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Norway Campaign, first statement on, 147–8, 150
Norway Debate, 11, 90, 152, 157, 168, 189, 219–20, 226, 261–4, 269, 273–9, 284–302
Operation ‘Avonmouth’, 57
Operation ‘Wilfred’, 39–41, 42, 55–60, 62, 67
ornithology, 163–5, 173–4, 228
personality, 19, 158, 168–70
piano playing, 176
press, 157, 177–80
on Quisling, 48, 243
resignation (1940), 389–99
speeches, 38, 59–60, 262
surveillance, 16, 180–3
and Treasury, 334
tree planting, 175
umbrella, 19, 161, 162, 169, 176, 350
and wine, 19, 162
Chamberlain, Norman, 14–15, 170–72, 171, 334, 340
Channon, Henry ‘Chips’
Chamberlain, relationship with, 157, 177, 184, 187, 376
Churchill, relationship with, 177, 184, 187, 232, 376
coalition government, formation of, 364, 374, 379
division and aftermath, 305, 307–9, 328–9, 343, 351, 354, 357
Halifax, relationship with, 198–9
on Norway Campaign, 152, 177, 215, 376
Norway Debate, 263, 267, 285, 288, 300, 302
on Wood for PM, 10
Chartwell, Kent, 32, 34–5, 37, 221, 228, 230
Chasseurs Alpins, 98, 100–101, 107, 119, 139, 211, 217, 229
Chatfield, Ernle, 1st Baron Chatfield, 39, 62
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, 34, 46, 157–8, 174–5, 261, 408
Chicago Daily News, 31, 107
Chobry, MS, 96–8
Churchill, Clementine
Admiralty House, residence at, 224
division and aftermath, 321, 325, 350–51, 359
First World War (1914–18), 125
Norway, visit to (1948), 1
Norway Campaign, 219–20, 222
Norway Debate, 227–8, 230, 232, 292, 299
Romilly family, relationship with, 17, 34–5, 37, 290
Winston becomes PM, 375, 396
Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 15
Churchill, Mary, 8, 160–61, 224, 230, 282, 299–300, 302, 305, 376, 378
Churchill, Pamela, 46, 47, 224
Churchill, Randolph, 224, 367, 375, 378, 396
Churchill, Sir Winston
and Abdication crisis (1936), 211, 243, 294
Admiralty House, residence at, 224–6
and alcohol, 20, 184, 206, 221–3, 232, 338
appearance and dress, 223–4, 225–6, 338
bathing habits, 226
Boer War (1899–1902), 12, 35, 219, 239–40, 244, 290, 293
bricklaying hobby, 175
as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 334
Chamberlain, loyalty to, 18, 38, 182–7, 317–18, 351
Chamberlains, dinner with (1939), 159–61, 184
on Chasseurs Alpins, 98
Chiefs of Staff Committee, command of, 187
and cigars, 138, 206, 226, 350
coalition government, formation of (1940), 11, 16, 361–75, 376–99
death (1965), 20
diary, fear of keeping, 16
division and aftermath, 305, 309, 332, 337–40, 343, 346, 348–9, 350–56
as First Lord of the Admiralty, 18, 19–20, 38, 39, 107, 187
Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16), see under Gallipoli Campaign
Gathering Storm, The, see under Gathering Storm, The
General Strike (1926), 17
Harrow, studies at, 13, 239
on ‘hinge of fate’, 10
history, writing of, 12–16, 17
History of the English-Speaking Peoples, A, 15, 42, 134
and House of Commons, bombing of (1941), 5
on House of Commons, judgement of, 8
and India Bill, 17, 239, 243, 294
Kipling Memorial inauguration (1939), 37
Military Coordination Committee, command of, 62, 70, 88, 112–15, 121, 134
mood swings, 69, 133–4
Munich Debate (1938), 182, 184
on Mussolini, 240
on Napoleon, 13, 67
Narvik, obsession with, 17, 25, 33–4, 38, 70–71, 84, 123, 138, 207, 229, 282, 290, 352
‘Navy is here’ quote, 46, 68
neutral countries, broadcast on (1940), 206, 294
Norway, visit to (1948), 1
Norway Campaign, see under Norway Campaign
Norway Debate, 188, 226–8, 263–4, 269, 276, 288, 290–95, 298–302
and Operation ‘Gelb’, 377–8
premiership, candidacy for, 177–87, 204, 240, 249–50, 298–9, 318–28, 338–40, 343, 355–6
