by Colin Smith
Household Cavalry (Tin Tummies), 174-5, 188, 246, 255-6
Hudson, river, 275
Hull, Cordell, 90-2
Huntziger, Général Charles, 2-5, 46, 107, 110, 138, 141, 154-5
Hussein, Saddam, 180n
Huxley, leading Seaman, 129–30
Ikopa, river, 343
Ile d’Yeu, 429
Ilot de la Marine, 390, 393
India, 164-5, 171, 225, 274, 288–9, 330-1, 338, 340
Indian Army, 45, 166, 176, 198n, 220, 225, 237–8, 268, 311
Indian Ocean, 282, 284, 288, 290, 315, 332
Indians, 22, 26, 32, 175, 220-5, 237–43, 256–7, 271
Indochina 67, 166–7, 285-5, 340
Iraq, 163–7, 169–85, 187, 189, 193, 224, 245-6, 250, 260, 272, 346
Irgun Zvei Leumi, 193, 262
Irwin, Major General Noel, 117, 131, 133
Ishizaki, Commodore, 335-6
Iskenderun, 194-5
Isle of Arran, 198, 210
Ismail, Khedive, 12
Ismay, General ‘Tug’, 356
Istanbul, 184
Italian 10th Army, 146–7
Italian fleet, 36–7, 45, 146
Italy, 3, 15, 31, 35-6, 45-6, 58–9, 61, 139, 150, 166–7, 404, 416, 419, 420
J’ Accuse (Zola), 14
Jackson, Thomas ‘Stonewall’, 219
Jaffrey, Premier-maître électricien Francis, 100
Jammu and Kashmir State Forces, 264
Japan and Japanese submarines 35-6, 166, 274-5, 285, 299, 315, 331-6
Jaquinet, Capitaine de frégate, 80
Jean Bart, 46, 410, 414
Jeanne d’Arc, 106, 142
Jebel Druse, 224-5
Jebel Madani, 237
Jebel Mazar, 261, 264-6
Jenin, 254
Jersey, 5, 119, 381
Jerusalem, 171, 191, 218, 250, 260, 262, 265, 267, 271
Jewell, Lieutenant Norman, 361
Jewish Agency, 192
Jews, 113, 174, 187, 425
in France, 13–14, 28, 30, 104, 106, 108, 156, 397
Russian, 104
Zionist, 192-3, 196
Jezzine, 232, 234, 263, 268
Jisr Bennet Yacoub, 221, 230
Joffre, Maréchal Joseph, 18, 22, 291, 310
Joffre line, 291, 296, 300-2, 306–9, 312–13, 316, 322-4, 326–7, 329, 341, 344, 349, 435
Johnson, Captain Adrian, 263
Jones, Henry, 326
Jones, Major Ken, 339n
Jones, Colonel Lionel, 237–42
Jordan, 165, 247, 253, 346
Jordan, river, 220-1, 230
Juin, Général Alphonse Pierre, 362-3, 369–73, 388–9, 391-3, 397, 401-2
Junck, Oberst Werner, 182-3, 193
Junon, 355
Jura Mountains, 141
Jutland, Battle of, 4, 38
Kafr Badda bridge, 202, 207, 212, 217
Kalgoorlie, 204
Karachi, 166
Karanja, 115
Karlsruhe, 107
Kaye, Lieutenant Alders, 148–9
Keats, John, 27
Keitel, Feldmarschal Wilhelm, 3, 107
Kennedy, Joseph, 91
Kennedy, Captain, 230
Kenya, 251, 283, 338, 340
Kenya, 115
Kerensky, Alexander, 19
Kersaint, 58, 418
Keyes, Geoffrey, 197, 202–8, 210–11, 214–18, 274–5
Khaldé, 258, 262
Khan Arembeh, 224, 226
Khiam, 234
King’s African Rifles, 338–9, 343, 348
King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 166, 176, 180, 187, 261, 264–6, 274
KingCol, 174–5, 180, 188, 247–50, 253–7
Kingstone, Brigadier Joseph, 174, 246–50, 255
Kingston-upon-Thames, 361
Kirkuk, 164, 169, 175, 188
Kissoué, 222, 237, 241
Kitchener, Lieutenant General Sir Horatio, 11–12, 14
Kleist, General von, 337
Klopper, General, 337
Knatchbull-Hugesse, Sir Hugh, 98
Knight, Captain Bill, 293–4, 313
Knowles, Flying Officer, 265
Knox, Sergeant, 309
Koenig, Général de brigade, Marie-Pierre, 345–6
Koenigsberg, 40, 82
Königstein, 350–1, 366, 369
Koran, 363
Kordt, Erich, 144–5
Koshonofski, Lieutenant, 231
Kroll Opera House, 109
Krugg von Nidda, Baron, 396, 416, 420
Kuneitra, 191, 221–32, 236, 240, 271
Kurds, 164, 176
Kuwait, 180n
La France enchaînée, 109
La Galissonière, 422–3
‘La Marseillaise’, 11, 13, 98, 273
