by Frank McLynn
Tuchman, Barbara, 394
Tulloch, Derek, 177, 259, 260, 261, 265, 271, 282, 284, 285–6, 290, 340, 341, 342, 360–1
Tu Li-ming, General, 32, 33, 55, 58, 59, 64, 115, 131
Turkey, 27, 221
Turung, River, 234
Twingon, 61
U-GO, 253, 301–2, 313, 323, 324, 325, 335, 349
Ukhrul, 295, 299, 300, 304, 305, 306
ULTRA, 233, 293, 364
United States
air force see USAAF
and China, 3, 4, 21–2, 22–3, 44, 46, 113, 114, 117, 119, 120, 126–7, 133, 134, 159–60, 160–1, 161–2, 163–4, 165, 167, 168, 199, 200, 202, 212, 213, 216, 218, 221, 222, 223–4, 226–7, 227–8, 229–30, 349–50, 366, 367, 372, 387, 388–92, 393–8, 401–6, 409–10, 452, 456
‘Europe First’ policy, 22, 44, 47, 48, 64, 111, 192
and international context before Burma campaign, 2–3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 48
US
US 5307th Provisional Unit, 259
US Marines, 99, 224, 227
US Munitions Control Board, 111
see also Marauders/GALAHAD force; names of individuals
U Pu, 6
USAAF, 104, 115, 132, 176, 199, 228, 239, 240, 251, 255, 257, 260, 261, 310, 374, 379, 399, 427, 433, 439
10th Air Force, 240, 435
Air Commando Group No. 1, 260–1, 277, 282
900th Airborne Engineer Company, 275
U Saw, 6
Versailles, 18
Treaty of, 2
V force, 79, 293
Vichy French, 18
Viet Minh, 454
Vietnam, 454
War, 10
Virginia Military Academy, 92
Walawbum, 328, 329, 334
Wallace, Henry, 127, 388–9, 395, 398, 410
War Cabinet (Britain), 118
War Department (US), 44, 117, 162, 163, 389
Equipment Board, 453
War Office (Britain), 18, 368–9
Washington, 163, 176, 246
TRIDENT conference 1943, 107, 164, 165–6
Washington Naval Treaty 1922, 2
WASP, 261
Wavell, Archibald
career, 17–19
becomes commander-in-chief in India, 19
requests that Burma be placed under his operational command, 19
view of likely Japanese intentions, 20
Burma placed under his command, 20
flies to Rangoon, 20
meeting with Chiang Kai-shek, 20–1
and the Chinese, 20–1, 22, 45, 47, 49, 64, 92–3, 121, 129, 130
and ABDACOM, 23, 24, 25
and Japanese invasion and advance, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 33, 36 40
request for airpower, 29–30
and failures of 1942, 40–1
Stilwell meets, 50
and Wingate, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78–9, 82, 83, 86, 87, 89, 138
and formation of Chindits, 82, 83
and Cripps missin, 94
and unrest in India, 95
promoted to field marshal, 96
makes plans for reoccupation of Burma, 98
and Arakan campaign (1942–43), 98, 99, 101–2, 103
and Slim’s appointment, 106
Slim’s opinion of, 108–9
and ANAKIM, 118
and Stilwell, 129, 130, 132, 133, 166
and first expedition of Chindits, 138
and TRIDENT conference, 166
loses post as commander-in-chief, and is promoted to viceroy, 108, 166
sets up second LRP group, 172
and Churchill, 187
as possible candidate for Supreme Command in South East Asia, 188
and Mountbatten, 196, 225, 226, 339
and Wingate’s convalescence, 213
comments on Battle of Kohima-Imphal, 304
knighting ceremony, 385
and British withdrawal from India, 454
brief references, 67, 91, 105, 126, 161, 178, 179, 194, 252, 327
Wavell, Major Archie, 351
Wavell, Lady, 213
Wedemeyer, Major General Albert
opinion of Mountbatten, 192
agrees to serve under Mountbatten, 231, 237
and Stilwell, 215, 231, 237, 245, 333, 340, 360, 361, 389, 405–6
anti-British, 237
sent on mission to Washington about AXIOM, 244, 246
opinion of DRACULA, 367
at meetings in London, 367, 368, 369
