Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII (36 page)

Po River, Italy
349

Poland
331

Krakow
341

Political Warfare Executive (PWE)
171
–
2
,
211

Pomforce
316

Pomford, Douggie
162
,
164
,
217
,
234
–
7

Poole, Dorset
25
,
46

Portland, Dorset
120
,
126
,
148

Portugal
24
,
26
,
29
,
30
–
2
,
42

Lisbon
30

Madeira
24
,
26
,
29
,
30
–
2

Potidaea, Greece
325

Priestley, Sergeant
273
,
281
,
287
,
304

prison camps
132

Prout, Leslie
51
,
64
,
80
–
1
,
86

Q-Boats
21

QF (quick-firing) Vickers cannon
22
,
31
,
34

radio communications
182
,
209
,
213
–
14
,
299
,
300

RAF
see
Royal Air Force

Raider Force HQ, Cairo
5
,
181
,
182
,
213
,
215
,
218
,
257
,
262
,
328

rations
6
,
183

Compo Rations
6

K Rations
6
,
183

Ravenna, Italy
348
,
353

Red Cross
333

Red Devils
175

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

Roberts, Ted
370

Royal Air Force (RAF)
229
,
241
–
2
,
248
,
309

4th Independent Parachute Battalion
316

74 Squadron, Fighter Command
240

Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
289

Royal Artillery
165

Royal Corps of Signals
166

Royal Marine Commandos
289
,
324
,
348
,
375

Royal Navy
39
,
45
,
57
,
109
,
141

rucksacks
180
–
1

Russia
168
,
328
,
330
,
331
,
336

S-mines
137

Salonika, Greece
315
,
322
–
3
,
325
–
43

Hotel Mediterranean
341

Samos, Greek Islands
240

Santa Isabel Peak, Fernando Po
67
,
92

Santa Isabel, Fernando Po
39
–
47
,
51
–
9
,
60
–
71
,
72
–
84
,
85
–
91
,
92
,
94
–
6

British Consulate
52
,
54
,
89
–
90
,
96

Casino Restaurant
55
,
62
–
3
,
69
,
72
,
81

German Consulate
94

Valencia Restaurant
61

Santorini, Greek Islands
286
–
92
,
293
–
305

Fira
291
–
2
,
293
–
8
,
299

Imerovigli headland
291
,
299

Vourvolous
289
,
290
,
298
,
299
,
301

Sark, Channel Islands
12
,
13
,
136
–
45
,
146
–
52

Dixcart Hotel
142
,
147

Hog’s Back
138
–
40
,
146

Las Jespellaire
141

Petit Dixcart
140
,
142

SAS (Special Air Service)
6
,
154
–
9
,
160
–
7
,
170
,
371
,
375
–
7

SBS (Special Boat Squadron)
230
,
234
,
262
,
278
,
283
,
287
,
288
,
309
,
311
,
312
,
314
,
375
,
377

Schmeisser (Maschinenpistole 40)
9
,
170
,
175
,
293
–
4
,
327
,
334

Schnellbombers
see
Junkers Ju-88

Schofield, Charlie
241
–
2

Scotland
12

Scots Guards
282

Scrumforce
315
–
16
,
328
,
335

SD (Sicherheitsdienst)
151
,
284

Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)
37

Seligman, Adrian
273

Senegal
32
–
3
,
49
,
95

Serbia
331

Shanghai, China
28

‘Shanghai Style’ shooting
18
,
29

sharks
67

Shirley, Judy
256

shooting

close-quarter
169

double- tap
19

Shanghai Style
18
,
29

Sicily, Italy
161
,
173
,
220
–
2

Sierra Leone
51

Skiathos, Greek Islands
323
,
324

Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF)
110
,
114
,
127
,
154

Smith & Wesson .38 revolver
169
,
320

Solomon, Martin
324
,
326
,
334
,
338
,
340
,
341
–
2
,
355

Sonderbehandlung see ‘Commando Order’

