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and establishment of Israel 578;
extermination of Jews 78, 223–38, 241, 607–8;
and German war effort 248–50, 607–8;
revelation of facts of 485, 492–7
Home Guard (British) 89, 101, 107, 110, 184
homosexuals 234
Hong Kong 193, 201, 279
Honshu 573
Hood, HMS 92, 361–2, 364
Hopkins, Harry 87, 450, 584
Hornet, USS 189, 214, 252, 253, 254
Horrocks, Lieutenant-General (Sir) Brian 287, 290, 510
Höss, Rudolf 228, 231, 232, 236, 582
Hossbach, Colonel Friedrich 5
Hotblack, Major-General Frederick 42
Hoth, General Hermann 73, 167, 171, 338–9, 412, 418, 419–20, 421, 599
Houffalize 595
Houppeville 515
Howard, Major John 471
Howard, Sergeant Leonard 66
Howard, (Sir) Michael 24–5, 58, 118, 346, 403, 405
Hudson, Brigadier Charles 88
Hughes, Major-General Hector 290
Hull 430
Hull, Cordell 187, 190
Hull, General John ‘Ed’ 378
Hungary: Allied air operations 449;
Allied invasion plans 383;
annexation of Southern Slovakia 9;
deportation of Jews 236, 244–5, 246;
emigration 574;
oilfields 544, 545;
post-war 546, 561;
Russian invasion 532, 541, 545, 548–9;
servicemen in Axis forces 316
Huntzinger, General Charles 74
Hurricane (fighter aircraft) 95, 96, 98, 106, 290, 526
Husky, Operation 375, 465, 467
Hutton, Lieutenant-General Thomas 211
Huxley, Aldous 91
Hyakutake, Lieutenant-General Haruyoshi 258–9
Hyde Park, New York 303
Iceland 44, 357, 359, 364, 365, 370
Ichiki, Colonel Kiyono 258–9
IG Farben (chemical company) 247
Iida, Lieutenant-General Shojiro 211
Ilu river 258
Imphal 212, 265, 269, 270, 273, 274, 568
Indaw 265
India: Japanese invasion 188, 195, 210, 251, 260, 267, 269–75;
self-government 46, 561;
servicemen in Allied forces 205, 206, 390, 566, 598
Indian National Army 206, 269, 274
Indo-China 186, 190, 203, 207
Ingersoll, Ralph 509
Inskip, Sir Thomas 9
Insterburg 446
International Military Tribunal 447, 558, 580; see also Nuremberg Trials
Iran 129, 131, 132, 149, 195, 213, 286, 588; see also Persia
Iraq 126, 127, 129, 131–2, 149, 195, 285, 286, 588
Ireland see Eire
Irish Guards 399
iron ore 38, 44, 112, 114, 351, 541
Irrawaddy river 262, 567
Irving, David 50, 456
Irwin, Brigadier-General Stafford Le Roy 311
IS-2 (Russian tank) 161, 425
‘island-hopping’ policy (United States Pacific campaign) 533, 565
Isle of Wight 464
Ismay, Major-General Hastings ‘Pug’ (later Baron Ismay) 109
Israel 578
Italian air force 121, 288
Italian navy 380
Italy: Allied invasion of mainland 375–6, 378–82, 449;
Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) 128, 309, 313, 351, 369, 375–8, 385, 424, 425, 465, 467;
Allied slow advance north 381–2, 383–7, 403–5;
Anti-Comintern Pact (1936) 5;
armed forces 70, 376;
Armistice 379–80;
bombing of 381, 388–9, 391–2;
declaration of war on Allies 70;
declaration of war on Germany 384;
and Eastern Front 316, 333, 335, 338;
emigration 574;
failure of close Axis alliance 140, 195, 589;
Great War 59;
North African campaigns 119, 120–23, 129, 133, 261, 288–9, 296, 305;
Pact of Steel with Germany (1939) 9;
partisans 379–80, 390;
peace negotiations 377;
post-war 578;
Tripartite Pact (1940) 124, 193, 589–90; see also Italian air force; Italian navy
Ivan IV ‘the Terrible’, Tsar of Russia 157
Iwaichi, Major Fujiwara 274
Iwo Jima, battle of (1945) 260, 568–9, 573, 577
Izium 176
Jablunka Pass 16, 18
Jacob, Lieutenant-General Sir Ian 281, 573
Jakovlevo 422
Jamaica 107
Janus, HMS 396
Japan: Anti-Comintern Pact (1936) 5;
bombing of 105, 214, 429, 439, 566, 571–3, 575–8;
failure of close Axis alliance 140, 195, 589;
non-aggression pact with USSR (1941) 186, 382;
pre-war embargoes against 186–7;
Russo-Japanese neutrality pact (1941) 268;
Sino-Japanese War 186, 187, 210–11, 267–9;
Southern Resources Area 188, 189, 252, 256, 275;
surrender 564, 577, 598;
total civilian losses 566, 575, 577, 603;
Tripartite Pact (1940) 124, 193, 589–90;
war crimes 275–80, 566–7
Japanese air force 105, 187, 192, 268, 565, 566, 572
Japanese army: jungle warfare training 202–3;
losses 259–60, 566, 572, 603;
reputation of soldiers 207, 264,