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Explore the Index Index CSC = Clementine S. Churchill FDR = Franklin D. Roosevelt RSC = Randolph S. Churchill WSC = Winston S. Churchill Page numbers in bold indicate direct communication between WSC and individuals. Abdullah I bin al-Hussein: 57–8, 57 n.4 aircraft and air warfare ‘Accolade’: 903 n.1, 1087, 1463 Air Transport Command (proposed): 421, Açıkalın, Cevat: 549, 549 n.1 631 Acland, Richard Thomas Dyke: 709, 709 n.1, aircraft carrier construction: 873 711–12, 780–1, 809, 1931–2 airfields: allocation of labour for: 1202; Acland-Troyte, Gilbert John: 392, 392 n.4 Assam: 1276–7; construction in China: Acquarone, Duke of: 2035, 2035 n.4 597–9, 1300 Adam, Ronald Forbes: 635–6, 635 n.3, 2036, Allied air power, South West Pacific Area: 2230 159–60, 553, 559, 816, 859–61 Adams, David: 486 n.1 aviation spirit exports for Spain: 820, 822–3 Adana: see Anglo-Turkish military conference Barracuda aircraft: 969–70 ADGB (Air Defence of Great Britain): 583, Bismarck Sea, Battle of: 690–1 1819 civil aviation and post-war planning: 88–9, Advisory War Council proceedings: 2245–7, 838–9, 894, 977, 1601, 1665, 1686–90, 2262, 2281 2007–8, 2065, 2099–100, 2100 Agag, ancient King of the Amalekites: 766 n.2 discussed at ‘Trident’: 1424 Agnew, Peter Garnett: 682, 682 n.1 escorts for shipping convoys to Russia: 567, Agriculture Miscellaneous Provisions Bill: 591–2, 783–4 565–6 German gas attack threats: 1068 Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB): 583, helicopter prototypes: 1636, 1673–4, 1707–8, 1819 1833 air forces ‘Husky’ planning: 409 Chinese: 187 MacArthur’s New Guinea campaign update: Egyptian: 1626 159–60 German: 504 preferred nomenclature for: 1612, 1900 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF): 1361, ‘Pugilist’ planning: 891 1451, 1474, 1503, 1580, 1583–4, 1612, for RAAF: 1361, 1451, 1474, 1503, 1580, 1887–8, 2132 1583–4, 1612, 1887–8, 2132 Western Desert Air Force: 1079–80, 1140, radar: ASV (air to surface vessel): 644, 644 1173 n.3, 1798; H2S system: 1101, 1101 n.2, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF): 600, 1204, 1797–8; SCR-720 model: 1782 600 n.2 for Russia: 130, 916, 951–2, 997 see also Royal Air Force (RAF); US Air Force Smuts on importance of: 93 Air Ministry: 1203, 1603, 1725 for SOE operatives: 2141 air to surface vessel (ASV) radar: 644, 644 n.3, Spitfire (aircraft): 549, 549 n.5, 553, 558–9 1798 ‘Squirt’ jet plane display: 1194 2402 INDEX aircraft and air warfare cont’d Eisenhower: 163–4, 165, 185–6, 204, for Turkey: 270, 922 371–2, 382, 403–5, 845, 867, 881; Western Desert Air Force: 1079–80, 1140, Eighth Army: 42, 54, 493; First Army: 1173 769, 769–70, 1179, 1206; military WSC on importance of: 1333–4, 1535–6 communications with Eisenhower: 915; for Yugoslavia: 443, 544 mopping-up activities: 1249, 1264, see also bombing; Royal Air Force (RAF); US 1279; ‘Pugilist’: 9–10, 595–6, 717, 735, Air Force 890–1; Sedjenane battles: 590, 594–5; Aitken, William Maxwell (‘Max’): see Sfax captured: 952; status updates: 70, Beaverbrook, Lord 368–70, 488, 497, 525, 785–6, 798, Akers, Wallace: 520–2, 520 n.1, 2097–8, 2354 834, 839–40, 855–6, 866–7, 868, ‘Alacrity’: 1954 n.2 908–9, 920, 921, 930, 931–2, 944, Alba, Duke