bay, 208–209
partisans and, 221, 222
on patrol, 56, 87–89, 94
Reynolds and, 215
road watch and, 124
Stirling and, 90
training and, 257
on weapons, 254
logistics, 258–260
Lorenzini, Major, 29
Lovat Scouts, 53
MacLauchlan, Lieutenant, 146
MacLauchlan, Paddy, 190, 191
Maclean, Alastair, 160
Maclean, Fitzroy, 106, 207, 211, 214
Maclean, W. ‘Billy,’ 185–186, 200
MacNab, Andy, 232
Mainwaring, Hugh, 178
Malayan Emergency, 231–232
Malta, 95, 108, 160
maps, 33
Marble Arch, 73, 94, 101, 117, 146
Marc, Private, 205–206
Marchand, Colonel, 43
Mareth Line, 19, 148–150, 151
‘Marita,’ 194
Mark III SMLE, 253
Marr, Robin, 191
Marriott Force, 89–90, 93
Martin, Lieutenant, 123
Mascarpa, Admiral, 165
Massu, Jacques, 45
Matthews, Corporal, 206
Matthews, Guardsman, 102
Mayne, Robert Blair ‘Paddy,’ 55, 90–91, 100, 106
McConnell, Private, 213
McCoy, Sam, 101
McCreery, General, 120
McIver, 85
medical treatment, 259–260
Mekili-Msus track, 100–101
Mellenthin F.W. von, 95, 96
Melot, Captain, 101, 106
Mersa Brega, 91
Mersa Matruh, 108–111
Messe, General, 153, 154
Metcalfe, Private, 218
MFV La Palma, 207–209
Mihailovic, Draza, 204, 205
Mills, Vice Marshal, 221
Mitford, Teddy, 35, 44–45, 61, 64, 65, 74
Mold, Peter, 174
Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard Law, 20, 120–121, 126, 138, 140, 141, 144, 150, 152–154, 275–276
Moore, Trooper, 48–49, 242
Moorehead, Alan, 10
Morgan, Mike, 242
Morley, Sergeant, 206–207, 213
Morris, ‘Bing,’ 91, 94, 99
Morrison, Bill, 92
Morshead, General Ming the Merciless, 138
Moss, Stanley, 237
‘Msus Stakes,’ 18, 65, 97
Muller, General, 162, 163
Murray, Guardsman, 123
Murzuk, 44, 45–46, 61
Mussolini, Benito, Il Duce, 12, 13, 20, 160, 184–185, 216
MV Kufra, 217
Nangle, G.W., 107
Napoleon, 21
Nasr, Sheikh ‘Abd el Galil Seir en, 44
National Liberation Movement (NLM), 185–186
navigation, 33, 255–256, 257
Neame, General, 64
Neillands, Robin, 233
New Zealanders, 31, 34–35, 61–62, 82, 109, 110, 114, 152, 176
Newbold, Douglas, 42
Nicholls, Arthur, 186
Niven, David, 52
Northern Alliance, 234–235
Obama, President Barack, 241
O’Connor, General, 13, 45, 269
‘Ode to a Desert Flower,’ 11
oil, 12
Olivey, John, 73–74, 88, 91, 98–99, 103, 133, 155, 171–174, 187–188, 199, 219–222
O’Malley, Lance-Corporal, 142
Ondaatje, Michael, 270
Operation Accolade, 161–163
Operation Acrobat, 95, 110
Operation Agreement, 125–128, 230
Operation Battleaxe, 16
Operation Brevity, 16
Operation Caravan, 128–134
Operation Compass, 13, 14, 269
Operation Condor, 271
Operation Crusader, 16–17, 80–83, 85, 270, 274
Operation Eagle Claw, 230
Operation Flavius, 232
Operation Flipper, 53
Operation Hercules, 108
Operation Lightfoot, 139
Operation Marita, 15
Operation Polar Bear, 163
Operation Punishment, 195
Operation Salam, 271
Operation Sunflower, 13
Operation Typhoon, 163–164
Ornano, Lieutenant-Colonel d,’ 43, 45, 46
Orso Bay, 208–209, 210
Palmer, Alan, 186, 187
Papagos, General, 195, 196
Parker, 132
Parsons, Michael, 178, 189, 190–191
Patch, Jim, 60, 74–75, 92, 174–175
Patton, George, 153
Paul, Prince, 194
Paulus, General von, 237
Pavlides, Lieutenant, 169, 180
Pearson, Tom,
180
Pebble Island, 232–233
Peniakoff, Vladimir ‘Popski,’ 56, 103, 108, 124, 125, 129, 147, 148, 150
People’s Liberation Army (PLA), 205
Peter II, King, 194
Peza, Myslim, 189
Pienaar, General, 113
Pilkington, Captain, 142
Pitt, Barrie, 30
Pitt, George, 211, 212–213, 223
Pleydell, Captain, 55
Pompey, Pilot Officer, 69
Porter, Corporal, 85
Powell, Enoch, 74
Prendergast, Guy, 56, 64, 66, 70–73, 86, 89, 93, 100, 124–125, 151–153, 155–156, 166, 170, 174–176, 178, 256–257
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 232
Pugh, Griffith, 156
Putin, President Vladimir, 239–240
Qattara Depression, 2–3, 111–112
Ramsden, General, 118
Rand, Captain, 148
Ranfurly, Countess of, 10–11
Ravenstein, Lieutenant-General von, 10
Red Army, 17–18
