by Colin Smith
and replacement of Laval, 154-5, 157–8, 405
and son’s polio, 359–60, 362-3, 370, 373, 405-6
and Syrian armistice, 260, 270, 273
Darnand, Joseph, 408
Darquier, Louis, 108
David, Sergeant, 184
Davies, Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey, 73, 76
Dayan, Moshe, 192–7
Daylesford, 194
de Chair, Captain Somerset, 99, 188, 247–50
de Gaulle, Brigadier général Charles, 5-6, 50, 93, 150
and Catroux, 172
and Churchill, 99, 348, 354, 356
and Dakar raid, 113, 116–21, 123–8, 133, 135-6
and Darlan, 423-4
death sentence in absentia, 98
and Fashoda, 13, 17, 113
and Free French recruitment, 99–100, 102-3, 188, 270, 273
and Giraud, 250
and Laval, 404, 431-2
and liberation of France, 428–9
and Madagascar, 283, 285, 336, 345-6, 355
and Mers-el-Kébir, 98–9
and Operation Torch, 347–8, 351, 354-6
and Pétain, 17, 21, 29, 429
and Syrian armistice, 270, 273, 367
theories of warfare, 21, 29
and Verdun, 21, 24
de Winton, Captain Francis, 84
Déat, Marcel, 156, 274
Deir Ez Zor, 246, 255–7
Dejean, Maurice, 345
Delcassé, Théophile, 12
Delhi, 340
Denmark, 40
Denniston, Commander Alastair, 152-3
D’Entrecasteaux, 296, 298, 312–13
Dentz, Général Henri, 34, 191-2, 245-6, 260-3, 265, 267–71, 273
Dentz, Madame, 434
Deraa, 191, 220-4
Derrien, Amiral, 404
Desagneaux, Henri, 26
Devil’s Island, 14, 112
Devonport, 2, 4, 48, 101
Diego Suarez, 312, 314–15, 320, 323, 325–7, 329–31, 334–41, 344, 348, 354, 435
capture of, 285, 288–91, 294–300
Dieppe raid, 337–8, 346–7, 351
Dijon, 271, 395-6
Dill, Sir John, 232
Dilworth, Lance Corporal Charles, 205, 217n
Disher, Leo S., 379–85
Djenné, 148–51, 154
Djibouti, 220, 283, 420
Doenitz, Admiral, 167, 288, 336, 420
Donnybrook, Western Australia 203
Dorange, Major André, 362, 389
Doriot, Jacques, 395
Douaumont fort, 21, 24
Dower, K.C. Gandar, 349
Doyen, Général, 110
Doyle, Lieutenant Colonel, 391
Dreyfus, Capitaine Alfred, 13–14, 112
Dudgeon, Squadron Leader Tony, 178–9, 181, 249
Dufay, Lieutenant de vaisseau Bernard, 64–7
Dumas, Alexandre, 10
Dunbar-Nasmith, Admiral Sir, 47, 49–51, 55, 149
Duncan, Lieutenant Paul, 380, 382-3
Dundee, 100, 355, 432
Dunkerque, 37–9, 46, 57–8, 60, 64–70, 73, 75, 422-3
attack on, 78–9, 87–8, 98, 185
Dunkerque, class ships, 46, 82, 320
Dunkirk, 1-2, 4, 6, 44, 60-1, 94-5, 99, 197, 218, 289, 305, 320, 369, 376, 378
Dunwoodie, Sergeant William, 182
Duperré, Amiral Guy-Victor, 390
Dupuy, Pierre, 141, 145
Durban, 281, 285, 289, 294, 297, 334-5, 354
East Africa, 282, 285, 291, 330, 336
East Lancashire Regiment, 286, 298, 307–8, 310, 314, 329, 341
Eboué, Governor Félix, 112, 132
École de Guerre, 15
École Navale, 35
Eden, Anthony, 109, 336, 345-6
Edward VII, King, 9–10, 16, 27
