Closing the Ring (107 page)

Gold and dollar holdings in U.S.
,

Gomel

“Gooseberries,” name for blockships in synthetic harbours
,

Goums, native Moroccan troops

Gousev, M., Russian Ambassador, received by Churchill
, ;

Churchill’s tact in refusing to receive Stalin’s telegram about convoys
;

gives message to Eden concerning strained

relations between Tito and King Peter II

Graf Zeppelin

Grandi, Dino, at Fascist Grand Council, opposes Mussolini
,

Greece
;

retrospect of situation ()
, ;

political developments ()
, ;

mutinies in Greek forces in Egypt
,

Greek Navy, part taken by, in evacuation of Aegean garrisons
;

mutiny in certain units of
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Greenland, closing of air-gap southeast of

Grigg, Sir James, Secretary of State for War, minutes to
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Guadalcanal, retrospect of battle for
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Guards Divisions

Guariglia, Signor, Italian Foreign Minister in Badoglio Government

Gustav Line

Haakon VII, King of Norway

“Habakkuk,” device for floating airfield
,

Habbaniya, suggested meeting-place for three heads of Governments

Halsey, Admiral William Frederick, U.S.N.

Hamburg, air attacks on

Hangö

Harbours, synthetic
,

Harriman, W. Averell, U.S. Ambassador

Harris, Sir Arthur, Air Chief Mars

Hartz Mountains, underground factories in, for manufacture of rockets

Harvard University, speech by Churchill at
,

Helleu, M., mission to Lebanon

Hermann Goering Division

Herzegovina

Hewitt, H. Kent, Admiral, U.S.N.

Hitler, Adolf, confers with Neurath, Rommel, and others on Sicily
, ;

decisions on Italian crisis
;

views on importance of Aegean Islands
, ;

decides to fight main battle south of Rome
;

inspects Peenemünde rocket experiments
;

orders Gustav Line held
;

on failure of Fourteenth Army to drive Allies into sea at Anzio

Hoare, Sir Samuel, British Ambassador at Madrid, confers with Castellano

Hollandia

Hollis, General
;

minutes to
,

Home Guard

Home Security, Minister of, minute to

Hopkins, Harry
, ;

Churchill’s message to
,

Hopkins, Robert
,

Hornet
, U.S.S., aircraft carrier

H
2
S, blind-bombing device

Hube, General

Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S., Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, minute to

Hughes-Hallett, Captain J.

Hull, Cordell, U.S. Secretary of State

“The Hump,” name given to the airlift of supplies to China

Huon peninsula

“Husky,” code-name for the invasion of Sicily

Illustrious
, H.M.S.

Imphal, Japanese attacks on

Indaw

India, troops under arms in
,

Indomitable
, H.M.S.

Infantry divisions, British and German, relative strength of
, ;

number of British and American in “Overlord,”

Inönö, President of Turkey

Ireland, stopping of shipping and trade with, on eve of “Overlord,”

Isigny

Ismay, Major-General Sir Hastings, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence
;

minutes to
,

Italia
, Italian battleship, damaged by German aircraft

Italian campaign
, ;

map, Southern Italian Operations, Sept.-Dec. ’43

Italian Fleet, surrender of
;

exchange between Eden and Churchill on Russian share of captured ships
, ;

submarines carry supplies to Leros
;

question of Russian share of, raised by Molotov, discussed at Teheran
, ;

British ships transferred to Russians in lieu of their share of
,

Italian Government.
See
Royal Italian Government, Fascist Republic in North Italy

Italian prisoners in South Africa

Italy, civil war in, following surrender
;

co-belligerent status explained
, ;

killed, wounded, and prisoners in
;

map, Central Italy

Jacob, Brigadier

Jamaica
, H.M.S.

