Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII (33 page)

diesel oil
6

Dikti Mountains, Crete
177
,
181

Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
112

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
109
,
324

Dixcart Hotel, Sark
142
,
147

Dodecanese island chain
227
,
232
–
9
,
240
–
50
,
254
,
256
,
265

Dog Tom
323
,
346

Dorset
114
–
17
,
120
,
123
,
126
,
309

Anderson Manor
114
–
17
,
120
,
123
,
134
,
135
,
148
,
155
,
264

Portland
120
,
126
,
148

Winterbourne River
114

double-tap shooting
19

Duchessa d’Aosta
41
–
2
,
52
–
3
,
56
,
60
,
64
–
5
,
67
,
69
,
74
,
76
,
77
–
80
,
83
–
4
,
85
–
8
,
91
–
7
,
100
,
102
,
109
–
10

Dudgeon, Patrick
119
,
124
,
136
,
152
,
160

Duff, Robin
78

Dunkirk, France
24
,
26
,
36
,
324

Durham Light Infantry
231

E Boat
269
,
271
,
283

Egypt

Alexandria
274
,
288

Cairo
154
,
155
,
171
,
181
,
182
,
213
,
215
,
218
,
257
,
262
,
328

ELAS (Greek People’s Liberation Army)
328
–
30
,
336
,
339
,
340
,
341
,
343

Empire Yukon
109

Entertainment National Service Association (ENSA)
256

Evison, Ernest
51

Experimental Station
6
, Ashton Manor
28

Faenza, Italy
348

‘Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife’
28
,
68
,
120
,
137
,
148
,
156
,
193
,
320
,
347

Fairbairn, William
28

Falange
40
,
54
,
95
,
98

Fernando Po
39
–
47
,
51
–
9
,
60
;
see also
Santa Isabel

Government House
82
,
94

Santa Isabel Peak
67
,
92

Fieseler Fi-156 Storch
1
,
194
–
5

Fira, Santorini
291
–
2
,
293
–
8
,
299

fish bombs
50

Fleming, Ian
44
,
46
,
375

folbots (collapsible canoes)
66
,
68
,
73
–
5

Ford V8 engine
121

Forli, Italy
348

France
32
–
3
,
34

Calais
127

Cherbourg Peninsula
127

Dieppe
149

Foreign Legion
230
,
231

Free French
51
,
61
,
89
,
94

Fresnes Prison
132

resistance
128
,
132

St Laurent-sur-Mer
130
,
131
–
4

Vichy France
32
–
3
,
34
,
49

Franco, Francisco
40
,
54

Fresnes Prison, France
132

Funchal, Madeira
24
,
26
,
29
,
30
–
2

Santa Clara church
30

‘Fyfield’
see
Anderson Manor

George VI, king of the United Kingdom and British Dominions
375

Georges Leygues
33
,
34
,
49

Georgios, Nereanos
2
–
8
,
186
–
92
,
194
,
200
,
212

German Army

22nd Luftlande Infanterie-Division
184
–
5
,
223

999th Infantry Division
256

Afrika Corps
177

atrocities in Greece
209
–
14
,
222
–
4
,
252
,
263
,
301
–
2
,
327

Brandenburger Regiment
283
,
359

Pioneer Corps Engineer Unit
144

German Consulate, Santa Isabel
94

German Navy
128

Germany

Colditz Castle
156

‘Commando Order’
150
–
1
,
183
,
284

Gestapo
132
,
222
,
263

holocaust
341

labour camps
142
,
150

Luft Dulag prison camp
132

press reaction to Operation Basalt
149
,
158

press reaction to Operation Postmaster
98
,
101

SD (Sicherheitsdienst)
151
,
284

SS (Schutzstaffel)
284

Stalag 7A POW camp
284

Gestapo
132
,
222
,
263

Gibraltar
44

Giffard, George James
46
,
57

Goatley boats
121
–
2
,
125
–
6
,
131
,
133
,
138
,
139
,
142
,
143
,
146
,
147
,
148
,
352
,
353

gold sovereigns
260
,
332

Goodman, Lieutenant
83

Government House, Fernando Po
82
,
94

Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens
312

Grant-Taylor, Leonard
169

Grant, Donald
261
–
3
,
315

Greaves, Sidney
7
,
162
,
175
,
185
,
188
,
191
,
192
,
194
–
6
,
198
–
200
,
209
–
10
,
212
,
214
,
220
,
221
,
247
–
50

