Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind (60 page)

Georgic
ref1, ref2German Army2nd Armoured Division ref1blitzkrieg ref1, ref2, ref3motorcycle patrols ref1reconnaissance units ref1SS ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7SS Totenkopf Division ref1, ref2superior capability ref1, ref2, ref3GermanyBerlin ref1Dortmund ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Hessen ref1Sassnitz ref1Swinemunde ref1Thuringia ref1Trier ref1, ref2, ref3Gerona ref1Gestapo ref1, ref2, ref3Ghoris, Madame ref1Gibraltar ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9Gilbert, Fred ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12girlfriends and wives ref1, ref2Gisors ref1, ref2Goddard, Fred ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann ref1Gordon Highlanders ref1, ref2, ref3Gort, Lord ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Gothenburg ref1, ref2Grainger, Ernie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10granite quarries ref1Grant, Major James Murray ref1
The Great Escape
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Hebe II
ref1Heinkel bombers ref1Hemer ref1Hemmings, Private ref1Hesdin ref1, ref2Hessen ref1Hewitt, Sergeant Wally ref1Hibbert, Lieutenant Tony ref1Higgins, Major ref1Hitler Youth ref1HMS
Harvester
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Havelock
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Kelvin
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Lancastria
ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10Hodgins, Lieutenant ref1Hodgkins, Private ref1, ref2Hogan, Corporal Norman ref1Hogg, Lieutenant ref1Holme, Ronald ref1Holmes, Private Bill ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35Holness, Cyril ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6Home Guard ref1Hosington, Corporal ref1hospital rations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4hospital ships ref1, ref2hospitalsfield hospitals ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5general hospitals ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5stalag hospitals ref1Houthakker, Sergeant Stephen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Hoyle, Private ref1Hurricane fighters ref1intelligence gathering ref1Irish neutrality ref1, ref2Ironside, Captain ref1Ironside, General ref1Italy ref1, ref2James, Admiral ref1Jemelles ref1Jennings, CSM ref1Jersey ref1Jewish concentration camp victims ref1, ref2Jewish families ref1Johnson, Private ref1, ref2, ref3Kane, Ted ref1, ref2Keens, Lieutenant Kenneth ref1King, Corporal Graham ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28King’s Royal Rifles ref1, ref2Kite, Walter ref1Königswartha ref1Krombeke ref1La Bassée ref1La Pallice ref1, ref2, ref3Lams, Madame ref1Lamsdorf ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8Lancaster, Private ref1latrines ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Laufen ref1, ref2Laval ref1Lawrence, Private John ref1Le Havre ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10Le Mans ref1, ref2Le Paradis ref1Le Touquet ref1, ref2Le Tréport ref1, ref2Lee, Jim ref1Legion of St George ref1Leith ref1liberation ref1arrival in Britain ref1emotional impact ref1
see also
returned POWslice ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8Lille ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7Lister, Ernest ref1Liverpool ref1Lockie, RSM ref1Lokeren ref1, ref2London Scottish ref1Loos ref1looting ref1, ref2Lord, Walter ref1Lorraine, Captain Derick ref1Lothian and Borders Horse ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Lothian and Borders Yeomanry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Louvain ref1Louviers ref1Lowden, Captain Guy ref1, ref2, ref3Lübeck ref1Luftwaffe ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7Luxembourg ref1, ref2Lyn-Allen, Captain ref1Lyon ref1Maastricht ref1, ref2MacInnes, Captain ref1, ref2, ref3Mackay, Lieutenant ref1Mackenzie, Private ref1MacLardy, Francis ref1MacPherson, Eckie ref1MacRae, Murdo ref1Madrid ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Maginot Line ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9Maish, Private ref1Malines ref1Malmedy ref1malnutrition ref1, ref2, ref3Marienburg ref1, ref2, ref3Marquise ref1Marseilles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Mathias, E. Vernon ref1, ref2, ref3Matthews, Noel ref1, ref2Meadows, Bill ref1medical personnel ref1American ref1French ref1German ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4nurses ref1operating room assistants (ORAs) ref1prisoners of war ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5‘protected personnel’ status ref1, ref2, ref3Stretcher-bearers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9surgeons ref1, ref2, ref3
see also
ambulance units; Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC); wounded menmedical supplies ref1mental health problemslong term POWs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5repatriated men ref1returned POWs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Meteor