Edward VIII, King, 90
Edward, the Black Prince, 117
Egon, Ingénieur mécanicien en chef, 77–8
Egypt, 11–12, 59–60, 133, 146–7, 289
and defence of Habbiniya, 175, 177, 180
and evacuation of Crete, 186, 189, 242
Italian expulsion, and Litani river
crossings, 197, 199–200, 203, 209
supply routes, 285, 331, 335
and Western Desert campaign, 173, 177, 185, 189, 224, 229, 236, 337, 349
Ehret, Sergent, 299
Eiffel Tower, 27–8
Eisenhower, General Dwight, 349, 361, 364–8, 371-3, 387, 392-3, 402, 424
El Alamein, 337, 340, 349, 351, 355-6, 362-3, 370, 405, 413, 425
El Mina, 191
Elba, 92
Elizabeth, Queen, 25, 27–8
el-Kawakji, Fawzi, 254-6
Emden, Midshipman Roger, 116–17, 122
Emerton, Captain Hector, 312–13
Empire Pride, 340
England, Lieutenant Ian, 129–30
English Channel, 35, 94, 99, 147, 347
Enigma machines, 152
Entente Cordiale, 16–17, 25, 27, 232
Entente Cordiale, 48
Epervier, 378, 381-4, 397–400
Eritrea, 174, 222, 224, 228, 231, 240, 246
Essex Regiment, 174, 246, 254
Esterhazy, Commandant Ferdinand, 14
Ethiopia, 31, 143, 170, 192, 227; see also Abyssinia
Eton College, 203n
Ettrick, 115, 135
Eugénie, Empress, 12
Euphrates, river, 163, 174-5, 180, 246, 256, 259
Evelegh, Major General Vyvyan, 390
Everett, Lieutenant Robert, 298–9
Exercise Touchstone, 340-1
Ezraa, 225, 235-6
Fallujah, 180, 187
Famagusta, 199–200
Farmiloe, Captain Robin, 210
Farquharson-Roberts, Stuart, 124
Fashoda Incident, 10–14, 16–17, 93, 113, 198, 283, 291, 346
Fauché, Capitaine Louis, 354
Fedala, 413–16
Fenard, Amiral Raymond, 359–60, 363, 369, 371, 373, 389, 397
Fenard, Madame, 359
Fergusson, Major Bernard, 228, 236–9, 241-3
Festing, Brigadier Francis, 286, 288, 298, 300-1, 305–8, 312, 315n, 316, 325-6, 329, 338, 343
Fettes School, 215
Fianarantsoa, 344, 348
Fields, Gracie, 375n
Figaro, 37, 107n
Finland, 41, 114
First Gulf War, 18on
First World War, 17–27, 106, 187, 426
Fischer, Unteroffizier, 182
Fleet Street, 18, 146, 329–30
Fliegerkorps, 186
Foch, 418, 423
Foch, Maréchal Ferdinand, 2, 22, 24, 26–7, 35, 46, 90, 98, 120
Fonck, Colonel René, 103-4, 107
Fontenoy, Battle of, 121
Force 121, 286–8
Force H, 60-2, 68, 76, 81, 84, 86, 114
Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur, 428
Foreign Legion, 43-4
Brigade Monclar, 114, 123, 127, 241
Foreign Legionnaires, 23, 192, 233, 256, 261-2, 270-1
Foreign Office, 27, 91, 98, 142, 166
Forester, C.S., 320
Fort Bellevue, 291, 302, 306, 316
Fort Caimans, 291
Fort Châtillon, 431-2
Fort L’Empereur, 391
Fort La Malgue, 421
Fort Laumone, 382
Fougueux, 411
France
Anglophobia, 25-6
British bombing, 275
economic blockade, 148, 155, 167
German invasion, 43
gold reserves, 38, 143
and naval conference, 35-6
relations with Britain, 92, 137–45, 278
