2nd bombing raid (i)
bombed by mistake (i)
East End damage (i)
London Treaty Submarine Protocol 1930 (i)
Londonderry, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Lord (i), (ii)
looting, German orders against (i)
Lord Haw Haw (i), (ii)
Lorenz-type beams (i)
Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, Marquess (i)
Lotinga, Major Jack (i)
Luck, Major Hans von (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
advancing through Champagne (i)
commands battalion (i)
in Paris (i)
on Rommel (i)
Lufthansa, Milch and (i)
Luftwaffe
and Channel ports (i)
and Meuse push (i)
and RN bombing (i)
at Dunkirk (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
confidence (i), (ii)
losses
10 May (i)
11–13 May (i)
to 16 May (i)
Dunkirk (i)
8–23 August (i)
depletion, Elmhirst on (i)
over (i)% (ii)
minelaying in British ports (i)
organization communications issues (i)
development, Milch and (i)
Intelligence (i)
leadership (i), (ii), (iii)
mission creep (i)
mobility levels (i)
radar system (i), (ii)
signal organization (i)
structure xxi–xxii, xxv
see also Göring
preparing for action (i)
strength (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
aircraft shortage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
and aircraft production (i)
no heavy-bomber force (i)
procurement (i), (ii)
success reports (i)
training manual on air strategy (Wever) (i)
weather problems, (i), (ii), (iii)
Luftwaffe units
I/JG 2 (i), (ii), (iii)
I/JG 21 (i)
I/JG (i), at Charleville (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
I/St.G (i), to Dover (ii)
II Fliegerkorps (i)
II/JG 52 (i)
II/JG (i), escorting Stuka 1 (ii)
III/JG 26 (i)
III/JG 27 (i)
III/JG 52 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
III/JG (i), at Bergen-aan-Zee (ii)
III/KG 4 (i), (ii)
III/KG 76 (i)
VIII Fliegerkorps (i)
and convoy OA178, (i)
in Normandy (i)
IX Fliegerdivision (i)
JG 1 (i)
JG 2 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
JG 26 (i), (ii), (iii)
JG 27 (i), (ii), (iii)
JG 52 (i)
JG 54 (i), (ii)
KG 2 (i)
KG 4 (i), (ii)
KG 51 (i)
KG 54 (i), (ii)
Luftflotte 2 (i), (ii), (iii)
Luftflotte 3 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Luftflotte 5 (i), (ii)
Lympne airfield, attacked (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Lysanders, BEF Air Component (i)
Maass, Major (i)
Maastricht, bridges (i)
MacDonald, Ramsay, and RAF (i)
Macmillan, Harold (i), (ii)
Maginot Line (i), (ii)
Magister trainers (i)
Maid of Orleans (i)
Malo-les-Bains, evacuation point (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Malta, Italians attack (i)
Maltzahn, Major Günther Freiherr von (i)
Mann, Douglas (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Manstein, Gen Erich von (i)
and Panzer advance (i)
and western offensive (i), (ii)
Manston airfield, attacked (i), (ii), (iii)
Mantle, Jack (i), (ii)
Marchant, Hilde (i)
Mardyck, JG 2 at (i)
Margesson, Captain David (i)
Marlborough College OTC/LDV (i)
Marseilles, Bomber Command at (i)
Martini, General Wolfgang looks for UK radar (i)
and British ‘DeTe devices’ (i), (ii)
signals intelligence (i)
Steinhilper and (i)
Martlesham Heath, attack (i), (ii), (iii)
Mason-MacFarlane, Maj-Gen Noel (i), (ii)
McIntosh, Plt Off (i)
Mechelen incident (i), (ii), (iii)
Méharicourt (i), (ii)
18 Squadron (i), (ii)
merchant navy, war effort (i)
merchant shipping convoys see convoys protection
Mers-el-Kébir, French Fleet sunk (i)
Messerschmitt (i), (ii)