ref1Metz ref1Middlesex Regiment ref1, ref2Military Police ref1, ref2, ref3militia, call up to ref1Millar, ‘Dusty’ ref1, ref2Mills, Private ref1minesweepers ref1mining operations ref1Minne, André ref1Minsk ref1Miranda del Ebro ref1, ref2mixed marching columns ref1, ref2Mixed Medical Commission ref1Moerbeck ref1Mohr, Unteroffizier Karl ref1Mons ref1, ref2Mont des Cats ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8Monte Cassino ref1Montreuil ref1, ref2Moore, Sergeant ref1Moroccan soldiers ref1, ref2, ref3Morris, Lt-Colonel ref1Moscow ref1, ref2Moseley, Oswald ref1, ref2Mowatt, David ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21Mulhouse ref1Munby, Captain ref1Murchie, Captain Charles ref1Nantes ref1, ref2, ref3National Ex-Prisoner of War Association ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4NCO prisoners of war ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4cliques ref1collaboration ref1disciplinary maintenance ref1exemption from work ref1, ref2, ref3Neave, Airey ref1Netherlands ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Neubrandenburg ref1, ref2Neufchâtel ref1, ref2Newhaven ref1Newman, Major ref1Nice ref1Nicholson, Brigadier ref1Nijmegen ref1Norfolk Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3Norman, Frank ref1North Africa ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6Norway ref1, ref2Nuremburg trials ref1nurses ref1O’Callaghan, Private Bill ref1Ochancourt ref1Odessa ref1, ref2, ref3Odier, Madame ref1officer prisoners ref1accommodation ref1batmen ref1boredom ref1, ref2financial resources ref1parole conditions ref1privileges ref1, ref2segregation ref1, ref2uniforms ref1work exemption ref1Oflag 4D ref1Oflag 7B ref1Oflag 7C ref1Oflag 9 ref1operating room assistants (ORAs) ref1Operation Aerial ref1, ref2Operation Barharossa ref1Operation Dynamo ref1Operation Whoopee ref1Oran ref1, ref2Orr-Ewing, Second-Lieutenant ref1Osborne, Major-General Edmund Archibald ref1, ref2Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ref1, ref2, ref3padres ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Paris ref1, ref2Paris-Plage ref1Parkinson, Second-Lieutenant ref1, ref2patriotism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Pearce, Jim ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26Pearson, Sapper Thomas ref1Peronne ref1Perpignan ref1Petain, Marshal ref1Peters, Dr ref1Peterson, Derrick ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Phillimore, Lord ref1phoney war ref1, ref2, ref3Pingsaft, Oberleutnant von ref1Pioneer Corps ref1, ref2pleurisy ref1Plymouth ref1, ref2, ref3Poland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Polish POWs ref1, ref2Polish troops ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Polish underground ref1Pooley, Private Bert ref1Pornichet ref1Port Bou ref1Portugal ref1Posen ref1, ref2, ref3post-war media representation of POW life ref1, ref2Powell, Lieutenant ref1Prioux, General ref1, ref2Prison Habilitada Palacio Misiones ref1prisoner of war campscamp lifeaccommodation blocks ref1, ref2Christmas ref1, ref2clogs and footcloths ref1, ref2clothing issues and shortages ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5clothing parcels ref1collaborative activity ref1, ref2delousing ref1discipline ref1, ref2disease outbreaks ref1, ref2, ref3dog-eat-dog mentality ref1, ref2entertainment ref1escape attempts ref1, ref2food rations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5gang formation ref1, ref2humiliation ref1, ref2latrines ref1, ref2, ref3lice ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4mail ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4mental stagnation and trauma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8morale, low ref1, ref2, ref3morale, maintaining ref1, ref2Polish civilian workers ref1post-war media representation of ref1, ref2prisoner registration ref1, ref2rats ref1, ref2religious services ref1rumoured murders by inmates ref1, ref2, ref3sack hounds ref1showers ref1sickness and diarrhoea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4solitary confinement ref1stalag hospitals ref1stalag mentality ref1, ref2suicides ref1, ref2, ref3thieving ref1, ref2, ref3underground accommodation ref1, ref2, ref3weight loss ref1, ref2working parties ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Cervera, Spain ref1Colditz castle ref1evacuation ref1Frontstalag 142 ref1Frontstalag 190 ref1hospitals ref1Laufen ref1Marienburg ref1, ref2, ref3Miranda del Ebro ref1, ref2Oflag 4D ref1Oflag 7B ref1Oflag 7C ref1Oflag 9 ref1Posen ref1, ref2, ref3Rotenburg ref1Schubin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Spangenburg ref1Stalag 2A ref1Stalag 3A ref1Stalag 4A ref1Stalag 8B ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8Stalag 9C ref1, ref2Stalag 11A ref1Stalag 20A ref1, ref2, ref3Stalag 20B ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Stalag 21B ref1, ref2Stalag 21D ref1Thorn ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
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workcampsprisoners of warBelgian ref1, ref2British numbers ref1capture ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14Dutch ref1educational classes ref1escapes ref1, ref2evacuation (1945) ref1escapes ref1executions ref1, ref2outdoor sleeping ref1sick POWs ref1starvation rations ref1executions and massacres ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9French ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6German civilians’ hostility to ref1, ref2, ref3girlfriends and wives of ref1, ref2humiliation of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14identification numbers ref1insanity ref1liberation ref1march into captivity ref1, ref2, ref3barge and ferry journeys ref1, ref2circuits ref1civilian sympathies and assistance ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4daily marches, duration of ref1despair and loss of morale ref1, ref2, ref3discriminatory treatment ref1, ref2, ref3escape attempts ref1, ref2food rations and shortages ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10foraging ref1loss of kit ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5overnight stops ref1, ref2, ref3rest stops ref1, ref2routes ref1separation of officers and other ranks ref1, ref2, ref3sickness and diarrhoea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8thieving ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5thirst ref1train journeys ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4wounded men ref1medical personnel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5mistreatment of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8NCOs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6officers ref1, ref2, ref3personal possessions ref1Polish ref1, ref2registration process ref1Russian ref1, ref2searches of ref1, ref2survival of the fittest mentality ref1, ref2wounded men ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10propagandaBritish ref1, ref2German ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4prostitutes ref1, ref2protected personnelmedical ref1, ref2, ref3repatriation ref1psychological effects of long–termcaptivity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Puttinger, Private ref1Pyrenees ref1, ref2Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Marseilles ref1Queen Victoria Rifles ref1, ref2Queen’s Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9rabbit snaring ref1, ref2Ramsgate ref1, ref2rats ref1, ref2, ref3Raybould, Charles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Red Army ref1, ref2, ref3Red Cross ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20British ref1French ref1German ref1lists of confirmed dead ref1Swedish ref1Red Cross parcels ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Reed, Jim ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16Reeves, Lance-Corporal Eric ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28Reeves, Les ref1refugees ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4aerial attacks on ref1, ref2Belgian and Dutch ref1, ref2, ref3German ref1registration shells ref1regular soldiers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5rehabilitation units ref1, ref2Reid, Captain Patrick ref1religious solace ref1Rennes ref1, ref2repatriationexchange of prisoners ref1, ref2mental health issues ref1protected personnel ref1wounded men ref1, ref2, ref3Reserve Lazaret Obermassfeld ref1returned POWsback pay issues ref1campaign medals ref1, ref2, ref3disability pensions ref1disillusionment ref1outsider status ref1psychological difficulties ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5regular soldiers ref1rehabilitation units ref1, ref2Rifle Brigade ref1River Bresle ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4River Dendre ref1River Dyle ref1, ref2, ref3River Escaut ref1River Lys ref1River Meuse ref1, ref2River Scheldt ref1, ref2River Seine ref1River Senne ref1River Somme ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6River Waal ref1Robertson, Captain ref1Robertson, Colonel W.A. ref1Rommel, General Erwin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Rose, Lance-Corporal ref1Ross, Sergeant Kenny ref1Rotenburg ref1Rouen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5Rowallan, Lt-Colonel Lord ref1, ref2Royal Air Force (RAF) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7ambulance units ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4field hospitals ref1, ref2POWs ref1, ref2system of care ref1, ref2Royal Army Ordnance Corps ref1Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6Royal Corps of Signallers ref1Royal East Kent Regiment ref1, ref2Royal Engineers ref1, ref2, ref3Royal NavyBEF evacuation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12destruction of French port facilities ref1Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10Royal Scots Fusiliers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Royal Sussex Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9Royal West Kent Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6Royle, Lieutenant Peter ref1, ref2, ref3
Ruegen
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St Julien
ref1St Léger ref1St Malo ref1St Nazaire ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9St Omer ref1St Pol ref1, ref2St-Valery-en-Caux ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17St-Valery-sur-Somme ref1, ref2salt mines ref1, ref2Sassnitz ref1Saveny ref1scabies ref1, ref2Scharping, Feldwebel Walter ref1School of Army Cookery ref1Schubin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Schwerin ref1Seaforth Highlanders ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16Seal, Sid ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9Sedan ref1Senegalese soldiers ref1, ref2, ref3sexual relationships, with German civilians ref1, ref2Sézanne ref1Shilling, Private ref1, ref2shock, treatment for ref1Shorrock, Leslie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7Sicily ref1Sierra Leone ref1Silesia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Simpson, Bill ref1, ref2, ref3sleep deprivation ref1, ref2, ref3Small Arms School ref1Smolensk ref1snipers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Somerlink, Mrs ref1Somme valley ref1sores ref1Soviet Union ref1Spain ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8Barcelona ref1, ref2Cervera ref1Gerona ref1Madrid ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4Miranda del Ebro ref1Port Bou ref1Spangenburg ref1Spanish Civil War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4SS