La Scama, 307, 310, 312, 314–16
La Sénia, 387–8
La Suisse, 93
La Surprise, 378, 382, 400
La Valette police post, 421
Laborde, Contre-amiral Jean de, 417–23
Laconia, 432, 434
Lafayette, Marquis de, 91, 106
Lafond, Contre-amiral Gervais de, 411–12
Lake Maracibo, 311
Lamb, Lieutenant Colonel David, 242
Lamond (Free French officer), 115
Lancelot, Capitaine de corvette Pierre, 130, 134–5, 137
Land’s End, 387
Landévennec, 70
Landriau, Amiral, 120–1
Langer, William L., 91
Langsdorff, Captain Hans, 39
Languedoc, 152
Latakia, 259
L’Audacieux, 124, 126, 128, 137
Laure, Général, 157–8
Laurin, Capitaine de frégate Paul, 378, 383–4, 397–400
Laval, Eugénie, 274, 429–30
Laval, Pierre, 30–1, 105–10, 137–44, 146–7, 169
assassination attempt, 273–5, 277
dismissal, 155–9
and French neutrality, 428
and German victory, 395–6, 405–6
and Giraud, 350, 394
and Madagascar, 344–5
meetings with Hitler, 139–40, 142, 145, 395–7, 400–1, 403–4
reinstatement, 277–8, 360, 362
and total occupation, 416, 420
trial and execution, 429–32
Lavarack, Major General John, 189, 260–4
Lawrence, Lieutenant George, 385
Lawrence, T.E., 188, 220
Lawson, Piper, 199, 218
Layard, Lieutenant Commander Arthur, 376–7, 386
Laycock, Colonel Robert, 198–9
‘Le Boudin’, 23
Le Bourget, 28, 246
Le Gall, Pierre, 78
Le Gloan, Sous-Lieutenant Pierre, 213–14, 253, 434
Le Glorieux, 296, 421
Le Guillaumet, Frère, 117
Le Havre, 2
Le Héros, 296, 326–7
Le Malin, 124
Le Moigne, Gendarme, 421
Le Moniteur du Puy-de-Dôme, 105
Le Nistour, Dr Bernard, 1–2, 50–1, 53–6, 100–2, 148–9, 274
Le Pivain, Capitaine de vaisseau, 66–7, 80
Le Souffleur, 258, 262
Le Terrible, 58, 80
League of Nations, 32, 165
Leahy, Admiral, 275, 277, 360–1, 373, 394, 406
Lebanon, 165, 172, 191, 193–4, 201, 223, 232, 261, 268–9, 345–6
Lebrun, Albert, 24, 105
Leclerc, Général Philippe (Viscomte de Hauteclocque), 112, 428, 430
Lecoulteux, Colonel, 227, 229, 231
Lee, General Raymond E., 93
Lee, Robert E., 93, 219, 269
Lefebre, Abbé Philippe-Michel, 15
Legentilhomme, Major General Paul Louis, 191, 220, 222–3, 225, 237, 243, 269, 355
Légion d’Honneur, 14, 19, 63, 114
Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchevisme, 274, 396
Legrand, Lieutenant,
257
Lejay, Pierre, 258
Lemaigre-Duibreuil, Jacques, 402
Leonor Fresnel, 421
Lequerica, José Felix de, 430
Les Invalides, 19, 155–7
Les Nouveaux Temps, 108, 277
Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 12
Libreville, 116, 150
Libya, 46, 112, 139, 166, 170, 186, 189, 198n, 199, 238, 253, 255, 345–6, 364
Liebling, A.J., 424–5
Liechtenstein, 430
Life magazine, 405
Life Guards, 254
Lille, 119, 369
L’Illustration, 137
Lindi, 296–7, 328
Linz, 430
Lisbon, 90, 141, 152
Litani river crossings, 191, 195–7, 200–12, 220, 223, 267, 274, 286, 434
Littorio, 146
Liverpool, 100–1, 115–16, 148, 150–1, 218, 288–9, 294, 399
Livingstone, Pilot Officer Tommy, 434
Lloyd, Brigadier, 221–3, 225–6, 228, 235–7, 239, 241–2
Lloyd George, David, 24
Loire, river, 139, 276
London, 3, 30, 44, 142, 146, 159, 186–7
London Gazette, 164
London Missionary Society, 283
London Naval Conference, 35–6
L’Oran Républicain, 425–6
L’Oréal cosmetics, 30
Lorfevre (French officer), 120–1
Lorraine, 13, 16, 24, 120, 396
Lorraine, 46, 59
Lottman, Henri, 18
Loubet, Émile, 9
Louis XIV, King, 105
Louis XVI, King, 27
Lourenço Marques, 285
