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  1. Bachmann, Professor Gottlieb,
    1
  2. Bad Godesberg,
    1
  3. Bad Ischl subcamp,
    1
  4. Bad Reichenhall,
    1
  5. Badoglio, Pietro: Churchill on,
    1
    ;
    1. numbers dictators,
      1
      ;
    2. on Mussolini’s declaration of war,
      1
      ;
    3. post-Achse declaration and armistice,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ;
    4. as Prime Minister,
      1
      ,
      2
  6. Baedeker’s Guide,
    1
    ,
    2
  7. Bailey, Colonel S. W. ‘Bill’,
    1
  8. Balbo, Italo,
    1
  9. Baldwin, Henry,
    1
  10. Balkans,
    see
    Yugoslavia
  11. Ball, Sir Joseph,
    1
  12. Bancroft, Mary,
    1
  13. Barbère,
    1
  14. Barbie, Klaus,
    1
  15. Barcelonnette,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  16. Barratt, Air Marshal Arthur,
    1
  17. Basel: fascist groups in,
    1
    ;
    1. impossibility of defending,
      1
      ,
      2
  18. Bavarian Alps: anti-Semitism in,
    1
    ;
    1. assembly of Messerschmitts,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. Churchill’s post-war plans,
      1
      ;
    3. Dachau and Mauthausen subcamps,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    4. and ‘Fortress Europe’ idea,
      1
      ;
    5. Nazi gold and currency sent to,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ;
    6. under AMGOT rule,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    7. underground industrial production,
      1
      ;
    8. ‘Werewolves’ in,
      1
      ;
    9. see also
      Alpenfestung
  19. Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW),
    1
  20. BBC: Alexander’s appeal for resistance,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ;
    1. broadcasts Vercors liberation,
      1
      ;
    2. de Gaulle’s appeals for resistance,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    3. de Gaulle’s regular broadcasts,
      1
      ;
    4. publicises French resistance,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    5. warns of Milice attack,
      1
  21. Bechmann-Lescot, Roland,
    1
  22. Beevor, Antony,
    1
    ,
    2
  23. Béguin, ‘Captain’ André-Henri,
    1
  24. Belfort Gap,
    1
    ,
    2
  25. Belgrade,
    1
    ,
    2
  26. Belluno,
    1
  27. Beneš, Edvard,
    1
    ,
    2
  28. Berchtesgaden: air-raid shelters,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. architecture and surroundings,
      1
      ;
    2. Barbarossa legend,
      1
      ;
    3. Bormann remodels railway station,
      1
      ;
    4. captured Nazi bosses,
      1
      ;
    5. French forces enter,
      1
      ;
    6. Hitler’s first visit,
      1
      ;
    7. ‘Munich’ better named as,
      1
      ;
    8. replaces Berlin as Allied focus,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    9. survives RAF bombing,
      1
      ;
    10. US troops enter
      1
      ;
    11. see also
      Berghof;
    12. Obersalzberg
  29. Berghof: Allied looting,
    1
    ;
    1. building history,
      1
      ;
    2. bunker system,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    3. Chamberlain meeting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    4. Ciano visit,
      1
      ;
    5. demolished,
      1
      ;
    6. Halifax visit,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    7. industrialists’ meeting at,
      1
      ;
    8. Junge on,
      1
      ;
    9. pilgrimages to,
      1
      ;
    10. post-Anton meeting,
      1
      ;
    11. Raeder meeting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    12. RAF flattens,
      1
      ;
    13. Rommel at,
      1
      ;
    14. Seelöwe meeting,
      1
  30. Bergier commission,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  31. Bergün,
    1
    ,
    2
  32. Berlin: Alpenfestung replaces as Allied focus,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. as Hitler’s final base,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    2. Potsdam Conference,
      1
      ;
    3. RAF bombing,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    4. Red Army advances to,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    5. Red Army’s behaviour in,
      1
      ;
    6. Reich Chancellery,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    7. Stalin’s deception,
      1
  33. Bernadotte, Count Folke,
    1
  34. Berne: British legation departs,
    1
    ;
