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All Hell Let Loose_ The World at War 1939-1945 - Max Hastings [451]

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F/Sgt. Charles, 325

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,

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