resistance and hostage-taking, 273
separation of Church and state, 14–15
Third Republic, 30-1, 104-5
total occupation, 416–17
see also Vichy regime
France Libre d’Outremer, 285
Franck, Lisette, 139
Franco, General Francisco, 5, 36, 93, 107, 135, 143, 167, 261, 287
meeting with Hitler, 139–40, 142, 145, 159
Franco-Prussian War, 10, 12–13, 15, 341, 346
Frappart, Kapitänleutnant Ruault von, 419, 421
Free French
and Bir Hacheim, 345
and Dakar raid, 111–36
and liberation of Paris, 428–9
and Madagascar, 336, 345-6
recruitment, 50, 99–100, 102-3, 111, 270, 273
and signals intelligence, 151
and Syria, 172-3, 192, 220-6, 237–8, 243, 260, 264, 268, 270-1
Freemasons, 14–15, 35, 104, 156
Freetown, 116–17, 135, 154, 289
French, Sir John, 25, 32
French Army, 1, 4-5, 13–15, 19–20
French Cameroons, 112, 116, 336
French Congo, 11, 112
French Empire, 16, 112–13, 403, 423
French Equatorial Africa, 150, 345
French fleet, 3-4, 150
and British ultimatum, 63
and Catholicism, 70
dispersal, 45-6, 57–63
sinking at Toulon, 417–23
French Guiana, 14, 112
French Light Mountain Division, 99
French North Africa, 36–7, 57, 59, 61, 75-6, 112, 138, 143, 145, 159, 169
Allied invasion, 347–8, 350-2, 355-6, 362-3, 375–415
general ceasefire, 415–16, 423-5
French Resistance, 425, 428, 431
French Revolution, 32, 90, 327
French shipping, seizures of, 168–9
French West Africa, 16, 46, 96, 111, 154, 168, 362, 406, 411, 420, 423-5
Fresnes prison, 430, 432
Freyberg, Major General Bernard, 171, 186, 272, 346
Friend, Lieutenant Charles, 117, 129
Frondeur, 411
Frossard, Lieutenant de vaisseau Louis, 84-5, 87
fusiliers marins, 123, 126–7
Fusiliers Mont Royal, 337
Gaillet (Gaullist officer), 118
Gallipoli landings, 19, 43, 230, 286, 312
Gambia, 111, 122
Gamelin, Général Maurice-Gustave, 32, 34
Gandhi, Mahatma, 30, 338
Gardes Mobiles, 389
Garland, Lieutenant Eric, 197–8, 203n, 204–7, 218
Garrouste, Commissioner, 295
Geneva Convention, 434
Genin, Colonel, 225, 235
Genoa, 46
Gensoul, Amiral Marcel-Bruno, 37–40, 421, 435
and British ultimatum, 62–70, 73-5, 96
and French dispersal, 45-6, 48, 58–60
and Mers-el-Kébir battle, 76–7, 80-1, 87–9
Gentforce, 222, 225, 228, 230, 236–7, 239–41
George VI, King, 25, 27–8, 37, 60, 145, 422
Georges Leygues, 124, 134
German aircrew, 62
German fleet, 43-4
German Grand Fleet, 419
German naval codes, 66
Geronimo, 23
Getcliffe, Lieutenant Colonel David, 341
Gettysburg, Battle of, 375
Ghabagheb, 228
Ghesquiere, Sergent, 257
Ghouta Gardens, 237
Gibraltar, 16, 36–7, 167–8, 277, 320, 364, 417, 424
and Mers-el-Kébir operation, 59–62, 68, 87
and Operation Torch, 355, 361, 363, 365, 372, 379, 381, 386, 388, 393, 401-2, 409
and Spanish threat, 139, 142
