forces advance (i)
reaches Cherbourg (i)
see also (i)th Panzer Division
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
and invasion rumours (i)
and keeping war in Europe (i)
and Neutrality Acts 1935–7 (i)
Beaverbrook and (i)
Churchill seeks help from (i), (ii)
destroyers for bases deal (i)
Kennedy and (i), (ii)
promises support (i)
seeks independent opinions (i)
Rosen, Eric von (i)
Rotterdam, Luftwaffe bombing (i), (ii)
Royal Air Force
in France (i)
strength (i)
structure xxv, xix–xx, (i)
see also Bomber Command;
Fighter Command;
squadrons by number
Royal Aircraft Establishment (i)
Royal Army Ordnance Service Corps (RAOC) (i)
Royal Engineers (i)th Field Company, make pier at Bray Dunes (ii)
Royal Fusiliers, (i)nd Battalion
at French border (i)
at La Panne (i)
defend Nieuport (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
move to Lys (i)
Royal Lancers, (i)th (ii)
Royal Navy
Channel operations (i)
Dunkirk evacuation see Operation Dynamo
evacuates reconstituted BEF (i)
Home Fleet, and Dunkirk (i)
hospitality (i)
Kriegsmarine fear attack from (i)
ships see HMS …
see also Admiralty
Royal Navy Patrol Service, minesweepers (i)
Royal Norfolks, (i)nd, POWs massacred (ii)
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, (i)nd, POWs massacred (ii)
Royal Tank Regiment, (i)rd, defends Calais (ii), (iii)
Royal United Services Institute Journal (i)
Rubarth, Feldwebel Walter (i)
Rubensdörffer, Hauptmann Walter (i), (ii), (iii)
mistakes Croydon for Kenley (i)
Rudorrfer, Feldwebel (i)
Ruhr Valley, night bombing offensive (i)
Rundstedt, Generaloberst Gerd von (i), (ii)
and Canal Line consolidation (i)
and halt order (i), (ii)
at Sedan (i)
on BEF counterattack (i)
runways, metalled, Dowding and (i)
Rye RDF station, attacked (i), (ii)
S-Boats (Schnellboote) (i)
and coastal convoy CW8 (i)
minelaying in British ports (i)
Sackville-West, Vita (i), (ii), (iii)
Salmond, Sir John, and Dowding (i)
Sanders, Sqn Ldr Philip (i)
saucepans for Spitfires campaign (i)
Scarpe River, BEF defend (i)
Schacht, Dr Hjalmar (i)
Schieverhöfer’ Lothar (i)
Schiphol, KG 4 at (i)
Schmid, Oberst Josef ‘Beppo’ (i)
Fighter Command misinformation (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
on German fighter superiority (i)
Schmundt, Generalleutnant Rudolf (i), (ii)
Schneider Trophy, Supermarine and (i), (ii)
Schroeder, Christa (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Schutzstaffel (SS), Göring and (i)
Schwarm tactics (i)
searchlights, AA Command (i)
Dowding and (i)
Sedan
failed counterattack (i)
failure to construct defences (i)
French (i)th Division at (ii)
Guderian at (i)
‘Seetakt’ German radar system (i)
Senon, 87 Squadron (i), (ii)
shipping, difficulty of bombing (i)
shipping losses (i), (ii)
Shirer, William L. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
hears from bomber pilot (i)
impressed by German army (i)
on Aachen (i)
on Berliners and bombing (i)
on Calais fall (i)
on continuing war (i)
on empty shops (i)
on first Berlin raid (i)
on Göring (i)
on invasion speculation (i)
views Hamburg (i)
witnesses armistice (i)
Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Göring and (i)
Siemens, war production (i), (ii)
signal intelligence (sigint) (i)
Silent Column Campaign (i)
Simon, Sir John (i)
Sinclair, Sir Archibald, Air Ministry (i), (ii)
and Dowding’s tenure (i)
and Knickebein system (i)
and Beaverbrook (i)
on approach to Italy (i)
Skuas, Fleet Air Arm (i)
