by Walter Reid
Barnett, Correlli Ref1
Baruch, Bernard Ref1, Ref2
Bastogne Ref1, Ref2
Battleaxe (attempt at Cyrenaica, 1941) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Bayerlein, Lieutenant-General Fritz Ref1
Beaverbrook, W. Max Aitken, Lord Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
destroyers for bases, view on Ref1
disapproved by Clementine Ref1
Placentia Bay conference Ref1
Washington conference (June 1942) Ref1, Ref2
Bedell Smith, Brigadier-General Walter (‘Beetle’) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Bell, Dr George, Bishop of Chichester Ref1
Bessborough, Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Earl of Ref1
Bevan, Aneurin (‘Nye’) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Bevin, Ernest Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Bierut, Boleslaw Ref1
Billotte, General Pierre Ref1
Blair, Tony Ref1
Blanchard, General William H. Ref1
Blood, Sweat and Arrogance, and the Myths of Churchill’s War (Corrigan, G.) Ref1
Blum, Léon Ref1
Boisson, General Pierre Ref1
Bolero (US forces in Britain, build up of, 1943-4) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Bonham-Carter, Violet Ref1
Bonnier de la Chapelle, Fernand Ref1
Bonomi, Ivanoe Ref1
books about Churchill Ref1
Boothby, Robert Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Bracken, Brendan Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10
Bradley, General Omar N. Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Bretton Woods Agreement Ref1, Ref2
Brevity (relief of Tobruk, attempt at, 1941) Ref1
Bridges, Sir Edward Ref1
Bright, Joan Ref1
Britain, battle of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Britain, cost of war for Ref1
Brook, Sir Norman Ref1
Brooke, Rupert Ref1
Brooke, Sir Alan (later Viscount Alanbrooke) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
El Alemein and planning for Torch Ref1, Ref2
Anvil and Vienna alternative Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Auchinleck and Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
austere and vinegary Ref1
Casablanca conference (January 1943) Ref1
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee Ref1
as CIGS, Churchill and Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
command, machinery of Ref1
critical of Auchinleck Ref1
defence of Britain, responsibility for Ref1
dogged nature of Ref1
Greek disaster Ref1
holiday interrupted Ref1
Ironside, attitude towards Ref1
Mediterranean Strategy Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Middle East changes Ref1, Ref2
Montgomery, high opinion of Ref1
offensive action, acceptance of US plans for Ref1
offer of Auchinleck’s command, decline of Ref1
Overlord, planning for Ref1
Pearl Harbor, reaction to Ref1
Potsdam conference (August 1945) Ref1, Ref2
Pound, view of Ref1
recommendation of Montgomery, acceptance of Ref1
replacement for Ironside (June 1940) Ref1
Rhodes attack, despair at prospect of Ref1
robustness in argument Ref1
Sledgehammer, planning for Ref1
Southern Command, appointment to Ref1
Teheran conference (Nov.–Dec. 1943) Ref1
war diaries Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Washington conference (December–January 1941/2) Ref1, Ref2
Washington conference (June 1942) Ref1, Ref2
Washington conference (May 1943) Ref1
Wavell, difficulties with Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Bryant, Sir Arthur Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Buchan, John (Lord Tweedsmuir) Ref1, Ref2
Burke, Edmund Ref1
Burns, James MacGregor Ref1, Ref2
Bush, George W. Ref1, Ref2
The Business of War (Kennedy, J.) Ref1
Butcher, Harry Ref1
Butler, R.A. Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11
Cadogan, Sir Alexander Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11
Caen Ref1, Ref2
Cairo Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11
conferences in (1943) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
de Gaulle in Ref1, Ref2
Rommel’s threat to Ref1, Ref2
Roosevelt Ref1, Ref2
Campbell, Sir Ronald Ref1
Campioni, Admiral Inigo Ref1
Casablanca conference (January 1943) Ref1, Ref2
Casey, Richard (later Lord Casey) Ref1
Cassandra (Daily Mirror) Ref1
Cecil, Lord Hugh Ref1
Cecil, Robert (‘Bobbety’) A.J.G (later Lord Salisbury) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Century Group Ref1
Chamberlain, Neville Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10
attitude towards US Ref1
Churchill’s loyalty to Ref1
on Congress and Roosevelt Ref1
Halifax as preferred successor Ref1
meeting with Hitler in Munich Ref1
negotiated peace, possibility for Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
political landscape (1940) for Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
preoccupation of Commons with Ref1
Channon, Henry (‘Chips’) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Charmley, John Ref1
Chatfield, Alfred Ernle Montacute (later Lord Chatfield) Ref1
Cherwell, Professor Frederick Lindemann, Lord Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
Chicago Daily News Ref1, Ref2
Chiefs of Staff Committee Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10
chronology of war Ref1
Churchill, Clementine Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12, Ref13, Ref14, Ref15, Ref16, Ref17
support from Ref1
temper and ‘acid tongue’ of Ref1
Churchill, Diana Ref1
Churchill, Lady Randolph (Jenny Jerome) Ref1
Churchill, Randolph Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Churchill, Sarah Ref1
Churchill, The End of Glory: A Political Biography (Charmley, J.) Ref1
Churchill, Winston S.