and rearmament, 167
and Reform Club, 244
and Russia, alliance with, 243
sexual appetite, 228
siestas, 226
smear campaign against, 184–5
speech impediment, 151, 197, 222, 293
speechwriting and oratory, 11, 227–8, 261, 292–4
Sudan Campaign (1898), 35, 105, 113
surveillance of, 182
and tariff reform, 243
temperament, 185, 222
throat specialist, 294
and Tonypandy riots (1910), 17
and Trondheim, 87–9, 99, 112–18, 130–33, 178, 301
Truth articles, 181
on Vikings, 67
‘wild man’ nickname, 160, 186
World Crisis, The, 13
Clark, Kenneth, 175
Clarke, Lieutenant Colonel Dudley, 109–10
Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, 235, 260
coalition government, 341–2, 346
Colditz, 406
Cole, Valerie, 158–9, 169, 174–5
Collection of Stories of Haunted Houses, Apparitions, and Supernatural Occurrences, A, (Wood), 213
Colville, John
on Anne’s breakfasts, 174
on Churchill, 34, 37, 219–20
coalition government, formation of, 378, 390–91, 398
division and aftermath, 305, 319, 330
and Norway Campaign, 69, 106, 113, 124, 134–6, 149, 152
and Norway Debate, 250, 264–5, 288, 292
and Operation ‘Weserübung’, 66
and Operation ‘Wilfred’, 41, 59, 60
on Sinclair, 183
Conservative Party, 6, 248–9, 304, 306–7, 316, 319, 320–21, 379–80
Cooper, Diana, 224
Cooper, Sir Alfred Duff
Churchill, support for, 187
division and aftermath, 10, 305, 307–8, 315, 320, 349
as First Lord of the Admiralty, 224
and ‘Glamour Boys’, 244
as Minister of Information, 401
Norway Debate, 247, 261, 267–8, 275
on Stanley, 200
Coote, Colin, 354–5, 389
Copenhagen, Denmark, 66
Corbin, Charles, 361
Corbyn, Jeremy, 247
Cork, Admiral, see Boyle, Admiral William, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery
Cossack, HMS, 44–6, 50
Cotterell, Lady Lettice, 359
Cowles, Virginia, 185, 397
Cranborne, Lord, see Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne
Cripps, Stafford, 10, 73, 177, 193, 319, 324
Croft, Pte Joseph, 143
Cromwell, Oliver, 271, 275–6
Crookshank, Harry, 148–9, 247
Crossman, Zita, 387
Crozier, William, 221
Cunliffe-Lister, Philip, 1st Earl of Swinton 409
Cunningham, Admiral Andrew, 78, 80
Curacoa, HMS, 111
Curzon, George, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleson, 8, 12, 192, 197, 200, 202, 212, 241, 332–3, 339
Curzon, Irene, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale, 191, 202–4, 208–11, 347
Curzon, Mary, 202, 209
Daily Express, 27, 30, 33, 36, 37, 60, 69, 72, 149, 249, 259, 330
Daily Herald, 250, 279, 281, 336, 346
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br /> Daily Mail, 47, 177, 193, 329, 331
Daily Mirror, 122, 252, 329, 334
Daily News, 17
Daily Sketch, 138
Daily Telegraph, 54, 278, 410
Daily Worker, 29, 264, 315, 387, 395
Daladier, Edouard, 56, 58, 61, 212
Dalton, Hugh
coalition government, formation of, 382–3, 385–6, 387–8
division and aftermath, 307, 315, 322–3, 331, 334, 342, 345
‘green-eyed jungle’ comment, 315
and Norway Campaign, 152, 177, 228
and Norway Debate, 264, 278–9, 281, 283, 301
Dardanelles Campaign, see Gallipoli Campaign
Davidson, J. C. C., 180, 337
Davies, Clement, 245
All Party Action Group, 244–50, 278, 295
Churchill’s Norway Campaign speech, 75
coalition government, formation of, 370–72, 381, 388, 401
death (1962), 401
division and aftermath, 329–30, 348, 352, 356–7
Norway Debate, 19, 264, 270, 272, 278, 284, 286, 295
Davies, David, 1st Baron Davies, 234, 249–50
Dawson, Geoffrey, 72, 75, 138, 179, 191–3, 243, 252–3, 329, 346, 386
De Chair, Somerset, 296, 305, 316
De Macedo, Diogo, 165
De Vere Cole, Horace, 158–9
Denmark, 53, 63, 66, 69
Derby, Lord see Stanley, Edward, 17th Earl of Derby
Desert Island Discs, 12
