lessons of, as to defence of airfields, 474
Fleet deprived of fuelling base in, 484
German air base in, 484
Hitler refuses to evacuate, 709
Crimea, Hitler demands capture of, 465
Germans cut off in, 717
Germans defeated in, 810
Churchill and Roosevelt in, 878. See also Yalta Conference
Cripps, Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford, urges “All-in Government”, 147
Ambassador to Moscow, 280
and Churchill’s warning to Stalin, 450–1, 609
in London, 453, 455
“Cromwell”, code-word, 340
“Crossword”, Operation, 904
Cruisers, German 8-inch-gun, 178
antiaircraft, in Mediterranean, 384
German, menace shipping, 399
“Crusader”, Operation, 483–90
Cumberland, H.M.S., 179–80, 185
Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John, 754–5, 772
Cunningham, General Sir Alan, 484, 487–9
Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew (Viscount, of Hyndhope), and French Fleet at Alexandria, 318
attacks at Taranto, 384–5
on risks of helping Greece, 407
and evacuation of troops from Greece and Crete, 418, 432–4
prevents seaborne landing on Crete, 430–1
succeeded by Harwood, 564 n.
prevents “Dunkirk” from Tunisia, 662
at Algiers Conference, 667–8, 670
in command of naval forces in “Husky”, 682–3
reports on Italian Fleet at Malta, 704
and invasion of Italy, 705–6
First Sea Lord, 706
supports sending “Anvil” forces to Bordeaux, 800
Curtin, Rt. Hon. John, 523–4
“Curzon Line”, 745
attempt to get acceptance of, 856–7
modifications of, 883, 885
acceptance of, by Great Powers, 884–5, 909, 943
acceptance of, by Poles, 908
Cyprus, 481–2, 654
Cyrenaica, coast road of, 376
Desert Army captures, 393, 421
need to regain, 481, 485
Rommel regains, 516
Allied bases in, 660. See also Western Desert
Czech Army, 124, 132
lost to Allies, 137, 144
Czechoslovakia, rise of, 10
Arbitration Treaty of, with Germany, 17
French pledges to support, 17, 123, 126–7
uneasy at German rearmament, 41
French proposal of Eastern Pact for, 52
votes in protest against German rearmament, 64
threat to, in annexation of Austria, 113, 123
question of British guarantees to, 119–20, 136, 141–2
agitation in Sudeten-land provinces of, 124–5
Hitler prepares to attack, 124–5, 127
Russian relations with, 125–6, 128
Runciman’s mission to, 127
Times suggests cession of Sudetenland by, 129
martial law in, 130
betrayed at Munich, 133, 144
dismemberment of, 133, 136, 141
Germany annexes, 142
Russian threat to, 912–13
American Army in, 919
Russians occupy capital of, 919
behind Iron Curtain, 935, 955
Communist coup in, 958
D’Abernon, Lord, 156
Daily Telegraphy, demands National Government, 147
Dakar, French naval base at, 173
Richelieu at, 316, 318–19
leakage about, 631
“Torch” convoys and, 633
Germans given facilities at, 635
“Cease fire” at, 638
Daladier, Édouard, renews pledge to Czechoslovakia, 126
at Munich, 133
and importance of holding Meuse-Antwerp line, 190
and aid to Finland, 200–1
and Battle of France, 243, 245–6
transferred to Foreign Affairs, 246
Dalton, Rt. Hon. Hugh, 219
Damascus, 441
Damaskinos, Archbishop, Regency of, 871–2, 874–5
Churchill meets, 873
Danube, River, 815
Danubian Confederation, 746
Danzig, 18, 141, 152
Dardanelles, Stalin on, 609
as route to Russia, 708
Darlan, Admiral, 165, 313
at meeting of Supreme War Council, 269–70
orders French evacuation at Dunkirk, 270
promises that French Fleet will not go to Germany, 290–1, 314–15
Minister of Marine, 310, 314, 639
