Closing the Ring (106 page)

Colle Majola

Cologne

Colville, Jock

Combined Chiefs of Staff, orders to Eisenhower on Italian surrender
, ;

note on Eastern Mediterranean
;

committee described by Churchill
, ;

questions of preliminary meetings at Cairo
, ;

meetings at Cairo
, ;

recommend the launching of “Overlord” in May
;

discussion at second Cairo Conference of British share in strategy to be pursued against Japan
, ;

difference of view between British and Americans on “Anvil,” ;

plan use of British Fleet detachment in Pacific in
,

Communist newspapers

Communists, employment of, in secret Government work

Coningham, Air-Marshal

Constitutional issues, as toB and the release of the Mosleys
,

Convoys, Atlantic
, ;

Arctic
,

Cook, Admiral, U.S.N.

Cooper, Lady Diana

Cooper, Rt. Hon. Alfred Duff
;

minutes to

Copeland, Major J. R.

Corfu

Corsica
;

taken by French

Cos
;

occupied by British
;

Germans retake

“Cossac,” short title for Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander

Cotentin Peninsula

Cranborne, Viscount, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

Crete

Cripps, Sir Stafford, reports on German long-range weapons
;

minutes to
,

Croce, Benedetto

Cuba, Churchill on raising British Legation in, to status of Embassy
,

“Culverin,” code-name for planned attack on Sumatra
, ;

revived and abandoned
,

Cunningham, Admiral John, succeeds Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham
;

comment and promise on Anzio
;

on vehicles at Anzio
;

minutes to

Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew
;

reports on the landing in Sicily
, ;

appointed First Sea Lord
, ;

accompanies Churchill to Cairo
;

minutes to
,

Curzon, Lord

Curzon Line
,

Cyprus

Dalmatian coast

Dalton, Hugh, President of the Board of Trade, minutes to

Damaskinos, Archbishop of Athens

D.D. tanks

D-Day and H-Hour, question of timing of
,

Deakin, Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel, D.S.O.)
;

on mission to Tito
;

urges repudiation of Mihailovic

Deane, Major-General J. R.

Defence Committee

Dempsey, General Miles Christopher

Devers, General Jacob L., U.S. Army
;

appointed General Wilson’s deputy in Mediterranean

Dill, Field-Marshal Sir John
;

minutes to

Dimapur

Divisions, German and Italian, distribution of, on Sept.
.
See
Order of Battle

Dnieper River

Dniepropetrovsk

Dniester River

Dodecanese.
See
Rhodes

Doenitz, Admiral
;

quoted

Douglas, Sholto

Dover garrison, Churchill on
,

Dublin, Axis diplomatic missions in

Duchess of York
convoy

Duke of York
, H.M.S., battle with the
Scharnhorst
,

“D.U.K.W.,” amphibious load-carrier

Duncan, Sir Andrew, Minister of Supply, minute to
, .

Eaker, General Ira C., Commander U.S. Air Forces in England

E.A.M., National Liberation Front (Greek)
;

Political Committee of National Liberation set up in the mountains

Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony, H.M. Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, discussions with Secretary Hull at Quebec
;

comments on Badoglio Government’s offer to treat
;

suggests reply to Badoglio’s Tangier emissary
, ;

at Moscow Foreign Secretaries’

Conference
, ;

conversations with Stalin
, ;

conversations with Turkish Foreign Minister at Cairo
, ;

reports at Teheran on conversations with Turks at Cairo
, ;

persuades Soviet Government to send Russian mission to Tito
;

with Churchill and de Gaulle on eve of “Overlord,” ;

minutes to
,

465,

Eder Dam, destruction of, by air-bombing

E.D.E.S., small Greek republican organisation, but strongly anti-Communist
;

fighting between E.L.A.S. and
;

truce between

Eisenhower, General Dwight D. (U.S.)
, ;

message to combined C.O.S. concerning Italian surrender
;

broadcasts Italian Armistice
;

to Churchill on Middle East and Italian campaign
, ;

endorses Alexander’s appreciation of battle in Italy
;

quoted, on V-weapons
, ;

invested with North Africa ribbon
;

Roosevelt tells Churchill of his decision to appoint, as Commander of “Overlord,” ;

considers “Overlord” and “Anvil” must be viewed together
;

reluctant to abandon “Anvil,”;

reply to Churchill on bombing of French railway centres
;

cables Churchill on vehicles for Leclerc Division
;

postpones “Overlord” twenty-four hours
;

decides on June for invasion date
;

messages to
,

E.L.A.S., People’s Liberation Front (Greek), formed
;

acquires Italian equipment
;

attacks Zervas
;

truce between, and E.D.E.S.

