by Colin Smith
Ziman, Herbert David, Instructions for British Servicemen in France, 1944, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2005
Index
Abetz, Otto, 107–10, 138–9, 141, 155, 157–60, 169, 273–4, 395–7, 401, 416
Abgrail, Capitaine de corvette, 397, 400
Abrial, Amiral Jean, 60
Abyssinia, 11, 13, 115, 343; see also Ethiopia
Achenbach, Ernst, 109–10
Acre, 192, 269–71
Action Française, 104, 156
Adams, Private, 208, 210
Adams, Sergeant, 257
Admiral Graf Spee, 38–9, 98n
Admiral Scheer, 39
Admiral von Hipper, 44, 420
Adowa, Battle of, 11
Afrika Korps, 169–70, 219, 252, 274, 336–7, 346, 364, 399
Agnew, Captain Sir William Gladstone, 399
Aikou Maru, 335
Ain Taya, 426
Aintree racecourse, 100–2, 151, 272
Air Striking Force, 178–81
Aisne, river, 18, 20
Aiteniye Farm, 202, 207, 216–18
Ajax, 130
Albatross, 412
Alcyon, 412
Aldis, Flight Lieutenant J.R., 213
Aleppo, 181, 184, 246–7, 255, 257–9, 262-3
Alexandria, 46, 59–60, 67, 93, 117, 186, 187, 236, 265, 329
Alfieri, Dino, 404
al-Gaylani, Rashid Ali, 166–7, 169, 171, 173, 175, 180, 182, 187, 193, 219, 248
Algeria, 10, 16, 57, 112, 139, 152, 156, 346, 364, 367–9, 390, 393, 395, 408–9, 412, 413, 422
Algiers, 46, 84, 86–7, 143, 347, 350-2, 359–63, 428
Allied invasion, 363-5, 367, 369–73, 375–8, 381, 385–91, 395, 409–10, 413
ceasefire, 393, 397, 400-2, 407
Darlan’s home, 359–61, 363, 369–70, 406
and French fleet, 417–18
La Maison Blanche Airport, 401-2
post-invasion politics, 420-1, 423-6
al-Husseini, Haj Amin, 165
Alibert, Raphael, 155-6
Allen, Major General Terry de La Mesa, 408–9
Allen, Sergeant-Major, 306
Allenby, Field Marshal Lord, 175, 221, 223
Alliance Démocratique, 29
Alsace, 13, 16, 23-4, 109, 271, 396
Ambararata, Bay, 291, 295–7, 307, 312
Amerika (Hitler’s train), 139–40, 158, 160
Amiel, Capitaine de vaisseau, 422
Andersen, Lale (singer), 419
Anderson, Lieutenant General Kenneth, 364-5, 424
Anglo-French naval cooperation, 19, 36–40, 60-1
Anglo-French Supreme War Council, 61
Anglo-Iraq Treaty, 165-6
Annet, Armand, 284-5, 299–300, 327, 330-1, 336–7, 339, 341, 343-5, 348–9, 354
anti-Semitism, 14, 30-1, 104, 106, 108, 424
Antsirabe, 348
Antsirane, 286, 291, 295, 297–302, 305, 307–8, 314, 316, 319, 321, 324-5, 329, 332
Arab Legion (Glubb’s Girls), 174-5, 180, 246–7, 254-5
Arc de Triomphe, 23, 426
Archibald, Private Tom, 205
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 25
Armée d’Afrique du Nord, 367, 407
Armée du Levant, 191, 223, 245-6, 260-1, 270, 273
Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre, 269
Armstrong, Lieutenant Colonel Jamie, 310
Arrachart airfield, 298–9
Asdic, 38, 333-4
aspirants, 388–9
Assollant, Capitaine, 326
Assyrian levies, 163, 176, 180
Astles, Lieutenant, 301-3, 305
