by Frank McLynn
Coogan, Jackie, 239
Corcoran, Thomas, 68
Cowan, Major General David (‘Punch’), 26, 31–2, 36, 62, 93, 251, 294, 295, 296, 309, 311, 313, 426, 427, 428, 432–3
Coward, Noel, 185, 313, 339, 362–3
Cowles, Gardner, 127
Cranston, Brigadier General Joseph H., 259
Crete, Battle of (1941), 184
Crete West, 307
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 94, 95
Crocker, John, 451
crocodiles, 13–14
CULVERIN, 174, 218, 244, 248
Cunningham, Admiral Andrew (‘ABC’), 184, 188–9, 190, 196, 197, 211, 239–40, 244
Currie, Lauchlin, 117, 118, 119, 126, 410
Daiku, 442
Daily Express, 158
Daily Mail, 158
Davis, Patrick, 93
D-Day, 186, 212, 432
D Division, 293
DDT, 104
deception/disinformation, 415–16, 419, 431–2
Delhi, 17, 67, 78, 81, 87, 90, 110, 121, 125–6, 129, 132, 133, 161, 172, 173, 177, 178, 182, 195, 196, 197, 198, 207–8, 211, 225, 247, 258, 265, 338, 339, 363, 372, 383, 397, 406
Delhi Officers Club, 262
Dempsey, General Miles, 450
Detachment 101, 293
Dieppe raid (1942), 185–6
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John, 19, 20, 161, 207, 217, 218–19, 240, 248, 333
Dimapur, 91, 133, 137, 181, 294, 295, 301, 302, 303, 304, 314, 317, 324, 365, 414, 421
disease, 38, 104, 123, 124, 182, 323–4, 365–6, 375
‘Dixie mission’, 388, 398
Dobson, Lieutenant Colonel, 205–6
Dodds-Parker, Captain Douglas, 76
Dodecanese, 218, 226
Donbaik, 100–1
Donovan, Wild Bill, 409
Doolittle, James H., 65
Doolittle raids, 65, 111
Dorman-Smith, Sir Reginald, 20, 55, 446
Dorn, Colonel Frank, 230, 409
Douglas, Air Chief Marshal Sholto, 188, 211, 217
DRACULA, 366, 367, 368, 369, 372, 373, 374, 375–6, 438–9, 440, 441, 442, 443–4
drugs, 104, 182
Drum, Lieutenant General Hugh A., 44, 45
Dunkirk, 27, 142
Dunlop, Captain George, 82, 85
Dutch, the, 23, 24
Dutch East Indies, 5, 23, 48
Dyer Hill, 321
East Africa, 19, 79
Eden, Anthony, 164, 190, 237, 368, 372, 373, 393
Eisenhower, General Dwight D, 189, 191–2, 194, 195, 196, 453, 454
elephants, 10
‘English school’ of military strategy, 107
Eritrea, 17
Ethiopia, 70, 73–4, 76, 87 see also Abyssinia
Europe, 47, 103, 160, 217, 404
‘Europe first’ policy, 22, 44, 47, 48, 64, 111, 192
EXTENDED CAPITAL, 413, 414–43, 447, 448
Far Eastern Command, 29
Faridkot House, Delhi, 196, 213
Farouk, King, 373
Fasting, Field Marshal Sir Francis, 207
Feifler, Colonel Carl, 409–10
Fergusson, Bernard
becomes a supporter of Wingate, 82, 85
and training of Chindits, 89
promoted to lieutenant colonel, 138
on first Chindit expedition, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149–50, 151–2, 157
writes report on LONGCLOTH, 172
Wingate’s rudeness to, 178
and new organisation of Chindits, 260
at meeting between Stilwell and Wingate, 263
resigns, then withdraws resignation, 264
and Wingate’s plans for second expedition, 267, 275
on Wingate’s character, 270, 271
and second Chindit expedition, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 285, 286, 287–8, 342, 343
as candidate to succeed Wingate, 340, 341
Ferris, Brigadier General Benjamin, 237, 241, 361, 394
flora, Burmese, 8–9
Flying Tigers/American Volunteer
Group, 12, 30, 52, 115–16, 119
as 14th Air Force, 390, 396
Force 126, 275, 293
Foreign Office (Britain), 19
Forest Hill, 312
Formby, George, 435
Formosa (Taiwan), 221, 345–6
Fort Benning, 43
Fort Dufferin, 430, 434
Fort Hertz, 99, 138, 152, 428
Fort Ord, 43
Foul Point, 100
France, 212, 394
Franks, Captain Brian, 77
Fraser, Bruce, 382
Fraser, George MacDonald, 425
FSD Hill, 316, 319, 320
Fuller, J.F.C., 107
Fullerton, Captain Robert, 444
GALAHAD force/Marauders, 199, 200, 228, 240, 328–9, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 345, 346–7, 348, 351, 353, 354, 355, 356, 358, 359
