Never Give In! (87 page)

Churchill Center, Washington, DC
421
–
2

Clark, General Mark
301
,
304
–
5

Clough, Arthur Hugh
220

coal miners
32
–
4
,
390

Cobden, Richard
12
–
13

Cockran, Bourke
348

Cold War: beginnings
344
; WSC detests,
410

Cole, Sterling
411

Collins, Michael
138

Colonial Office: WSC serves at
xxiv
,
14
,
22
,
55
,
104
,
354

Colville, Sir John
xxiii
,
240

Commons, House of: WSC’s maiden speech in (1901)
7
–
8
; WSC on personality of Members,
10
; language use and abuse,
73
; WSC warns of defence weaknesses (1936),
116
–
26
; wartime secret sessions,
209
–
10
; bombed,
228
; Votes of Confidence in WSC: (1941),
227
–
33
; (1942),
269
–
73
; Motion of Censure against WSC defeated (July 1942),
281
–
3
; rebuilding and design,
298
–
300
; conduct in World War II,
324
; Censure Motion against WSC (1946),
375
; WSCs final speech to (on nuclear deterrence),
410
–
16

Communism: WSC attacks
66
,
72
,
241
,
361
–
2
,
388
–
90
; in post–war Europe,
347
,
350
–
1
,
361
–
2
,
396
; world–wide spread,
412
,
415
;
see also
Bolshevism

concentration camps (German)
236
,
250

Confidence Motions: (1941)
227
–
8
; (1942),
269
–
70

Conservative Party: WSC leaves for Liberals (1904)
1
,
8
,
12
; government resigns (1905),
17
; WSC rejoins,
55
,
69
; election victory (1922),
69
–
70
; election victory (1924),
69
–
71
; appeasement policy,
77
; WSCs differences with (1930s),
101
–
2
,
117
–
18
; election defeat (1945),
334
–
5
; election gains (1950),
378
,
381
; election victory and government (1951),
393

Constantinople
53

Cooper, Alfred Duff (
later
1st Viscount Norwich)
140

Cossack,
HMS
165
,
167

Coudenhove-Kalergi, Count
357

Council of Europe
359
,
367

council houses: right to buy
372
–
3

Cox, Sir Percy
68

Crete: British evacuate
233

Crewe, Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of
47

Crimea
see
Yalta Conference

Cripps, Sir Stafford
331
,
381
–
4

Cromwell, Oliver
316

Cunningham, Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount
286

Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess
30
–
1

Czechoslovakia: crisis (1938)
xxv
,
77
,
139
–
47
; Nazism in,
91
; isolation,
132
; in Little Entente,
132
; Germany invades (1939),
149
–
50
,
158
; wartime government in exile,
203
–
4
; post-war democratic government,
350

Daily Telegraph
46

Dalton, Hugh
385

Dardanelles campaign (1915)
xxiv
,
50
–
3
,
55

Darlan, Admiral Jean François
236
,
250
,
257

Defence, Ministry of: WSC advocates
135

Defence of the Realm Act: WSC proposes
135

democratic government: WSC on
109
,
111
–
12
,
307
,
341
,
408

Denikin (Deniken), General Anton I.
63

Denmark
269

de Robeck, Admiral Sir John Michael
52

de Valera, Eamon
95
–
6

disarmament (inter–war): WSC opposes
74
–
5
,
80
,
85
,
89
,
102
;
see also
Appeasement

Disraeli, Benjamin
2
,
262
,
417

Dobbie, General Sir William
280

Doenitz, Grand Admiral Karl
322

Dominions
see
Empire (British)

Donovan, Colonel William (‘Wild Bill’)
218

Duke of York
, HMS
262

Dumbarton Oaks
311

Duncan, Sir Andrew
177

Dundee: WSC elected for (1908)
25
; WSC loses seat (1922)
70

Dunkerque
(French battle-cruiser)
189
,
191

Dunkirk evacuation (1940)
xxv
i,
170
,
172
–
3
,
175
,
180
,
185
,
201
,
275

Durban, Natal
4

Dutch East Indies: Japanese occupy
267

East Africa: WSC visits colonies
22

Eden, Sir Anthony (
later
1st Earl of Avon)
407
,
417

Eder dam
291

Edward VII, King
6
,
15
,
28

Edward VIII, King (
later
Duke of Windsor): Abdication
128

Egypt: Italian attack repulsed
215
–
16
; Axis wartime threat to
224
,
275
,
284
–
5
,
291
; saved by Battle of El Alamein,
283
–
4

Eisenhower, General Dwight D.: command in North Africa
286
,
293
; as Supreme Allied Commander,
302
–
4
,
328
; and German surrender,
321
–
2
,
324
; and Nazi concentration camps,
321
; WSC’s tribute to when given Freedom of City of London,
332
–
3
; and Western defence,
396
; elected US President,
404
–
5

Elizabeth II, Queen: accession
399
; Coronation (1953),
403
; dines with WSC (1955),
417

Elizabeth, Queen of George VI
399
–
400

Empire (British): WSC’s devotion to
3
,
7
,
285
,
402
; Army presence in,
11
–
12
; and Free Trade,
15
; naval role in defence of,
38
,
44
; services in First World War,
60
–
1
; supports League of Nations,
99
; unity,
154
–
5
; supports Britain in World War II,
182
,
188
–
9
,
235
,
289
; post–war relations with USA,
345
–
6
; importance of trade,
360
; and united Europe,
368
–
9