affection for Roosevelt Ref1
air force leadership, dealings with Ref1, Ref2
Alamein Ref1
Algiers with Eisenhower Ref1
allied discussions, lack of consensus in Ref1
Anglo-American strategy, British strategy as Ref1
anti-appeasers, support from Ref1
Arcadia Conference, Washington (December 1941/January 1942) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
army leadership, dealings with Ref1, Ref2
Atlantic Charter Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Atlantic conference, Placentia Bay (August 1941) Ref1
Atlantic convoys, toll of Ref1
Auchinleck, appointment of Ref1
Auchinleck, difficulties with Ref1
Austrian démarche, protest on Ref1
backbench members, difficulties with Ref1
Balkan interests, ‘Naughty Document’ on Ref1
Battle of Britain Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Battle of the Atlantic Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Biarritz holiday Ref1
bombing offensive Ref1
books about Ref1
breakout from Normandy, dispute over Ref1
Bretton Woods Agreement Ref1, Ref2
Brooke as CIGS and Ref1
Casablanca conference (January 1943) Ref1, Ref2
Chiefs of Staff Committee Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10
chronology of war for Ref1
Clementine and Ref1
Combined Chiefs of Staff, estab
lishment of Ref1
and command, machinery of Ref1
confidence of, erroneous basis for Ref1
constitutional abuse, criticism for Ref1
Cordell Hull, perspective on Ref1, Ref2
D-Day and the return to Europe Ref1, Ref2
Dakar, disastrous expedition to Ref1, Ref2
de Gaulle and Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
death and funeral Ref1
destroyers for US bases in UK, deal on Ref1, Ref2
Dill as CIGS and Ref1
diplomatic triumph, agreement on Torch Ref1
distaste in Conservative party for Ref1, Ref2
Dodecanese scheme, failure of Ref1
driving force Ref1, Ref2
dukedom declined Ref1
Dunkirk and capitulation of France Ref1, Ref2
Eastern Europe, appeal to Stalin on Ref1
Eighth Army, salute to Ref1
electoral defeat (1945) Ref1
exhaustion Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
experience in preparation for wartime leadership Ref1
favourite poem Ref1
food resources, concern for fair distribution Ref1
foreign debts, attitude to Ref1
France, battle for Ref1
France, invasion of South of, operation Anvil Ref1
German Western Offensive Ref1
Germany First, strategy of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
greatness of, Eisenhower’s view Ref1
Greece, major concern for future of Ref1
Greek campaign (1941), disaster of Ref1
Hopkins and Ref1, Ref2
Hopkins’ approval secured Ref1
India, Cripps mission to Ref1, Ref2
intelligence matters, knowledge of Ref1, Ref2
invasion, expectation of Ref1, Ref2
Iron Curtain, perception of Ref1
Italy, support for campaign in Ref1, Ref2
Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
judgement, criticism of Ref1
Knight of the Garter Ref1
lend-lease arrangements with US, negotiations on Ref1
loyalty to Chamberlain Ref1
Marrakech, recuperation and de Gaulle Ref1
marriage and domestic support for Ref1
Mediterranean Strategy Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9
mercurial personality Ref1
Mers-el-Kébir, terrible decision on Ref1
methods of, demands for changes in Ref1
military command structures, improvement of Ref1
military imagination, concerns on limitations of Ref1
Moscow conference (August 1942) Ref1
Moscow meeting with Stalin (October 1944) Ref1
narrative, distortions in Ref1
‘Naughty Document’ on Balkan interests Ref1
naval leadership, dealings with Ref1
negotiation with Germany in 1940, discussions on possibility of Ref1
Norway campaign Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
offensive operations, champion of Ref1
Pacific, reverses in theatre Ref1
Pearl Harbor, reaction to Ref1, Ref2
people, identification with Ref1
Placentia Bay meeting with Roosevelt Ref1
pneumonia Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
political insecurity Ref1, Ref2