Gallabat, 90, 105
Gallipoli, 16
Gandhi, 50, 51, 94, 95, 454
Gangaw, 416
Gangaw range, 282
Gangaw valley, 415, 416
Ganges, River, 94
Garrison Hill, 315, 316, 319
Gauss, Clarence, 113, 117, 119, 120, 227, 386, 387, 389, 400, 406
Geneva Convention, 32
George VI, King, 27, 206
Germany, 71, 369, 401
‘Gert and Daisy’, 362
Gibraltar, 27
Gibraltar (hill), 308
Gibson, Wing-Commander Guy, 176
Gideon Force, 73–4
Giffard, General George
Slim’s early impressions of, 107
orders Slim to prepare for Arakan operations, 178–9
name submitted for post of supreme commander in South East Asia, 189
relations with Mountbatten, 196, 211, 240, 381
and intelligence, 233
Stilwell refuses to come under command of, 242–3, 358
and Wingate, 261, 272, 275, 287
and Battle of Kohima-Imphal, 303
fired, but stays on as a stopgap, 303
good working relationship with Slim, 380–1, 383
delays in finding replacement for, 381
returns to London, and has a meeting with Alanbrooke, 382
brief references, 108, 197, 198, 263, 276, 278, 285, 321, 324, 327, 338, 341, 366, 367, 374, 384, 450
Gilbert islands, 199, 227
Gilkes, Major Ken, 152
Glasgow, 83, 173
Godalming, 69
Goddard, Paulette, 239
Godwin, Jim, 449
Gokteik gorge, 37
Gokteik viaduct, 36–7, 146–7
Golden Fortress, 250, 254, 256
Gordon, General ‘Chinese’, 56
Gordon of Khartoum, 75
GPT ridge, 315, 319, 320
Gracey, Major General Douglas, 251, 294, 297, 300, 301, 307, 308, 436–7
Great Depression, 3
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3, 5, 6, 97, 456
Grigg, P.J., 96, 190, 238, 447
Guadalcanal, 133
Guinness Book of Records, 13
Gurkhas, 15, 17, 37, 83–4, 136, 139, 143, 147, 155, 157, 172, 249, 259, 272, 273, 308, 311, 312, 351, 352, 443
Gwalior, 84, 85, 156, 178, 262
Haganah, 72
HA-GO, 253, 254
Haifa, 72
Haig, Field Marshal Douglas, 107
Hailakandi, 279, 288
Haile Selassie, 74, 76
Hamilton, Nigel, 186
Hanaya Tadashi, Lieutenant General, 252–3
Hankow, 390
Hanoi, 268, 274
Harman, Lance Corporal, 315
Harrow, 27
Hart, Admiral Thomas, 23
Hartley, General Alan, 50
Harvey, Oliver, 188, 191
Hasted, Major General W.F. (Bill), 377, 416–17
He Ying-quin, 203
Himalayas, 110, 121, 170, 350 see also Hump, the
Hintha, 151
Hirohito, Emperor, 450, 451
Hiroshima, 450
Hodges, Lieutenant Brian, 288, 289
Hollis, General Leslie, 189
Honan, 160, 390
Honda Masaki, General, 344, 345, 429, 440–1
Hong Kong, 20, 29, 40, 48, 114, 164, 246, 393
Honolulu, 452
Hoover, Herbert, 214
Hope-Thomson, Tim, 300
Hopkins, Harry, 46, 117–18, 161, 165–6, 202, 217, 219, 224, 230, 396, 403
Hopong, 62
Hornet, 65
Horrocks, Brian, 218
House Foreign Relations Committee (US), 114
Ho Ying-chin, General, 113, 161, 168
Hsiao I-shu, 388
Hsipaw, 434
Huang Shan, 207
Hukawng valley, 36, 130, 150, 233–4, 236, 241, 328, 330, 356
Hull, Cordell, 386, 456
Hump, the, 53, 56, 110, 115, 117, 121–2, 126, 129, 131, 161, 165, 166, 169–70, 171, 198, 199, 206, 216, 221, 222, 224, 227, 228, 257, 258, 260, 266, 275, 286, 302, 332–3, 336, 345, 349, 356, 366, 390, 391, 399, 404, 409, 434
Hunter, Colonel Charles, 348, 354
Hunter’s Hill, 321–2
Hurley, Brigadier General Patrick, 214–15, 396–7, 397–8, 399, 400, 401, 403, 404, 405, 406, 410, 435, 436
Hutton, General Thomas, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 80
I-CHIGO, 390, 391, 393, 396
Iida, General Shojiro, 24, 36
Iland, River, 309
Imperial Japanese Navy, 256
Imperial War College, 27, 451
‘Imperial Way’ faction (Koda-Ha), 4–5, 302, 305, 325
Imphal, 15, 36, 67, 90, 91, 94, 137, 139, 148, 152, 172, 233, 246, 253, 254, 256, 267, 280, 282, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 373, 375, 385, 412, 414, 417
