Closing the Ring (110 page)

Ski-sites, so-called, in Northern France

Slessor, Sir John, Air-Marshal, appointed Chief of Coastal Air Command
,

Smith, General Walter Bedell (U.S.), Secretary, Combined Chiefs of Staff, and Chief of Staff to Eisenhower
;

opens negotiations with Badoglio’s emissary at Lisbon
, ;

meeting with Castellano in Sicily
, ;

signs Italian Armistice terms

Smolensk

Smuts, General J. C., Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, message to, on Mediterranean, from Churchill
, ;

exchanges with Churchill on conduct of war
, ;

his reminiscences of Vereeniging
,

Solomon Islands, retrospect of sea and air fights around
, ;

campaign of ‘43–’44
,

Somerville, Admiral Sir James, Churchill’s minute as to

South Dakota
, U.S.S., damaged

Southeast Asia Command, proposals as to forming
, ;

decisions at Quebec regarding
.
See also
Mountbatten

Southern France, diversionary attack on, plans for.
See
“Anvil”

Spaatz, Major-General Carl, Commander of U.S. Army Air Force

Spears, Sir Edward, H.M. Minister to Syria and Lebanon

Speer, Dr., German Minister of Munitions

Spruance, Raymond A., Admiral (U.S.N.), Commander of forces at taking of Marshall Islands

“Squawker” mechanism

Stalin, Marshal Joseph, congratulates Roosevelt and Churchill on Naples landing
;

note to Churchill on winter convoys and British personnel in North Russia
, ;

on meeting of heads of three Governments
, ;

to Churchill and Roosevelt rejecting Fairbanks as place of meeting and agreeing to Foreign Ministers’

Conference
, ;

proposes Moscow for Foreign Ministers’

Conference, Persia for personal meeting between heads of three Governments
;

on arrangements at “Cairo Three” (Teheran)
;

informs Churchill Molotov cannot go to Cairo
;

statement of, on joining war against Japan
;

on Russian Front and European operations
, ;

on the Mediterranean
;

addresses questions to Churchill on military plans in Europe
, ;

views on Turkey’s entrance into war
;

strongly favours invading Southern France to help “Overlord,”;

conversation with Churchill on Germany and the post-war world
, ;

on the Polish question
, ;

expresses views on China and “Four Policemen” theory
;

receives Stalingrad Sword of Honour from Churchill
, ;

at second plenary session, on importance of selecting Commander for “Overlord,” ;

declaration on Soviet attitude to Bulgaria in event of Turkish entry into the war
;

attitude of, on “Overlord,”
;

is host at dinner
, ;

direct personal interview with Churchill
, ;

raises at luncheon of “Three Only” question of warm-water ports for Russia
;

revision of Treaty of Sèvres
;

agreeable to Staffs collaborating on
joint cover and deception schemes;

agrees to organise Russian offensive in May
;

his remark to General Brooke
;

remarks of, on Turkey
, ;

views of, on a Polish settlement
, ;

on desired Finnish indemnities and frontiers
, ;

on plans for post-war Germany
, ;

desires Königsberg for Russia
;

accepts Curzon Line
;

initials document setting forth military conclusions of Triple Conference
;

message to Churchill and Roosevelt concerning promises made at Teheran about delivery of Italian ships to Russia
, ;

congratulates Churchill on taking of Rome
;

messages to
,

Stevenson, British Ambassador to the Royal Yugoslav Government
;

urges British backing for partisans

Stilwell, General Joseph W., Commander of Chinese troops trained by him (U.S.)
, ;

builds road in jungle of North Burma
;

captures Myitkyina

Stopford, Viscount James M.

Stord
, destroyer, Royal Norwegian Navy, in attack on the
Scharnhorst

Strang, Sir William, Assistant Under-Secretary, Foreign Office, at Conference of Foreign Secretaries, Moscow

“Strangle,” code-name for Allied air operation against enemy land communications
,

Strong, General, Chief of Eisenhower’s Intelligence Staff, mission to Lisbon

Subasic, Dr. Ivan, Ban of Croatia, asked by Peter II to form administration, on dismissal of Puric from Yugoslav Government-in-Exile

Submarines, new type of German, “Schnorkel,”

Sumatra
, .
See also
“Culverin”

Sweden, at Foreign Secretaries’