Redfern, Alan, 172
Reid, Brigadier, 85, 89, 90, 93
Reynolds, Mike, 210, 211, 212, 215, 217, 218, 220
Rezin, Private, 151
Rhodes, 160, 161–162
Riddell, James, 156
Riggs, Private, 92
Ritchie, Neil, 53, 81, 93, 95–96, 104, 109
Ritter, Niklaus, 271
road watch, 66–69, 73–74, 85, 93, 100, 105–106, 141, 143
Rodd, Francis, 42
Rommel, Field marshal Erwin
advance of, 96–97
airfields and, 26
attack on, 53–54
at Beurat, 149
command of, 14, 15–16
Crusader and, 80–83
defence of, 137
at El Agheila, 146
El Alamein and, 112, 114, 137–138, 1
forces of, 118
Gazala and, 104–105
at Jedabia, 90, 93
Krieg ohne Hass and, 9
in Libya, 194
at Msus, 95
pursuit of, 61–66
retreat of, 17, 18, 144
Stirling and, 93
strategy and, 108–109
supplies and, 20, 110, 121, 126
Timpson and, 142
Ultra and, 273–276
Rose, General Michael, 186
Rou, Captain le, 146
Rowbottom, Gordon, 198, 206, 213
Ryan, Chris, 232
Ryan, Sergeant, 200
Sahara Desert, description of, 1–2
Salonika, 193, 195–196
sandals, 32
Sandstede, Hans-Gerd, 271
Saunders, Lieutenant, 223
Savage, Joe, 211–212
Savage, Lieutenant, 223
Secombe, Harry, 155
Seebohm, Captain, 274–275
Seligman, Adrian, 167
Seven Years War, 21, 160
Shute, John, 19, 210–211
Sidi Rezegh, 80–81, 82
Sikh, 128
Simms, Frank, 86, 95
Simpson, Tiny, 189–190, 218, 219
Siwa, 69–76, 83–84, 99, 111
Skipworth, David, 210–211
Skorzeny, Otto ‘Scarface,’ 216
Smiley, David, 185–186
Smith, General, 232
Smith, Kenneth, 223
Somme, Battle of the, 21
Spicer, Captain, 134, 151
Springfield, Brian, 87
Stack, Lee, 5
Steele, Captain, 44
Steele, Major, 72
Stirling, David
airfield attacks and, 54
at Benghazi, 103, 107
at Benina, 106–107
Cos and, 168
Easonsmith and, 85
El Alamein and, 140
Force ‘X’ and, 126, 128
Lloyd Owen and, 90
parashots and, 156
plans of, 53
raiding and, 93, 96, 122, 123, 124
recruitment and, 55
at Regima, 106
road watch and, 99–100
role of LRDG and, 228, 229
Stokes, Captain, 208
Stormonth-Darling, Moir, 165, 177, 179, 188, 198, 209, 216
Student, Kurt, 15
Suez Canal, 5
supply caches, 37–38
Sutherland, David, 168, 200, 220, 221, 222
Sutherland, J.M., 152
Sweeting, Lieutenant, 125
Syria, 12, 70, 101, 118, 143, 177–178, 237, 239, 241
Talbot, Lieutenant, 125
Taliban, 233–235
tanks, 20–21
Taranto, 12
Tatoi Conference, 193
Tazerbo, 63
Tedder, Air Marshal, 104, 126, 161
Tel-el-Kebir, Battle of, 5
Thomic, Pave, 207
Thompson sub-machine gun, 253
Tigantourine installation, 235–236
Tighe, Alf, 48, 199
Timini, 54
Timpson, Alastair, 18, 88, 94, 97, 101–102, 107, 123, 129, 142–143
Tinker, Ron, 143, 148, 150, 152, 189, 191
Tito, Marshal Josef, 204–205, 207, 217, 220–221, 222
Tobruk, 16, 17, 18, 82, 104–105, 110, 126, 139, 275
Toit, Signaller du, 145
training, 257–258
travel, 7–8
trenches, 6–7
Tripolitania, 13, 93, 94, 95, 110, 151
Troubles in Northern Ireland, 232
Tunisia, 144, 147–148, 150, 154, 270
Turnbull, Muir, 170, 176
Ultra, 273–276
Umm el Araneb, 47
vehicles, 25, 32–33, 34, 83–84, 97, 101, 249–250, 249–252
Vickers machine-gun, 250, 253
Vis, 207–208, 209–213, 217
Von Brauchitsch, General, 16
Wadi Irawan, 28
Waetford, Clarkie, 249
Waller, Corporal, 218–219
water, 59
Waugh, Evelyn, 52
Wavell, General Archibald, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28–29, 30, 40, 52, 66, 70, 108, 196
weapons, 252–254
Webley service revolver, 252
Wellington, Duke of, 21
Welsh, Guardsman, 142–143
Westgate Shopping Mall, 236–237
Westphal, Colonel, 82
Whitehead, Lance Corporal, 169
Wigens, Signalman, 212–213
Wilder, Nick, 18–19, 103, 106, 124, 130–131, 146, 147
Williams, Bill, 274
Willys MB, 251
Wilson, Eric, 56, 70, 74, 84, 101, 103, 132
Wilson, Henry, 163, 164, 168
Wilson, General ‘Jumbo,’ 161, 196, 197
Wimberley, 138–139
Winchester, Guardsman, 48–49
Wingate, Brigadier Orde, 41, 69, 89, 241
Wright, Lieutenant, 71
Young, Brigadier Peter, 217
Yugoslavia, 193–195, 196, 204, 207
Zara, 217, 222
Zog, King, 184–185
Zulu, 128