    1. importance of MI6 base,
      1
      ;
    2. impossibility of defending,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    3. Kolbe–Cartwright meeting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    4. Lunn on post-war,
      1
      ;
    5. Nazi gold in,
      1
      ;
    6. Shirer on mood in,
      1
  35. Bertin, General,
    1
  36. Béthouart, Lieutenant General Emile,
    1
  37. Bierling, Alfred,
    1
  38. Biner, Bernard,
    1
    ,
    2
  39. Bir Hacheim, Battle of,
    1
  40. Black Forest,
    1
  41. Blaskowitz, Generaloberst Johannes,
    1
  42. Bletchley Park,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  43. Blondi (Hitler’s Alsatian),
    1
    ,
    2
  44. Blum, Léon,
    1
  45. Blum, Paul,
    1
  46. Blye, William,
    1
  47. BMW,
    1
    ,
    2
  48. Bock, Generaloberst Fedor von,
    1
  49. Bodensee,
    see
    Constance, Lake
  50. Boer War,
    1
  51. Böheim, General Johannes,
    1
  52. Bologna,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  53. Bolzano,
    1
    ,
    2
  54. Bonomi, Ivanoe,
    1
    ,
    2
  55. Borgo San Dalmazzo,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  56. Bormann, Martin: accuses Göring of treason,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. Berghof bunker system,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. builds Kehlsteinhaus,
      1
      ;
    3. death,
      1
      ;
    4. defences at Obersalzberg,
      1
      ;
    5. Obersalzberg rebuilding,
      1
      ;
    6. Obersalzberg residence,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    7. and succession to Hitler,
      1
      ;
    8. urges Hitler’s escape to Obersalzberg,
      1
  57. Bourg-Saint-Maurice,
    1
  58. Bowlby, Captain Cuthbert,
    1
  59. Bradley, General Omar,
    1
    ,
    2
  60. Brauchitsch, Oberst Berndt von,
    1
    ,
    2
  61. Brauchitsch, Generalfeldmarschall Walther von,
    1
  62. Braun, Eva,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  63. Braun, Magnus von,
    1
  64. Braun, Wernher von,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  65. Bredow, SS-Obersturmführer von,
    1
  66. Bregenz,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  67. Brenner Pass: Americans block access,
    1
    ;
    1. 88th Division sent to,
      1
      ;
    2. and ‘Fortress Europe’ idea,
      1
      ;
    3. Hitler–Mussolini meeting,
      1
      ;
    4. Italian forces mass on,
      1
      ;
    5. and Operation Achse,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    6. as Wolff’s escape route,
      1
  68. Briançon,
    1
  69. Britain: Anglo-Swiss relations,
    1
    ;
    1. appeasement,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ;
    2. Blitz,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    3. declaration of war,
      1
      ;
    4. early Alpine adventurers,
      1
      ;
    5. German invasion plans,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    6. Hitler’s attitude to,
      1
      ;
    7. and Jewish immigration,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    8. Pilet-Golaz seeks to sever relations,
      1
      ;
    9. status at war’s end,
      1
      ;
    10. VE Day,
      1
  70. Britannia Hut,
    1
  71. British army
    1. armies: Eighth,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      ,
      9
    2. divisions: 88th,
      1
      ,
      2
  72. British Council,
    1
  73. British Expeditionary Force,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  74. Brooke, Lieutenant General Alan,
    1
  75. Browning, Frank,
    1
  76. Browning, Colonel Freddie,
    1
  77. Bruce, David,
    1
  78. Brunner, SS-Hauptsturmführer Alois,
    1
    ,
    2
  79. Buchan, John,
    1
  80. Buchenwald concentration camp,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  81. Bulmer-Thomas, Ivor,
    1
    ,
    2
  82. Burgh, Captain Hugo de,
    1
    ,
    2
  83. Bütefisch, Heinrich,
    1
  84. Byron, Lord,
    1
  1. Cairo,
    1
    ,
    2
  2. Canadian forces,
    1
  3. Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm,
    1
  4. Cap Martin,
    1
    ,
    2
  5. Carthage,
    1
    ,
    2
  6. Cartwright, Colonel Henry: interrogates Marais,
    1
    ;
    1. Kolbe meeting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ;
    2. as military attaché (Berne),
      1
  7. Casemate du Pont St Louis,
    1
    ,
    2
  8. Caserta,
    see