Dietl, General Eduard, 28, 52, 119, 127, 229
Dilks, David, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 60, 167, 208, 317, 327, 339, 347, 358
Dill, General Sir John, 78
division vote, 21, 249, 262, 281, 284, 295, 303–11, 304, 309
Dönitz, Admiral Karl, 129
Donner, Patrick, 409
Dorchester Hotel, London, 190, 193, 204–5, 206, 208–9, 368
Dormer, Sir Cecil, 83
Douglas-Home, Alec, Lord Dunglass
Chamberlain, relationship with, 41, 168–9, 178, 182, 184, 250
coalition government, formation of, 386, 390, 391, 393, 398
division and aftermath, 305, 324, 334, 357
and Norway Debate, 297–8
and Norway Campaign, 133
Dreadnought, HMS, 68, 159
Dugdale, Blanche ‘Baffy’, 261, 265, 269, 278, 327, 337
Dugdale, Nancy, 320
Duggan, Hubert, 308
Duke of Windsor, see Edward VIII, king of Great Britain and Ireland
Duncombe, Charles ‘Sim’, 3rd Earl of Feversham, 212, 404
Dunglass, Lord, see Douglas-Home, Alec, Lord Dunglass
Dunkirk evacuation, 11, 141, 231
Eade, Charles, 223
Eden, Sir Anthony, 204, 207, 350
on Cabinet reshuffle, 62
coalition government, formation of, 375, 381, 384, 401, 408
division and aftermath, 10, 306, 307, 318, 320, 332, 337, 350–51, 355
as Dominions Secretary, 40
‘Glamour Boys’, 194, 243–4
on Hoare, 74
as Secretary of State for War, 401
Edward VIII, king of the United Kingdom, 181, 204, 211, 293, 325, 395
Edwards, Captain Ralph, 54, 63, 78, 87, 113
Edwards, Sir Charles, 281, 303
Eidsvold, HNoMS, 28
El Kantara, SS, 140
Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 198, 397
Elliot, Walter, 10, 306
Empress of Australia, RMS, 82–3, 88, 96–8
Emrys-Evans, Paul, 148, 184, 194–5, 244–5, 254, 280, 295, 298, 305, 327, 386, 402
Evans, Admiral Edward, 57, 86
Evensen, Birger, 100, 101–2, 137, 142
Evensen, Storm, 94, 98, 100
Faber, David, 242, 272, 276, 315
Fahsing, Fanny, 98–9
Faulkner, Colonel Walter, 83, 291
Feiling, Keith, 168
Fellow Travellers (Worsley), 36
Feuertaufe, 145
Feversham, Lord, see Duncombe, Charles ‘Sim’, 3rd Earl of Feversham
Finland, 56–8
Fitzgerald, Major Desmond, 110–11, 122, 127
FitzRoy, Captain Edward, 21, 260, 260, 266–7, 319
Fleet Air Arm, 42
Fleischer, Major General Carl, 122
Fleming, Captain Peter (‘Flea’), 90–92, 91, 93, 404
on Chamberlain, 172, 173
Churchill, relationship with, 182
death (1971), 404
death, report of (1940), 136, 138
and Lindsay Memorandum, 147, 253, 254
Namsos evacuation, 137–9, 141–2, 145–7, 150–51, 157, 214, 217, 252–4, 280–81
Norway Campaign, 71, 73, 90–102, 110, 115, 119, 134, 214, 290, 307, 377, 407
Fleming, Ian, 90, 320
Fleming, Major Valentine, 91–2
Foch, Marshal Ferdinand, 219
Foley, Frank, 86
Foot, Dingle, 263, 278, 284, 285–6, 288, 300, 306–7
Forbes, Admiral Sir Charles, 64, 69–71, 79–80, 87, 99, 112, 117, 123, 126
Fowler, Tom, 82–3, 88, 97–8, 103–5, 140–41, 143–4, 252, 404, 405
France, 58, 60–61, 90
Fulness of Days (Lord Halifax), 14
Furious, 86
Gallacher, William 319
Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16), 13, 17, 20, 35, 78, 88, 94, 99, 107, 129, 130
Attlee, 371
Dardanelles Commission (1917), 134
Godfrey, 124
Keyes, 77, 132
Moorehead on, 259
and Norway Campaign, 124–7, 134, 137, 140, 147, 184, 219, 220, 263, 269
and Operation ‘Wilfred’, 39, 40, 64
Gamelin, General Maurice, 54, 60–61, 63, 67–8
Gandhi, Mohandas, 197, 203, 336
Garrowby Hall, Yorkshire, 191–3, 197, 197, 205, 335
Garvin, J. L., 235–6
Gascoyne-Cecil, James, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, 60, 176, 193–5, 221, 246–7, 253–4, 295, 323, 346
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 148, 188, 193–4, 221
Gathering Storm, The (Churchill)
on Cabinet Room meeting, 363
