A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Winston S. Churchill): work on, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Aachen: Churchill's speech in (1956), 1
Abbeville: Churchill warns of danger to (1918), 390; German forces reach (1940), 1
Abbey Division (Westminster): Churchill stands at (1924), 1
Abdication crisis (of 1936), 1, 2, 3
Abdullah, Emir: and Palestine, 1; and Transjordan, 2, 3
Aboukir Bay (Egypt): Churchill visits, 1
Abyssinia: Churchill seeks action in (1897), 1; threatened, 544 invaded, 2; and the Hoare-Laval 'pact', 3; and sanctions, 4
Acheson, Dean: Churchill's question to (1951), 1
Adams, Vyvyan: 'I wish you could talk to us every night', 1
Adana (Turkey): Churchill's journey to (1943), 1
Addison, Dr Christopher: wants to find a task for Churchill (1917), 1, 2; and Churchill's arrival at Munitions, 3
Adeane, Sir Michael: and Churchill's resignation, 1, 2
Adenauer, Dr: Churchill's appeal to (1954), 1
Aderno (Sicily): captured, 1
Admiralty: Churchill would like to go to (1908), 1; Churchill angered by attitude of (1911), 2; Churchill seeks to defend his record at, 3; Churchill hopes to return to, 4; 'fast asleep', 5; Churchill's 'heart in' (1918), 6; Churchill suggested for (1924), 7; Churchill's conflict with (1925), 8; Churchill not to go to (1931), 9; Churchill's possible return to (1935), 10; no chance of Churchill's return to (1936), 11; Churchill's return to, advocated (1939), 12; rumours of Churchill's return to (July 1939), 13; Churchill's return to (September 1939), 14; caution of (1940), 15; Churchill recalls (1944), 16
Adriatic: Churchill sails through (1913), 1; proposed landing on (1915), 2, 3, 4; strategy for (1943-44), 5; and British strategy (1944-45), 6, 7, 8
Aegean Sea: Churchill's search for action in (1943), 1; Stalin wants a naval base on (1945), 2
afforestation: the State to take a lead in, 1
Afghanistan, 1
Africa: 'always claims its forfeits', 1; an 'entirely new chapter for (1938), 2
Afridis: to be invaded (1897), 1
Agadir (Morocco): crisis at (1911), 1; result of Britain's firmness at, 2
Agamemnon: and the Dardanelles, 1
Agheila: battle at (1942), 1
Agincourt, battle of (1415): 1
Agrah (North-West Frontier): Churchill in action at (1897), 1
Aid to Russia Appeal: launched (1941), 1
Aidin (Turkey): Churchill visits (1910), 1
air: British supremacy in, lacking (1916), 1; Germans 'master of' (1916), 2
Air Board: established (1916), 1; Churchill's possible Chairmanship of, 2; opposition to Churchill's Chairmanship of, 3
air defence of Britain: Churchill takes responsibility for (1914), 1
Air Defence Research: Churchill's concern for (1934-39), 1, 2, 3
Air Department: Churchill seeks (1915), 1
Air Force: See index entry for Royal Air Force
Air Minister: Churchill spoken of, as (1938), 1
Air Ministry: not in prospect (1916), 1; to go to someone else (1916), 2; Churchill's hope for (1916), 3; Churchill's possible appointment to, 4; Churchill's return to, advocated (1939), 5; 'don't irritate' (1939), 6
air power: and Constantinople, 1; and Sinn Fein (1920), 2; and Ireland, 3; at Chanak (1922), 452 and 'stern justice', 4
Air Raid Precautions (1939), 1, 2
Air Staff: and Defence deficiencies (1937-38), 1, 2
aircraft production: to be accelerated (1914), 1; Churchill's initiatives for (1917-18), 2, 3; plans for (for 1919), 4
airship: Churchill flies in, and steers (1913), 1
Aitken, Max: and the coming of war in 1914, 1; and the political crisis of May 1915, 2; Churchill's friendship with, 3; urges Churchill to speak in Army debate (1916), 4; and the political crisis of December 1916, 5; for subsequent index entries see Beaverbrook, Lord
Aix-en-Provence: Churchill works at (1948), 1
Ajax: Churchill on board, off Athens (1944), 1, 2, 3
Alam Halfa (Egypt): battle of (1942), 1
Alamein (Egypt): Germans reach (1942), 1; Churchill visits positions at, 2; battle of, 3
Alamein Reunion: Churchill speaks at (1949), 1
Alaska: Churchill prepared to brave 'mosquitos' of (1944), 1
Albania: invaded by Italy (1939), 1; partisans in (1943), 2; future of (1944), 3
Albanians: 'may leap out' (1939), 1
Albany (New York): Churchill visits (1900), 1
Albert Hall (London): Churchill speaks at, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Churchill watches election results at (1935), 6
Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1
Albert Medal: Churchill makes a recommendation for, 1
Aldershot: Churchill serves at (1895), 1, 2
Aldwych Club (London): Churchill speaks at (1923), 1
Alexander, A.V.: on the Defence Committee, 1; and the break-up of the Coalition (1945), 2; and conscription (1947), 3
Alexander, General Sir Harold: in Burma (1942), 1; becomes Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, 2; directive to, 3; and Enigma, 4; and Anzio, 5, 6, 7; advances beyond Rome, 8; and the prospects of continuing the battle in Italy (June 1944), 9; forces the Germans from Florence, 10; Churchill watches battle with, in Italy, 11; a setback to, 12; to go to Vienna, 13; in Athens, 14; and Churchill's mission to Athens (Christmas 1944), 15; reaches Trieste, 16; at Potsdam, 17; his friendly gesture, 18; becomes Minister of Defence (1952), 19