Japan, defeated in Guadalcanal and New Guinea
;

strategy to be pursued against, discussed at Quebec
, and at Cairo by Combined C.O.S. ;

discussions and differences between Churchill and C.O.S., and Churchill and Roosevelt, concerning (Jan.–Mar.)
,

Java

Jellicoe, Major Lord, parachute mission to Rhodes

Jitomir

Jones, Dr. R. V., reports on German rocket and pilotless aircraft experiments

Juin, General
,

“Jupiter,” code-name for planned expedition against Germans in Norway

Katyn Wood inquiry

Keitel, General, Chief of German General Staff, at conference on Italian frontier

Kerr, Sir A. Clark, H.M. Ambassador to Russia
;

procedure of, in delivering notes
, ;

messages to
,

Kersun

Kesselring, Field-Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of German forces in Italy
;

prompt reaction of, to Anzio landing

Kharkov

Khartoum

Khedive Ismail
, British transport, torpedoed by Japanese

Kiev

King, Admiral Ernest J., Chief of U.S. Naval Operations

King, Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie, Prime
Minister of Dominion of Canada

King George V
, H.M.S.

Kirk, Alan Goodrich, Admiral, U.S.N., Commander Naval Task Force, in “Overlord” Operation

Kirk, Alexander

Kocjan, A., Polish engineer, furnishes British with technical details of “V” missiles
;

executed by Germans

Kohima

Kollontay, Madame, Soviet Ambassadress in Stockholm
,

Königsberg

Korosten

Kremenchug

Kunlong

Kursk
,

Lae
;

capture of, by Australian troops

Lake Ilmen

Lake Peipus

Lampedusa, captured

Lancasters, squadron of, from Royal Air Force sinks the
Tirpitz

Landing-ship tanks (L.S.T.s)
,

Lascelles, Sir Alan
, ;

minute to

Law, R. K., Minister of State, minute to

Laycock, General

Leahy, Admiral William D., U.S. Ambassador to Vichy Government

Leathers, Lord, Minister of War Transport, minutes to
,

Leather supplies, situation as to, in Great Britain

Lebanon, Cabinet Ministers arrested by French
;

Churchill’s instructions to General Wilson concerning
;

Ministers released

Leclerc, General

Ledo

Leeper, R. W. Allen, British Ambassador to Greek Government-in-Exile (Cairo), messages from, to Churchill on development of Greek political crisis
, ;

messages to
,

Leese, General

Leigh-Mallory, Air-Marshal Sir Trafford
,

Leningrad

Leros
;

map

Licata, captured

“Lilo,” name for a device intended for, but not used in, synthetic harbours

Linlithgow, Lord, Viceroy of India, minute to
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Linosa, captured

Liri River

Liri Valley

Littorio
type of Italian battleship

Litvinov, Maksim

Llewellin, Colonel J. J., Minister of Food
,

Lloyd, Geoffrey, Secretary for Petroleum

Locri

Lübeck, air attacks on

Lucas, General, U.S. Army
;

landing at Anzio
;

delays action after landing
, ;

superseded
,

Lumsden, General Herbert, appointed liaison officer with MacArthur
, ;

killed by air-bomb

Lutzow
, German pocket battleship

Lvov, Russian and Polish claims to, discussed at Teheran
,

Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Oliver, Minister of Production, minutes to,

MacArthur, General Douglas (U.S.)

McIntire, Admiral Ross T., Surgeon-General, U.S. Navy, White House physician

Maclean, Brigadier Fitzroy, M.P.
;

sent to Tito
;

urges repudiation of Mihailovic

McLean, Brigadier K. G.

Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold, Minister Resident in North Africa (Algiers), minutes to
,

McSweeney, Detective-Constable

Mallet, Sir Victor, British Ambassador to Sweden
,

Malta
;

Italian long-term surrender signed by Badoglio at

Man-power, note on claimants for

Manus Island

Marianas, the

Markham Valley

Marrakesh
;

Churchill at
, ;

Churchill leaves

Marshall, General George C., Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
;

question of appointment of, as Supreme Commander of “Overlord,”
;

at Teheran, on importance of L.S.T.s. ;

quoted on Pacific Islands campaign.;

messages to
,

Marshall Islands

Massigli, M., member of French Liberation Committee, Algiers

Merchant ships outside of enemy control, chart of Cumulative Gains and Losses of

Merrill, General (U.S.)

Messina
,

Metaxas, General (Greek), Dictator

Middle West (U.S.), Churchill on war effort of cities in