Louw, Squadron Leader James, 366
Lowe, Major, 325
Luchaire, Corinne, 108
Luchaire, Jean, 108, 277
Ludendorff, Erich, 22, 26–7
Luftwaffe, 41, 62, 103–4, 106–7, 111, 113, 355, 395
Condor Legion, 167
and Crete, 185–6
and Greece, 170
and Iraq, 167, 169, 179–82
raids on Britain, 142, 146, 159, 169
and Syria, 183–4, 188, 360, 362
Lützow, 43
Lynch, Pilot Officer, 214
Lynx, 58
Maccia, Sergent-chef, 257
MacDonald, Lieutenant Colonel Alan, 195
McGonigal, Lieutenant Eoin, 217
Mackenzie, Compton, 238, 240
Maclise, Daniel, 35
Macnab, Colonel John, 343–4
Macpherson, Lieutenant Tommy, 207, 209, 212, 215–16, 274–5
Madagascar, 16, 281–91, 293–45, 348, 432
air battle, 298–9, 326
attack on HMS Ramillies, 331–2
casualties, 328, 354
landings, 293–4, 298–9, 364, 387, 409
occupation and administration, 338–45, 348–9, 354–6
tank action, 300–6
Madn Lal Vaid, Lieutenant Raizada, 265–6
Madrid, 5, 92, 107, 135, 139, 141–3, 168, 277, 405
Maerten, Capitaine de vaisseau Paul, 295, 297, 326–7
Maginot, André, 22, 28
Maginot line, 28–9, 62, 306
Magrin-Verneret, Colonel Raoul Charles (Monclar), 114, 123, 241
Mahout, 315
Mainz, 24
Maitland Wilson, Lieutenant General Sir Henry (‘Jumbo’), 170–2, 174, 191, 218–20, 222–3, 232, 242, 250, 260–2, 267, 269–71
Majunga, 285, 338, 340–1, 343–5, 354
Malan, Navigator ‘Bull’, 339n
Malan, ‘Sailor’, 339n
malaria, 320, 329, 338, 345, 376
Malaya, 285–6, 313, 315, 340, 411
Maldives, 334–5
Malta, 60, 146, 169, 186, 245, 290, 320, 346, 368, 370, 395
Manchester Guardian, 27, 430–1
Marchand, Commandant Jean-Baptiste, 11–14
Marchandeau Law, 104, 109
Marie-Louise, Empress, 155
Marne, river, 27, 90
Marquis, Amiral André, 419, 421
Marseilles, 37, 45, 145, 167, 270–1, 364, 411, 419, 426
Marshall, Lieutenant Colonel George F., 379–80, 382–5
Martin, Capitaine de corvette Paul, 47–51, 55, 100, 325
Martinique, 63, 74–5, 435
Martins, Colonel Didier, 343
Masami, Petty Officer Takemoto, 333–6
Mason-MacFarlane, General Sir Noel, 368
Massicot, Enseigne de vaisseau, 52, 149
Mast, Général Charles, 350–2, 359, 362, 367–8, 371, 377, 388, 390, 393, 402, 406, 410
Masters, Captain John, 257–60
Mata Hari, 430
Mauritius, 1, 281–2, 284–5, 339
Maximilian, Emperor, 23
Mayer, Berthe, 281–2, 284, 290, 296, 337
Mayer, Percy, 281, 284, 290, 294–7, 301, 322, 324, 326, 330, 337
Mayne, Lieutenant Blair ‘Paddy”, 197–8, 203, 208, 215, 217–18
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 167, 247
Meknes, 102–3
Melbourne, 124, 194
Melin, Commandant, 297, 324
Menelik, Emperor, 11
Mercier, Capitaine de vaisseau Léon, 411–12
Merjayoun, 191, 202, 220, 223–4, 232–5, 263, 268
Mersah Matruh, 146, 189
Mers-el-Kébir, 46, 48, 57–9
air attacks, 82–3, 97–8, 146
battle, 76–88, 185, 383
British ultimatum, 62–71, 73–6, 96, 120
casualties, 87–8, 114, 116, 283, 348, 378, 412
Churchill and, 93–4
escape of Strasbourg, 80–7, 398, 422
and Free French recruitment, 101–3, 111
French reactions, 92, 141
funerals and cemetery, 89, 435
harbour mines, 68, 73–4, 80–1
and Laconia sinking, 432, 434
Mesopotamia, 163, 165
Metaxas, Yanni, 145
Metulla salient, 191, 233
Metz, 29
Meuse, river, 17
Meyrick, Lieutenant Commander Peter, 380–1, 383
Mezze House, siege of, 239–42, 271
MI6, 152, 379
Michelier, Amiral François, 410–11, 415
Michelin company, 167
Milan, 411–12
Milice, 418, 428–9
Millot, Monsieur, 339, 341