Alexandretta (Turkey): and the Dardanelles, 1
Alexandria (Egypt): French warships at (1940), 1; Churchill reaches (November 1943), 2
Alfonso, King of Spain: and Churchill's plans for September 1914, 1
Algiers: landing at (1942), 1; Churchill flies to (1943), 2; Churchill returns to (June 1943), 3; Churchill reaches (November 1943), 4; Churchill returns to (August 1944), 5
Aliakmon Line (Greece): to be held, 1; attacked, 2; given up, 3
Aliens Bill: Churchill opposes (1904), 165. 1; 'indefensible', 2
Allahabad Pioneer: publishes Churchill's North-West Frontier telegrams, 1, 2; Churchill's further writings for, 3
Allen, Commodore G.R.G.: works on The Second World War, 1, 2, 3
Alliance Aeroplane Works (London): strike at (1918), 1
Altmark: boarded (1940), 1
Ameland (Holland): a possible assault on (1914), 1
American Civil War: Churchill's intended history of (1898), 1; Churchill visits battlefields of (1929), 2
American journalism: 'vulgarity divested of truth', 1
Amery, Julian: urges Churchill to visit troops (1942), 1; with Churchill in Cairo, 2
Amery, Leo: his praise, 1; protests, 2; and Protection, 3; and the 'loyalty of a leech', 4; and the Defence Deputation (1936), 5; and the Abdication crisis, 6; and Munich (1938), 7; recalls the last halting steps to war (September 1939), 8; and the outbreak of war (September 1939), 9; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 10; and Churchill's call for Franco-German reconciliation (1946), 11
amnesty: Churchill proposes (1952), 1
Amphion: sunk (1914), 1
Amritsar: Churchill upholds censure on Army action at, 1
Amsterdam: and Churchill's support for a European Assembly (1948), 1
Anacostia Naval Air Base (Washington): Churchill lands at (1942), 1
Ancient Britons: Churchill 'entangled' with (1938), 1
Anderson, Sir John: demands an ultimatum (September 1939), 1; and Greece, 2; and the atom bomb, 3; and the war against Japan, 4
Anderson, Squadron-Leader C.T.: brings Churchill information (1936-38), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Anglo-American alliance: needed (1945), 1
Anglo-American co-operation: no cause for shame, 1; in Tunisia (1943), 2, 3; and the atom bomb, 4; Churchill's confidence in, 5; and Anzio, 6; 'indispensable' (1945), 7; Churchill's plan for (1945), 8
Anglo-American policy: setback to (1942), 1; 'dominating aim' of (1943), 2; and Sicily, 3; evolution of (May 1943), 4; and the drive to Berlin (1945), 5; and Japan (1945), 6
Anglo-American Shipping Adjustment Board: established (1942), 1
Anglo-French Entente (1904), 1
Anglo-French Union (Franco-British Union): proposed (1940), 1; and the future, 2
Anglo-Italian Naval Convention (1915), 1
Anglo-Persian Oil Company: Churchill secures control of (1914), 1
Anglo-Polish Alliance (August 1939): signed, 1
Anglo-Russian Convention (1906): and Persia, 1
Anglo-Soviet Agreement: signed (July 1941), 1
Anglo-Soviet Treaty: to be resisted (1924), 1
Angoulême: Churchill attends French Army manoeuvres near (1907), 1
Annecy: Churchill works at (1951), 1
Annexe (No. 10 Annexe): Churchill moves to (1940), 1
Anning, Miss: Churchill's first secretary, 1
Annual Register of World Events: Churchill reads and annotates (1897), 1
Anson, Sir William: his criticism, 1
Anti-Nazi Council: Churchill agrees to speak for (1936), 1, 2; Churchill's second speech at, 3; Churchill gives luncheon for (1937), 4
anti-Semitism: dangers of, 1; Churchill questions Hitler's friend on (1932), 2
Antibes: Churchill stays at (1945), 1
Antwerp: Churchill visits (1894), 1; defence of (1911), 2; Churchill's mission to (1914), 3; final resistance of (1914), 4; Churchill's mission to, recalled, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; German military resistance at (September 1944), 10
Anzio: proposed landing at (1944), 1; landing at, 2; continuing battle at, 3; landing at, recalled, 4; belated success at, 5
appeasement: Churchill seeks, after the political crisis of 1910-11, 1; the 'aim' in Europe (1921), 2; of 'class bitterness', 3; 'needed' in Europe, 4; and The Times, 5; and Palestine, 6; 'has had a good run', 7; of tyranny, 8; 'has its place', 9
Arabia: and the Dardanelles, 1
Arabs: in Palestine, 1, 2, 3, 4; need for 'appeasing' sentiment of, 5; and Zionism, 6; to veto Jewish immigration (after 1944), 7; and Palestine, 8; and a Middle East Federation (1945), 9; and Israel, 10
arbitration: Churchill offers 'permanent machinery' for (1908), 1, 2; Churchill presides over (1908), 3; to be 'permanent' and 'impartial', 4; Churchill active in (1909), 5; Churchill offers, in South Wales (1910), 6; Churchill favours, during Liverpool dock strike (1911), 7
Archangel: a possible Churchill mission to (1915), 1; British troops at (1919), 2; American troops leave (1919), 3; British troops leave (1919), 4; Polish troops evacuated from (1919), 5; British aid reaches (1941), 6