Smith, Plt Off (i), (ii)
Smithson, Sgt (i)
Somerville, Admiral James, sinks French Fleet (i)
Somme, Panzers secure bridgeheads (i)
sonar (i)
South Africa, declared war on Germany (i)
South Lancashire Regiment (i)
Southampton, attacked (i)
Southend-on-Sea, transatlantic convoys from (i)
Soviet Union
Germany and (i)
invasion (i)
reacting to German success (i)
Ribbentrop and (i)
Spain
concerns over (i), (ii)
German assistance to Franco (i)
Hitler wants involvement of (i)
Spears, General Sir Edward (i)
Special Operations Executive (i)
Speer, Albert (i), (ii)
Sperrle, General Hugo (i), (ii)
Spitfire Fund campaign (i)
Spitfires
at Pas de Calais (i)
iconic (i)
Me (i)E compared with (ii)
Mk IA (i), (ii), (iii)
production issues (i), (ii), (iii)
takeoff (i)
training at Drem (i), (ii)
strength after Dunkirk losses (i)
see also Supermarine
squadrons rotation, Dowding System (i)
SS-Totenkopf, massacres POWs (i)
St Nazaire, evacuations from (i)
St Valéry, surrender at (i)
Stahl, Unteroffizier Peter (i), (ii), (iii)
and (i)nd London bombing raid (ii)
Stalin, Josef
and Poland (i)
German/Soviet non-aggression pact (i), (ii)
Stanford-Tuck, Bob (i)
Staton, Wg Cdr Bill (i)
Steele, Joe (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
and HMT Dalmatia (i)
Steinhilper, Leutnant Ulrich (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
and communications issues (i)
and London bombing raid (i), (ii)
escape manoeuvre (i)
on battle outcome (i)
shot down (i)
Strong, Brigadier-General George (i)
Study Blue (Milch) (i), (ii)
Stuka 1 (i)
and coastal convoy CW8 (i)
tries to attack Middle Wallop (i)
Stuka (i)
attacks convoy (i), (ii)
tries to bomb shipping (i)
Stukas (i)
procurement (i), (ii), (iii)
609 Squadron and (i)
failure (i), (ii)
Stülpnagel, General Carl-Heinrich von (i), (ii)
Stumpff, General Hans-Jürgen (i)
Sub-Committee on Air Parity (i)
submarines, Germany and (i)
Suez Canal, unusable (i)
Sunderland flying boats (i)
Supermarine (i)
Type 224 (i)
Type 300 (i)
see also Spitfire
works, attack on (i)
swastika symbol, Göring and (i)
Swayne, Brigadier John George des Reaux (i)
Swinton, Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount (i)
and M
I6 (i)
Taittinger, Pierre, on Sedan defences (i)
tank warfare, modern (i)
target priorities, Göring’s (i)
technology
British army and (i), (ii)
British shared with USA (i)
Telefunken, and radar (i)
telephone network, RAF communications (i)
teleprinter network, RAF (i)
Temme, Oberleutnant Paul (i)
and RAF hospitality (i)
Tempelhof Berlin, raids (i), (ii)
Tennant, Captain Bill, SNO Dunkirk evacuation (i), (ii)
ceases daytime evacuation (i)
completes evacuation (i)
calls for small craft (i)
organizes queues (i)
Thomas, Generalmajor Georg
on need to act fast (i)
rearmament analysis (i)
Thomas, Sgt (i)
Thorney Island, attacks on (i), (ii)
Tizard Committee (i)
Tizard, Henry
and RDF (i)
mission to Washington (i)
Todt, Dr Fritz, Armaments Minister (i)
torpedo problems, U-boats (i)
tote boards, RAF Operations Rooms (i)
transatlantic convoy OA178 (i), (ii), (iii)
Trautloft, Hannes (i)
and fighter-bomber units (i)
trawlers, as minesweepers (i)
Treachery Act (i)
Trenchard, AM Hugh Montague
on unstoppable bombers (i)
Dowding and (i), (ii)
Tresckow, General Henning von (i)
Tuck, Bob Stanford, 257 Squadron (i), (ii)
Turkey, fails to enter war (i)
U-47 (i), (ii), (iii)
and convoy HX72 (i)
sinks HMS Royal Oak, (i), (ii)
U-48 (i), (ii)
and convoy HX72 (i)