Sorulace, Governor
54
,
90
,
92

South Africa
109

Spain
26
,
39
,
40
–
1
,
42
,
43
–
4
,
54
,
61
,
96

Civil War
40
,
54
,
112

Falange
40
,
54
,
95
,
98

press reaction to Operation Postmaster
98

‘Spandau’
see
Maschinengewehr
42

Specht, Kapitan
69
,
74
–
5
,
81
,
87
,
89
–
90

Special Operations Executive (SOE)
37
–
9
,
42
,
47
,
48
,
51
,
55
,
58
,
89
,
103
–
4
,
149
,
160
,
214
,
377

spigot mortars
22

SS (Schutzstaffel)
284

St Laurent-sur-Mer, France
130
,
131
–
4

Stalag 7A POW camp, Germany
284

Stalag 133 prison camp, France
132

‘Stardust’ (song)
111

Stellin, Dion ‘Stud’
231
–
2
,
252
,
259
,
277
,
316
,
355
,
356
–
8
,
361
,
363
,
366
–
7
,
370

Stephenson, Les
162
,
367
–
9

Stevenage, Hertfordshire
28

Stewart, Marjorie
108

Steyr rifles
125

Stirling, David
6
,
154
,
156
,
375

Storch reconnaissance aircraft
see
Fieseler Fi-156 Storch

Storm Motor Boats
360
,
362

Stuka dive-bombers
see
Junkers Ju-87

Suffolk Regiment
172

Sutherland, David
158
,
171
,
172
,
175
,
176
,
181
,
191
,
213
–
17
,
219
,
221
,
222
,
226
,
254
,
262
,
274
,
376

Sweden
24
–
5
,
32

press reaction to Operation Postmaster
98

Sykes, Eric ‘Bill’
28

Syllogos Square, Symi
237

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

Kastro fort
235
–
6
,
241
–
2
,
244
,
245
–
6

Monastery of the Archangel Michael
236

Pedi bay
232
,
245
,
246

Syllogos Square
237

Symi Town
243
,
244

Taylor, Haggis
78
,
87

Taylor, Jock
51

Tel Aviv, Palestine (Mandatory)
157

Tewfik
259
–
65

thermite
6
,
195
,
200

Thessaloniki
see
Salonika

Thomas Reed publishers
23

Thorneycroft
117
,
121

Tilley Lanterns
63
,
72
–
3
,
81

Timbaki Airbase, Crete
171
,
175
,
214

Tod, Reginald
348
,
350
–
1

Tommy Gun (Thompson machinegun)
9
,
23
,
65
,
68
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
84
,
87
,
123
,
124
,
169
,
175
,
271
,
281
,
293
,
327

Tottenham, Dennis
51

Trafford, Sammy
289
,
294
,
300
,
326
,
336
,
337
,
338
,
355
,
370

Treibstofflager
(fuel dump)
338
–
9

Trinity College, Cambridge
157

Tuckey, Allan
283

Turch, Gilda
84

Turkey
154
,
227
,
255
,
258
,
264
–
5
,
282

Tzigantes, Kristodoulus
255

U-boats
23
,
40
–
1

U-38
30

Ulrich (German captive)
218
–
19

Union Jack
172
,
202
–
3

United States Army
230

University of Middlebury, Vermont
230

Valencia Restaurant, Santa Isabel
61

Valle, Umberto
69
,
87
,
94

Venice, Italy
370

Viannos, Crete
181
,
223
–
4

Vichy France
32
–
3
,
34
,
49
,
95

Vickers cannon, QF (quick-firing)
22
,
31
,
34

Victoria Cross
371

Violet
, HMS
45
,
53
,
92
,
93
,
96
–
7
,
100
–
2

Volkswagen Kubelwagen
19
,
346

Vourvolous, Santorini
289
,
290
,
298
,
299
,
301

Vulcan
52
,
60
,
64
–
6
,
67
,
68
,
71
,
72
,
76
,
78
–
80
,
83
,
86
,
87
,
92
–
4
,
97
,
102

Walther G43
218

War Cabinet
58
,
96

War Office
116
,
121
,
135

Warren, Ian
111
–
12
,
115

weapons

Beretta MAB
38

   machinegun
170
,
269
,
347

Blacker Bombard spigot mortars
22

bow and arrow
116
,
137
,
264

Breda Model 35 cannon
237
,
241
–
2
,
245
,
281

Bren guns
64
,
231
,
246
,
280
,
295
,
300
,
327
,
339

Colt .45 revolver
169
,
320

coshes
21
,
50
,
63
,
68
,
73
,
75