Vichy air raids, 132, 135
Gibraltar squadron, 12
Gieser, Lieutenant, 391
Giraud, Général Henri-Honoré, 350-1, 359, 361-2, 366–73, 388, 390, 394, 401-3, 406–7, 420, 424, 427
Glasgow, 210, 233, 364
Gloire, 39
Glubb Pasha, 174, 255-6, 346
Gneisenau, 43
Godfrey, Admiral John, 282, 285
Godfroy, Vice-amiral René, 46, 59, 67, 93, 117, 186, 265
Goebbels, Joseph, 110, 144
Goering, Hermann, 3, 104, 107, 111, 113, 159
Golan Heights, 191, 220-1
Golden Square, 166, 169, 180
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves), 25–26
Gordon, Private James, 263-4
Gorée Island, 111, 121, 124, 134
Gort, Lord, 4, 32, 34
Grafftey-Smith, Laurence, 336, 339
Grall, Hervé, 69
Grall, Herveline, 69
Grall, Ingénieur mécanicien Xavier, 69–70, 77–8, 87
Grant, Commissioned Torpedo Gunner, 96
Graubner, Oberleutnant, 182
Grayson, Gunner Geoffrey, 235
Graz, 271
Great Lakes, 364, 381
Greatwood, Lieutenant Colonel Henry, 240
Greece, 93, 183, 271, 387
Greek campaign, 145-6, 166, 169–71, 184, 186, 189, 199, 213, 251, 267
Grenadier Guards, 32
Griffiths, Lieutenant Patrick, 47–8, 51-3, 55-6, 148–9
Grime, Sergeant, 303
Grimm, Dr Friedrich, 109–10
Grobba, Dr Fritz, 167, 180-1, 183
Groupes de Protection, 156–7
Guards brigades, 43-4
Guderian, Heinz, 26
Guépard, 212–14, 245, 259
Guernica, 147
Guernica (Picasso), 28
Gueuser, Father de, 70-1
Guillemet, Général de brigade, 341, 343, 344n, 345, 348
Guillermo (Beirut surgeon), 211
Guinea, 113
Gulf of Adalia, 259
Gurkhas, 22, 246, 256–60
Habforce, 174-5, 219, 246
Hackett, Captain Shan, 235-6
Haddy, Corporal Alan, 204
Haganah, 192-3, 214
Haggard, Lieutenant Colonel Bevis, 266
Haifa, 165, 174, 184, 192-3, 195, 197, 200, 202, 213–14, 220, 226, 245, 251
Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, 23-4, 26, 354
Halifax, Lord, 94, 142
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 39
Hampton Roads, 363
Hanatoux, Gabriel, 11–12
Hardi, 131
Harlech, Lord, 284
Harris, Sub-Lieutenant John, 368–9, 371
Harwood, Commodore Henry, 38–9
Harwood, Lieutenant, 306
Hearman, Captain John, 203-4, 206
Heath, Able Seaman William, 51, 53-4, 56
Heinzen, Ralph, 157, 273
Hellenic Air Force, 177
Hellenic Navy, 93
Héloise, Lieutenant, 308–9
Helsinki, 41
Hendaye, 142, 145, 159
Henri, Count of Paris, 347, 425
Hermon mountain range, 232, 243
Heron, Captain ‘Chips’, 294
Herrtage, Flying Officer Gerald, 181-2
Hess, Rudolf, 3, 187
Hewitt, Admiral Henry Kent, 363, 410–11, 413–15
Heye, Captain Hellmuth, 44
Highland, Captain George, 204-5
Himmler, Heinrich, 350, 397
Hindenburg line, 26, 32
Hitler, Adolf, 30, 32-4, 93, 138, 273, 287, 299, 347, 350
and Darlan, 158–60
and Duke of Reichstadt’s funeral, 154–7
and First World War, 143