sinks City of Benares (i)
U-boats (i)
in Western Approaches (i)
losses (i)
successes (i)
to attack with (i)
wolfpack, and convoy HX72
Udet, Ernst
and Luftwaffe development (i)
and aircraft production (i)
and dive-bombers (i)
uniforms
German (i)
Luftwaffe (i)
RAF (i)
United States
aid vital, (i), (ii)
and British technology (i)
attitudes to war (i)
Churchill seeks help from (i), (ii)
destroyers for bases deal (i)
economic strength (i)
French arms contracts transferred to UK (i)
press, pictures for (i)
Reynaud hopes to involve (i)
Selective Training and Service Act (i)
tanks contract (i)
Tripartite Pact against (i)
weapons arrive (i)
see also Kennedy; Rooseveldt
Uxbridge, 11 Group HQ (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Vassincourt, 1 Squadron (i), (ii)
Ventnor RDF station, attacked (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Vickers, and Spitfire production (i)
Vincent, Grp Capt Stanley, and Poles (i), (ii)
Voase Jeff, Rob (i)
volunteer boats, Dunkirk (i), (ii)
Vuillemin, Général Joseph, prevents bombing Italy (i)
Wade, ‘Wimpy’ (i)
Waffen-SS Leibstandarte
Division, takes Mount Watten (i)
Waffen-SS Totenkopf Division, under Rommel (i)
Wahagnies, Gort moves to (i)
Walker, Flt Lt ‘Johnny’ (i)
Wallace, fitter (i)
Waller, Hinnerk (i)
Walsh, Ron (i)
Walter, Adolf (i)
war declaration (i)
war production effort (i)
War Cabinets (i)
26 May (i)
27 May (i)
28 May (i), (ii)
and RAF fighter squadrons for France (i)
Warmwell forward airfield (i), (ii)
attacked (i), (ii)
Warsaw, Luftwaffe bombing (i), (ii)
Watson-Watt, Robert, and RDF (i)
Watton, 18 Squadron at (i)
Wavell, General, Churchill and (i)
Way, Plt Off Basil (i)
weather, favours evacuation (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Wellington heavy bombers (i)
Berlin raids (i)
Wells, Pat (i)
Wenck, Major Walther, and Panzer advance (i)
Wendel, Else (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Werner Advance Detachment (5th Panzer) (i)
West Malling, attack on (i), (ii)
Western Approaches, U-boats in (i)
Wever, General Walther (i)
Weygand, Général Maxime
counterattack plan (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
misinforms UK (i)
proposes separate peace (i)
ready to surrender (i)
regroups along Somme/Aisne (i)
Whitfield, Colonel G. P. H. (i)
Whitley heavy bombers (i)
Mk Vs (i)
production priority (i)
Wick, Major Helmut, (i), (ii), (iii)
Wilhelmina Queen of Netherlands (i), (ii)
Wilson, John (i), (ii), (iii)
joins Young Soldiers Battalion (i)
Wimperis, Harold, and RDF (i)
Windsor, Duke of (i)
wing loading issues (i)
Wolter, Herr [of KdF] (i)
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, plotters (i)
Wood, Kingsley, and leadership crisis (i)
Wright, Plt Off Allan (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
and Dorniers (i)
and spotter’s job (i)
‘Würzburg’ German radar system (i)
X-day (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
X-Gerät system (i), (ii)
Yeadon, 609 (West Riding) Squadron at (i)
Young, ‘Dobbin’ (i)
Ypres, German attack expected (i)
Zerstörers (Me (i)s) (ii), (iii), (iv)
92 Squadron and (i)
609 Squadron and (i)
as bait (i)
as escorts (i)
Beamont and (i)
procurement (i), (ii), (iii)
unsuitable as fighters (i)
Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz
Ludwig (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
and 15 September raid (i), (ii)
and Armée de l’Air (i)
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