Athenia, 216
Athens, 170, 183, 246, 256, 258, 413
Atlantis, 328
Aubervilliers, 432
Auchinleck, Lieutenant General Claude, 43, 45, 99, 274
Auphan, Amiral Gabriel, 404, 418, 420
Austin, Pierre, 124
Australia, 22, 189, 194-5, 232
Australian Light Horse, 221, 223
Australians, 26, 251-2, 257, 263-4, 268, 269
capture of Damour, 261-3
and liberation of Damascus, 242-3
and Litani river operation, 189, 191-2, 194–7, 201, 203–8, 210–11, 214–18, 220
and Merjayoun operation, 223-4, 232-6
Baalbek, 181, 201
Baghdad, 163, 165, 167, 171, 175-6, 179–81, 184, 193, 219, 250, 272
Baglioni, Marshal, 45
Baie du Courrier, 291, 294-5, 298–9, 301, 312–13, 326
Bailey, Second Lieutenant Edward, 264-5
Bailey, Bombardier, 311, 332
Bailie, Sergeant, 251
Balaclava, Battle of, 188, 306
Balkans, 93, 145, 171, 189
Baltic Sea, 40, 189, 243
Bandarane Heights, 263
Bande, Lieutenant, 310
Bangalore Torpedoes, 131
Barada gorge, 233, 243
Bardollet, Lieutenant, 258
Baril, Major Pierre, 390
Barmouth, 102-3
Barnett, Lionel, 330, 337
Barraclough, Lieutenant Colonel, 264-6
Barré, Général Georges, 420
Barry, Comtesse du, 29
Bartlett, Flight Lieutenant Christopher, 185
Basra, 164, 166, 172, 175–7, 179, 184, 257
Bathurst, 111, 122, 154
Battle of Britain, 94, 147, 165, 186, 252, 257–8
Baudouin, Paul, 92, 105, 107–8, 138, 141, 155
Bayliss, Lieutenant, 234
Bazookas, 386
BBC, 6, 98, 142, 169, 263, 337, 356, 368, 370, 418, 434
Béarn, 38
Beaufort Castle, 202
Beauvais, 159
Beauvoir, Simone de, 29
Bécourt-Foch, Capitaine Henri, 120
Beda Fomm, 238
Beda Littoria, 275
Bedouin, 163-4, 174-5, 220, 225, 235, 254-6
Beirut, 191, 211–14, 239–40, 243, 245-6, 256, 258–9, 261-5, 268–9, 272-3, 329
Bekaa valley, 201, 233, 251
Bel Habil, 264
Belfast, 198, 208, 220, 375
Belfort, 429
Belgium, 3, 23, 24, 99, 155
Belville, Captain, 304-5
Benghazi, 275, 340, 356, 368, 370
Bennett, Sergeant Martin, 214
Benzedrine, 324
Berchtesgaden, 271
Berlin, 27, 130, 143, 145, 160, 183, 187, 219, 256, 355, 360, 403, 415
Berlin–Basra railway, 184
Bernhardt, Sarah, 9
Bertrand, Colonel Gustave, 152-3
Besançon University, 141
Bestois, 412
Béthouart, Major General Marie Émile Antoine, 410
Bévéziers, 130, 134, 295-6, 298
Bezard, Enseigne de vaisseau Jean-Paul, 57, 64, 80
Biddle, Anthony, 90
Billancourt, 275
Billot, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey, 382-3
Billotte, Général Pierre, 356
Bir Hacheim, 345
Bismarck, 185-6, 320
Bizerte, 46, 59, 169, 370, 404, 416
Black Forest, 396, 401
Blackburn, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur, 230, 236, 243
Blaskowitz, General Johannes, 416–17
Bletchley Park, 151-3, 189, 354
Blida airfield, 390, 393, 402
Blitz, 146, 165, 186–7, 231
Blomberg, Major Axel von, 180-1
Blücher, Marshal, 35