of: 933, 933 n.1, 935–6 952, 955, 964, 1032–3, 1109–10, Albery, Irving: 424, 424 n.1, 757 1115, 1137, 1139–40, 1157–8, 1195, Alexander, Albert Victor 1214–15, 1218–19; summarises for War biographical information: 17 n.2 Cabinet: 1524–6; troop reinforcements Admiral Dreyer: 907 for: 775, 776–7, 1165–6, 1167; WSC anti-U-boat warfare: 546, 706–7, 846, 863 congratulates on victory: 1248, 1262 Army, Navy, and Air Estimates: 566, 629, 712 Order of St Patrick: 1968–9, 2025 Cazalet’s opinion of: 941 Sea-Tank submarines: 2111–12 decorations for North African forces: 802–3 ship-building: anti-aircraft equipage Fleet Air Arm reports: 940–1, 1035, 1449, of battleships and cruisers: 1320; 1602, 1873, 2026 production and manpower allocations: ‘Force X’ fleet:237–8 1850–1, 1921–2 German navy status: 602 shipping: aid convoys to Russia: 47, 78; Military CB for Brigadier Hollis: 547 Freetown convoy losses: 1175; merchant ship-building and modification proposals: tonnage losses: 634, 876, 1024–5; 79, 138 merchant tonnage output: 17; South Winster’s demand for Admiralty changes: 961 Atlantic convoy losses: 568, 603–4 Alexander, Sir Harold Stalin: 689 biographical information: 2 n.2 at ‘Symbol’: 2, 3, 105, 116, 121, 140–1 Admiral Little: 1452 thanks WSC for week’s leave: 1563 Algiers meeting with WSC (May): 1355 in Tripoli: 331–2, 334, 337 Balkans fighting:1831 , 2000 U-boat campaign monthly statements: 1685, ‘Husky’: black radio armistice proclamation: 1807 1787; commencement of operations: WSC asks for news of RSC: 1281, 1285, 1861; joint government of: 538, 641; 1779, 1779 n.2, 1796 New Zealand Division participation: WSC praises: 307, 401 987, 988, 1031, 1038, 1047, 1051, Algiers 1064–5, 1099, 1111; Sicily captured: censorship in: 1731, 1742–3 2271–2, 2285, 2289–90; status updates: described by Macmillan: 241 1863, 1867, 2005–6; suspension of aid Giraud meets de Gaulle in: 665, 684, 823, convoys to Russia: 701–4; timing: 438, 898–9, 901–2, 906, 931, 1151–2, 1330, 745, 933–4, 937, 1500, 1696; use of 1350, 1382–3, 1462, 1466, 1478, 1496, airborne troops: 2219–20 1502 Italian campaign: ‘Avalanche’ planning: 2308, Giraud meets de Gaulle in (proposed): 149, 2347–8; post-‘Husky’ planning: 1469, 150, 167, 168, 169, 665, 684, 823, 1483, 1486–7, 1505, 1509, 1999–2001; 898–9, 901–2, 906, 931, 1151–2, 1330, ‘Priceless’: 2087, 2117, 2128, 2142, 1350, 1382–3 2144–5, 2145 n.3 Political and Economic Council: 54–5, 70–4 Kenfig Pool, SS: 1184 post-‘Trident’ meeting (May): Carthage and motor torpedo boats (MTBs): 42–3, 1593 Tunis excursion: 1493–4; ‘Hobgoblin’ North African and Tunisian campaign: Axis and ‘Corkscrew’ planning: 1467–8; surrender: 1285; Axis troop locations: ‘Husky’ planning: 1468; Marshall 24; Bizerta and Tunis captured: 1220, to attend: 1412, 1416; post-‘Husky’ 1237; casualty estimates: 524, 1166; operations strategy: 1462, 1468–72, Deputy Commander-in-Chief to 1479–80, 1481–92, 1507; purpose of: INDEX 2403 1460–1; WSC invites Eden to: 1465; Allied Military Government for Occupied WSC travels to: 1435, 1436, 1440–1, Territories (AMGOT): 1994, 2159–60, 1457; WSC updates FDR on: 1477–8 2198 RSC in: 351–2, 358, 1544–5 Ambrosio, Vittorio: 2035, 2035 n.5 Alice, Princess (Duchess of Gloucester): 565, Amery, L. S. 565 n.1 