Greece
154
,
227
,
232
–
9
,
240
–
50
,
251
–
65
,
266
–
77
,
278
–
92
,
293
–
305
,
310

Alimnia
236
,
282
–
4

Araxos
310

Athens
310
–
15
,
330
,
284

Calchi
236

Chios
240
,
253

Christiana islets
289
–
90
,
300
,
304

Cos
227
,
233
,
240
,
257
,
278

Halki
265
,
266
–
74
,
282
,
284
,
287

Kalavrita
252

Kalymnos
240

Kavala
329

Leros
227
,
233
,
240
,
257

Melos
303

Nisyros
278
–
82

Patmos
240

Piraeus
311
,
312

Piscopi
236

Potidaea
325

Rhodes
233
,
246
,
251
,
256
,
257
,
269
,
279
,
283
,
284
,
307

Salonika
315
,
322
–
3
,
325
–
43

Samos
240

Santorini
286
–
92
,
293
–
305

Skiathos
323
,
324

Symi
227
,
232
–
9
,
240
,
241
–
50
,
251
–
2
,
257
,
306
–
7

Greek Army
230

Greek Navy
312

Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS)
328
–
30
,
336
,
339
,
340
,
341
,
343

Greek Sacred Squadron
178
,
255
,
309
,
326
,
343

Green, Fred
162
,
364

grenades
19
,
21
,
145
,
146
,
295
–
6
,
337
,
339
,
368
,
371

Groppi’s, Cairo
218

Gubbins, Colin McVean
38
,
59

Guernsey Evening Star
149

Guise, Leonard
51
,
54
,
55
,
58
,
63
,
68
,
72
,
73
,
77
,
82
–
3

Gulf of Cos
258
,
260
–
5
,
272
–
3
,
286
,
304

Gulf of Guinea
39
,
43
,
50
,
51
,
62
,
70
,
94

Gulf of Thermaikos
325
,
333

Gwynne, John
112
,
115

Haifa, Palestine (Mandatory)
228
,
233

Halki, Greek Islands
265
,
266
–
74
,
282
,
284
,
287

Hanau, Julius
103
–
4

Hancock, Hank
162

Harris, Jack
289
,
294
,
300

Harris, Leslie
248
–
50

‘Harris’
see
Karfopoulos, Cheritoc

Hayes, Graham
26
–
7
,
30
,
37
,
48
–
9
,
64
,
66
–
7
,
73
–
7
,
83
,
100
,
107
–
10
,
115
,
122
,
132
–
3
,
136
,
192
,
222
,
375
,
377

Heinkel He-177
118

Heinz (German captive)
218
–
19

Hellings, Jan
132

Henderson, Patsy
162

Heraklion Airbase, Crete
5
,
171
,
181
,
189
,
200
–
3
,
209
,
214

Herdt, Oberleutnant
147
,
151

Hereford, Herefordshire
375

Hertfordshire
28

Hesse, Lieutenant
299
,
302

Hitler, Adolf
47
,
128
,
149
,
150
–
1
,
152
,
183
,
284
,
349
,
377

Hnarakis, Gregorius
179

Hog’s Back, Sark
138
–
40
,
146

Holmes, Dick
5
,
162
,
164
–
5
,
173
–
5
,
181
,
201
–
3
,
221
,
319
–
22
,
355
,
370

Holocaust
341

Holts, John
53

Home Guard
22
,
115

Hotel Mediterranean, Salonika
341

Hotel St Georges, Beirut
260

Hughes, Wally
370

Hunter, Tom
375

Hyde Park Hotel, London
111

Idi Range, Crete
177

Imerovigli headland, Santorini
291
,
299

Ipotis
190

Irish Guards
163

Irish Patrol
162
,
231
,
242
,
245
,
259
,
266
,
272
,
286
–
9
,
312
,
318
,
346
,
354

Iron Cross
95

Iros Lochos
see
Greek Sacred Squadron

Israel
162
;
see also
Palestine (Mandatory)

Italian Army rucksacks
180
–
1

Italian Lire
240
–
1