The Mantle of Command
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Christmas visit to White House (1941–42), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
complacency after Midway victory, [>]–[>]
concedes Indian Dominion status, [>]–[>], [>]
conference with FDR (1942), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
contempt for Gandhi, [>]–[>], [>]
criticizes ability of British troops, [>], [>]
demands fight to the death at Singapore, [>], [>]–[>]
depression and exhaustion, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and El Alamein, [>]–[>], [>]
Eleanor Roosevelt and, [>], [>], [>], [>]
FDR on, [>], [>]
FDR postpones meeting with, [>]–[>]
and first Anglo-American staff conference, [>]–[>]
first war strategy discussion with FDR, [>]–[>], [>]
gives priority to preserving British Empire, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Goebbels on, [>]–[>]
on Halifax, [>]
Halifax on, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Harriman and, [>], [>]–[>]
heart attack (1941), [>]
Hitler on, [>], [>]
Hopkins and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
at Hyde Park, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
ignorance of modern warfare, [>], [>]
inability to admit personal error, [>]–[>]
Ismay on, [>]
Jacob on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
lack of leadership by, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
London War Rooms, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Mackenzie King on, [>]–[>]
management style, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Marshall distrusts, [>], [>]
mental stability questioned, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Morgenthau on, [>]–[>]
and North Africa landings (1942), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
opposes Second Front strategy, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
panic-stricken plea for assistance, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
at Placentia Bay summit meeting (1941), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
political pressures on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
poor military judgment, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
postwar reinterpretation of Anglo-American alliance, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and proposed landing in France (1942), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and proposed North African landings, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
proposes invasion of Norway, [>], [>], [>]
as public speaker, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
reaction to Pearl Harbor attack, [>]–[>]
and reinforcement of Egypt, [>]
relationship with FDR, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
restricted sources of information, [>]
The Second World War, [>], [>], [>]
shifts blame to U.S., [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and sinking of HMS Prince of Wales, [>]–[>]
Smith on, [>]
“State of the War” address (1942), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Stilwell distrusts, [>]–[>]
Stimson distrusts, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
suppresses protests in India, [>], [>]
and surrender of Tobruk, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
threatens resignation, [>]–[>], [>]
and unity of command, [>]–[>], [>]
and U.S. war production, [>]–[>]
use of “Ultra,” [>]
as Victorian personality, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
wants U.S. in the war, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
war strategy, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and Washington press conference (1941), [>]–[>]
weakening parliamentary support for, [>], [>]
Wedemeyer distrusts, [>]
Wilson (doctor) on, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Ciano, Galeazzo (count): and declaration of war, [>]–[>], [>]
on FDR, [>]–[>]
Clark, Mark (general), [>]
colonialism, British. See British Empire
Combined Chiefs of Staff, [>]
Brooke opposes, [>], [>]–[>]
composition of, [>], [>]
FDR creates, [>]–[>]
Leahy as chairman of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and proposed landing in France (1942), [>]
Commonwealth of Nations: British Empire as, [>]–[>]
Connally, Tom (senator): reaction to Pearl Harbor attack, [>]–[>]
Consolidated Vultee plant (Fort Worth), [>]
Cooper, Isabel Rosario, [>]
Coral Sea, Battle of (1942), [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Fletcher and, [>]
Cowles, John and Gardner, [>]
Cox, Vivian A. (sublieutenant)
and White House Map Room, [>]–[>], [>]
Cripps, Sir Stafford: mission to India, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Cunningham, Alan (general), [>], [>]
Curts, Maurice (commander), [>]
Dardanelles campaign (1915–16), [>]
Darlan, François (admiral), [>], [>]
and North Africa landings, [>]–[>], [>]
Darwin, Australia: Japanese air raid on, [>]
Davies, Joseph, [>]
De Gaulle, Charles (general), [>], [>], [>]
Delano, Laura, [>]
Dieppe, Canadian raid on (1942), [>], [>]
Churchill approves, [>]–[>]
German reaction to, [>]–[>]
Goebbels and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Hitler and, [>]–[>]
losses in, [>]–[>], [>]
Mackenzie King on, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Mountbatten lies about losses in, [>]
Mountbatten proposes, [>]
RAF in, [>]
Stalin on, [>]–[>], [>]
Stimson and, [>]
Dietrich, Sepp (general), [>]
Dill, Sir John (field marshal), [>], [>]
and proposed landing in France, [>], [>]
on surrender of Tobruk, [>]
Donovan, William J. (colonel), [>], [>]
and Pearl Harbor attack, [>]–[>]
Doolittle, James (general): bombs Tokyo, [>]
receives Medal of Honor, [>]
Doolittle Raid (1942): Arnold and, [>]–[>]
Chiang and, [>]–[>]
China and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
effect on Japanese war planning, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
FDR and, [>]–[>]
Japanese military reaction to, [>]–[>], [>]
King and, [>]–[>], [>]
Marshall and, [>]–[>]
McCrea and, [>]–[>]
psychological effects on Japan, [>], [>]–[>]
Stimson and, [>]–[>], [>]
Yamamoto and, [>]
Douglas Aircraft plant (Long Beach), [>]
Dunkirk: evacuation of, [>], [>]
Early, Steve, [>], [>]
and Pearl Harbor attack, [>], [>]
and Washington press conference (1941), [>]
Eden, Anthony, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Egypt: Churchill and reinforcement of, [>]