    Allied Forces Headquarters, Caserta
  9. Castellane,
    1
  10. Cerise, Col de,
    1
    ,
    2
  11. Cerri, Sergeant Roger,
    1
  12. Chaigneau, Jean,
    1
  13. Chamberlain, Neville: Bad Godesberg meeting,
    1
    ;
    1. Berghof meeting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    2. declares war,
      1
      ;
    3. on Hitler,
      1
      ;
    4. unveils Plan Z,
      1
  14. Chambéry,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
  15. Chamonix,
    1
  16. Channon, Henry ‘Chips’,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
  17. Chants,
    1
  18. Chateaubriand, François-René de,
    1
  19. Chavant, Eugène,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  20. Chetniks,
    1
    ,
    2
  21. Chiasso,
    1
  22. Churchill, Winston: on Ardennes offensive,
    1
    ;
    1. and assessment of Yugoslav resistance,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. on Britain in 1940,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    3. on British POWs in Italy,
      1
      ;
    4. cables Stalin on German surrender in Italy,
      1
      ;
    5. Carthage meeting,
      1
      ;
    6. chairs D-Day meeting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    7. contacts Truman over Cuneo impasse,
      1
      ;
    8. creation of SOE,
      1
      ;
    9. d’Astier meeting,
      1
      ;
    10. and de Gaulle’s post-war role,
      1
      ;
    11. dispatches Maclean to Yugoslavia,
      1
      ;
    12. effect on Hitler,
      1
      ;
    13. on El Alamein victory,
      1
      ;
    14. on ending of war,
      1
      ;
    15. on failure of Ossola republic,
      1
      ;
    16. fears Red Tide,
      1
      ;
    17. on French Alpine success,
      1
      ;
    18. on French–German partnership,
      1
      ;
    19. Fulton speech,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    20. ‘Germany first’ policy,
      1
      ;
    21. on government of Italy,
      1
      ;
    22. on Hitler’s death,
      1
      ;
    23. on Lenin’s train,
      1
      ;
    24. and ‘loot declaration’,
      1
      ;
    25. Marrakesh meeting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    26. moniker for Chetniks,
      1
      ;
    27. Moscow Conference,
      1
      ;
    28. observes Riviera landings,
      1
      ;
    29. at Octagon conference,
      1
      ;
    30. opposes Alpenfestung plan,
      1
      ;
    31. orders shackling of German POWs,
      1
      ;
    32. post-war plans for Germany,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    33. potential fight with JANL,
      1
      ;
    34. Potsdam Conference,
      1
      ;
    35. pragmatism over Yugoslavia,
      1
      ;
    36. praises Switzerland,
      1
      ;
    37. Reynaud phone call,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    38. on Röhm purge,
      1
      ;
    39. on Soviet view of early surrender,
      1
      ;
    40. on stalled Allied advance,
      1
      ;
    41. supports Glières plateau action,
      1
      ;
    42. Tehran Conference,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    43. University of Zurich speech,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ;
    44. on VE Day,
      1
      ;
    45. on Warsaw Rising,
      1
      ;
    46. writes memoirs in Switzerland,
      1
      ;
    47. Yalta Conference,
      1
  23. Ciano, Galeazzo: Berghof visit,
    1
    ;
    1. declares Mussolini mad,
      1
      ;
    2. on Mussolini and postponement of Seelöwe,
      1
      ;
    3. on Mussolini’s humiliation,
      1
  24. Clark, General Mark W.,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
  25. Clarke, Rosemary,
    1
  26. Cocteau, Jean,
    1
  27. Cohen, Lieutenant Commander Kenneth,
    1
  28. Cold War,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  29. Colditz,
    1
  30. Conan Doyle, Arthur,
    1
    ,
    2
  31. Constance, Lake,
    1
    ,
    2
  32. Cook, Thomas,
    1
  33. Cortina d’Ampezzo,
    1
    ,
    2
  34. Crittenberger, Major General Willis D.,
    1
  35. Croatia,
    1
    ,
    2
  36. Cumming, Sir George Mansfield (‘C’),
    1
    ,
    2
  37. Cuneo,
    1
    ,
    2
  38. Cvetković, Dragiša,
    1
  39. Czechoslovakia: Beneš declares martial law,
    1
    ;
    1. and British appeasement,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    2. creation of,
      1

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