Me (i)s (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
procurement (i), (ii), (iii)
Me (i)E, comparisons (ii)
Me (i)s see Zerstörers
Me 210 project (i), (ii)
Metropolitan Air Force, expansion (i)
Meuse
7th Panzer at (i)
defence, French Army and (i)
German drive towards (i)
Guderian crosses (i)
tanks and (i)
MI6, Swinton and (i)
Middle East, Churchill and (i)
Middle Wallop
609 Squadron (i), (ii)
attacks on (i), (ii)
Miese, Gefreiter Rudi (i), (ii)
Milch, Generaloberst Erhard (i)
advises immediate invasion (i)
and Luftwaffe development (i), (ii)
and pilot shortage (i)
on Dunkirk escape (i)
report on Britain (i), (ii)
sidelined from aircraft procurement (i)
Miller, Mick (i)
minefields, Fricke on (i)
minelayers, British, and East Coast Mine Barrier (i)
minesweepers 29th Minesweeping Flotilla (i), (ii)
Royal Navy Patrol Service (i)
Ministry for Aircraft Production (MAP) (i)
Ministry of Information (i), (ii), (iii)
morale campaigns (i)
Mirbach, Leutnant Götz von (i)
mission creep, Luftwaffe (i)
‘mission command’ Aufstragstaktik principle (i)
Mitchell, Gordon (i), (ii)
Mitchell, Harry (i)
Mitchell, Reginald Joseph (i)
Moberley, George (i)
mobile radar set, British, confuses Germans (i)
Mölders, Werner (i), (ii), (iii)
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (i)
Mona Queen, lost at Dunkirk (i)
Montgomery, Major-General Bernard, (i)rd Division repositioning (ii)
morale, public (i), (ii)
Morris Motors, sacked by Beaverbrook (i)
Morrison, Herbert (i), (ii)
Mosley, Oswald & Diana, imprisoned (i)
Mottram, Roy (i)
Mould, ‘Boy’ (i), (ii)
Mowrer, Edgar Ansel, fact-finding visit (i)
Müller, Hilda (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Munz, Feldwebel Karl (i)
Murrow, Ed (i), (ii)
Mussolini, Benito
Churchill’s appeal to (i)
see also Italy
National Day of Prayer 26 May (i), (ii), (iii)
naval agreement, Anglo-German 1935 (i)
navigation aids, Luftwaffe (i)
navigation, bombers (i)
Neil, Plt Off Tom (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
and 15 September raid (i), (ii)
on Me (i)E (ii), (iii)
Nelson, Horatio, on want of frigates (i)
Netherlands, German attack on (i)
Neumann, Julius (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
on drinking (i)
on Dunkirk from air (i)
Neutrality Acts 1935–7 [US] (i)
New Zealand, declared war on Germany (i)
Newall, ACM Sir Cyril
and Beaverbrook (i)
and Dowding’s tenure (i)
and French demand for RAF fighters (i), (ii)
on air superiority (i)
on help for France (i)
Newcastle upon Tyne, (i)th Staffel bomb (ii)
Nicholson, Brigadier Claude, defends Calais (i)
Nicolson, Harold (i), (ii)
and bombing (i)
and If the invader comes (i)
expecting attack (i)
joins Ministry of Information (i)
on aerial battles (i)
on BEF disaster (i)
on Churchill’s no surrender speech (i)
on emergency powers (i)
on ‘Silent Column Campaign’ failure (i)
pessimism (i)
suicide plans (i)
Nicolson, James (i), (ii)
Nieuport, (i)nd Royal Fusiliers at (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
night bombing, difficulties (i), (ii)
night interception by radar, Dowding and (i)
night-fighting, Spitfires unsuccessful (i)
North Weald, attacked (i)
North-West Approaches, shipping losses (i)
Northolt, 609 Squadron (i)
Norway, defeat in (i), (ii)
Nuffield, William Richard Morris, Viscount
and Spitfire production (i)
sacked by Beaverbrook (i)
Nuttall, Sid (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Nutting, Air Commodore (i)