Blücher, 41, 43, 379
Blum, Léon, 5, 30-1, 36, 104, 283, 350, 417
Blunden, Edmund, 25, 27
Bodley, John, 10
Boer War, 9–10, 219
Bogart, Humphrey, 415
Boislambert, Commandant Hettier de, 111
Boisseau, Général Robert, 408–9
Boisson, Pierre, 96, 119–20, 123, 128, 132-3, 406, 420
Bolitho, Captain Michael, 381, 384
Bolshevism, 19, 30, 395
Bombay,
115, 288, 333
Bone, 369
Bonnet, Georges, 28–9
Bonnier de la Chapelle, Fernand, 426–7
Bordeaux, 5, 26, 34, 47–9, 51, 90, 92, 309
Bordelais, 84
Borey, Ingénieur mécanicien Albert, 69–70, 87
Borneo, 282
Bosquet, Maréchal, 13
Bougainville, 296, 298
Bouillaut, Lieutenant de vaisseau Louis, 52-6, 101, 148–51, 154
Boulogne, 25, 27
Boulonnais, 411
Bourgeois, Lieutenant Jacques de, 384
Bourke, Major Patrick, 241-2
Bouthillier, Finance Minister, 155
Boutron, Lieutenant Jean, 66–7, 70-1, 75–8, 80
Bouvier, Colonel, 225, 235-6
Bouxin, Contre-amiral, 70-1, 79–80
Bowling Green, Kentucky, 385
Boys, Captain H.C., 227
Boys anti-tank rifles, 195, 207, 212, 216, 227–9, 235, 239–40, 263, 266, 386
Brauchitsch, Feldmarschal Walter von, 138
Brazzaville, 11
Breda, Comte de, 10
Brest, 1-2, 37, 39–40, 69–70, 347, 410
Bretagne, 58, 66–7, 70, 75-6, 78–80, 87, 185
Briand, Aristide, 108
Brigade Mobile, 156, 158
Briggs, Signaller Ted, 68, 76, 82, 84-5, 185
Brinon, Fernand de, 138–9, 155–7, 338
Bristowe, Commander Bobby, 96–8, 118
British army, size of, 32-3
British Empire, 36, 112, 141, 164, 182
British Expeditionary Forces, 2, 25, 34, 44
British Loyalty, 333-5
Brittany, 28, 99
Brokensha, Sub-Lieutenant Guy, 83
Brooke, Lieutenant General Sir Alan, 61, 146, 288, 347
Browning, Lieutenant C., 385
Bruce, Sergeant, 207
Bruen, Lieutenant Bill, 83
Brussels, 9
Bruyckner, Suzanne de, 108
Bryan, Lietuenant Gerald, 208–9, 211, 214, 217–18, 267, 434-5
Buckingham Palace, 28, 60
Buckland (batman), 342
Buckley, Lieutenant Charles D., 385
Buckley, Christopher, 172
Buenos Aires, 39, 158
Buffner, Father, 56
Bullitt, William, 5, 27, 34, 45, 89–92, 104
Bund, 93
Burgundy, 309
Burma, 289, 331, 338, 340
Burrough, Rear Admiral Sir Harold, 364-5
Butler, Lady Elisabeth, 232
Cadix, 152
Cadiz, Kentucky, 385
Caen, 274
Cagoulards, 30, 156
Caillard, Médecin auxiliaire, 56
Caillaux, Henriette, 107n
Caillaux, Joseph, 107
Cairo, 11, 13, 146, 172, 219, 245, 262, 413
Caldwell, Frank, 238–9, 241
Calvert-Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Percy, 272
Campbell, Sergeant Patrick, 10
Canada, 22, 26, 38, 346, 375, 379
Canestal battery, 69
Cannes, 114
Cap de l’Aiguille, 399
Cap Diego, 286
Cape Amber, 334-5
Cape Finistère, 70
Cape Manuel, 111, 121, 129–31
Cape Matapan, 171
Cape of Good Hope, 11, 285, 331
Cape Town, 199, 284
Cape Tres Forcas, 168
Cape Verde peninsula, 118
