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Royal Air Force: Polish airmen, 23; early actions, 26; actions and losses at Dunkirk, 66–7; Fighter Command in Battle of Britain, 80–8, 101; losses in Battle of Britain, 85, 87, 89; Bomber Command losses against invasion barges, 87, 90; dominance in Mediterranean, 105; strategic bombing offensive, 200, 270, 363, 470–2, 475–6, 480–2, 486; Coastal Command, 273; inadequate air cover for shipping, 275; losses defending Malta, 298; employs German-speaking women, 358; gains strength in North Africa, 366–7; aircrews’ experience, 470–2, 477–8; non-operational casualties, 472; aircrew survival rates, 474; casualties and losses, 475, 478, 492; mental strain on aircrew, 478–9; pre-invasion bombing in France, 485; achievements, 663
Royal Canadian Navy, 283
Royal Navy: and German invasion of Norway, 43–4; and evacuation of Norway, 51; losses in Norway, 52; in Dunkirk evacuation, 65–6; as line of defence, 80; evacuates troops from Greece and Crete, 120, 123; and guarantee of supplies to Britain, 269; ships and technology, 270; early shortage of escorts, 273; convoy escort duties, 276; and protection of Arctic convoys, 293; actions in Mediterranean, 294; losses defending Malta, 298; role in last two years of war, 298; achievements, 663
VESSELS: Acanthus (corvette), 280; Barham (battleship), 294; Bramble (minesweeper), 292; Cairo (anti-aircraft cruiser), 296; Carlisle (cruiser), 271; Dorset (cruiser), 297; Duke of York (battleship), 293; Eagle (carrier), 295; Edinburgh (cruiser), 288, 292; Eglantine (corvette), 280–1; Exeter (cruiser), 217; Fame (destroyer), 280–2; Foresight (destroyer), 296; Furious (carrier), 295–6; Glorious (carrier), 52; Hood (battlecruiser): sunk, 270, 327; Illustrious (carrier), 294; Indomitable (carrier), 295–6; Ithuriel (destroyer), 296; Kenya (cruiser), 296; King George V (battleship), 286, 288; Matabele (destroyer), 287; Matchless (destroyer), 272; Montbretia (corvette), 280; Nelson (battleship), 295, 297; Nigeria (cruiser), 296; Queen Elizabeth (battleship), 294; Repulse (battlecruiser), 206–7; Resolution (battleship), 125; Rodney (battleship), 295; Seton (assault ship), 650; Sheffield (cruiser), 285; Trinidad (cruiser), 288–9; Unbroken (submarine), 297; Valiant (battleship), 294; Victorious (carrier), 294–5; Viscount (destroyer), 280–2; Wolverine (destroyer), 296
Rubarth, Sgt. Walther, 56, 159
Rubis (French submarine), 125
Rudnicki, Klemens, 19–20
Ruge, Gen. Otto, 46, 50
Ruggeri, Elide, 460–1
Ruhr: bombed, 482, 484
Ruhr dams: bombed, 481–2
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von: Manstein serves under, 19; and German advance into France, 58, 68; in Russian campaign, 148; dismissed in Russia, 176; withdrawal from Bulge (January 1945), 530; commands against Allied invasion forces, 533; succeeds von Kluge as C. in C. in France, 557; Kesselring succeeds, 611; qualities, 668
Russia see Soviet Russia
Russian Liberation Army (Cossacks), 300
Rutherford, Edie, 345, 655
Rydz-migły, Marshal Edward, 12, 15
Rzhev salient, Russia, 176–7, 384
Saarland: French occupy (1939), 11
Sadat, Anwar, 414, 421
Sadoul, Georges, 27
Saghal, Capt. Prem K., 214
St Nazaire: raid (1942), 326
St Paul’s Cathedral, London: struck by unexploded bomb, 97
Saipan, 567–8
Sajer, Guy, 383–4, 589, 618
Saldanha, George, 226
Saldhana, Jose, 226
Salerno, Italy: landings, 334, 451–4, 531
Samoilov, David, 139, 547
Samokhvalov, Pvt., 393
Sandeman, Capt. Arthur, 223
Santa Cruz (Pacific), 261
Sapieha, Princess Paul (Virgilia), 6, 23
Sapir, Estelle, 399
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 27
Sauberzweig, Karl-Gustav, 405
Saumur: cadets resist Germans, 71–2
Saurma, Lt. Tony, 610
Savarkar, Veer Damodar, 417
Savo island: US naval defeat, 255–7, 261
Say, Rosemary, 76, 342
Scheldt estuary, 582–4
Schlesinger, Arthur, 198, 229, 517, 656
Schlesinger, Elizabeth, 198
Schmid, Col. ‘Beppo’, 82
Schmidt, Bernice, 346
Schmuckle, Gerd, 626
Schneider, Helga, 625
Schnorkel (German submarine air-replenishment system), 274
Schönbeck, Hans-Erdmann, 156
Schoo, Donald, 336, 589
Schörner, Gen. Ferdinand, 526
Schrodek, Panzer Lt. Gustav, 167