Closing the Ring (103 page)

on difficulties of advance at Cassino
, ;

on capture of Cassino and progress of Italian campaign
, ;

on capture of Rome
;

minutes to
,

Aluminised explosives,

Ambassadors, Churchill on moving of, to new posts in war-time
,

Ambrosio, General, Italian Chief of Staff, plans for arrest of Mussolini
;

at meeting with Mussolini and Hitler at Feltre Villa
;

meets Ribbentrop and Keitel at Italian frontier

Amery, L. S., Secretary of State for India, minutes to
,

Anatolia, need of air bases in southwest of
,

Ancona-Pisa line

Andaman Islands
, ;

post-war War Office comment on projected operation to invade
,

Anders, General

Anderson, Sir John, Lord President of the Council, appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
, ;

minutes to
,

Anti-aircraft defences

“Anvil,” code-name for projected landing in Southern France
, ;

Churchill on
, ;

Stalin’s views on
;

Combined Chiefs of Staff favour
;

Churchill on, at second Cairo Conference
, ;

operation formally approved
;

Anglo-American argument as between “Overlord” and, and further, as between Italian campaign and
,

Anzio
;

discussions about and preparations for the operation at
, ;

the strike at
, ;

Alexander on
;

German reaction
, ;

Churchill’s report to Parliament
;

map

Appointments, ministerial, June–June
,

Aquino

Arakan coast

Archangel

Argostoli

Army annual bill, suggested amendments to, concerning political activities of Army men

Arnold, Lieutenant-General H. N., Chief of U.S. Air Forces
,

Arsoli

Asmara

Assam

Astrakhan

Atlantic.
See
Battle of the Atlantic

Attlee, Rt. Hon. Clement, Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Prime Minister
;

minutes to
,

Auchinleck, General Sir Claude

Ausente Valley

Ausonia

Australia, aircraft for

Austria, plan for Allied movement into, from North Italy

“Avalanche,” code-name for the planned attack on Naples
,

Avellino

Averoff
, Greek cruiser

Avezzano

Aviation, civil, post-war, preliminary note on by Churchill
;

note to Roosevelt concerning

Aleta, Marquis d’, Counsellor of Italian Legation in Lisbon
,

Azores, agreement with Portugal concerning

Baghdad

Balkans, communisation of, Churchill on
,

Bari
;

congress of Italian Opposition parties at

Barlow, Sir Alan

Basic English, minutes of Churchill on

Basra

Badoglio, Marshal;

forms government
;

announces Armistice
;

moves seat of government to Brindisi
, ;

Churchill’s attitude toward working with
;

exchange of telegrams between Roosevelt and Churchill on Badoglio’s government as it affects Allies
, ;

signs long-term surrender at Malta
;

harassed by Opposition parties
;

Churchill supports his government and Roosevelt agrees
, ;

pressure against, continues and is subject of further exchanges between Churchill and Roosevelt
, ;

official recognition of, by Stalin

Battipaglia, capture of

Battle of the Atlantic
, ;

maps
.
See also
U-boats

Bayeux

“Baytown,” code-name for planned attack across Straits of Messina

Beaverbrook, Lord

Bedford, Dr.

Beneš, President, visits Churchill at Marrakesh
, ;

Churchill’s tribute to
,

Bennett, Air Commodore Donald

Bergamini, Admiral

Berio, Signor, Italian diplomatist at Tangier

Berlin, air attacks on
,

Bevin, Rt. Hon. Ernest, Minister of Labour and National Service, minute to

Biak Island

Biblical references made by Churchill in messages

Birse, Major

Black-out, Churchill on need to review question of (’43)

Boettiger, John
,

Bohlen, Charles E.

Boisson, M.

“Bombardon,” device in synthetic harbours

Bomber Command, review of activities ()
, ;

Casablanca directive to
, ;

attacks on German cities
, ;

effect on German war economy of bomber offensive
, ;

statistics on effective strength of crews in

Bono, de, Marshal

Bordeaux, plan for seizing, by
coup de main
,

Bottomley, Air-Marshal, report of, on so-called ski-sites in Northern France

Bougainville

Bracken, Brendan, Minister of Information
;

minutes to
,

Bradley, General Omar (U.S.)