lost opportunity of, 314
his hatred of Britain, 314, 634, 639
and British terms to French Fleet, 318
negotiates agreement on Syria with Germany, 438
in North Africa during “Torch”, 634–5
committed to Axis, 635
in American hands, 636
orders “Cease fire”, 636–7
orders Toulon Fleet to sea, 638
murder of, 639, 645, 655
career of, 639–40
Davies, Joseph E., 932–3
Davis, Elmer, 566
Davis, Norman, 32
D Day, 781
factors governing choice of, 777
weather compels delay of, 779–780
De Valera, Eamon, 120
Deakin, Lieut.-Colonel F. W. D., 760
Deal, 336–7
Decoy, H.M.S., 432
Dedeagatch, 945
Defence, Minister of, 220, 234
team-work of Chiefs of Staff under, 341
importance of combining Premiership with, 527
criticism of combination, 569
Defence Committee, 205, 233
and tanks for Egypt, 424
and action in Iraq, 439
discusses evacuation of Singapore, 522–523
agrees on Second Front in 1943, 551
Defence of Realm Act, 292–3
“Degaussing”, 176
Dekanosov, M., 451
Delhi, H.M.S., 177
Democracy, definition of, 870–1
Dempsey, General Sir M.C., Second Army of, 793, 860
Denmark, declares against German rearmament, 64–5
German conquest of, 206–7
need to forestall Russia in, 912
surrender of Germans in, 925
Russian dart for, 934
joins N.A.T.O., 960
Dentz, General, 438, 441
Depth-charges in small vessels, 173
Derna, 376
Desert Army, successes of, 377, 385–7, 393
waits for Italian attack, 380
holds Desert Flank 421–2
uses desert route to Benghazi, 422
defeated by Rommel, 423, 443–4
tanks for, 423–5. See also Eighth Army.
Destroyers, building of, for anti-submarine work, 170–1
acquired from U.S., 530
Deutschland, the, 165, 178–9
Devers, General L.J. (U.S.), 752, 849, 860
Dido, H.M.S., 432
Dieppe, 776, 846
Dijon, 305, 802, 849
Dill, Field-Marshal Sir John, 262
C.I.G.S., 234, 252–3, 474
death of, 234
in France (1940), 243, 245, 252, 269, 286, 289
at General Georges’ H.Q., 248, 250
and reinforcements for Egypt, 377–8, 424
and offensive in Egypt, 384
in Middle East, 394, 407
and help for Greece, 408
in Belgrade, 414–15
on invasion of Russia, 455
in discussions with U.S. officers, 474
accompanies Churchill to Washington, 497, 500, 509
his repute in U.S.A., 509–10, 581
remains in Washington, 513
on “Torch” deci
sion, 585–586
at Teheran Conference, 731
Dimapur, 825
Dinant, 189
Disarmament, 966
German, 8, 10, 732
Anglo-American, 9
question of French, 9, 17, 36
Labour aims at, 19, 55–6
National Government continues to seek, 35–6, 46
in face of German rearmament, 41, 55–6
Disarmament Conference (1932–3), 31–2, 36–7
Ditchley, 368, 370, 423
Dive-bomber aircraft, Italian, 77
German, combined with tanks, 240–1
in N. Africa, 423
attack Mediterranean convoys, 424
Japanese, in Pacific, 495
at Battle of Midway Island, 546–7
Djedeida, 642
Dnieper, River, 466, 717
Dniepropetrovsk, 717
Dneister, River, 810
Dodecanese, 708–9, 711–12
Doenitz, Admiral, U-boat technique of, 401, 534
wants to attack U.S. ships, 403
recalls U-boats from N. Atlantic, 676, 680
in command in N. Germany, 924
organises surrender, 925, 927, 928
new U-boats of, 927
Dollar Problem, 367–70
Dollfuss, Chancellor, 45–6, 51, 113
Don, River, 466, 657–9
Donetz Basin, 465
River, 659
Doolittle, Lieut.-General J. H. (U.S.) 540
Doric Star, S.S., sinking of, 179–80
Douai, 845
Douglas, Lewis, 405
Doumenc, General, 156
Doumergue, M., 52
Dover, arrangements for evacuation of B.E.F. made at, 248
defences of, 324, 331