Arctic Ocean: British help to Russia in (1941), 1; convoys to Russia through, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Ardennes (Belgium): Churchill's concern for (August 1939), 1; battle in (1944), 2, 3, 4, 5
Argentina: neutral, 1
Aristophanes: Churchill in play by, 1
Armageddon: two and a half years of, 1; and the First World War, 2
Armenians: massacre of, 1
Armentières: Churchill gives his officers a farewell lunch at (1916), 1; a German mustard-gas attack on (1918), 2
armistice: Germany accepts terms of (1918), 1
armoured train: Churchill travels to Colenso on, 1; and Churchill's efforts, under fire, to clear the line, 2; Churchill's second journey on, 3; derailed, 4; becomes 'famous in the story of the war', 5; Churchill passes wreck of (1900), 6
Arms and the Man (Shaw), 1
Army General Staff: Churchill criticises expenditure on (1905), 1
Army League: criticisms of Churchill by, 1
Arnhem: parachute landing at (1944), 1, 2
Arnold-Forster, Hugh: Churchill criticises, 1; wishes Churchill well, 2
Arras: Churchill visits front-line near (1915), 1; battle of (1917), 2; Churchill in conference at (1917), 3; Churchill visits (1940), 4
Ascot: Churchill boards at, 1
Ascot races: Churchill backs some winners at, 1
Ascroft, Robert: and Churchill's first Parliamentary candidature (1899), 1, 2; dies, 3
Ashley, Maurice: Churchill's research assistant, 1, 2, 3
Ashton-under-Lyne: Conservatives of, asks Churchill to stand for (1924), 1
Asia: submission of 'most ferocious savages' in (1898), 1; Islam 'triumphant' in, 2
Asiatics: and 'liberty', 1
Asquith, H.H.: Churchill meets (1893), 1; Lord Randolph's attack on, 2; at Tring with Churchill, 3; pays 'great attention' to what Churchill says (1899), 4; and Churchill's 'good fight' at Oldham (1899), 5; hears Churchill's maiden speech, 6; Churchill dines with (1901), 7; presides for Churchill (1901), 8; understands Churchill's 'point of view', 9; not in Chamber at crucial moment (1903), 10; and Churchill's move towards the Liberals, 11; becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, 12; becomes Prime Minister, 13; and the Dreadnought controversy, 14; congratulates Churchill on arbitration, 15; his praise (1910), 16; hopes Churchill's association of Crown and Commons may be ignored, 17; and the Battle of Downing Street (1910), 18; affected by drink, 19; and the constitutional crisis (1911), 20; and Agadir (1911), 21; on Enchantress with his wife Margot and daughter Violet, 22; and the Navy Estimates crisis (1914), 23; and the coming of war in 1914, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; and the opening months of war, 30, 31; 'almost inclined to shiver', 32; 'leans on you', 33; and Antwerp, 34; and Churchill's mission to Antwerp (1914), 35, 36; and the dismissal of Prince Louis, 37; and the return of Admiral Fisher, 38; and the defeat off Coronel, 39; and the Dardanelles, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46; and Churchill's 'plans', 47; and the genesis of the tank, 48; and the 'glow of genius' in Churchill's eyes, 49; angered by Churchill's mood (1915), 50; and Fisher's resignation, 51, 52; and the political crisis of May 1915, 53, 54, 55; and Churchill's isolation, 56; approves Churchill's visit to Dardanelles, 57; and Churchill's record at the Admiralty, 58; Churchill's letter of resignation to, 59; eventual 'dismissal' of, 60; vetoes Churchill's command of a brigade, 61; 'will throw anyone to the wolves', 62; 'weak and disloyal', 63; 'my feeling against him', 64; and Churchill's 'political…extinction', 65; 'has to be got rid of', 66; and Churchill's call for Fisher's return (1916), 67; an 'old rogue', 68; and the Dardanelles Royal Commission (1916), 69, 70; 'supine, sodden and supreme', 71; and tanks, 72; resigns (December 1916), 73; and the Dardanelles Commission, 74; defeated (1918), 75; his praise (1925), 76; dies, 77; Churchill's article on, 78; recalled, 79
Asquith, Margot: and 'this glorious delicious war', 1; and Churchill's call for Fisher's return (1916), 2; and The World Crisis, 3
Asquith, Violet: Churchill meets, 1; recalls Churchill's appointment as Home Secretary, 2; on Enchantress, 3; and Churchill's departure for the trenches, 4; 'Kill the Bolshie…', 5; Churchill's advice to (1936), 6; greetings from (1939), 7; and the Fulton speech (1946), 8; wants Churchill to stay on (1954), 9
Asquithian Liberals: oppose Churchill (1922), 1
Assam: air bases in (1943), 1
Astrakhan: Churchill wants to meet Stalin at, 1
Aswan: Churchill present at opening of dam at (1902), 1; Churchill returns to (1908), 2
Atbara (on the Nile): Churchill loses way near (1898), 1; Kitchener impedes Churchill's return to, 2
Athens: Churchill visits (1910), 1; Churchill visits (1927), 2; bombed (1940), 3; Eden and Wavell in (February 1941), 4; Greek Prime Minister commits suicide in, 5; British troops for (1944), 6; Communist forces in, 7; Churchill's mission to (Christmas 1944), 8, 9, 10, 11; Churchill returns to (1945), 12; 'snatched from the burning' in 1944, 13; 'free to decide' (1946), 14
