Kennedy, Joseph P., 56, 118–19, 123
Kent, Duke of, 149, 175
King, Ernest, 148
King’s Speech, The, ix–x
Kipling, Rudyard, 135
Kissinger, Henry, 61
Kitchener, Lord, 31
Labour Party, 3–5
Lascelles, Alan, 63, 66, 146, 157, 160, 164, 166–68, 173, 176
Lees-Milne, James, 125, 170, 171, 174–75
Leopold III, King, 147
Liberalism, 27–28, 37
Lindemann, Frederick see Lord Cherwell
Lippmann, Walter, 56, 123
Lloyd George, David, 30, 83
Logue, Lionel, 97
Lothian, Lord, 120
Lytton, Lady (Pamela Plowden), 90
Macmillan, Harold, 153–54
Margaret, Princess, 34, 80, 161–62, 175
Marlborough, Duke of, 17, 48
Marsh, Edward, 7, 62–63
Marshall, George, 62, 70, 72, 78, 90, 124, 144, 147, 148, 163, 164
Martin, John, 90
Mary, Queen, 13–14, 21, 34, 35, 41, 44, 53, 85–86, 97, 118, 149
Merriman, Roger, 120–21
Montgomery, Bernard, 73–74, 165, 166, 170
Moran, Lord, 66, 81, 91, 93–94, 141, 182, 183
Mountbatten, Lord, 43, 63
Mussolini, Benito, 54, 120, 157
Napoleon I, Emperor, 71–72, 112
Narvik, 111
Newby, Eric, 159–60
Nicolson, Harold, 48–51, 112, 131–32, 171
Nixon, Richard, 61
Norway, 1, 110–12
Paul of Yugoslavia, Prince, 147
Peck, John, 99–100
Pétain, Philippe, 114
Pim, Richard, 179
Pitt, William, the Younger, 164
Poland, 1, 52, 57, 172
Portal, Charles, 79, 127
Potsdam Conference, 178
Pound, Dudley, 79
Reynaud, Paul, 114
Rhodes James, Robert, xiii, 67, 85, 97–98
Roberts, Andrew, 62, 145, 148
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 121, 132
Roosevelt, Elliott, 138
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 7, 33, 59, 61, 69, 70, 78, 120, 124, 159
in Big Three, 109–10, 142–43
Churchill and, 62, 72, 90, 91, 94, 121–23, 158, 163, 170
Churchill’s wartime meetings with, 138–39, 141, 147
death of, 173
George VI and, 122–24, 138–39, 151
at Yalta conference, 171–72
Rose, Kenneth, 9, 99
Russia, see Soviet Union
Sawyers, Frank, 94, 104, 140
Shaw, George Bernard, 116
Simpson, Wallis, see Duchess of Windsor
Smith, F. E. see Lord Birkenhead
Smuts, Jan Christian, 163–64, 168, 170
Soames, Christopher, 80
Soames, Nicholas, 181
Soviet Union, 135, 137–38, 140, 142–43, 148–49, 151–52, 157–58, 172
German invasion of, 135, 141–42
Spears, Edward, 111–14, 116, 153
Stalin, Joseph, 1, 7, 61, 70, 78, 148–49, 157, 158, 164, 172
in Big Three, 109–10, 142–43, 157
Churchill and, 61, 148–49, 158, 171
Churchill’s presentation of sword to, 157–58
Stamfordham, Baron, 14, 167
Stimson, Henry, 70
Tedder, Arthur, 98
Thompson, Charles Ralfe “Tommy,” 140
Thompson, W. H., 6
Times (London), 9
Truman, Harry, 61
Victoria, Queen, 9, 11, 38, 64, 155
Voroshilov, Kliment, 158
Watt, Donald Cameron, 51
Wavell, Archibald, 72–73, 139, 149
Weinberg, Gerhard, 55–56
Weygand, Maxime, 113, 114
Wheeler-Bennett, John, xii
Wigram, Ralph, 48, 80
Wilhelm I, Kaiser, 64
Wilhelmina, Queen, 147
Wilson, Woodrow, 61
Winant, John “Gil,” 62, 124, 140–41
Windsor, Duke of (Edward VIII; Prince of Wales; known as David within family), 9, 18, 25, 37–41, 49, 63, 118, 122, 145–46
abdication of, x, 40–42, 44, 45, 47, 65, 66
birth of, 13
George VI compared with, 13, 15
throne assumed by, 35, 37–38
Windsor, Duchess of, 38–41, 45, 49, 65, 67, 118, 122, 145–46
World War I, 1, 25, 30, 68, 107–8
Churchill and, 27, 30–32
Dardanelles campaign in, 30–31, 111
George V and, 1, 15, 25
George VI and, 27, 32–33
World War II, 9, 107–8, 135–60
Allied victory in, 161–76
Anglo-American relations in, 162–63
appeasement and, see appeasement
Baedeker Raids in, 147
Big Three in, 109–10, 142–43, 157
Blitz in, 125, 127–33
British military strategy in, 76–78, 126–27, 142–47, 163–64
D-Day, 163–70, 179
France in, 112–17, 119, 143, 145, 148, 154, 163–71
Germany in, see Germany
Italy in, 156–57
Japan in, 140–41, 144
North Africa in, 147–48, 150, 152, 154–56
outbreak of, 57–58, 107–8, 112
Pearl Harbor bombing in, 140–41
phases of, 135–36
Phony War and, 58, 112, 125, 135
Soviet Union in, see Soviet Union
supreme climax in, 163
U.S. entry into, 138, 140–41
U.S. support in, 118–24, 139
V-E Day, 174
V-J Day, 175
Yalta conference, 171–72
Ziegler, Philip, xiii, 69
Looking for more?
Visit Penguin.com for more about this author and a complete list of their books.
Discover your next great read!
Churchill and the King Page 19