light naval vessels at, 328
cross-Channel fire at, 335
plans for taking of, 336–7
air raids on, 344
batteries of, fire on German cruisers, 531
Dover, Straits of, invasion shipping passes through, 330
artillery and mine protection for invasion fleet in, 335–6
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau pass through, 531–2
Germans deceived as to landings across, 777–8, 787
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Lord, on fighters needed for defence of Britain, 241–2, 287, 328
retains squadrons in N., 345–6
system of control centres of, 349
Downing Street, air raid damage in, 355–6
“Dragoon”, Operation, 800, 802, 861. See also “Anvil”
Drax, Admiral the Hon. Sir R. A. R., 156
Dresden, 898
Dreux, 794
D.U.K.W.s., 792
Duke of York, H.M.S., voyage to America on, 497–502
at Bermuda, 512–13
and sinking of Scharnhorst, 722–3
Dulles, Allen, 904
Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 851, 876
discussed at Yalta, 880
Dunbar, Michael, 572
Dungeness, submarine pipe-line from, 790 n.
Dunkerque, the, 316, 318
Dunkirk, Gort considers retreat to, 248, 250
bridgehead around, 255, 258, 270
Germans ordered to discontinue attack on line of, 255–6
and defence of Calais, 257–8
retreat to, 258–60, 262–3
French Army at, 263, 266
evacuation from, 265–70, 272–3, 283
organisation of defences of, 265–6
air-attacks on beaches round, 266–7, 272–3
rearguard at, 268–270, 272–3
British capture of, 846
Dunkirk, Treaty of, 960
Dupuy, Pierre, Canadian representative at Vichy, 374
Düsseldorf, 893
Dutch Army, 239, 242
Dutch East Indies, Japanese threat to, 478, 523
Japanese conquest of, 537, 823–4
supply oil to Japan, 835
achieve independence, 970
Dutch Harbour, 545
Dutch Navy, 218
“Dynamo”, Operation, 248, 265–73
E.A.M., 763, 873
coup d’état of, 764
Russian influence with, 812–13
signs Caserta Agreement, 866–7
and negotiations for disarming guerrillas, 868. See also E.L.A.S.
Eaker, Lieut.-General I.C. (U.S.), 915
East Prussia, 884–5
Eastbourne, 337
Eastern Front, German concentration of troops on, 447–51, 454
Russian victory on, 958–9
“Eastern Locarno”, 18, 52, 85
Ebert, Friedrich, 15
E-boat attacks on coastal shipping, 397
“Economic Blizzard”, 19–22
hits Germany, 30
effect on Japan, 42
Eden, Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony, visits Hitler, 47–8, 60, 63
Minister for League of Nations Affairs, 66
and Italian attack on Abyssinia, 74, 104
Foreign Secretary, 81, 104
and German twenty-five year pact proposal, 86
and reoccupation of Rhineland, 88
his differences with Chamberlain, 104–10
foreign policy of, 104–6
his relations with Churchill, 106
at Nyon Conference, 106
and Roosevelt’s offer of U.S. assistance, 108–9
resignation of, 110–11
seeks agreement with Russia, 151
volunteers to go to Moscow, 155
as Dominions Secretary present at meetings of War Cabinet, 167
War Minister, 220, 373
and defence of Calais, 257–8
in France (1940), 286, 289
proposes formation of Home Guards, 293
suggests Brooke for command of Home Forces, 325
Foreign Minister under Churchill, 373
and reinforcements to Egypt, 377
in Middle East, 381, 394, 407–9, 414
tells of intention to attack in Africa, 384
and help for Greece, 394, 408–9
warning of, to Russian Ambassador, 454
and campaign in Persia, 480
in Moscow, 493, 511, 608, 721–2, 728, 761, 852, 856–7
“Four-Power Plan” of, 622
puts pressure on de Gaulle, 645
and unconditional surrender, 647