Atkins, John: in South Africa, 1; with Churchill at Estcourt, 2; and Churchill's 'persuasive reasoning', 3; and Estcourt recalled, 4
Atlantic Charter (August 1941), 1
Atlantic Ocean: American commitment in (August 1941), 1
Atlantic Pact: Churchill praises, 1
atom bomb: Anglo-American discussions on (1942-44), 1; Anglo-American crisis over (1943), 2; agreement on (August 1943), 3; Churchill and Roosevelt discuss (September 1944), 4; test of, successful (July 1945), 5, 6; dropped, 7; Attlee consults Churchill on, 8; secrets of, not to be shared with United Nations, 9; gives urgency to European reconciliation, 10; and the influence of the United States, 11; and a 'lasting settlement, without bloodshed', 12; and the Berlin blockade (1948), 13; deterrent effect of, 14; and peace, 15; agreement on (1952), 16; first British test of (1952), 17; Russia announces possession of (1953), 18; and Korea, 19
atomic energy: future control of (1953), 1; commercial use of, 2
Attlee, Clement: and the Gold Standard, 1; opposes rearmament (1934), 2; opposes Defence proposals (1936), 3; 'will support you' (1936), 4; and Czechoslovakia, 5; and Munich (1938), 6; 'how right you were', 7; protests at adjournment (August 1939), 8; and Norway (1940), 9; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 10; enters Cabinet (May 1940), 11; supports Churchill's rejection of a negotiated peace (1940), 12; accompanies Churchill to France, 13; on the Defence Committee, 14; and Greece, 15; becomes Deputy Prime Minister (1942), 16; a rebuke from, 17; and the break-up of the Coalition (1945), 18; and Potsdam, 19, 20, 21; Churchill's support for (1945-51), 22; his friendly gesture, 23; consults Churchill, 24; and the Fulton speech, 25; refuses to repudiate the Fulton speech, 26; his appreciation (1946), 27; seeks Churchill's help on Defence supply, 28; and Churchill's call for a United States of Europe, 29; and conscription (1947), 30; secures Churchill's help on India (1947), 31; Churchill's reply to, about India, 32; calls a General Election (1950), 33; Churchill's praise for (1950), 34; calls a General Election (1951), 35; visits Moscow, 36; his tribute (1954), 37; motion of censure moved by (1955), 38; and Churchill's death, 39
attrition: Churchill's attack on (1917), 1
Aubers Ridge, battle of (1915): Churchill watches, 1
Auchinleck, General: succeeds Wavell (1941), 1; danger to, 2; at Chequers, 3; his Western Desert plans, 4; his Western Desert offensives, 5; his Western Desert defence, 6; and Tobruk, 7; to be replaced, 8
Augusta: Churchill boards (1941), 1
Auriol, Vincent: 1
Auschwitz: an appeal for the bombing of (July 1944), 1
Australia: and the Dardanelles, 1, 2; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 3; Churchill's pledge to (1941), 4; defence of (1942), 5, 6; and the atom bomb, 7
Australian troops: and Tobruk (1941), 1; and Greece (1941), 2; at Singapore, 3
Austria: and a 'German menace', 1; begins to look to Germany (1935), 2; Churchill's concerns for (1936-38), 3; Churchill's fears for the future of, 4; annexed (1938), 5; endangered (1938), 6; held down (1941), 7; to be part of a post-war confederation, 8; a possible advance to (June 1944), 9; continuing military plans for, 10; and British strategy (1944-45), 11; occupation of (1945), 12; future of (1944-45), 13; Churchill's plan for (1954), 14
Austria-Hungary: shipbuilding plans of (1912), 1; and the coming of war (1914), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and the Dardanelles, 8; surrenders (1918), 9
aviation: Churchill's work for, and faith in (1913), 1, 2
Avignon: Churchill hurries home from (1931), 1
Aylesbury: a possible constituency (1898), 1
Bachelors' Club: Churchill joins (1895), 1
Bad Godesberg: Chamberlain's talks at (1938), 1
Badoglio, Marshal: and the fall of Mussolini, 1
Baghdad: to be returned to Turkey (1920), 1; plans for an 'Arab Government' in (1921), 2; a pro-German coup in (1941), 3
Bahamas: Churchill recuperates in (1932), 1; lease of bases in (1940), 2
Bailey, John: marries Churchill's daughter Diana, 1
Bailleul: and Churchill's war on lice (1916), 1
Baku: Hitler plans to bomb (1942), 1
Baldwin, Stanley: wants Coalition to end (1922), 1; becomes Prime Minister (1923), 2; and Churchill's return to Parliament (1924), 3, 4, 5; resigns (1924), 6; appoints Churchill Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924), 7; and the Gold Standard, 8; and Churchill's first Budget, 9; calls on Churchill as a mediator (1925), 10; and the General Strike (of 1926), 11; enlists Churchill's help as a conciliator (1926), 12; and Churchill's 'power of attraction', 13; and Churchill's fourth Budget (1928), 14; and the Ten Year Rule (of 1919) on Defence spending, 15; his advice (1928), 16; and Churchill's fifth Budget, 17; and the recall of Lord Lloyd, 18; and India (1929), 19; and My Early Life, 20; and Dominion Status (for India), 21; speaks against Churchill on India (1931), 22; a 'kind word' to, 23; and disarmament, 24, 25; and Churchill's opposition over India, 26; his