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