Brazilian division for Italy

Brereton, General Lewis Hyde, Commander of U.S. Air Force in Middle East, Cairo

Bridges, Sir Edward, minutes to

Brindisi
;

Italian Government set up at
,

British naval vessels, transfer of, to Russia (in lieu of Italian)
,

British sailors, treatment of, by Russians.
See
North Russia

Broadhurst, Air Vice-Marshal

Brooke, Sir Alan, Chief of Imperial General Staff
;

reports, at Teheran, recommendation of Combined Chiefs of Staff as to date of “Overlord” and operation in Southern France
;

Stalin on
;

account by, written for Churchill, of speech at birthday dinner at Teheran and subsequent interchange with Stalin
, ;

minutes to
,

Bruneval

“Buccaneer,” code-name for projected amphibious attack on Andaman Islands,

Bulgaria
;

Stalin’s declaration on Russian attitude toward, in event of Turkish entry into the war
;

Churchill on
,

Buna

Burma
, ;

campaign of December to June
, ;

map

Burma Road

Bus queues, Churchill on

Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A., President of the Board of Education, minute to

Cadogan, Sir Alexander, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, minutes to
,

Caen, an initial objective of “Overlord,”

Cairo, Conference at, preliminary exchanges between Roosevelt and Churchill concerning place of meeting
, ;

and presence of Russians at
, ;

the President’s invitation to Molotov
, ;

invitation to Chiang Kai-shek and consequent inability of Molotov to attend
;

views of Roosevelt and Churchill on meetings of British and American Staffs before being joined by Russians and Chinese
, ;

first plenary meeting hears Admiral Mountbatten on military operations in Southeast Asia
;

Combined C.O.S. meeting discusses operations in Europe and Mediterranean
, ;

Churchill and Roosevelt return, after Teheran, for second conference at
;

“Overlord,” Southern France and Andamans operations discussed
, ;

joint summary of decisions taken communicated to Stalin by Churchill and Roosevelt
;

Inönü at Cairo
;

optimism of high British Service circles

“Cairo Three,” code-name for Conference at Teheran

“Caliph” operation
,

Caltagirone

Campbell, Sir Ronald, minute to
,

Campoleone
,

Canada, Churchill describes growing share of, in war
,

Canaris, Admiral, Chief of the German Intelligence

Canberra
, Australian cruiser, sunk

Cape Gloucester

Cape Orlando

Carentan, an initial objective of “Overlord,”

Caroline Islands
;

air attacks on, by U.S. Navy fliers

Carton de Wiart, Lieutenant-General, liaison officer with Chiang Kai-shek’s forces
;

accompanies Zanussi to Lisbon, as prisoner of war
, ;

chivalric conduct of Zanussi

Casey, Rt. Hon. Richard Gardiner, British Minister (of State) Resident in the Middle East
;

lends Churchill his villa

Cassino
, ;

Fifth U.S. Army approaches
;

second major attack on, and bombing of monastery
, ;

third battle of
, ;

maps

Castelforte

Castellano, General, confers with Sir Samuel Hoare, British Ambassador, in Madrid
;

with Bedell Smith in Sicily
, ;

signs Italian armistice terms

Catania, bombed
;

malaria among men on plain

Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ships (C.A.M.S.)

Catroux, General
;

in Syria

Caviglia, General, arranges armistice

with Germans in outskirts of Rome

Ceccano

“Celestes,” code-name for Chiang Kai-shek

Cephalonia

Ceprano

Cesaro

Cherbourg

Cherwell, Lord, Paymaster-General, reports on German rockets
, ;

on relative efficiency of high-explosives used by British and German forces
, ;

on aluminised explosives
, ;

minutes to
,

Chetniks
;

C.O.S. report on

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek, Madame

Chief of Combined Operations, minute to
,

Chiefs of Staff, British, on Operation “Overlord,”;