Ministry of Information, 94–5
Minnesota, 375
Mogador, 57–8, 70, 79–80, 87, 398
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 159
Mombasa, 330, 340–1
Monaghan, Lieutenant Colonel Robert, 232
Monarchists, 425–6
Monge, Gaspard, 327
Monge, 296, 327
Monibeaux, Pierre, 430
Monrondava, 341, 343
Montcalm, 124, 134
Montélimar, 15
Montgomery, General Bernard, 340, 349, 355–6
Montoire-sur-le-Loire, 139–45, 147, 155–7
Moorhead, Alan, 220
More, Captain George, 202, 207–8, 212, 214–18
Moreau, Contre-amiral Jacques, 370, 397
Moreau, Capitaine, 221, 230
Morgan, Berthe, 34, 36
Morison, Lieutenant Commander Samuel, 411
Mornet, André, 430–2
Morning Post, 12
Morocco, 10, 16, 46, 112, 132, 139, 258, 351, 362, 346, 363, 367, 369, 387–9, 393, 405, 409, 413, 415, 423, 434
Morton, Major Sir Desmond, 354–5
Moscow, 31, 350
Mosley, Sir Oswald, 30
Moss, Catherine, 289
Moss, Corporal Roland, 289, 316
Mosul, 169, 181–2, 184
Mott, Chief Petty Officer Herbert, 52–3
Mouaddamiya, 238–9
Moulin de Labarthete, Henri du, 158
Mozambique Channel, 282, 285, 289, 296, 331, 333, 336, 339
Muir, Second Lieutenant William L.,US Army, 376
Munich, 4, 271, 395–7
Munich Agreement, 28–9, 32, 394
Murphy, Robert, 92, 106, 110, 145–6, 156, 347–8, 350–1, 353, 359–62, 367, 370–3, 375, 387–9, 391, 393, 395, 400–3, 405–7, 409
Murray, Captain Adam, 220
Muselier, Amiral Émile, 50
Mussolini, Benito, 3–4, 28, 36, 45, 59, 140, 142, 166, 169–70, 188–9, 346, 417, 420
Nagle, Lieutenant Jack, 232–3
Nairobi, 337
Nantes, 273, 277
Napoléon Bonaparte, 15, 24, 92, 126, 128, 154–5, 232, 269
Napoléon III, 12, 23
Napoléon, Prince Imperial, 13
Narvik, 40–5, 99, 114, 122, 241
Naturalization Act, 104
Naval Intelligence, 379
Nelson, Admiral Lord, 34–5, 46, 131, 213, 319, 400
Nérac, 35, 406
Netherlands, 114; see also Holland
New Brunswick, 359
New Guinea, 282
New Hebrides, 16
New York, 156, 275
New York Times, 45, 273, 277
New Yorker, 90, 424, 429–30
New Zealand, 22, 171
News Chronicle, 95
Newfoundland’s cod, 16
Newtonards, 198
Nice, 404, 417
Nicolson, Harold, 95
Nicosia, 198–9, 208
Nigeria, 154
Nile, Battle of and river, 46, 12, 16, 198
Nivelle, Robert, 18–19
Noguès, Général Auguste, 405, 409–11, 415
Norfolk, Virginia, 363
Norfolk county jail, 414
Normandie dock, 275–6
Normandy, 298, 426, 428
North, Admiral Sir Dudley, 59–60, 62–5, 74, 135
North Africa, 169–70, 178, 272, 274–5, 304; see also French North Africa
North Sea, 20, 35, 40, 42, 48
North Staffordshire Regiment, 26
Northcote, Major, 308
Norway, 3, 6, 44, 288, 419
Norwegian campaign, 40–5, 62, 66, 82, 94, 99, 137, 378, 390, 410
Nosi Fati shoal, 297
Notre Temps, 108
Nouailhetas, Governor Pierre, 336, 420
Noyes, Colonel Edward, 48
Nusaybin, 184
Nyasaland, 338
Nyon Agreement, 36–7
Observer, 95
Ocean Viking, 340
O’Connor, Major General Richard, 146–7, 170, 219
Oeuvre, 156
Office of Strategic Services, 426
Officers and Gentlemen (Waugh), 199
oilfields and pipelines, 164–5, 169, 172, 175, 193, 246–7, 255–6
Old Guard, 128
Omdurman, Battle of, 11–12, 19
Onslow, Acting Rear Admiral Rodney, 96–7
Ontario, 39, 202
Operation Anton, 416
Operation Battleaxe, 236
Operation Boatswain, 193
Operation Catapult, 63–4, 93
Operation Cordite, 199
Operation Crusader, 274
Operation Exporter, 191, 194, 200
Operation Ironclad, 286, 288–9, 298, 331
Operation Jubilee, 337