Never Give In! (88 page)

England and Englishness
83
–
5
,
402
–
3

English language
25
,
297
–
8
,
378

English literature
378

Epping (constituency): WSC elected for (1924)
70
; WSC seeks re-election in (1939),
153

Ethiopia
see
Abyssinia

Europe: British historic interests in
102
–
3
; and bombing threat,
126
–
7
; German occupation and control of,
198
–
9
,
235
–
7
,
239
,
250
,
280
; Allies invade and advance in (1944),
301
–
3
; Victory celebrated (May 1945),
322
; post–war divisions in,
346
,
350
–
1
,
353
; Communism in,
350
–
1
,
361
–
2
; WSC advocates United States of,
354
,
356
–
9
,
364
–
70
,
376
–
7
,
395
; British participation in united,
364
,
366
,
368
–
9
; Strasbourg Assembly,
376
–
7
; defence of Western,
395
–
6

Exeter,
HMS
165
,
167

Far East: conduct of war in
270
–
1
,
281
;
see also
Japan

Feisal, King of Iraq
xxv
,
64
,
67
–
8
,
157

Finland: surrenders (1944)
309

Fisher, Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron
51

Flanders: WSC serves in trenches (1916)
55
–
6

Fleet Air Arm: in attack on
Bismarck
234
;
see also
Royal Naval Air Service

Foch, Marshal Ferdinand
317

food rationing; post-war
383

Foot, Isaac
94

Foot, Michael
378

France: defeat and surrender (1940)
xxv
i,
169
–
72
,
177
,
179
–
80
,
183
,
188
–
9
,
193
–
4
,
196
,
232
–
3
,
269
; and reconciliation with Germany,
xxv
iii,
356
,
358
,
395
; in World War I,
48
–
9
; army morale damaged in First World War,
60
; and Munich Agreement,
77
,
140
–
3
,
153
; and outbreak of First World War,
86
; air power,
90
,
117
–
18
; inter-war military strength,
102
,
110
–
12
,
126
,
131
; British defensive association with,
103
–
4
,
107
–
8
,
111
–
12
,
133
–
4
; and German occupation of Rhineland,
106
; rearms,
118
; Parliamentary defence committees,
125
; and Central European alliances,
146
; at war with Germany (1939),
163
; WSC proposes common citizenship with,
188
; fleet destroyed in North Africa (1940),
189
–
91
,
203
; British blockade of (World War II),
198
; WSC broadcasts to (October 1940),
212
; German U–boat bases in,
225
; hostages massacred (1941),
256
–
7
; WSC promises resurgence of,
285
; liberated (1944),
303
,
305
–
6
; Allied landings in south (1944),
304
; in united Europe,
366
; post–war Treaty of Alliance with Britain,
367
;
see also
Normandy invasion; Vichy government

Fraser, Peter
187

Free French
120

Free Trade
12
,
14
–
15

Fulton, Missouri: WSC delivers ‘Iron Curtain’ speech (1946)
xxv
iii,
337
,
344
,
374
–
5

Gallacher, William
107

Gallipoli
xxiv
,
51
–
3

Gamelin, General Maurice
173

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma)
78

gas (poison)
278
–
9

Gaulle, Charles de: and wartime free French
203
–
4
; and tank warfare,
230
; WSC praises,
285

general elections: (1906)
17
; (1922),
69
–
70
; (1923),
69
; (1929),
74
; (1935),
96
; (1945),
329
,
339
,
341
; (1950),
378
–
84
; (1951),
391
–
2

Gensoul, Admiral Marcel Bruno
190
–
1

George V, King
116

George VI, King: death
397
–
400

Germany: British appeasement policy towards
xxv
,
74
–
5
,
77
,
80
,
82
–
3
,
85
–
9
,
101
–
2
,
135
; and reconciliation with France,
xxv
iii,
356
,
358
,
395
; pre-1914 naval expansion,
37
–
8
; WSC proposes restrictions on naval building,
41
–
3
; independence of sea power,
46
–
7
; and outbreak of World War I,
48
–
9
,
86
; signs Locarno Pact,
74
; rearms (1930s),
77
,
81
,
88
,
91
–
2
,
99
,
107
,
117
,
119
,
125
–
6
,
136
; as threat (1930s),
80
–
1
,
87
–
93
,
99
–
10
0,
102
–
4
,
107
–
10
,
117
,
131
,
136
–
7
,
147
,
151
–
2
,
159
–
60
; air power, ,
90
–
1
,
123
,
135
,
148
,
185
,
187
,
199
; relations with Japan,
92
; Jews persecuted in,
105
–
6
; occupies Rhineland (1936),
106
–
8
,
136
; fear of encirclement,
107
–
8
,
158
; fortifies borders,
109
; annexes Austria (1938),
131
–
4
,
136
; and Anglo-French alliance,
135
; invades Czechoslovakia,
153
; and outbreak of World War II,
162
,
268
–
9
; Pact with USSR (1939),
163
,
240
,
248
; advance and conquests in western Europe (1940),
169
–
73
,
187
; Allied bombing campaign against,
171
,
202
,
277
–
9
; invasion threat to Britain (1940),
178
–
89
,
192
–
3
,
199
,
207
,
209
–
12
,
215
; British blockade of (World War II),
198
; and food supply in occupied Europe,
198
–
9
; bombing campaign against Britain,
199
,
207
–
9
,
221
; invades Yugoslavia and Greece,
219
–
20
; in North African campaign,
223
–
4
; invades USSR,
240
–
3
,
248
–
9
,
252
,
276
–
7
; forces and campaign in Russia,
253
,
294
; peace proposals,
259
; declares war on USA,
260
,
263
; losses in North Africa,
293
; and unconditional surrender demand,
308
–
9
; considered at 1945 Yalta Conference,
312
; surrenders (May 1945),
322
,
324
–
5
,
328
; rehabilitation and recovery,
342
,
367
; Polish postwar inroads into,
350
; post-war division,
350
–
1
; rise to dominance,
357
–
8
; in united Europe,
366
–
7
; and European army,
396
;
see also
Hitler, Adolf; Nazism