To Lose a Battle (103 page)

Hurricane fighters,
433
,
434
,
459–60
,
544

Idée, Captain,
491
,
494
,
539

Ironside, General Sir Edmund: character,
572
; on Gamelin,
162
; on French unscrupulousness,
181
; ‘Come on, Hitler!’,
215
; on German attack in Ardennes,
244
; and Churchill,
271
,
573
; ‘the advantage is with us’,
292
; unaware of Ardennes attack,
372
; sends officer to La Ferteé,
444
; Reynaud ‘hysterical’,
444
; Gamelin and Georges ‘calm’,
446
; and fighter squadrons,
462
; on R.A.F. raids,
544
; no confidence in French,
548
,
572–3
,
596
; evacuation of B.E.F. ‘impossible’,
548
,
573
,
596
,
604
,
631
; visits Gort,
567
; orders him to ‘join… French in the South’,
567–8
; visits Billotte,
571–2
; on refugees,
571
; French ‘no intention of attacking’,
602
; on Gort’s withdrawal from Arras,
605
; on German halt,
610

Ismay, General Hastings,
447
,
456
,
459
,
460
,
462
,
592

Italy and war with France,
628
,
647–8

Jamet, Claude,
146
,
150
,
155
,
272
,
619

Japan,
611

Jean, Grand-Duke of Luxembourg,
262
,
275

Jodl, General Alfred,
144
,
188
,
198
,
202
,
214
,
231
,
482–3
,
487
,
562
,
611
,
670

Joffre, Marshal Joseph,
47–50
,
53
,
70
,
161–2
,
226
,
554

Jong, Louis de,
525
,
530

Keddig, Sergeant-Major,
357

Keitel, Field-Marshal Wilhelm,
188–90
,
483
,
664–5

Keller, General,
179

Kempf, General,
305
,
367–8
,
380
,
468

Kesselring, Field-Marshal Albert,
202
,
338

Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger,
584
,
587

Kielmansegg, Captain J. A., Graf van,
258
,
358
,
364
,
390
,
424
,
467
,
489
,
492–5
,
559

Kirchner, General,
284
,
286
,
304
,
334
,
336
,
386
,
492
,
676

Kleffens, E. N. van,
528
,
531

Kleist, General Ewald von: and
Sichelschnitt,
208–9
; and Armoured Group,
261
,
279–80
; disagreements with Guderian,
279–80
,
317–18
,
434–5
,
487
; and crossing of Meuse,
317–18
,
337
; orders halt,
435
; restores Guderian’s freedom of movement,
466–7
; orders Guderian to halt,
487–9
,
497
; on de Gaulle’s first attack,
495
; and Ravenstein,
513
; has no further orders,
565
; and ‘Frankforce’,
581–2
,
596
; considers Arras crisis over,
597
; tanks unserviceable,
612
; in final battle,
639–44
; later career,
676

Klotz, Louis-Lucien,
59
,
60
,
100

Kluck, Field-Marshal Alexander von,
485
,
535

Kluge, Field-Marshal von,
326
,
472–3
,
581–2

Koch, Captain,
268–70

Koestler, Arthur,
138
,
147
,
156–8
,
180
,
452–3
,
527
,
618–19
,
653

König, Captain,
327–8

Kosak, Lieutenant Georges,
273
,
281–2
,
306
,
497–8
,
522

Krüger, Captain,
264–5

Krupp, Alfred,
89
,
344

Küchler, General von,
207
,
369
,
646

Labarthe, Lieutenant-Colonel,
363–4
,
383–4

La Chambre, Guy,
126

Lafontaine, General,
236
,
316
,
337–9
,
358–64
,
383–5

Landrecies,
477–9
,
497
,
501
,
513

Langle de Cary, General de,
242

Lanrezac, General,
242

Laon,
490
,
535
,
639

Lattre de Tassigny, General de,
425–6
,
471
,
502
,
644

Laval, Pierre,
130
,
220
,
222
,
510

Lebrun, President Albert,
151
,
220
,
222
,
227–8
,
625–6
,
653
,
660
,
678

Le Goyet, Lieutenant-Colonel,
419

Leeb, Field-Marshal Ritter von,
185
,
193
,
207
,
209
,
246
,
485

Leffé,
326

Left-wing parties, attitudes, etc., in France,
54–6
,
58
,
62
,
99
,
102–3
,
106–8

Leng, Lieutenant Édouard,
414

Lens,
568
,
571–3

Leopold III, King of Belgium,
84
,
169
,
173
,
252
,
293
,
296
,
584–5
,
587–9
,
620
,
621

Lerecouvreux, Marcel,
141
,
150
,
152
,
241
,
396–7

Lewin, Ronald,
634
,
636
,
637

Libaud, General,
393
,
416–17

Liddell Hart, Captain Basil,
79–80
,
90
,
206
,
214
,
243
,
287
,
495
,
615

Lille,
546
,
614
,
617
,
633

Lippmann, Walter,
183

Lislet,
492–4

Liss, General Ulrich,
203
,
613

List, Field-Marshal Siegmund,
488

Lloyd George, David,
63
,
66
,
621