All Hell Let Loose_ The World at War 1939-1945 - Max Hastings [460]
McCormick, Anthony, 339
McCormick, Gunner David, 339, 655
McCormick, Donald, 66
McCormick, Edward, 339
McCrae, Sgt. Ben, 562
McCreery, Gen. Richard, 595–6
McCullers, Carson, 185
Macduff, Pvt. Robert, 537
McIndoe, Dr Archibald, 85
Macmillan, Harold, 36
Macedonia, 465
Madagascar: British occupy, 403
Magaeva, Svetlana, 172
Maginot Line, 54–5
Mahindasa, P.G., 415
Mahlo, Dr Karl-Ludwig, 333
Maier, Ruth, 44–5, 501–2
Mailer, Norman, 230
Majeski, Joseph, 650
Majhi, Gourhori, 423
Majundan, ‘Jumbo’, 417
Malaya: Japanese invade and occupy, 194, 199, 203–11, 215; pre-war life in, 202–3; weak air defences, 203–6; troops’ irresolution, 211–13; anti-war demonstrations, 415; under Japanese occupation, 500; plans to reconquer, 560; Slim plans invasion, 645; Japanese surrender prevents independence, 658; see also Singapore
Malinovsky, Marshal Rodion, 599
Malta: dependence on Gibraltar, 114; Hitler fails to capture, 123, 271; under siege and air attacks, 271, 294; convoys to, 295–7; casualties, 298; relieved, 298
Manchuria: Russian campaign in (1945), 438, 646–7
Mandalay, Burma, 220, 634
Manhattan Project: cost, 640; work on, 646–7; see also atom bomb
Manila, Philippines, 232, 574
Mann, Thomas, 60
Mannerheim, Marshal Carl Gustav, 31, 33, 35–6
Manning, Olivia: The Balkan Trilogy, 134
Manstein, Field Marshal Erich von: insensitivity over Polish invasion, 18–19; Crimean victory, 300–1; ordered north to end Leningrad resistance, 306; in Battle of Stalingrad, 315–16; generalship, 322, 668; commands Army Group South, 383; and Battle of Kursk, 387, 391; condemns Jews, 511; withdrawal in Ukraine, 526; loyalty to Hitler, 552
Mao Zhedong, 191, 427–8, 634, 659
Marcks, Maj.Gen. Erich, 142
Mareth Line, Tunisia, 378
Marianas, 440, 565–9, 636
Marion, US Marine Ore, 257
Marita, Operation, 117
Mariuki, Josiah, 10
Market Garden, Operation, 579–81, 583
Markoyianni, Maris, 116
Marquand, J.P.: So Little Time, 183
Mars, Lt. Alastair, 297
Mars, Operation (Russia, November 1942), 314
Marshall, Gen. George: reputation, 440; approves bombing of French targets, 531; Stilwell complains to about British reluctance in Burma, 559; attempts to correct MacArthur, 570; and weather holding up advance in Europe, 585; and development of atom bomb, 647; achievements, 666
Marshall Islands, 438–9
Martilla, Elena, 171–2
Martin, Cdr. Paul, 126
Marzabotto, Italy: German massacre, 460
Masaki, Kay, 111
Mass Observation: on ‘Phoney War’, 27
Masson, André, 404
Mastalerz, Col., 5
Matsuoka, Yopsuke, 194
Matyka, Edward, 496
Maung Maung, 635
Mauritius: food shortages, 351
Mauritius Regiment, 410
May, Bert, 561
Maze, Etienne, 478
Mears, Fred, 231
Mediterranean: German plans to expel British, 98; Mussolini’s strategy in, 104; danger as shipping route, 105, 271; Luftwaffe actions in, 118, 270–1; naval problems in, 270; Royal Navy actions in, 294, 298; Allies gain upper hand, 298, 379; Axis shipping losses, 298; Churchill’s strategy in, 364, 375, 443
Meikley, Hilde, 513
Meiktila, Burma, 633–4
Mekhlis, Gen. Lev, 301
Melling, Doris, 39
Melnikov, Ivan, 383, 394
Melville, Herman, 244
Mendelsohn, Murray, 516
Menenzes, Leo, 226
Menzies, Robert, 118
merchant navy (Allied): losses and sufferings, 276–8, 283; on Arctic run, 289; see also Atlantic
merchant vessels: Brisbane Star, 296–7; Christopher Newport, 289; Clan Ferguson, 296; Deucalion, 296, 298; Dover Hill, 292; Empire Archer, 292; Empire Hope, 296; Induna, 287; J.L.M. Curry, 285; Melbourne Star, 297; Ocean Voice, 290; Ohio (US oil tanker), 295–7; Port Chalmers, 297; Rochester Castle, 297; Troubador, 289
Merridale, Catherine, 526
Mers-el-Kébir: French fleet bombarded by British, 80–1, 126
Mersa Matruh, 364–5
Messerschmitt Me 262 (jet fighter), 474
Metaxas, Gen. Ioannis, 116, 118
Metelmann, Henry, 140, 315–16
Meuse, river: Germans cross (1940), 56–8
Meyer, Hubert, 552
Meyer, Gen. Kurt, 12, 544
Mi Mi Khaing, 220
Michaelis, Hans, 513
Michon, Col. Daniel, 71–2
Middle East: British position in, 105, 414
Midway, Battle of (1942), 243–53, 264, 306, 669
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