and French fleet, 4, 49, 62, 67, 419
and French North Africa, 368, 395–7, 400-1, 403-4
intervention in Greece and North Africa, 169
invasion of Russia, 158–9, 189
and Laval, 139–40, 142, 145, 156, 277, 395–7, 400-1, 403-4
meeting with Franco, 139–40, 142, 145, 159
meeting with Mussolini, 3-4
meeting with Pétain, 140-5, 147
and Munich Agreement, 28–9
and new Europe, 92, 104
peace offers, 109–10, 147
and total occupation of France, 416, 420
HMAS Australia, 96, 123-4, 126–7, 134
HMNZS Leander, 259
HMS Anthony, 315, 319–23, 325, 364
HMS Arethusa, 60, 84-5
HMS Ark Royal, 38, 40, 60, 68, 79, 81-3, 85, 87, 114, 117–19, 126, 128–32, 134, 185
HMS Aurora, 399, 408
HMS Bachaquero, 311–13, 315
HMS Barham, 39, 114, 123-4, 126–7, 132-5, 186
HMS Brilliant, 399–400
HMS Broke, 364, 375–7, 385-6
HMS Bulolo, 364
HMS Campbeltown, 276
HMS Cockchafer, 166
HMS Cumberland, 116–17, 122, 129
HMS Devonshire, 134, 313, 320
HMS Duke of York, 365, 385
HMS Fiji, 115, 124
HMS Foresight, 122-3, 131, 133, 135
HMS Formidable, 186, 245, 365
HMS Fortune, 130
HMS Foxhound, 60, 64-6, 68–9, 73, 76, 84, 88
HMS Furious, 365
HMS Glengyle, 197, 200, 202, 212
HMS Glorious, 43
HMS Glowworm, 44
HMS Greyhound, 124
HMS Hartland, 364, 378–9, 381-4, 388, 390, 397
HMS Hermes, 38, 96–7
HMS Hermione, 298, 314, 320, 326
HMS Hood, 38, 60, 68, 70, 74, 76, 82, 84-6, 185, 422
HMS Hotspur, 212–13
HMS Illustrious, 289–90, 298, 326, 340
HMS Indomitable, 289–90, 327
HMS Isis, 203, 212–13
HMS Jackal, 212–13
HMS Jaguar, 168
HMS Jamaica, 399–400, 408
HMS Janus, 212–14
HMS Jasmine, 326
HMS Kandahar, 214
HMS Keppel, 84
HMS Kimberley, 213
HMS Laforey, 293-4, 313
HMS Largs, 363-4, 380
HMS Malcolm, 364, 375–7, 386
HMS Manchester, 122
HMS Pakenham, 326
HMS Paladin, 326
HMS Pandora, 86–7
HMS Parthian, 258
HMS Prince of Wales, 286, 313, 340, 411
HMS Ramillies, 289–90, 313–15, 319, 326–7, 332-5
HMS Renown, 38–9, 42, 132, 365
HMS Repulse, 42, 286, 313, 340, 411
HMS Resolution, 60, 76, 84, 114, 132, 134-5, 137
HMS Revenge, 4, 39
HMS Roberts, 365, 385, 395
HMS Rodney, 42, 365, 385, 408
HMS Rorqual, 47–8
HMS Seraph, 349, 354, 361, 366
HMS Thames, 48–50, 55, 150
HMS Valiant, 42, 60, 76, 84-5, 186
HMS Walney, 364, 378–84, 388, 390, 397
HMS Warspite, 42, 60, 186
HMS Wrestler, 82, 84
Hoare, Sir Samuel, 143
Hodges, Lieutenant Commander John, 320-2, 325
Hodgkinson, Lieutenant Commander Guy, 85-6
Hoffreville, 296
Hokoku Maru, 335
Holdsworth, Flying Officer, 226
Holland, Captain Cedric, 39–40, 60, 62–7, 69, 73-6, 81, 84, 88, 114, 120
Holland, 3, 9, 21, 350
Holmes, Colonel, 366–7, 373
Homs, 243, 246–8, 251, 253, 256
Hood, Admiral, 421
Horn of Africa, 11, 339
Hôtel Crillon, 90
House of Commons, bombing of, 186–7