Carlisle, Lieutenant, 302-3
Carlton Gardens, 98, 114, 354-6
Caro, Major Albert, 203, 206–7, 217n
Carré, Dr Adrian, 56
Casablanca, 46, 116, 168, 363, 371, 378, 393, 397, 400, 410–15, 418, 425
Casablanca (film), 415
Casablanca (ship), 421
Cassano, Squadron Leader, 246
Castiglione, 390
Catherine, Ingénieur mécanicien, 54
Catholic Church, 14–15, 70
Catroux, Général Georges, 172-3, 192, 269, 273, 345
Cayla, Léon, 283
Cayol, Amiral Jean, 4, 49–50
Ceylon, 288, 290, 330
Chad, 112, 132, 154, 336
Châlons, 15
Chamberlain, Neville, 28–9, 32, 41, 43, 91, 94
Chambrun, Count René, 106
Chambrun, Josée, 106, 156
Chambun, Général de, 430
Champs-Elysées, 22-3, 32, 356
Channel Islands, 5
Charge of the Light Brigade, 13, 188
Charles Plumie, 363
Chassepot rifles, 15
Chasseurs Alpins, 41, 43
Chasseurs d’Afrique, 223, 227, 232, 234, 266
Châteauroux, 144
Châteldon, 106, 156–8, 274-5, 394, 420
Chatterley, Naval Airman Harold, 82
Chautemps, Camille, 31
Cherbourg, 99, 119, 347
Cherchell, 350, 361, 371, 388, 401
Cheshire Yeomanry, 195-6
Chevalier Paul, 245, 260
China, 37, 246
Chipstead, 197
Churchill, Captain Randolph, 198–9, 392
Churchill, Winston, 3, 5, 24, 33, 38, 92, 109, 149, 274, 276
and Arab independence, 345-6
and Blitz, 146
and Commandos, 197, 199, 276
and Crete, 188
and Dakar raid, 112–14, 116–17, 128, 131, 133-5
and Darlan, 417, 424-5
and de Gaulle, 99, 348, 354, 356
and Fashoda, 12
and French fleet, 60-2, 112, 361
and French North Africa, 347–9, 354-6, 361, 391, 412
and Freyberg, 171
and Greece, 170
and Hitler’s peace offer, 110
and Iraq, 177, 187–8
and Madagascar, 285, 288, 330-1, 335-6, 338, 345-6, 355
and Mers-el-Kébir, 93-5
‘no confidence’ vote, 337
and Norway campaign, 40-4
and Pétain, 141-3, 145, 154
and Richelieu operation, 98
and Second Front, 347
and Spears, 19, 113
and Syrian campaign, 172-3, 254, 270, 272
and Western Desert, 146–7, 173, 236
Ciano, Count, 93, 397, 403-4
Circassian Cavalry, 191, 222
Clarebout, Colonel Édouard, 295, 297, 326
Clark, Colonel Charles, 349
Clark, Major General George, 175, 255
Clark, Captain Joe, 234-5
Clark, General Mark, 349–54, 361, 365–7, 371-3, 387–8, 401–9, 413, 417, 424
Clark, Corporal, 235-6
Clavel, Capitaine, 321
Clegg, Lance Corporal, 287–8, 305-6
Clemenceau, Georges, 24, 27, 107
Clermont-Ferrand, 89, 91
Clifford, Sir Bede, 285
Codman, Lieutenant Colonel Charles, 415
Col de Bonne Nouvelle, 300-3, 305
Colbert, 418
Coldstream Guards, 147
collaboration (the word), 144
Collet, Colonel, 191, 222, 235, 248
Collette, Paul, 274
Collier’s magazine, 385
Collinet, Capitaine de vaisseau, 77
Comité antijuif de France, 108–9
Commandos, 197, 199, 276
5 Commando, 286, 289, 293, 298, 314, 320-1, 323, 329, 334-5, 341-3
11 Scottish Commando, 191, 197–212, 214–18, 220, 227, 286