Elizabeth, H.R.H. Princess, position of

Emirau Island

Enna

Enterprise
, U.S.S. carrier, damaged

Esperia

“Eureka,” code-name for Teheran Conference

Europe, Northwest, map

European Advisory Committee, set up

Evill, Air-Marshal, Vice-Chief of the Air Staff

Fairbanks, Alaska, Churchill and Roosevelt offer to meet Stalin at

Falaise-Avranches line, an objective of “Overlord,”

Falkland Islands garrison, Churchill on
,

Fascist Grand Council, meeting of, Mussolini harangues
;

Dino Grandi’s resolution, to restore the King as head of the Government
, ;

stormy meeting passes Grandi’s resolution

Fascist Republic in North Italy (“Republic of Salo”)
,

Feltre Villa, near Rimini, meeting at, of Hitler and Mussolini

Fighter Command, statistical comparison as to crews in, with Bomber Command

Fijian Commandos, Churchill urges use of, in Burma

Finland, discussed at Teheran
,

Finschhafen, capture of, by Australian troops

Flandin, M.

Fleet Air Arm

Fog dispersal, installations for

Foggia, airfields evacuated by enemy
;

Bomber Force based on
,

Fondi

Foreign Office, Churchill’s minute to

Formia

Formidable
, H.M.S.

Franco, General Francisco, head of the Spanish State, congratulates Churchill on recovery at Marrakesh;

President Roosevelt’s suggestion
, ;

Churchill on freedom in Spain

Fraser, Vice-Admiral Bruce, Commander of the Home Fleet, offered appointment as First Sea Lord
;

declines appointment
;

returns to Scapa
;

in flagship
Duke of York
, in battle with and sinking of the
Scharnhorst

Free French Committee of National Liberation, discussions at Quebec concerning recognition of
, set up at Algiers;

formal recognition of
;

Giraud resigns from
;

minute by Churchill on

Freyberg, General Bernard Cyril

Frosinone

Furious
, H.M.S. aircraft carrier, in action against the
Tirpitz

Gale, General

“Garibaldi Division” formed by Tito

Garigliano River

Gaulle, General Charles de, tensions with British and U.S. Governments and rivalry with Giraud
, ;

luncheon with Churchill at Marrakesh
, ;

agrees to send reinforcements to Italy
;

conversation with Churchill on eve of D-Day
,

Gaulle, Madame de

“Gee,” radio bomber-guide device

Gela, captured

George, Major G. Lloyd, Minister of Fuel and Power

George II, King of Greece, message to Churchill asking advice about his eventual return
;

will not agree to regency
;

decides to go to Cairo

George VI, Churchill’s message to, from Quebec
;

suggests accompanying Churchill at sea on D-Day
;

asks Churchill to reconsider decision as to his personal plans on D-Day ;

confers with Ramsay and Churchill on his going to sea on D-Day
, ;

the Admiral opposes
;

appeals to Churchill not to go to sea
;

Churchill’s messages to
,

Georges, General

Gerbini

German Air Force strengths, table of

German Fleet, in Norwegian waters

Germany, post-war plans for, discussed at Teheran
,

Ghormley, Admiral Robert Lee, U.S.N.

Gibson, Wing Commander Guy

Gilbert Islands, captured by U.S. Marines
,

Giraud, General, rivalry with de Gaulle
, ;

resigns from French Committee, but remains Commander-in-Chief of French forces
;

message to, of condolence from Churchill

Glider bomb, German

“Gnat,” German acoustic torpedo

Goebbels, Joseph P.
;

Diaries
, quoted