Oakley, George (i)
Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) (i)
Observer Corps (i)
Dowding and (i)
Oerlikon MG-FF 20 mm cannon (i)
offensive approach, Churchill and (i)
Officers’ Training Corps, UK schools (i)
Operation Catapult (i)
Operation Dynamo (i), (ii), (iii)
ships at Dunkirk (i), (ii)
small craft requisitions (i)
see also Dunkirk evacuation
Operation SEALION (i), (ii), (iii)
planning issues (i), (ii), (iii)
postponed (i), (ii)
see also invasion threat
Oran, Mers-el-Kébir, French Fleet sunk (i)
Orfordness, RDF experimental station (i)
Osterkamp, Generalmajor Theo
on German fighter superiority (i)
on Big Wing tactics (i)
Otley, ‘Badger’ (i)
OTU training, reduced (i)
Ox and Bucks, (i)th, hold line at Cassel (ii)
Paget, General Bernard, orders troops to battle stations (i)
Paley, William S. (i)
panzer divisions
close to Dunkirk (i)
for invasion (i)nd wave (ii)
westward dash (i)
1st Panzer Division (i)
at Canal Line (i)
at Chémery (i)
dash to channel (i)
sent to Dunkirk (i), (ii)
2nd Panzer Division (i)
attacks Boulogne (i)
dash to channel (i)
demands Calais surrender (i)
to Dunkirk (i)
5th Panzer Division
at Dinant (i), (ii)
at Meuse (i)
6th Panzer Division [Reinhardt] (i), (ii)
Panzer Corps Reinhardt (i), (ii), (iii)
6th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (i)
crosses Meuse (i)
7th Panzer Division (Rommel) (i), (ii)
7th Armoured
Reconnaissance
Regiment (i)
7th Rifle Regiment [of (i)th Panzer] (ii)
advancing through Champagne (i)
and BEF counterattack (i)
at Meuse (i)
at Dinant (i), (ii)
at Weygand Line (i)
for invasion (i)nd wave (ii)
near Lille (i)
takes Cambrai (i)
see also Rommel
10th Panzer Division [Guderian] (i), (ii)
Panzer Corps Guderian (i), (ii), (iii)
and Meuse bridgehead (i)
crosses Somme (i)
reaches Abbeville (i)
to Calais (i)
Panzer Corps Hoth (i), (ii)
Panzer Corps von Wietersheim (i)
Panzer Group Kleist (i), (ii)
at Canal Line (i)
attack problems (i)
in Army Group B (i)
ordered to cross canal line (i)
Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (i)
parachutists scare (i), (ii)
paratroopers, for Operation SEALION (i)
Paris (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Park, Air Vice-Marshal Keith
15 September preparations (i)
and Dunkirk (i)
and 12 Group cooperation failure (i)
and airfield repairs (i)
and Beaverbrook (i)
devises new tactics (i)
flies over London (i)
instructions to ground controllers (i)
on big wing concept (i)
operate higher; attack later (i)
pilot replacement scheme (i), (ii)
and Leigh-Mallory (i), (ii), (iii)
wins air battle for Malta (i)
Parminter, Brigadier Reginald (i)
Pas de Calais
airfields (i)
Spitfire squadrons at (i)
Paszkiewicz, Ludwik (i)
attacks Göring’s armada (i)
Pembrey, 92 Squadron (i)
Penna, Daidie (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
and bombing (i)
expecting attack (i), (ii), (iii)
on BEF (i)
on Churchill’s no surrender speech (i)
on French situation (i), (ii)
on German halt (i)
on LDV (i)
on Mussolini (i)
on parachutists (i)
watches Erpro (i)
Pétain, Marshal Philippe (i), (ii)
and French Fleet (i)
heads Vichy France (i)
ready for armistice (i)
Pevensey RDF station, attacked (i), (ii)
Pfeil, Hauptmann Graf Dietrich von (i)
Pierse, Air Marshal Sir Richard (i)
Pile, Lieutenant-General (i)
pilots
exhaustion (i), (ii)
experienced, survival (i)
Fighter Command
and personal scores (i)
drinking (i)
foreign volunteers (i), (ii)
losses (i)
training (i)