Conference, Moscow, suggestion to ask, for air bases
;

likely to ask for guarantees for Finland
;

advantages to Allies to bring into the war

Syfret, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward, placed in charge on Admiral Pound’s resignation pending appointment of new First Sea Lord
;

minutes to
,

Syracuse, captured

Takoradi
;

Churchill’s minute on accumulation at, of Hurricanes and Spitfires

Taranto
;

expedition to
,

Tarawa, taken by U.S. Marines after severe fighting

Taylor, General James (U.S.), mission to Rome
,

Tedder, Air-Marshal Sir A. W.
;

appointed Eisenhower’s Deputy in “Overlord,”;

minute to

Teheran, conference at, of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, preliminary discussions concerning place of meeting
, ;

security and living arrangements at
, ;

outline of Churchill’s wishes and requests at
, ;

first plenary meeting
, ;

private conversations
, ;

second plenary meeting
, ;

Stalin’s dinner party
, ;

private conversation between Stalin and Churchill
, ;

luncheon of “Three Only,” ;

third plenary session
, ;

communiqué, drafted by military staffs, approved
;

dinner at British Legation on Churchill’s birthday
, ;

question of inducing Turkey to enter war discussed
, ;

agreement
that Inönü should be invited to Cairo for talks;

Poland discussed
, ;

Finland discussed
, ;

document on military conclusions of Triple Conference initialled by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
;

political aspects of Teheran Conference summarised
,

Tennant, Admiral William G., in charge of operation of “Mulberry” plan of “Overlord,”

Terracina

Third Front, the Allied Italian campaign, diversionary value of

Thoma, General von, quoted

Tirpitz
, the, German battleship
;

disabled
;

attacked by aircraft and once more immobilised
;

removed to Tromsö

Fjord
;

destroyed by air-bombing

Tito, Marshal, guerrilla leader in Yugoslavia, forms “Garibaldi Division,”;

Churchill on
;

Roosevelt on
;

takes quick action on Italian surrender
, ;

relations with Mihailovic
;

sets up Provisional Government at Jajce
;

messages to Churchill
, ;

Churchill’s messages to
,

“Torch,” code-name for planned U.S. expedition to Northwest Africa

Transition period, plans for
,

“Trident,” code-name for Washington Conference of May, concerning disposition of forces
;

decision to attack mainland of Italy

Tripoli, coast defences of

Troina, taken

Truk Island

Truscott, General Lucian K., Jr. (U.S.)
;

supersedes General Lucas in command at Anzio
,

Tsouderos, M., Greek Premier
;

Churchill’s message to, on hearing of resignation

“Tube Alloys,” code-name for atom-bomb research

Tulagi

Turkey
, ;

entrance into war discussed at Teheran
,

U-boats
, ;

chart, The Rise and Decline of the U-Boat Fleet
;

table of sinkings of, March–June
.
See also
Battle of the Atlantic

Umberto, Crown Prince of Italy and later Lieutenant-Governor of the Realm

“Unconditional Surrender,” Churchill on use of term
;

and interpretation of, in case of Germany

Unicorn
, H.M.S.

U.S. forces in England, civil claims against

Valera, Eamon de, Prime Minister of Eire, Churchill to President Roosevelt on
,

Valiant
, H.M.S.

Valmontone
,

Velletri

Venizelos, Sophocles

Viazma

Viborg

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, receives Mussolini
, ;

charges Badoglio with forming Cabinet
;

escapes to Brindisi
;

Churchill’s attitude toward working with
, ;

hands over government to Umberto as Lieutenant Governor of the Realm, subject to plebiscite of Italian people at end of war

Victorious
, H.M.S.;

action against the
Tirpitz

Vishinsky, Andrei Y.

Volturno River

Voroshilov, Marshal K. E.

Walker, Captain F. J. (R.N.)

War criminals, Churchill’s proposal as to, submitted to President Roosevelt and Premier Stalin
, ;

Stalin’s attitude toward

Warden, Colonel, code-name for Churchill

Warspite
, H.M.S.
;

disabled

Wasp
, U.S.S. aircraft carrier

Watson, General Edwin M. (“Pa”), aide to President Roosevelt

Watten

Wedemeyer, General Albert C. (U.S.), Deputy Chief of Staff to Lord Mountbatten
, ;

mission to London
;

and Washington

Westphal, General, Chief of Staff to General Kesselring, quoted, on visit of Canaris to Army Group Headquarters
;