appointed as Chiang’s chief of staff, 405, 410
problems with Chiang, 413, 452
withdraws aircraft, 413, 414, 433
orders return of forces operating, 434
and Mountbatten’s visit to China, 435, 436
brief references, 198, 240, 241, 395, 407, 412
Wei Li-huang, General, 350
Weizmann, Chaim, 72, 177
Welaung, 426
Wells, H.G., 6–7
Wessels, Brigadier General, 354
West Point, 42, 43, 57
Wheeler, General Raymond, 237, 240, 241, 248, 362, 405, 436
White, Theodore, 160, 230, 391, 397, 452
‘White City’, 282, 285, 288, 342, 343, 344, 345
Wilcox, Major General, 84, 261
wildlife, Burmese, 9–15
Wildman-Lushington, General, 247
Wilkie, Wendell, 126–8, 132, 410
Williams, Lieutenant Colonel J.H. (‘Elephant Bill’), 10, 11–12, 416
Williams, Vaughan, 239
Wilson, Harold, 455
Wilson, General Henry (‘Jumbo’), 189, 217, 223
Winchester, 18
Windsor Castle, 451
Wingate (née Paterson), Lorna, 70, 71, 75, 173, 174, 176
Wingate, Orde
and Burmese wildlife, 10, 11
background, 69
career, 69–70, 71–4
becomes engaged, 70
meets Lorna, 70–1
jilts his fiancée, 71
marries Lorna, 71
attempts suicide, 74–5
manic depression, 75
character, 75–8, 86–9, 270–1
Wavell asks for services of, 78
placed in charge of guerilla operations against Japanese, 78–9
meets Calvert, 79
has talks with Slim, 79–80
visit to China, 80–1
develops ideas about LRP, 81–2
Fergusson falls under influence of, 82
formation of 77 Brigade, 82–3
relationship with Gurkhas, 83–4, 136
opinion of Indian army, 83, 195, 258–9
training programme, 84–6, 88, 89
use of the name ‘Chindits’, 88
makes Chindits ready for action, 136–7
and first Chindit expedition, 137–58
gains media attention and fame, 172
in hospital, 172
relations with Lentaigne, 172, 261–2
report on LONGCLOTH, 172–3
Churchill impressed by, 173
recalled to London, 173
travels to Quebec, 173–4
at Quebec conference, 174–6
proposals opposed by Auchinleck, 175
in Washington, 176
Arnold impressed by, 176
in London, 176–7
recruits Cochran and Tulloch, 177
encounters problems in Delhi, 177–8
illness, 178, 212–13
considered for post of Supreme Commander in South East Asia, 188
compared with Chennault, 198–9, 200
convalescence, 213
plans and conflicts (December 1943 to February 1944), 258–76
relations between Slim and, 79–80, 265–7, 268–72, 278–9, 279–80, 286
and second Chindit expedition, 276–88, 331–2
relations between Mountbatten and, 284–5, 290
killed in aircrash, 288–9
reactions to death of, 289–91
selection of su
ccessor to, 340–2
brief references, 9, 160, 182, 184, 191, 228, 232, 257, 327, 339, 360, 393, 455
Wingate, Sir Reginald, 70
Woolwich: Royal Military Academy, 69–70
World War I (1914–18), 2, 16–17, 18, 27, 43
Wright, Bruce, 13, 14
Wundwin, 36, 62, 437
Wuntho, 418
Wuntho-Indaw railway, 143, 153
Wuntho valley, 267
Yamamoto, Admiral, 4
Yamamoto Seiei, General, 430, 444
Yamamoto Tsunoru, Major General, 307–8, 309, 322
Yamauchi Masafumi, Lieutenant General, 305, 306–7, 323
Yamethin, 441
Yanakida Motozo, General, 296, 297, 309, 310, 311, 312, 322, 323
Yenan, 388, 398, 400
Yenangyaung, 7, 24, 419, 440
Battle of (1942), 34–5, 61, 92
Yeu, 37, 379, 418, 421
Yeu, River, 416
Yindaw, 441
Yorkshire, 106
Ypres, second battle of (1915), 18
Yuan Shi-kai, 3
Yubang Ga, 234
Yugoslavia, 387
Yungling, 356
Yunnan, 4, 66, 137, 232, 264, 405
Z force, 293
Zibyutaungdan, 141, 142, 154, 379, 380
Zionism, 71, 72–3, 74, 77
ZIPPER, 447