shortages (i), (ii), (iii)
waiting in dispersal (i)
Luftwaffe
and Channel (i)
and personal scores (i)
discuss tactics (i)
inexperienced (i)
sobriety (i)
stress (i)
training (i)
‘Pip-Squeak’ system (i)
Playfair, AM Sir Patrick Henry Lyon (i)
plotters, RAF Operations Rooms (i)
Poland
and war declaration (i)
Hitler and (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Anglo-French guarantee (i)
invasion, attitudes (i)
Poling RDF station (i)
Polish pilots, RAFVR (i)
see also 303 Kociuszko Squadron
Portal, Air Marshal Charles
and Air Ministry (i)
and Blenheims (i)
Portland
attacked (i), (ii)
convoy diverts to (i), (ii)
Portsmouth, attacked (i), (ii)
Pound, Admiral, and fleet disposition (i)
Pownall, Major-General Henry Royds (i), (ii), (iii)
and Arras counterattack (i), (ii)
and French army evacuation (i)
move to Wahagnies (i)
on failure (i)
on fall back to ‘E’ Line (i)
on French performance (i)
on morale at coast (i)
&nb
sp; on refugees (i)
regrouping for fallback (i)
POWs, German, wonder about success (i)
precision bombing failure (i)
Prien, Kapitänleutnant Günther, and U-47 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Priestley, J. B., broadcasts (i)
Prioux, Général René, vetos French Dunkirk fallback (i)
propaganda, Goebbels and (i)
propellers, variable pitch (i)
Prytz, Björn, on British and peace talks (i)
Pusey, Sgt (i)
Queen of the Channel (i)
Raake, Major (i)
radar, Admiralty coastal defence (i)
radar development (i)
Dowding and (i)
German system (i), (ii)
see also RDF
radar training school, Bawdsey (i)
radio broadcasting, Germany (i)
radio communications systems
French and German (i)
RAF (i)
Raeder, Grossadmiral Erich
and invasion proposals (i), (ii), (iii)
and Operation SEALION preparations (i), (ii), (iii)
RAF see Bomber Command; Fighter Command; Royal Air Force; specific squadrons
rail journeys (i)
Rall, Leutnant Günther (i), (ii), (iii)
and ‘Jafü’ (i)
escorting bombers (i), (ii)
Ramsay, Vice-Admiral Bertram, and Operation Dynamo (i)
rationing, Germany (i)
Rawlings, Margaret (i)
RDF Chain Home System (i), (ii), (iii)
and 15 September raid (i)
attacks on (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Brothers and (i)
Chain Home Low stations (i)
Dowding and (i)
plots
Filter Room (i)
Portland attack (i)
Reconnaissance Battalion, (i)th Panzer, at Weygand Line (ii)
Rees, Plt Off (i)
refugees, obstructing roads (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Reich Chancellery (i)
Reichsarbeitsdienst (i), (ii)
Reims Champagne (i)
Reinhardt, General Georg-Hans (i), (ii)
relaxation, and survival (i)
rescue aircraft, as legitimate targets (i)
Reynaud, Paul
and Churchill (i), (ii), (iii)
and proposed peace (i), (ii), (iii)
complains of BEF withdrawal (i)
demand for RAF fighter squadrons (i)
resigns (i)
seeks release from alliance (i)
Ribbentrop, Joachim von (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Richey, Paul (i)
Richthofen, General Wolfram Freiherr von (i)
and Dunkirk bombing (i)
on London bombing raid (i)
Richtofen, Manfred von (i)
Rieckhoff, Oberstleutnant Herbert (i)
Rochester, attack (i)
Rogerson, Captain William (i), (ii), (iii)
Rolls-Royce Merlin engines (i), (ii), (iii)
Rommel, Major-General Erwin (i)
accepts IX Corps surrender (i)
and BEF counterattack (i)
and French (i)st Armoured Division (ii)
and Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 37 (i)
at Meuse (i)
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