Churchill's Secret War

by Madhusree Mukerjee

  postwar peace

  Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)

  United States/World War II

  British Empire and

  British food/shipping requirements and

  Lend Lease program

  Pacific islands

  Pearl Harbor bombing

  rationing

  shipping/ship production

  See also specific individuals

  UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)

  Untouchables

  Venkataramani, M. S.

  Verdict on India (Nichols)

  Viceroy’s Council, Wavell

  Wavell, Archibald

  Amery and

  background

  becoming Viceroy

  Churchill and

  famine

  famine inquiry

  famine relief

  Gandhi and

  Hindu-Muslim killings and

  Hindus vs. Muslims views

  Indian Army and

  Indian independence and

  Indian resources use

  partitioning and

  Simla talks

  Viceroy’s Council

  on World War II

  Weizmann, Chaim

  Wiesel, Elie

  Willingdon, Lord

  Willkie, Wendell

  Wilson, Horace Hayman

  Wilson, Thomas

  defending aid denial

  famine aid and

  India’s resources and

  petrol bill

  sterling debt and

  Wolf, Eric

  Women’s issues

  child marriages

  prostitution during famine

  rape/family rejection

  venereal disease

  See also Gang rapes, Midnapore

  Women’s regiment (INA)

  Wood, E.

  Wood, Sir Kingsley

  Woolton, Lord

  World War I

  Muslims and

  United Kingdom debt

  United Kingdom food supplies

  World War II

  history of

  See also specific countries; specific individuals

  Yalta conference

  Zamindars description

  Zetland, marquess of

  Copyright © 2010 by Madhusree Mukerjee

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  Materials from the Cherwell Papers are used by permission of the English Speaking Union. Extracts from the O. M. Martin Papers, the L. G. Pinnell Papers, and the W. A. Barnes Papers are used with permission of the Centre of South Asian Studies Archive, University of Cambridge. Quotes from Churchill are reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Ltd., London, on behalf of The Estate of Winston Churchill. Copyright © Winston Churchill Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Mukerjee, Madhusree.

  Churchill’s secret war : the British empire and the ravaging

  of India during World War II / by Madhusree Mukerjee.

  p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references.

  eISBN : 978-0-465-02260-1

  1. India—History—20th century. 2. Great Britain—Foreign relations—India. 3. India—

  Foreign relations—Great Britain. 4. Famines—India—Bengal. 5. Churchill, Winston,

  1874–1965. 6. Great Britain—Colonies—History—20th century. 7. World War, 1939–

  1945—Influence. I. Title.

  DS480.45.M794 2010

  954.03’59—dc22

  2010003803