Short History of World War II - James L. Stokesbury [225]
Casualties: of Bataan Death March, 211; in Battle of the Atlantic, 125, 131, 136; in Battle of the Bulge, 355; of Chindit campaign, 257; of Cologne bombing, 279; of Dieppe raid, 224; of Dresden bombing, 286; in East African theater, 146; and evacuation of Greece, 144; and fall of France, 103; of French invasion, 319; in German invasion of Poland, 74; at Guadalcanal, 251, 252, 253; of Hamburg bombing, 285–286; in Italian campaign, 305; at Iwo Jima, 368–369, 370; at Kerch Peninsula, 236; at Kharkov, 236; at Kwajalein Lagoon, 336; from London Blitz, 113; at Mersel-Kebir, 104; of 1942 Soviet offensive, 241; of Normandy invasion, 316, 317, 320; in Norsk Hydro Plant bombing, 268–269; in North Africa, 222; at Okinawa, 372; of Pacific offensive, 334–335; at Peleliu, 341; in Philippines, 348; in Russo-Finnish War, 82; at Saipan, 337; at Sevastopol, 236; at Sicily, 293, 294; at Singapore, 204; Soviet attitude toward, 232, 233, 235; at Stalingrad, 238; at Tarawa landing, 259; in World War I, 23, 24, 33, 50; in World War II, 15, 378–380; in Yugoslavia, 143
Cauldron, Battle of the, 218, 219
Celebes, 205
Central Powers. See World War I
Chamberlain, Neville, 54, 59–62, 64, 66, 79, 87–88, 145
Chennault, Claire, 256, 327, 329
Cherbourg, France, 311, 318
“Chetniks,” 263
Chiang Kai-shek, 161, 163, 165, 183, 248, 256, 329, 386
Chichi Jima, 336
China: Allied war aims in, 183; Burma and, 207–208, 329; casualties in, 378–379; Japanese invasion of, 45–46, 52; and Japanese Pacific offensives, 200–201; Japanese stalemate in, 161–165; Japanese withdrawals from, 372; in 1943, 256; in 1944, 327, 329; post-World War II, 385–386; and U. S. negotiations with Japan, 165–166; under U. S. “strategic direction,” 248. See also Manchuria
“China Incident,” 45–46, 163
Chindits, 256–257, 330
Chinese Communists, 386
Churchill, Winston, 106, 145, 302–303, 307, 361; and Auchinleck, 220; and Battle of Britain, 105; becomes Prime Minister, 88; on Cripps, 385; and Dunkirk, 98–99; and fall of Belgium, 96; and fall of France, 77, 99, 101, 104, 108; and Hitler’s invasion of Soviet Union, 159; and invasion of Italy, 296–297, 299, 304; Mediterranean strategy and, 137; meeting with von Kleist-Schmenzin, 61; and Montgomery, 221; and North African theater, 219; and postwar plans for Berlin, 360; reaction to Pearl Harbor, 171; role of, 178; on R. A. F., 114; and Stalin’s betrayal of Polish Resistance, 272; at Tehran, 186; Tobruk counteroffensive and, 148; U. S. neutrality and, 113–114, 116; and war production, 110; war strategies of, 85; and World War I, 137. See also Allied conferences
Ciano, Count, 61, 62
Civil War in Russia, 48
Clark, Mark, 297, 303, 306, 350
Codes: Japanese, 169–170; and Rommel’s plans in North Africa, 221. See also Intelligence operations
“Colmar pocket,” 356–357
Cologne, Germany, bombing of, 277–279
Colonialism, after World War II, 384–385
Combined Chiefs of Staff. See Allies
Comintern, dissolution of, 382
Commandos: German, at Battle of the Bulge, 353–354; landing in Norway, 268. See also Resistance
Communists: fear of, Nazi Occupation and, 261; in interwar Italy, 34; in Resistance, 265–266; in U. S., 51. See also Chinese Communists; Sparticists
Compulsory labor system, 193–194
Concentration camps, 190, 361
Convoy PQ 17, 131–132
Convoy system, 125–126
Coral Sea, Battle of, 213–214
Corap, General, 92, 96
Corfu, Italian occupation of, 35
Corregidor, 211–212, 347
Corsica, 246
Coventry, bombing of, 114
Crerar, Henry, 321, 324, 357
Crete, Battle of, 144–146
Crimea, 233, 236
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 385
Croats, 143
Crutchley, V. A. C., 250
Czechoslovakia: German occupation of, 57–63, 69, 265; pact with France, 17; pact with Soviet Union, 58; Resistance in, 265
Czechoslovakian Army, 57–58, 60
D-Day. See Normandy invasion
Daladier, 54, 59, 61, 62, 91
Danzig, 63–64
Darlan, Jean, 226, 227, 228–229
Darter (U.S. submarine), 342–343
Darwin, Australia, bombing of, 205
Dawes Plan, 40, 52
de Gaulle, Charles, 101, 146, 184, 228, 229, 356; and German invasion of Belgium, 96; leaves France, 102; military theories of, 27