praise for Churchill's Marlborough, 27, 28; air parity pledge by, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; Churchill visits at Aix (1934), 35; answers Churchill (November 1934), 36; his pledge on India (1935), 37; 'sterile and inefficient', 38; admits he had been 'completely wrong', 39; becomes Prime Minister (1935), 40; does not seek Churchill's help (1935), 41; 'no great armaments' (1935), 42; not to be attacked, 43; will not have Churchill as Minister of Defence (1936), 44; and Churchill's lack of 'judgment and wisdom', 45; and the Defence Deputation (1936), 46, 47; expresses his personal sympathy, 48; 'appalling frankness' of, 49; and the Abdication crisis (1936), 50; 'gets stronger', 51; gives up the Premiership, 52; Churchill recalls his warning to, 53; his praise (May 1940), 54; 'better…if he had never lived', 55
Baldwin-MacDonald regime: and 'the end' of Britain's glories, 1
Balfour Declaration (on Palestine), 1; upheld, 2; 'breach' of, 3; recalled, 4, 5
Balfour, A.J.: Churchill meets (1893), 1; at Tring (1895), 2; helps Churchill find a publisher (1897), 3; 'markedly civil' (1899), 4; consoles Churchill (1899), 5; Churchill campaigns for (1900), 6; his 'kindness and good nature', 7; Churchill's criticisms of, 8; becomes Prime Minister (1902), 9; Churchill's friendship with, 10; and Free Trade, 11; supports Protection, 12; Churchill proposes to 'have a go' at, 13; leaves the Chamber, 14; Churchill's criticisms of, 15; Churchill's 'belittling' of, 16; his 'generous hopes' for Churchill's future (1905), 17; resigns as Prime Minister (1905), 18; Churchill's attacks on, reprimanded, 19; friendly to Churchill's Trade Boards Bill, 20; and a possible Liberal-Conservative compromise (1911), 21; and Churchill's presence at Sidney Street (1911), 22; Churchill negotiates with (1911), 23; and photographers, 24; and Agadir (1911), 25; impressed by Churchill's 1911 prophecy, 26; welcomes Churchill as First Lord, 27; Churchill's guest (1912), 28; and Churchill's plans in 1914, 29; and the Dardanelles, 30, 31, 32; insults to, recalled, 33; and Fisher's resignation, 34; approves Churchill's visit to Dardanelles, 35; First Lord of the Admiralty (1916), 36, 37; scathing of Churchill's call for Fisher's return, 38; enlists Churchill's help (1916), 39; and British intervention in Russia (1918-19), 40; 'the exaggerated way you tell the truth', 41; wants Coalition to continue (1922), 42; supports Churchill (1924), 43; and Churchill's derating plan (1928), 44; Churchill's article on, 45
Balkans: and the Dardanelles, 1, 2, 3; Churchill's possible visit to, 4; and Gallipoli, 5; a possible rallying point for (1938), 6; and collective security, 7; German troops move into (1941), 8; possible war zone in, 9; Jewish refugees from (1942), 10; partisans in, 11; strategy for (1943-44), 12, 13, 14; possible pursuit of Germans into (1944), 15; Roosevelt's mistake about, 16; and the Soviet Union, 17; a wartime controversy over, refuelled (1949), 18
Ballin, Alfred: Churchill dines with, 1
Balmoral: Churchill 'kindly treated' at, 1; Churchill a guest at, 2, 3, 4
Balsan, Consuelo: Churchill stays with (1927), 1
Baltic: Churchill's offensive plans for (1914-15), 1, 2, 3; Churchill's plan for (1936), 4; Churchill's plan for (September 1939), 5
Baltic States: and the Bolsheviks, 1; British troops to leave (1919), 2; Churchill's fear for (1936), 3; and Stalin, 4; Soviet designs on (1943), 5
Banff: Churchill at (1929), 1
Bangalore: Churchill stationed at (1896-8), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Churchill's political thoughts from (1898), 6
Banstead (near Newmarket): Churchill's holiday at, 1, 2; Churchill startles father at, 3
Barber, Anthony: and Churchill's leadership (1950), 1
Barham: sunk (1941), 1
Baring, Hugo: Churchill's friendship with, 1
Baring, Maurice: recalls Churchill's defiance, 1
Barnes, Reginald: accompanies Churchill to Cuba (1895), 1; Churchill's friendship with, 2; wounded, 3
Barnsbury (London): Churchill asked to speak in (1895), 1
Barrington-Ward, Robin: Churchill confides in (1943), 1
Baruch, Bernard: and the munitions needs of the United States, 1; Churchill's host, 2, 3; Churchill seeks to influence, 4
Basra (Iraq): to be retained (1920), 1; possible withdrawal to (1921), 2
Bataan Peninsula (Philippines): American surrender on (1942), 1
Bath: Churchill's first political speech at (1897), 1, 2
Battenberg, Prince Louis of: First Sea Lord, 1, 2; and the coming of war in 1914, 3, 4; and Antwerp, 5; Asquith not trustful of 'capacity' of, 6; dismissed, 7
Battle of Britain: about to begin (1940), 1; begins (1940), 2; losses during, 3; climax of, 4
Battle of the Atlantic (1941-43), 1, 2; 'on which our life depends', 3; success in, 4; setback for (January 1942), 5; climax of, 6; British successes in, 7; setback in, 8; recalled, 9
Batum: British troops in (1919), 1; evacuation of, 2
Baudouin, Paul: at Tours (1940), 1
Bavaria: to be part of a post-war confederation, 1
Baveno (Italy): Churchill visits (1893), 1; Churchill honeymoons at, 2