Commandant Duboc, 127
Commandant Teste, 58, 76, 80, 423
Comoros Islands, 282
Compagnies Légères de Désert, 247, 254, 256
Compiègne forest, 2-5, 46
Compiègne, 281
Conakry, 113
Conan Doyle, Arthur, 350
concentration camps, 9
Contes, Adjutant-chef, 184
Contessa, 414
contre-torpilleurs, 37
Coode, Lieutenant Alastair, 210
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Cooper, Duff, 29, 94, 109
Coppet, Jules Marcel de, 283-4
Cordier, Abbé Louis, 426–7
Cornwallis, Sir Kinahan, 166–7, 175
Corsica, 3, 404, 416–17, 419, 426
Coston, Leading Airman F, 83
Côte d’Azur, 45-6, 361, 394
Cotton, Corporal Harry, 229
Courtney, Captain Godfrey ‘Jumbo’, 353
Coutts, Ben, 432, 434
Coventry, 146–7
Cowan, Admiral (retired) Sir Walter, 198
Cremin, Flight Lieutenant Dan, 179
Crescent, Lieutenant de vaisseau Émile, 47–9, 51-5, 100, 102, 149
Crete, 170-1, 191, 387
Crete campaign, 173, 182-3, l85–9, 199, 212–14, 234, 236, 242, 246, 249, 267, 272, 346, 365
Crimean War, 10, 13, 16
Croix de Feu, 30
Cross, Lance Corporal William, 233
Cross of Lorraine, 114, 120, 356
Crowther, Pilot Officer Peter, 214
Croydon airport, 197, 246
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew, 59, 93, 365-6, 368, 410, 417
Cunningham, Admiral John, 117, 121, 123–8, 131-5, 171
Custer, General George Armstrong, 16, 349
Cutler, Lieutenant Roden, 234-5, 262-3
Cyprus, 172, 186, 189, 191, 199–200, 203, 209, 245, 253
Czechoslovakia, 28, 145n
Dahl, Roald, 251, 267
Dahomey, 284
Daily Express, 220
Daily Herald, 95
Daily Mail, 137
Daily Mirror, 137
Daily Telegraph, 95, 137, 172, 432
Dakar, 11, 38, 46, 96–8, 135-6, 168–9, 340, 360, 362, 364, 406, 411, 434
Anglo-Gaullist raid, 111–37, 139, 146, 192, 222, 288, 351, 392
Daladier, Édouard, 27–9, 31-2, 41
Damascus, 181, 183, 191, 213, 220-6, 228, 230, 233, 236–44, 253-4, 264-5, 268–9, 355, 435
Damour, 261-3, 268
Danbé, Capitaine de vaisseau, 66, 73, 75
Daniel, Ingénieur mécanicien, 51, 53-4, 56, 101
Danton, Georges, 93
d’Argenlieu, Capitaine de corvette Georges Thierry, 119–21
Dargie, William, 264
Darlan, Alain, 359–63, 370, 373, 405-6, 423, 427
Darlan, Annie, 359
Darlan, Antoine, 34
Darlan, Berthe, 362-3, 406, 427
Darlan, Amiral François, 5, 34–8, 40, 45, 63, 70, 141, 346
Anglophobia, 89, 91-2, 159–60, 364, 405, 417
and British bombing, 275
and Dakar raid, 130
death, 426–7, 435
defection to Allies, 417–18, 420, 423-5
and French dispersal, 46, 48, 59–62
and French North Africa, 359–62, 369–73, 388–9, 392-3, 395–7, 400-3, 405–7, 409, 411, 413, 415
and Iraq, 167, 169–70
and Japanese, 286
and Madagascar, 282
meeting with Hitler, 158–60
and Mers-el-Kébir, 64, 66–7, 74, 81, 159
and Paris Protocols, 169, 273
and reinstatement of Laval, 277, 360, 362