at Algiers Conference, 667, 669, 671
on Turkey in relation to conquest of Italy, 669
at Quebec Conference, 696
and Arctic convoys, 718
conversations of, with Turks, 728–9, 750
at Teheran Conference, 731–2
and post-war Poland, 734, 943, 947
with Churchill in Cairo, 747, 751
and Yugoslav question, 761–3
seeks political arrangement with Russia on Balkans, 810, 812
in Athens, 867, 872–4
and Greek civil war, 869, 875
at Yalta, 890, 892
in full knowledge of war direction, 907
and need for observers in Poland, 908
and San Francisco Conference, 912
and question of withdrawal to occupation zones, 923
mentioned, 142, 147, 307, 455, 468, 764
E.D.E.S., 764, 868
signs Caserta Agreement, 866–7
Eder Dam, 692
Edhessa, 413
Edward VIII, King, abdication of, 99–100
Egypt, concessions to, 19
Italian threat to, 375–8
Cape route for convoys to, 375, 378–80
Italian invasion of, 379–80
British drive Italians from, 384–6
“mass of manoeuvre” in, 395–6
shortage of tanks in, 423
troops from Crete brought to, 432–3
danger to, in German bases in Syria, 438
Harriman in, 473
importance of struggle for, 474
use made of B
ritish Division sent to, 482
lacks naval protection, 511, 531
British army driven back to, 568
Rommel’s threat to, 568–9, 577–8
Churchill in, 587–96, 614–18, 726–9, 746–51, 892
Eighth Army builds up in, 625
Air Force for defence of, and Rhodes, 708, 730
divisions sent to Italy from, 712–13
Roosevelt in, 726–9, 746–751, 891–2
mutiny in Greek forces in, 764–5
representative Greek Government in, 765
escape of Italian garrisons to, 768
protection of, 971
Eidsvold, the, 207, 209
Eighth Army, 487
in “Crusader”, 487–9
losses of, in “Crusader”, 490
Rommel attacks, 559
reinforcements for, 561, 590
retreats into Egypt, 578–9
counter-attacks of, 579–80
change in command of, 590–3, 625
astonished at its defeat, 591
Montgomery’s re-formation and disposition of, 614–16
victory of, at Alam Halfa, 619–21
victory of, at Alamein, 624–30
in pursuit across N. Africa, 629, 643–5, 654
Churchill visits in Tripoli, 654–5
in Tunisia, 660–1
in Sicily, 682–3
in Italy, 703–4, 706, 713, 738–9, 782–3, 806
achievement of, in Italy, 917
and Anzio landing, 755–7, 915, 917
Eindhoven, 846
Eisenhower, General Dwight, Churchill meets, 565–6
in London, 582
and changes in British command in “Torch”, 593–4
in command of “Torch”, 618–19, 642–3
Churchill’s weekly meetings with, 619
in Gibraltar, 633, 637
and Giraud, 634, 637
seeks to obtain Toulon Fleet, 638
at Casablanca, 644
in supreme command in N. Africa, 645, 654, 667
at Algiers Conference on future strategy, 667–71
on invasion of Italy, 668, 670, 681, 698–9
in supreme command in Sicily, 682
announces surrender of Italy, 703
in disagreement with Churchill on operations in Ægean, 707–714
likely to succeed Marshall, 729, 750
to command “Overlord”, 750
Churchill ill in villa of, 751–3
plans amphibious landing in Italy, 754–5, 758
wants assault in greater strength at “Overlord”, 775–6
delays date of “Overlord”, 776–777, 779–80
at final conference before D Day, 778
in Normandy, 793
takes over command in France, 795, 844
and entry into Paris, 795
on Anglo-Canadian part in Normandy victory, 796
insists on “Anvil”, 798, 800–1
threatens rear of Germans retreating before “Dragoon”, 802–3
strategy of drive into Germany, 844–5, 877, 897–9, 919
and crossing of Lower Rhine, 846
Churchill visits at front, 860, 896
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