Marshall opposes U.S. reinforcement in, [>], [>]
Rommel threatens, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Second U.S. Armored Division’s tanks reinforce, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Eisenh
ower, Dwight, [>], [>]
and MacArthur, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
and proposed landing in France, [>], [>], [>]
as supreme commander of North Africa landings, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
as U.S. commander in Great Britain, [>], [>], [>]
and war planning, [>], [>], [>]
El Alamein, Battle of (1942): Churchill and, [>]–[>], [>]
Eighth Army wins, [>]–[>], [>]
FDR and, [>], [>]
Goebbels and, [>]–[>]
Hitler and, [>]
Montgomery at, [>]–[>], [>]
Rommel defeated at, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
“Ultra” at, [>]
Elsey, George (ensign): on FDR, [>]–[>]
and White House Map Room, [>]–[>], [>]
Espionage Act (1917): McCormick charged with violating, [>]
Estéva, Jean-Pierre (admiral), [>]
Eyre, James, [>]
Fahy, Charles, [>]
Fields, Alonzo, [>], [>]
Fleming, Philip (general): and presidential security, [>]–[>], [>]
Fletcher, Jack (admiral): and Battle of Coral Sea (1942), [>]
and Battle of Midway (1942), [>], [>]
Ford Willow Run plant (Detroit), [>]–[>]
France, proposed landing in (1942), [>], [>], [>]
Churchill and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Combined Chiefs of Staff and, [>]
Dill and, [>], [>]
Eisenhower and, [>], [>], [>]
FDR and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Hitler and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
King and, [>], [>], [>]
Knox and, [>]–[>]
Marshall and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mountbatten and, [>]
Stimson and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
France, Vichy, [>], [>]
aids Germany, [>]
defends Madagascar, [>]
Germany occupies, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Goebbels and, [>]–[>]
Laval as premier of, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Leahy as ambassador to, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and North Africa landings (1942), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
as possible ally, [>], [>], [>]
Franco, Francisco (generalissimo), [>], [>], [>]
Freeman, Wilfrid (air vice marshal), [>]
Gallipoli, Battle of (1915), [>], [>]
Gandhi, Mahatma, [>], [>], [>]
Churchill’s contempt for, [>]–[>], [>]
George VI, [>], [>], [>], [>]
German Navy: escapes from Royal Navy, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
U-boat successes, [>]
Germany: assault on Caucasian oil fields, [>], [>], [>]
bombs Great Britain, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
civilian deaths in air raids, [>]
civilian morale in, [>]
declares war on U.S., [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
FDR attempts to avoid war with, [>], [>]–[>]
FDR on, [>]–[>]
Goebbels on war strategy of, [>]–[>]
Italy pressured by, [>]
nonaggression pact with Soviet Union, [>]–[>], [>]
occupies Vichy France, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
RAF’s “terror bombing” of, [>]–[>], [>]
reaction to Dieppe raid (1942), [>]–[>]
reaction to North Africa landings (1942), [>], [>]–[>]
reaction to surrender of Tobruk, [>]–[>]
relationship with Japan, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
superior military training and command in, [>]
as threat to Spain, [>], [>]–[>]
trade rivalry with Great Britain, [>]
U.S. declares war on, [>]–[>]
use of air power, [>]
Vichy France aids, [>]
war production, [>]
war with Soviet Union, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Germany First” strategy: FDR and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Giraud, Henri (general): and North Africa landings (1942), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Goebbels, Joseph, [>], [>]
on Churchill, [>]–[>]
and declaration of war, [>], [>]–[>]
and Dieppe raid (1942), [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
and El Alamein, [>]–[>]
on FDR, [>]–[>], [>]
on German war strategy, [>]–[>]
on MacArthur, [>]
and North Africa landings, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
as propagandist, [>], [>], [>]
and Second Front strategy, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and surrender of Tobruk, [>]–[>], [>]
on U.S. dominance in Allied coalition, [>]
and Vichy France, [>]–[>]
Gort, Lord, [>]
Gott, Richard (general), [>]
Great Britain: in Allied coalition, [>]
economic dependence on empire, [>]–[>]
Eisenhower as U.S. commander in, [>], [>], [>]
elitist attitudes in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
German bombing of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
global decline of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
isolationism in, [>]
Louis Johnson on, [>]
military forces. See British Army; Royal Navy
sentiments against in India, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
sentiments against in U.S., [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
shift in relations with U.S., [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
trade rivalry with Germany, [>]
Grew, Joseph, [>]
Griscom, Ludlow, [>]
Guadalcanal: strategic importance of, [>], [>], [>]
U.S. assault on, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Guam: Japan attacks, [>], [>], [>]
Guderian, Heinz (general), [>], [>]
Hachmeister, Louise, [>]
Halifax, Lord, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
attempts to wreck Indian negotiations, [>]
character and personality, [>]
Churchill on, [>]
on Churchill, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and Churchill’s White House visit (1941), [>]–[>]
on FDR, [>]–[>], [>]
and proposed North Africa landings, [>], [>]
on RAF “terror bombing,” [>]
and surrender of Tobruk, [>]
on U.S. war production, [>]
Halsey, William (admiral), [>]
Hamilton, Alexander: on president as commander in chief, [>]
Handy, Thomas T. (general), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Hankey, Maurice, [>]
Hara, Tameichi (captain), [>]–[>]
Harmon, Ernest N. (general), [>]
Harriman, Averell, [>], [>], [>], [>]
and Churchill, [>], [>]–[>]
meets with Stalin, [>], [>]–[>]
at Placentia Bay summit meeting (1941), [>]–[>]
reports on Soviet Union, [>]–[>]
and surrender of Tobruk, [>]
Hart, Thomas C. (admiral), [>], [>]
on amphibious warfare, [>]