post-war arrangements, ‘Percentages Agreement’ and spheres of influence Ref1
Potsdam conference (July–August 1945) Ref1
power, tenuousness of Ref1
press criticism for Ref1
Prime Minister, appointment as Ref1
publications Ref1
Quebec conference (August 1943) Ref1
Quebec conference (September 1944) Ref1
rivals for leadership Ref1
Salerno landings, reminder of Gallipoli Ref1
second Prime Ministership (1951–55) Ref1, Ref2
Secretary of State for War (World War I) Ref1
Singapore, defence of Ref1, Ref2
Soviet Union, fears of war with Ref1
‘special relationship’ with US, chimera of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
speech to Cabinet (28 May 1940), ecstatic reception for Ref1
speeches, political importance of Ref1
spirit of, breadth of Ref1
strains between allies, dealing with Ref1
Teheran conference (November 1943) Ref1
as temporary expedient Ref1, Ref2
Tobruk, importance for Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
transatlantic connection and Ref1, Ref2
Trident conference, Washington (May 1943) Ref1
VE Day Ref1
Vichy France, dealings with Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
victory–at all costs, call for Ref1
Vienna alternative, differences on Ref1
votes of confidence for Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
vulnerability on political level Ref1, Ref2
Washington conference (May 1943) Ref1
Wavell, difficulties with Ref1, Ref2
Western Desert (1940) Ref1
Western Desert (1941) Ref1
Western Desert (1942) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Yalta conference (February 1945) Ref1
The Churchillians (Colville, J.) Ref1
Clark, Alan Ref1
Clark, General Mark Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Clausewitz, General Karl von Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Clough, Arthur Hugh Ref1
Cold War Ref1
Colville, John (‘Jock’) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12, Ref13, Ref14
Combined Chiefs of Staff, establishment of Ref1
Compass (O’Connors operation in Western Desert, 1940) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Conservative Party
Chamberlain as leader of Ref1
Churchill and a semblance of power Ref1, Ref2
Clementine’s hatred for Ref1
distaste for Churchill in Ref1, Ref2
Municheers in Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Cooper, Diana Ref1
Corbett, Lieutenant-General Thomas Ref1
Corbin, Ambassador Charles Ref1
Corrigan, Gordon Ref1
COSSAC (Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Coulet, François Ref1
Cranborne, Robert (‘Bobbety’) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Crete Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
Cripps, Sir Stafford Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
Crusader (Eighth Army offensive in North Africa, 1941–2) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip Ref1
Cunningham, Admiral John Ref1
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew B. (‘ABC’) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
on Churchill’s ‘ungracious’ messages Ref1
command, machinery of Ref1
defending Tobruk, view on Ref1
Greek disaster Ref1
Mers-el-Kébir, ‘ghastly error’ Ref1, Ref2
resignation offer Ref1
support for Forbes Ref1
Yalta conference (February 1945) Ref1
Cunningham, Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Currie, Eve Ref1
Curtin, John Ref1
Cyprus Ref1
Cyrenaica Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
see also Battleaxe
Czechoslovakia Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
D-Day and the return to Europe Ref1, Ref2
Daily Herald Ref1
Daily Mail Ref1, Ref2
Daily Mirror Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Daily Telegraph Ref1, Ref2
Dakar, disastrous expedition to Ref1, Ref2
Daladier, Édouard Ref1, Ref2
Dalton, Hugh Ref1
Damaskinos (Papandreou), Archbishop of Athens Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Darlan, Admiral François Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
; Davies, Clement Ref1
Davies, Joseph E. Ref1, Ref2, Ref3