Battle of Kohima-Imphal, 255, 278, 293–327, 333, 336, 337, 338, 340, 342, 349, 364, 378, 380, 384, 432
Imphal-Kohima road, 295, 302, 305, 306, 321
Imphal-Ledo line, 301
Imphal plain, 270, 294, 297, 298, 299, 301, 305, 307, 309, 311, 365
INA see Indian National Army
Indaw, 66, 145, 230, 233, 267, 275, 276, 277, 279, 285, 286, 287, 288, 342
Indaw-Bhamo-Myitkyina road, 275
Indaw-Myitkyina railway, 267
Indaw-Wuntho railway, 143, 153
India, 6, 7, 8, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 50–1, 59, 115, 121, 129, 130–1, 133, 144, 147, 149, 150, 152, 157, 161, 162, 171, 177, 188, 193, 195, 252, 273, 336, 446
British retreat from Burma to, 36–9
Stilwell’s trek from Burma to, 65–7
reception of Burma veterans in, 90–1
training of Chinese troops in, 122–6
Japanese offensive see Kohima-Imphal, Battle of
training of Marauders in, 328–9
gains independence, 454, 456
see also names of places; names of personnel
India Act 1935, 94
Indian Army, 17, 76, 83, 84, 86, 98, 105, 138, 174, 195, 249–50, 258–9, 393, 446
see also British Army/British Indian Army
Indian National Army (INA), 252, 295–6, 308, 313, 378, 420, 424, 429, 442
Indian Ocean, 30, 100, 221, 223
Indian population in Burma, 7, 8, 31, 32
Indian Tea Association, 91
Indochina, 44, 48, 206, 268, 270, 274, 275, 285, 432, 436, 454
Indonesia, 451, 454
Inkangahtawng, 330
intelligence, 233–4, 293, 347, 364
Inter-Services Liaison Committee, 293
In Which We Serve, 185
Inywa, 150, 151, 155
IRA, 455
Iraq, 19, 180
Ireland, 72
Iril valley, 304, 306
Ironside, Sir Edmund, 73, 87
Irrawaddy, River, 8, 13, 32, 36, 37, 38, 61, 81, 140, 142, 144, 145–6, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152–3, 156, 157, 280, 349, 366, 372, 376, 380, 414, 415, 417, 418–19, 419–24, 425, 427, 432, 437, 438
Irrawaddy valley, 444
Irwin, Lieutenant General Noel
relationship with Slim, 90, 99, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106
and the Chinese, 92
transferred to Eastern Command, 94
and the offensive in Arakan 1942–43, 96, 98, 99–100, 101, 102, 103
sacking of, 103, 107
personality, 105
and Wingate, 172
comment on morale, 179
brief references, 83, 93, 178, 252, 268, 299, 384, 450
Irwin, Steve, 251
Ismay, General ‘Pug’, 188, 189, 223, 226, 261
Israel, 72
Italy, 394
Jackson, Stonewall, 75
Jacob, Alaric, 158
Jacob, General Ian, 189
Jail Hill, 315–16, 320
Jambu Bum, 330
Japan
and international context before Burma campaign, 1, 2–6, 19, 456
complacent views of the British about intentions of, 20
rapid advances after attack on Pearl Harbor, 20
fears of China making peace with, 21, 44
falsely reported to have landed on US West Coast, 43–4
attack on Burma not expected, 21, 28–9
invasion of Burma begins, 24–5
air power, 24, 30, 34, 56–7, 91, 256, 257, 310
failure to capitalise on naval opportunity, 30–1
and Chiang’s military doctrine, 48, 64
Allied air power against the home-land, 65, 128, 199, 227
perceived threat of seaborne invasion by, 94
Burma under occupation of, 97–8
under pressure in all theatres, 377–8
new offensive in China, 390, 399, 401, 412–13
surrender, 450–1, 452
see also Japanese forces in Burma Campaign
Japanese forces in Burma Campaign
and crocodiles, 13–14
advance in 1942, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37–8, 39–40, 56–7, 60, 61, 62, 108–9
Slim develops principles and tactics in response to, 96–7, 179–80
during Arakan offensive (1942–43), 100–1, 102, 103, 104
during first Chindit expedition, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150–1, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157
