All Hell Let Loose_ The World at War 1939-1945 - Max Hastings [451]
Crace, Rear-Adm. John, 237
Crafter, Ron, 478
Craig, Corp. Jack, 264
Craig, Lt. Norman, 334, 371, 542–3
Crawford, William, 327
Cree, Brig. G.H., 411
Crete, 116, 122–3, 128
Crimea: German success in, 300–1, 304; Schörner defends, 526
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 419
Croatia: hostility to Serbs, 405, 465, 469
Crook, Dick, 86
Crook, Phyllis, 343–4
Cropper, Corp. John, 554, 631
Croudson, Henry, 28
Crowell, Lt. Dick, 245
Crusader, Operation, 128, 131, 135
Csescy, Imre, 599
Cullen, Lance Bombardier Morry, 119
Cunningham, Gen. Alan, 109–10, 128–9
Cunningham, Adm. Sir Andrew: shortage of air cover in Mediterranean, 105; ship losses at Crete, 123; Taranto victory, 294; qualities, 667
Curtin, John, 213, 222
Cutter, Pvt., 332
Cyprus, 116
Czechoslovakia: Germany annexes, 8; arms supply, 141; Russians occupy, 611
D-Day see Normandy
Dahl, Roald, 127
Dakar: Gaullist attempt on, 125
Daladier, Edouard: promises aid to Finland, 36; favours cutting off German iron ore supplies from Sweden, 39; resigns, 41; criticises British, 50
Darby, Col. Bill, 451
Darwin, Australia: bombed by Japanese, 400
Das, Arangamohan, 422
Dauntless dive-bombers (US), 240, 250–1
Davidson, Maj. Basil, 466
Davidson, Pvt. Ron, 329
Davies, Bob, 96–7
Davies, Norman, 2
Davin, Lt. Dan, 119
Davis, Pilot Officer Donald, 10
Daw Sein, 218
Dawley, Maj.Gen. Mike, 452
D’Cruz, Emily, 226
death camps (German), 502, 507, 512, 514, 516, 518–20; see also concentration camps
Deck, Josef, 167
Decoux, Adm. Jean, 407
decryption: of enemy messages, 123; see also Ultra intercepts
Dees, Joe, 188
Deng Yumin, 430
Denmark: Germany occupies, 45; Jews protected from deportation, 404; agricultural supplies to Germany, 504; Allies protect from Russian advance, 611, 613
Dennis, First Lt. Alec, 286
Denny, Chief Officer C.B., 277
Dentz, Gen. Henri, 127–8
De Ruyter (Dutch cruiser), 217
Deseö, László, 604
Desplats, Lt. Jacques, 72
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper), 14
de Valera, Éamon, 399, 653
Devastators (US torpedo bombers), 240, 248–9
Devers, Lt.Gen. Jake, 579, 581, 586
Diadem, Operation, 259
Dick, Shirley Karp, 354
Didier family (of Sainlez), 592
Dieppe: raid (1942), 326
Diercks, Lt. Lyman, 543, 631
Dill, Gen. Sir John, 105
Diller, Pfc Eric, xix
Dior, Christian, 404
displaced persons: at war’s end, 654
Dixon, Lt.Cdr. Bob, 238
Djilas, Milovan, 466–8, 608, 629
Dnieper river, Russia, 306, 382–3, 393, 394, 525
Dodecanese campaign (1943), 298
Doe, Bob, 84
Don, river, 302–3, 384
Dönitz, Grand-Adm. Karl, 273–4, 279, 283, 306, 630
Doolittle, Col. James, 237, 429
Doorman, Adm. Karel, 217
Dora (German heavy gun), 300–1
Dorfman, Harold, 471, 477
Dorman-Smith, Sir Reginald, 219
Dose, Wolf, 176–7
Douglas, Keith, 364, 370, 373
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh, 82, 86–8
Doyle, Janet, 354
Drake, Billy, 85
Dresden: bombed, 493, 610 & n; Red Army reaches, 612, 618
Dressler, Erich, 448, 453
Drobiński, Bolesław, 84
Drummond, Irene, 213
Dugan, Haynes, 363
Dugdale, Blanche, 514
Dunand, Jean-Louis, 71–2
Dunkirk: evacuation (1940), 54, 64–7
Dunlop, Lt.Col. Edward (‘Weary’), 216–17
Durham Light Infantry: in Sicily, 447
Dutch East Indies: refugees from Singapore, 211; Japanese attack, 217–18; nationalist movement, 658; execution of Japanese war criminals, 671
Dworsky, Lt. Bertha, 233
Dyess, Capt. William, 233
East Solomons, Battle of (24 August 1943), 261
Eben Emael fort, Belgium, 53
Ebisawa, Petty Officer Kisao, 672
Eden, Anthony (later 1st Earl of Avon): sounds out army morale, 90; and Polish refugees, 498; meets Karski, 516; and Anders’ bitterness at war’s end, 654; and Stalin’s control, 665
Eder dam, 481–2
Egypt: British position in, 107–8, 364; Italy attacks, 109; Wavell mounts offensive, 110; threatened by Rommel, 115, 137, 364–5; conditions, 134; anti-British sentiments, 414–15; see also Alexandria; Cairo
Ehrenburg, Ilya, 385
Eichelberger, Lt.Gen. Robert, 266, 574
Eighth Army: in North Africa, 128, 130–2, 133–4, 137; lacks confidence in higher commanders, 132; motivation and low morale,