on Chamberlain, 14, 59, 161, 352, 366, 367
on George VI, 396
and history, writing of, 13
and Lindsay, 254
on Macksey, 61, 125
on Namsos evacuation, 141
on Operation ‘Hammer’, 112, 117
publication of (1948), 1
and Romilly, 406
Geddes, Sir Auckland, 343
George V, king of the United Kingdom, 332, 393–5
George VI, king of the United Kingdom
Bracken, relationship with, 401
coalition government, formation of, 11, 277, 319, 324, 327, 333–4, 374, 375, 390, 393–7, 401
Edward VIII, relationship with, 181
Haakon VII, relationship with, 43
Halifax, relationship with, 18, 43, 198, 214, 324, 327, 333–4, 374, 390, 393
Hardinge, relationship with, 184, 277, 319, 333, 374
Norway Campaign, 70, 112, 214
German, Lt Colonel Guy, 110
Getz, Colonel Ole, 142, 217
Gibbs, George, 28
Gielgud, John, 178–9, 259, 310
Gilbert, Martin, 12, 276, 292
Gladiator Mark II fighters, 111, 316
Glorious, HMS, 111
Glyn, Elinor, 212
Glyn, Sir Ralph, 151
Gneisenau, 63
Godfrey, Admiral John, 13, 42, 44, 77–8, 88, 112, 124, 125, 220
Goebbels, Joseph, 50, 52–3, 204
Goering, Hermann, 52, 101, 203–4
Gort, Lord, see Vereker, John, 6th Viscount Gort
Gourock, Scotland, 252
Gower, Sir Robert, 343
Grand Hotel, Namsos, 138
Grandi, Count Dino, 212
Green, S. J. D., 195, 321, 346
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Greenwood, Arthur, 73, 242, 246, 277, 301, 319, 341–2, 344, 348, 362, 370–74, 381, 387–8, 400
Grom, 229
Groves, General Percy, 117
Gubbins, Colonel Colin, 139, 352
Guderian, General, 376
Haakon VII, king of Norway, 43, 68, 83
Haarr, Geirr, 34, 71, 81, 128
Haldane, Richard, 1st Viscount Haldane, 62
Halifax, Dorothy, see Wood, Dorothy, Countess of Halifax
Halifax, Lord, see Wood, Edward, Lord Halifax
Hankey, Maurice, 1st Baron Hankey, 39, 54, 124, 242, 343, 384, 400
Hannon, Sir Patrick, 357
Hardinge, Sir Alexander, 184, 277, 333, 341, 362, 374, 377, 392, 394–5
Hardy, HMS, 64, 71, 85, 85
Harmsworth, Harold, 1st Viscount Rothermere, 177
Harriman, Florence, 53, 83
Harris, Sir Percy, 183, 284, 286, 306, 326, 380
Harrovian, 13
Harrow School, 238–9
Harstad, Norway, 119–23, 128–9
Hart-Davis, Duff, 91–2
Harvey, Oliver, 283, 335
Harvie-Watt, George, 169
Hassan, Haji Mohammed bin Abdullah, 95
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, 253
Haussels, Major Alfred, 29
Headlam, Cuthbert, 400
Hely-Hutchinson, Maurice, 316
Henderson, Nevile, 203
Henderson, Willie, 236
Heppel, George, 94
Herbert, A. P., 262
Herbert, Sir Dennis, 262, 270, 272
Hereford Times, 86, 359, 368
Herrmann, Colonel Kurt, 407
Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth, 387–8
Hingston, Lieutenant Colonel Walter, 140
History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Churchill), 15, 42, 134
Hitler, Adolf
Altmark incident, 48–50
Amery, meeting with, 240
Britain, plans to invade, 37, 145, 150, 177, 190, 352
Chamberlain, relations with, 41, 53, 59, 161, 166, 172, 176, 180, 263, 329
Churchill, relations with, 221, 320, 321
Halifax, meeting with, 203
and iron-ore, 27
Lloyd George, relations with, 235
Munich Agreement (1938), 161, 166, 172, 176
Operation ‘Gelb’, 26, 49, 50, 52, 329, 352, 375–7, 379
Operation ‘Weserübung’, 1, 41, 48–53, 55, 57, 62, 63, 65, 66–71, 100, 101, 143–5, 147, 233
Poland, invasion of (1939), 186, 367
Prague, invasion of (1939), 180
and prisoners of war, 218
Hitler Speaks (Rauschning), 53, 145
Hoare, Sir Samuel
Cabinet reshuffle, 62
coalition government, formation of, 370, 377, 379, 384, 400–401
division and aftermath, 10, 319, 323, 354, 346, 355, 357–9
as First Lord of the Admiralty, 224
Harrow, studies at, 238
Norway Campaign, 70, 74, 113, 138, 178, 184, 228, 283–4, 298, 316