Slim sends patrols against, 179
against Stilwell’s forces, 233–4, 235–6, 328, 329, 330, 331, 345, 347, 348, 350–1, 352, 353, 355–6, 370,
during Arakan campaign (1943–44), 250, 251, 252–4, 255, 256–7
and second Chindit expedition, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 287, 288, 342, 343, 344, 345
and Battle of Kohima-Imphal, 293, 294–6, 296–7, 298, 299, 300, 301–2, 305, 306–17, 318–19, 320, 321, 322–3, 324–5, 326
in retreat, 364, 365, 373–4
personnel changes, 377
situation by autumn 1944, 378
and Slim’s strategy, 379–80
withdraw across the Irrawaddy, 380
and EXTENDED CAPITAL, 414–15, 416, 418, 419, 420–1, 422, 424, 426, 428–9, 430, 431, 432, 434–5, 437, 440, 441, 442, 443
and DRACULA, 443–4
last months of fighting, 444–5
Divisions
2 Division, 432
15 Division, 295, 299, 300, 305, 306, 322, 342, 373, 374, 378, 421, 427, 428, 429
18 Division, 234, 328, 345, 350, 377
31 Division, 295, 299, 301, 342, 373, 374, 378
33 Division, 295, 296, 310, 311, 313, 324, 344, 345, 373, 378, 419, 421, 429, 437
53 Division, 345, 355
56 Division, 348, 399
Java, 24, 26, 30
Jelley, Enid ‘Peggy’, 70, 71
Jessami, 299
Jews, 71, 72, 73
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, 454
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 78
Jones, Stanley, 23
Jorhat, 336–7
Jotsoma, 315, 317
Joubert de la Ferte, Air Chief Marshal Philip, 23
9, 283, 284
Jung, C.G., 11, 51, 74, 75
Kabaw valley, 37, 365, 373, 374, 416
Kabu weir, 418
Kabwet, 419
Kachin hills, 142, 148, 150, 151
Kachins, 7, 8, 79, 83, 233, 282, 328, 329, 330, 337, 345, 346, 347, 446
Kaing, 37
Kalemyo, 373, 374, 375
Kalewa, 37, 137, 374, 379, 385, 414, 416, 418
Kama, 444
Kamaing, 330, 345, 350, 355, 356
Kamaing road, 330, 358
Kamye, 426
Kandy, 338–9, 349, 367, 370–2, 373, 447, 449, 450
Kangaw, 433
Kanglatongbi, 305, 306
Kangpokpi, 305
Kaoliikung mountains, 350
Karachi, 122, 177
Karen hills, 7, 440, 444
Karens, 7, 8, 29, 83, 98, 138, 440, 442, 446
Kashmir, 171
Kasuya, General, 426
Katha, 199
Kathaw, 66
Kaukwe Chaung, 282
Kaukwe valley, 267, 279
Kawabe Mazakazu, General, 301, 302, 313, 322, 323, 377
Kawlum, 66
Kelly, HMS, 184, 185
Kempeitai, 97, 98
Kennedy Peak, 374
Kenu, 282
Kimura Kyotaro, General, 377, 378, 379–80, 385, 412, 414, 415, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 434, 437, 439, 442, 443, 451
King, Cecil, 455
King, Admiral Ernest, 47, 160, 165, 166, 192–3, 195, 202, 218, 220, 226
Kirby, Major General S. Woodburn, 86
KMT see Kuomintang
Knox, Frank, 128
Koda-Ha (‘Imperial Way’) faction, 4–5, 302, 305, 325
Koga, General, 100, 101, 102
Kohima, 278, 279, 286, 294, 295, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 313, 314–20, 322, 324, 325, 350, 365, 417 see also Kohima-Imphal, Battle of Kohima-Imphal, Battle of, 255, 278, 293–327, 333, 336, 337, 338, 340, 342, 349, 364, 378, 380, 384, 432
Kohima-Imphal road, 295, 302, 305, 306, 321
Koiso Kuniaki, 325
Konoye, Prince, 456
Korea, 390
Kuki Piquet, 319
Kumon mountains, 345, 348
K’ung, H.H., 396
Kung, Madame, 121
Kunming, 53, 56, 110, 115, 118, 122, 167, 345, 356, 399, 400, 434
Kuomintang (KMT), 4, 45, 48, 52, 53, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 121, 124, 126, 132, 134, 159, 160, 162, 168, 169, 170, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 214, 221, 222, 226, 227, 229, 386, 391, 392, 400, 401, 403, 411, 452
Kut, 17
Kweilin, 401, 412
Kyaikthin, 145
Kyaukmyaung, 420, 421
Kyaukse, 36, 62, 437
Kyauktalon, 437
Kyauktaw, 100
Lakum, 351
Lalaghat, 286
Lan Yang, General, 123
Lashio, 45, 49, 50, 56, 60, 61, 62, 232, 366, 421, 434
Lashio-Bhamo road, 149, 267
Lashio-Mandalay railway, 139, 157
