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Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII

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by Damien Lewis

Solomon, Martin 324, 326, 334, 338, 340, 341–2, 355

  Sonderbehandlung see ‘Commando Order’

  Sorulace, Governor 54, 90, 92

  South Africa 109

  Spain 26, 39, 40–1, 42, 43–4, 54, 61, 96

  Civil War 40, 54, 112

  Falange 40, 54, 95, 98

  press reaction to Operation Postmaster 98

  ‘Spandau’ see Maschinengewehr 42

  Specht, Kapitan 69, 74–5, 81, 87, 89–90

  Special Operations Executive (SOE) 37–9, 42, 47, 48, 51, 55, 58, 89, 103–4, 149, 160, 214, 377

  spigot mortars 22

  SS (Schutzstaffel) 284

  St Laurent-sur-Mer, France 130, 131–4

  Stalag 7A POW camp, Germany 284

  Stalag 133 prison camp, France 132

  ‘Stardust’ (song) 111

  Stellin, Dion ‘Stud’ 231–2, 252, 259, 277, 316, 355, 356–8, 361, 363, 366–7, 370

  Stephenson, Les 162, 367–9

  Stevenage, Hertfordshire 28

  Stewart, Marjorie 108

  Steyr rifles 125

  Stirling, David 6, 154, 156, 375

  Storch reconnaissance aircraft see Fieseler Fi-156 Storch

  Storm Motor Boats 360, 362

  Stuka dive-bombers see Junkers Ju-87

  Suffolk Regiment 172

  Sutherland, David 158, 171, 172, 175, 176, 181, 191, 213–17, 219, 221, 222, 226, 254, 262, 274, 376

  Sweden 24–5, 32

  press reaction to Operation Postmaster 98

  Sykes, Eric ‘Bill’ 28

  Syllogos Square, Symi 237

  Symi, Greek Islands 227, 232–9, 240, 241–50, 251–2, 257, 306–7

  Kastro fort 235–6, 241–2, 244, 245–6

  Monastery of the Archangel Michael 236

  Pedi bay 232, 245, 246

  Syllogos Square 237

  Symi Town 243, 244

  Taylor, Haggis 78, 87

  Taylor, Jock 51

  Tel Aviv, Palestine (Mandatory) 157

  Tewfik 259–65

  thermite 6, 195, 200

  Thessaloniki see Salonika

  Thomas Reed publishers 23

  Thorneycroft 117, 121

  Tilley Lanterns 63, 72–3, 81

  Timbaki Airbase, Crete 171, 175, 214

  Tod, Reginald 348, 350–1

  Tommy Gun (Thompson machinegun) 9, 23, 65, 68, 73, 74, 75, 84, 87, 123, 124, 169, 175, 271, 281, 293, 327

  Tottenham, Dennis 51

  Trafford, Sammy 289, 294, 300, 326, 336, 337, 338, 355, 370

  Treibstofflager (fuel dump) 338–9

  Trinity College, Cambridge 157

  Tuckey, Allan 283

  Turch, Gilda 84

  Turkey 154, 227, 255, 258, 264–5, 282

  Tzigantes, Kristodoulus 255

  U-boats 23, 40–1

  U-38 30

  Ulrich (German captive) 218–19

  Union Jack 172, 202–3

  United States Army 230

  University of Middlebury, Vermont 230

  Valencia Restaurant, Santa Isabel 61

  Valle, Umberto 69, 87, 94

  Venice, Italy 370

  Viannos, Crete 181, 223–4

  Vichy France 32–3, 34, 49, 95

  Vickers cannon, QF (quick-firing) 22, 31, 34

  Victoria Cross 371

  Violet, HMS 45, 53, 92, 93, 96–7, 100–2

  Volkswagen Kubelwagen 19, 346

  Vourvolous, Santorini 289, 290, 298, 299, 301

  Vulcan 52, 60, 64–6, 67, 68, 71, 72, 76, 78–80, 83, 86, 87, 92–4, 97, 102

  Walther G43 218

  War Cabinet 58, 96

  War Office 116, 121, 135

  Warren, Ian 111–12, 115

  weapons

  Beretta MAB 38

  machinegun 170, 269, 347

  Blacker Bombard spigot mortars 22

  bow and arrow 116, 137, 264

  Breda Model 35 cannon 237, 241–2, 245, 281

  Bren guns 64, 231, 246, 280, 295, 300, 327, 339

  Colt .45 revolver 169, 320

  coshes 21, 50, 63, 68, 73, 75

  ‘Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife’ 28, 68, 120, 137, 148, 156, 193, 320, 347

  grenades 19, 21, 145, 146, 295–6, 337, 339, 368, 371

  Lewes bombs 6, 9, 10, 171, 188, 192, 195, 196, 197–8, 200, 201, 206, 207, 280

  Lewis machineguns 22, 34

  Luger P08 2, 18, 170, 203, 261, 262

  M1 Carbine rifle 175

  Maschinengewehr 42 ‘Spandau’ 10, 20, 364–9, 371–2

  Mills bombs 77, 120, 146, 206, 280, 295

  mines 316

  Model 24 Stielhandgranate 170

  Molotov cocktails 337

  Oerlikon cannon 123, 125

  PIAT anti-tank bazookas 332

  plastic explosives 6, 77, 85, 200, 260, 280

  Red Devils 175

  S-mines 137

  Schmeisser (Maschinenpistole 40) 9, 170, 175, 293–4, 327, 334

  Smith & Wesson .38 revolver 169

  Steyr rifles 125

  Tommy Gun (Thompson machinegun) 9, 23, 65, 68, 73, 74, 75, 84, 87, 123, 124, 169, 175, 271, 281, 293, 327

  Vickers cannon, QF (quick-firing) 22, 31, 34

  Walther G43 218

  Weinrich, Obergefreiter 144, 145, 146, 147

  West Africa 32, 40–47

  White Mountains, Crete 176

  Wilkinson Sword 28

  Willis, Algernon Usborne 46, 57

  Winchester College 157

  Wingfield-Digby, Simon 308–9

  Winter, Thomas 51, 66, 73–7, 107, 108

  Winterbourne River, Dorset 114

  World War I 30

  World War II

  1940

  Battle of Dunkirk 24, 26, 36, 324

  Operation Menace (Senegal) 32–3, 49

  1941

  Battle of Crete 178

  Operation Postmaster (Fernando Po) 21–110

  1942

  Battle of Dieppe 149–51

  Operation Dryad (Les Casquets) 117–30

  Operation Aquatint

  (St Laurent-sur-Mer) 130, 131–4

  Operation Basalt (Sark) 136–45, 146–52, 158

  1943

  Operation Albumen (Crete) 161–83, 184–96, 197–208, 209–24

  Operation Husky (Sicily) 160–3, 220–1

  Italian armistice 220

  SBS raid on Symi 227, 232–9, 240, 241–50, 251–2

  1944

  SBS raid on Halki 265, 266–74

  SBS raid on Nisyros 278–82

  SBS raid on Halki and Alimnia 282–4

  SBS raid on Santorini 286–92, 293–305

  second SBS raid on Symi 306–7

  D-Day landings 130, 155, 161

  liberation of Athens 310–15

  liberation of Salonika 322–43

  1945

  Allied advance in Northern Italy 343, 348

  Operation Roast (Lake Comacchio) 351–61, 362–73, 374–5

  Allied breakthrough at Argenta 375

  Wright, Douggie 162

  Wright, Roger 319–22

  Yangtze River, China 28

  Yorkshire 27

  zero-rated agents 48

  Zorilla, Abelino 54, 55, 61, 63, 69, 95–6, 99

 

 

 


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