biographical information: 22 n.3 Allen, John Sandeman: 766–7, 766 n.1 Auchinleck and Persia/Iraq Command: 320, Allfrey, Charles Walter: 5, 5 n.2, 6, 1493 545 Allied Command Post, Tunisian campaign: 8–9 economic ‘sub-Parliament’ proposal: 618–19, Allied food blockade policy: 11–12, 1351, 1760 626 Allied forces India: British indebtedness to: 2068; British actual fighting strength: 63, 63 n.1 policy regarding: 893; command Army and Navy detention camps enquiry: appointments: 1607–8, 1726; food 1876 situation: 2010–11; Gandhi’s detention Army Bureau of Current Affairs: 1316, 2149 and fasting: 476–7, 494–5; Gandhi’s army psychiatrists and morale: 635–6, 635–6 letter seeking to oust Britain: 1293, decorations for North African forces: 802–3, 1390; Indian Army paper: 1241, 1252; 1126, 1446–8, 1530, 1633, 1685, 1730, native army, pay increase: 1659; native 1844, 1938–9, 2101 army, size of: 2235–6 Desert Army: 2, 3, 399–403, 803, 850–1, Middle East and South-East Asia, post-war 926–7, 929–30 plans for: 22–3, 23 n.1, 2008 11th Armoured Division: 2, 6, 422, 463, 706, Palestine: British Government’s policy on: 1036 1773; Cabinet Committee on: 1792, 46th British Infantry Division: 2, 6, 820–1 1874–5 50th Division: 1165–6 Wavell, Field Marshal: Dorchester flat: 51st Highland Division: 334, 400, 581, 1181, 1947–8; Viceroy of India: 1563–4, 1659 1476–7 AMGOT (Allied Military Government for 56th Division: 797, 800 Occupied Territories): 1994, 2159–60, 1st US Armored Division: 4, 6, 7, 13, 2064 2198 French North and West Africa governance: amphibious operations planning 138–9 landing bridges for tanks: 1006 ‘Germany First’ military policy: 118 n.2, 186, landing craft: 407–8, 1944, 2088 191, 230–1, 397–8 landing-craft fleet personnel: 1818–19 ‘Husky’ planning: 127 operations from the UK: 1267 inter-service cohesion: 674, 1537–8 piers for flat beaches: 602–3, 647 intermingling of American units with: 5–6 UK operations for 1943: 193, 231, 319–20 Lovat Scouts conversion into Commandos US Navy and Pacific theatre: 119, 144 (proposed): 419, 636 see also ‘Husky’; ‘Overlord’ Ninth Army: 45, 1755–6 ‘Anakim’ Polish forces in the Middle East: 18, 270, 896, American support for: 119, 140 897, 924, 926, 1414, 1890–1, 2341 amphibious landings from Bay of Bengal reduction of monthly drilling and sentry duty locations: 1231–2 hours: 572 and China: 362–3, 574, 667, 1233–4, 1233–5, Seventh Army: 333, 334, 336, 1863, 1867 1242, 1246–7, 1256–7, 1276–7 ‘Symbol’ agreements: 185–7, 190–1, 192–204 as follow-up to ‘Brimstone’: 128 Tunisian campaign: 4–6, 7–8 described: 119 n.1 ‘unconditional surrender’, call for: 164, 172, discussed at ‘Symbol’: 163 205–7, 396, 1753–4 discussed by War Cabinet: 1076–7 WSC reviews troops in Tripoli: 333–8, 346–7 Eastern Fleet reinforcement: 1232 see also air forces; Australia; Canadian troops; munitions for: 1230 Chiefs of Staff (British); Chiefs of planning: 67–9, 118–20, 321, 614, 771, 843–4, Staff (Combined); Chiefs of Staff (US); 861–2, 885, 948, 1229–34, 1232–3 command appointments; Eighth Army; shipping restrictions: 843–4, 861–2 First Army; Free French Forces; navies; troop level requirements: 1229–31 New Zealand Division; Royal Air Force WSC discusses
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