BBC: and the General Strike (of 1926), 1; refuses to let Churchill broadcast, 2, 3; and Czechoslovakia (1948), 4
Beatty, Admiral: and naval expenditure, 1
Beauchamp, Lord: Churchill the guest of, 1
Beaufort West: Churchill reaches, 1
Beauvais: Churchill meets Pétain at (1918), 1; Churchill recalls visit to, 2
Beaverbrook, Lord: and Churchill's isolation (1935), 1; and aircraft production (1940), 2, 3, 4; accompanies Churchill to Tours (1940), 5; on the Defence Committee, 6; and Greece, 7; and aid to Russia, 8; Churchill's host, 9; Churchill's visit to, opposed, 10; Churchill's friendship with, 11, 12; Churchill rebukes, 13
Beckenham, Harry: Churchill's shorthand writer, 1, 2, 3, 4
Beda Fomm: battle of (1941), 1
Bedell Smith, General: and Anzio, 1; suggests a landing in Brittany (1944), 2
Bedford: Churchill speaks at (1955), 1
Bedford, Brigadier: and Churchill's heart (1943), 1
Beirut: Churchill visits (1934), 1; United States troops in (1958), 2
Belfast: Churchill lectures at (1900), 1; Churchill speaks in, extolling virtue of Home Rule (1912), 2; troops to be landed near (1914), 3; deaths in (1922), 4; bombed (1941), 5
Belgians: 'bludgeoned', 1
Belgium: Churchill proposes safeguarding neutrality of (1911), 1; and the coming of war in 1914, 2, 3, 4; Britain's war debts from (1925), 5; Churchill visits (1932), 6; determined (1932), 7; and 'submission', 8; Churchill's fear for (1936), 9; German attack on (in 1914) recalled, 10; and the Maginot Line (1940), 11; invaded (May 1940), 12; seeks armistice, 13
Belgrade: possible occupation of (1914), 1; Austrians driven from (1914), 2; Churchill's articles published in (1937), 3; anti-German elements in (1941), 4; bombed (1941), 5; occupied, 6; 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 7
Bell Davies, Richard: teaches Churchill to fly, 1, 2
Bell, Gertrude: at the Cairo Conference, 1
Belleek (Ulster): confrontation at (1922), 1
Bellman, Harold: recalls Churchill's arrival at Munitions, 1
Ben Gardane (Tunisia): Germans driven from (1943), 1
Beneš, Edouard: and the Sudeten crisis, 1, encouragement to (1945), 2
Bentinck, Dr: Churchill's alias, 1
Berbera (Somaliland Protectorate): Churchill visits (1907), 1
Berchtesgaden: Chamberlain's talks at, 1
Beresford, Lord William: marries Churchill's aunt, 1; and Churchill's near escape from death, 2
Berezhkov, Valentin: at Yalta, 1
Berkeley, Captain Claude: at the Supreme War Council (1940), 1; finds Churchill 'sublime', 2; 'we would never give in', 3; accompanies Churchill to France (1940), 4; accompanies Churchill to Tours (1940), 5; and Churchill's wait at Waterloo Station (1940), 6; and morale (September 1940), 7; and Churchill's 'genius', 8; and the battle in Egypt, 9; and the German invasion of Russia, 10
Berlin: Churchill's first visit to (1906), 1; an emissary returns from (1912), 2; a proposed Russian march on (1914), 3; British ultimatum sent to (September 1939), 4; bombed (1940), 5, 6, 7; a special bombing raid on (March 1941), 8; to be bombed (1945), 9; an Anglo-American strategic dispute over (March 1945), 10; Churchill flies to (1945), 11; 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 12; Churchill seeks Soviet withdrawal from (1948), 13, 14; Soviet troops reach (April 1945), 15
Berlin blockade (1948): Churchill supports Labour policy on, 1; Churchill's solution for, 2
Berlin Conference (1954): Soviets obdurate at, 1
Berlin, Isaiah: helps Churchill on his war memoirs (1947), 1
Bermuda: British air bases in, 1; lease of bases in (1940), 2; Churchill returns to England through (1942), 3; Churchill proposes flying to (1944), 4; proposed conference in (1953), 5; conference at (1953), 6
Bernays, Robert: joins Government (1937), 1
Berne: a possible summit in, 1
Bertie, Lady Gwendeline: engaged to Churchill's brother, 1; marries, 2; see also Churchill, Lady Gwendeline
Besançon: Churchill's visit to (1944), 1
Best, James: Churchill's tutor, 1
Bethlehem Steel (Pennsylvania): Churchill visits (1929), 1
Bevan, Aneurin: his criticism (1942), 1
Bevan, Colonel John: and deception (1944), 1
Beveridge, William: and Churchill's plans for social reform (1909), 1; Churchill receives information from (1937), 2; his continuing help and influence (1943), 3; and social security (1945), 4
Bevin, Ernest: Churchill negotiates with (1917), 1; enters Cabinet (May 1940), 2, 3; and Greece, 4; and the break-up of the Coalition (1945), 5; and Russia, 6; and the Fulton speech, 7; and the Berlin blockade, 8; Churchill praises, 9
Biarritz: Churchill holidays at, 1; Churchill works at (1931), 2
Bidault, Georges: at Bermuda (1953), 1
Bierut, Boleslaw: his false assurance (1945), 1, 2
Biggin Hill: Churchill's visit to (1937), 1; Churchill sees fighter exercises at, 2; Churchill speaks at (1948), 3; Churchill flies to (1949), 4
Bigham, John: Churchill's advocacy, 1
Birchington (Kent): Churchill speaks at (1936), 1
Birkenhead: Churchill seeks to avoid 'collisions' with strikers in (1911), 1
Birkenhead, Earl of: see index entry for Smith, F.E.
