Closing the Ring (108 page)

Mihailovic, General Draza, leader of Chetniks in Yugoslavia, Minister of War of Yugoslav Government-in-Exile, Churchill on
;

official British support withdrawn from
: Tito insists on suppression of

Mikoyan, M.

Military Intelligence, Director of, minutes to
,

Milne Bay

Minturno

Moehne Dam, destroyed by air-bombing

Mogaung-Myitkyina Line

Mogilev

Molotov, Vyacheslav, Russian Foreign Minister, asks for resumption of convoy sailings
;

note on Soviet proposals at Conference of Foreign Ministers
, ;

invited to Cairo
, ;

raises question of Russian share of Italian ships
,

Monckton, Sir Walter

Monnet, M., member of French Liberation Committee

Monte Castellone

Monte Faito

Monte Majo

Monte Trocchio

Montecorvino Airfield

Montenegro

Montgomery, General Sir Bernard
;

exchange of messages with Churchill
, ;

appointed Commander of Cross-Channel invasion until Eisenhower’s Headquarters established in France
;

visits Churchill at Marrakesh
, ;

comment on plan for “Overlord,”;

interview with Churchill on apparent excess of motor-cars for “Overlord,” ;

minutes to
,

Moran, Lord, Churchill’s physician,

Morgan, Lieutenant-General F. E.
;

appointed “Cossac,”;

Roosevelt and Churchill explain duties of, to Stalin
;

Montgomery’s comment on his plan for “Overlord,”

Morison, S. E., quoted

Morrison, Rt. Hon. Herbert, Secretary of State for Home Department, minutes to
,

Morton, Major, minute to

Moscow, Conference of Foreign Secretaries at, preliminary discussions concerning
, ;

Churchill’s note to Eden concerning forthcoming meeting
, ;

Molotov presides over first meeting
, . Churchill’s views on, in messages to Eden and Eden’s replies, ;

session to consider Soviet proposals
;

Eden’s evening call on Stalin
, ;

Stalin shown General Alexander’s report of Oct. concerning the battle in Italy
;

Churchill’s suggestion about tri-partite declaration concerning “war-criminals” approved
, ;

Four-Power Declaration
;

Russo-British protocol as to Turkey

Mosley, Sir Oswald, and wife, question of release of, from prison
,

Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis
, ;

Chief of Combined Operations (Commandos)
, ;

appointed to Supreme Command of Allied Forces in Southeast Asia
, ;

Churchill’s remarks on his appointment in Quebec broadcast
;

attacked in U.S. press
, ;

at Cairo
;

submits, from India, revised plan for attack on Andaman Islands
;

reply to Churchill on estimates for amphibious attack
;

on favourable situation for British victory in Burma.;

minutes to
,

Mount Cairo

Mount Etna

“Mulberries,” code-name for synthetic harbours constructed in Normandy
, ;

facsimile of Church-ill’s minute on

Murphy, Robert, American political representative in North Africa, message to President Roosevelt on de Gaulle and the French Liberation Committee

Mussolini, Benito, head of the Italian Government, convenes Fascist Grand Council
;

meets Hitler near Rimini
;

received by King Victor Emmanuel
, ;

resignation
;

Churchill’s summary of his policies
;

interned on Ponza and at La Maddalena, in the Abruzzi
;

rescue of, by German parachutists
;

sets up Fascist-Republican Government on Lake Garda
, ;

takes vengeance on those who voted against him in July

Mussolini, Edda, daughter of Italian Dictator
,

Mustafa Kemal Pasha

Myers, Lieutenant-Colonel

Myitkyina

Nadzab

Nairn, Mr., British Consul at Marrakesh

Naples, entered by British and Americans

Naval plans, minutes on
,

Naval Staff, Vice-Chief of, minute to

Nettleton, John Dering, Squadron leader

Nettuno

Neurath, Constantin von, conference with Hitler on Sicily (1943),

Neutral diplomats, Churchill on contact of British officials with

New Britain

New Georgia

New Guinea
;

retrospect of the war in
, ;

campaign of ‘43–’44
, ;

map

Nicobar Islands

Nicosia-San Stafano line

Nimitz, Chester William, Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific

N.K.V.D., Soviet Political Police

Noble, Admiral Sir Percy, appointed to Washington

Norjolk
, H.M.S., hit in battle with the
Scharnhorst

Normandy, map
;

for invasion of,
see
“Overlord”

North Russia, British sailors in, treatment of
,

Nuremberg, air attack on

“Oboe,” blind bombing device, used in attack on Essen

O’Malley, Sir Owen

One Lake

Oran, Churchill suggests meeting Roosevelt at

Order of Battle, summary of, German and Italian divisions, Sept.
,

Orel

“Overlord,” code-name for the planned cross-Channel invasion of France
;

question where to land
, ;

“mulberries” and other devices in connection with
, ;

C.O.S. on
, ;

American Command proposed for
;

Smuts favours postponing
;

question of Supreme Commander for
, ;

question of British Der Supreme Commander
;

question of American Commander-in-Chief for both “Overlord” and Mediterranean
, ;

discussions at Teheran concerning
, ;

private conversation between Churchill and Stalin on
, ;

date set for
;

precise date first mentioned
, ;

May date not ruled out in C.O.S. view
, ;

conference of May at Montgomery’s Headquarters
, ;

Church-ill on
, Roosevelt on, ;

Stalin on
;

293
,

Owen Stanley Mountains

Pachino, captured

Pacific, Southwest, map

Pacific Theatre, map

Paget, General Sir Bernard, message to Churchill on mutiny of Greek brigade
, ;

minutes to
,

Palau

Palermo, captured

Palestine, Churchill on

Pantelleria, captured

Papandreou, M.
;

becomes Greek Premier
;

holds conference of Greek parties in the Lebanon

Pathfinder Force

Patton, General George S. (U.S.)

Pavlov, M.

Peenemünde, German experimental rocket establishment at, aerial photographs of, taken
, ;

Hitler inspects
;

bombed
,

Penney, General

Perekop Neck

Personal minutes and telegrams of Prime Minister Churchill
,

Perugia

Peter II, King of Yugoslavia
, ;

dismisses M. Puric’s administration
;

asks Dr. Subasic to form new administration
;

Churchill on marriage of
,

Petralia

Petsamo

Peyrouton, M.

“Phoenix,” name for breakwaters in synthetic harbours

Pico

“Pigstick,” code-name for attack on Arakan west of Burma
.
See also
Arakan coast

Pile, General, minute to

Piraeus, The

Pisa-Rimini line

Playing-cards, supplies of, for troops and civilians

Ploesti

“Plough” Force

“Point-Blank,” directive amending Casablanca decisions as to priority of air-targets in Germany

Poison gas

Poland, discussed at Teheran
, ;

Churchill’s message to Eden on opening the frontier question with the Poles
, ;

Stalin’s frontier notations, on map in possession of Beneš, described by Churchill in message to President Roosevelt

Polish troops, minutes on, by Churchill

Port Fairy
, the, damaged

Port Moresby

Portal, Lord, Minister of Works, minutes to

Portal, Sir Charles, Chief of the Air Staff
;

minutes to

Porto Empedocle, captured

Potenza

Pound, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley, First Sea Lord, at Quebec
;

resignation of
;

in the
Renown
on homeward voyage
;

formally resigns
;

Churchill’s letter to, on his formal resignation
;

death of, on Trafalgar Day
;

minutes to
,

Power, Captain, R. N., Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans) to Admiral John Cunningham
,

Price, Colonel, minute to

Priverno

Puric, M., Yugoslav Premier
,

Pyke, Mr.

“Pykrete,”
,

Pyramids, the, Churchill suggests meeting Roosevelt at

“Quadrant,” code-name for Quebec Conference.
See
Quebec

Quebec, decision to hold Conference $$
;

Conference at
;

extract relating to plan to invade Italy from Church-ill’s paper of Aug. on whole war policy
, ;

proposed American Command for “Overlord,”;

discussions on strategy in Far East, $$–90;

Churchill’s broadcast after close of Conference
,

Rabaul

Radio Proximity Fuse

Raeder, German Admiral, dismissed

Ramsay, Admiral, Sir Alexander
;