Birla, G.D.: his mission to Churchill (1935), 1
Birmingham: Lord Randolph stands for, 1; Churchill wants to speak at (1898), 2; riots in (1901), 3; Churchill speaks on Free Trade at (1903), 4; Churchill outlines social programme at (1908), 5; Churchill speaks on social policy at (1909), 6; Churchill speaks at, against the power of the Lords (1910), 7; Churchill launches derating scheme at (1928), 8; Churchill speaks on British Defence policy at (1933), 9; a potential target (1934), 10; will rise 'more beautiful', 11; bombed (1940), 12
Birmingham Liberal Association: invites Churchill to stand (1903), 1
Bismarck: sunk (1941), 1
Bizerta: Americans enter (1943), 1
'black dog': and depression, 1
Black and Tans: established (1920), 1
Black Sea: threat to (1939), 1; United Europe to stretch to, 2
Black Tuesday (1929): Churchill's losses on, 1
Blackpool: Churchill speaks at (1902), 1; Churchill too ill to speak at (1932), 2; conference at, and the break-up of the Coalition (1945), 3; Churchill speaks at (1946), 4; Churchill speaks at (1954), 5
Bladon (Oxfordshire): Churchill visits his father's grave at (1895), 1; Lord Randolph buried at (1895), 2; Lady Randolph buried at (1921), 3; Churchill buried at (1965), 4
Blenheim (Bavaria): Churchill visits (1704) battlefield at, 1; Churchill re-visits battlefield of (1932), 2
Blenheim Palace: Churchill born at, 1; Churchill works on biography of father at, 2; Clementine Hozier at, 3; Churchill honeymoons at, 4; Churchill in camp at (1911), 5; Churchill's speech at (1947), 6
Bléquin: Churchill visits (1915), 1
Bletchley Park (Buckinghamshire): and Enigma, 1, 2, 3; receives a Purple machine, 4; Churchill visits, 5
Blitz (over Britain), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Bloemfontein: Churchill reaches, 1
Blood, Sir Bindon: Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Blum, Léon: Churchill visits (January 1939), 1
Board of Trade: Churchill's work at, (1908-10), 1; Churchill suggested for (1924), 2
Bobruisk: battle of (1944), 1
Boers: deaths of, 1; Churchill shocked by strength of feeling against, 2; not to be driven to 'desperation', 3; Churchill in action against (1900), 4; face to face with Britons, in Pretoria, 5; in Johannesburg as Churchill cycles through, 6; Churchill's tribute to, 7; Churchill's advice on settlement with, 8, 9; secure electoral victory, 10
Bogart, Humphrey: stars, 1
Bohemia and Moravia: Hitler's Protectorate over, 1; 'very bad reports' from (1939), 2
Bolsheviks: come to power in Russia, 1; make their peace with Germany (1918), 2; 'drawn towards' the Allied democracies, 3; Churchill urges reprisals against, for murder of Captain Cromie (1918), 4; Churchill 'all for negotiations' with (1918), 5; possible negotiations with (1919), 6; Churchill proposes an agreement with (1919), 7; acquire British stores (1920), 8; driven from Kiev (1920), 9; Churchill wants action against (1920), 10; occupy Vilna (1920), 11; 'vile', 12; Churchill wishes to break off negotiations with (1920), 13; 'crocodiles', 14
Bolshevism: 'fear of the spread of' (1918), 1; 'foul baboonery' of, 2; need for a 'moral bulwark' against (1920), 3; and 'Nazidom', 4
Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow): Churchill and Stalin at (1944), 1
Bombay: Churchill at, 1, 2; riots in (1931), 3
bombing, and bombing policy: for 1919, 1; in 1918, 2; and Ireland (1920), 3; and Iraq (1920), 4, 5, 6; and Defence deficiencies, 7; potential scale of (1934), 8; and Rommel's retreat, 9; and the devastation of Europe, 10; 'simply a question of fashion', 11
bombing plans (1939-45), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Bonar Law, Andrew: Churchill welcomes as Conservative Leader, 1; opposes Home Rule for Ulster, 2; Churchill's talks with (1913), 3; and the coming of war in 1914, 4; and the opening months of war, 5; and Antwerp, 6; at the War Council, 7; and Fisher's resignation, 8; and the political crisis of May 1915, 9; opposes Churchill's visit to Dardanelles, 10; and Churchill's 'vital force', 11; a possible Prime Minister, 12; in 1916, 13; Churchill's contact with, in 1916, 14; and Churchill's call for Fisher's return (1916), 15; his 'supreme chance', 16; challenges Asquith, 17; Churchill angered by (1917), 18; protests (1918), 19; opposes Churchill (1918), 20; ill-health of (1921), 21; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 22; becomes Prime Minister (1922), 23; supports Churchill's wish to become Commander-in-Chief in British East Africa (1915), 24; wants Coalition to end (1922), 25
Bonar, Lorraine: her recollections, 1
Bône (Algeria): bombarded (1914), 1
Boniface: a deceptive codename, 1, 2
Boothby, Robert: and the Abdication crisis, 1
Bordaberry (near Bordeaux): Churchill's holiday at (1945), 1
Bordeaux: Churchill establishes an Anglo-American tank factory at, (1918), 1; Churchill contemplates flying to (June 1940), 2
Borisov (Russia): Hitler at (August 1941), 1
Borkum (North Sea): 'the key' (1915), 1; Churchill recalls plans for, 2
Bornholm (Baltic Sea): Churchill suggests seizure of (1914), 1, 2
Borthwick, Oliver: Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2; and Churchill's escape from the Boers, 3
Boston: Churchill's speech at (1943), 1
Botha, General Louis: his triumph, 1; in London, 2
Botha, Helen: Churchill's rumoured engagement to, 1
Boucher, Captain Maitland: sends Churchill information (1936), 1
Boulogne: Churchill goes on leave through (1916), 1; evacuated, 2; endangered (1940), 3; Churchill suggests bombing raids on (1940), 4; and a deception plan (1944), 5; Germans hold (September 1944), 6
Boundary Commission (for Ireland): established, 1, 2
Bourne, Harold: and The World Crisis, 1
Bournemouth: Churchill's accident at (1893), 1; Churchill speaks on Defence at (1935), 2; and the political crisis (May 1940), 3
Bouvet: sunk (1915), 1
Bovington: Clementine greets her husband at (1944), 1
Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald: and Churchill's 'courage', 1
Brabazon, Colonel John: and 'mendacity', 1; 'there's grit in that boy', 2
Bracken, Brendan: Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2, 3, 4; and Churchill's 'genius', 5; supports Churchill (1938), 6; and Churchill's 'foresight', 7; and the coming of war (1939), 8; and Churchill's stroke, 9; and Churchill's resignation, 10; dies, 11
Bradford: vacancy at (1896), 1; Churchill speaks at (1898), 2; Churchill wants to speak at again (1898), 3; Churchill interrupted at (1910), 4; Churchill's speech on Ireland at (1914), 5
Brain, Sir Russell: and Churchill's nervous system, 1; and Churchill's stroke, 2
Brasier-Creagh, George: killed in action (1900), 1
Breslau: and the coming of war in 1914, 1; escape of, 2; bombards Russian ports, 3; and the Dardanelles, 4
Breslau (Silesia): to become part of Poland, 1, 2
Brest (Brittany): Churchill's plane approaches (1942), 1; and the Normandy landings (1944), 2
Briare (Loire): Churchill flies to (1940), 1
bricklaying: at Chartwell, 1
Bridges, Sir Edward: his advice (1940-45), 1; an Easter instruction to (1941), 2; and Attlee's rebuke, 3
Brigade Major: Churchill proud of promotion to (1897), 1
Brigadier-General: Churchill's hoped for promotion to (1915-16), 1, 2, 3
Brighton: Churchill goes to boarding school in, 1; Churchill ill at (1886), 2; Churchill critical of municipal spending at (1886), 3; Churchill's accident at (1893), 4; Churchill sees anti-invasion preparations at (1940), 5
'Brimstone Chapel': celebrated in song, 1
Brindisi: Churchill leaves for (1897), 1; Churchill returns to India through (1898), 2
Bristol: an incident with a dog whip at (1909), 1; Churchill speaks at, against the Lords (1909), 2; Churchill speaks about Sudeten Germans at (1938), 3; Churchill's visit to (1941), 4; a target (1944), 5; Churchill speaks in (1949), 6; Churchill speaks in (1954), 7
Bristol West: Churchill asked to stand for (1924), 1
Britain: might decide to 'stand out' of European conflict (1912), 1; and Munich (1938), 2; will 'fight on' (June 1940), 3; occupies southern Persia, 4; Churchill's post-war plans for (1943), 5; 'can take it', 6; war dead of, after Normandy, 7; fighting 'for survival' (1952), 8
Brittany: a possible redoubt (1940), 1; and a deception plan (1943), 2; Eisenhower suggests a landing in (August 1944), 3
British Advanced Air Striking Force: Churchill visits (1940), 1
British East Africa: Churchill wishes to become Commander-in-Chief in (1915), 1
British Empire: 'God shield', 1; not in decline (1897), 2; 'I shall devote my life' to maintenance of (1897), 3; and Churchill's escape from death at Omdurman, 4; and the poor of Britain, 5; and Free Trade, 6; and international commerce, 7; 'progressive' principles of, 8; 'grows under a radical administration', 9; and 'submission', 10; to be preserved (1937), 11; 'full war power' of, 12; 'the end of' (1938), 13; survival of (May 1940), 14; 'finest hour' of, 15; possible 'liquidation' of, 16
British Expeditionary Force: 'on its road' (1914), 1; and the outbreak of war (September 1939), 2
British Gazette: and the General Strike (of 1926), 1, 2, 3
British people: 'tell the truth to', 1; 'They have had a very hard time', 2
British race: vitality of 'unimpaired', 1; Churchill's faith in 'much strengthened', 2
British South Africa Company Star, 1
Brockie, Sergeant-Major: and Churchill's escape from Pretoria, 1, 2, 3
Brodrick, St John: his perspicacity (1900), 1; 'you will never make a better speech' (1901), 2; Churchill's criticisms of, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; his accusation, 9; criticism of, recalled, 10
Brook, Sir Norman: and Churchill's stroke (1953), 1; his praise, 2
Brooke, General Sir Alan: and the battle for France (1940), 1; becomes Chief of the Imperial General Staff (November 1941), 2; his enhanced authority, 3; his advice, 4; accompanies Churchill (June 1942), 5; accompanies Churchill to Cairo (1942), 6; accompanies Churchill, 7; and Rhodes, 8; and the proposed campaign in Italy (1943-44), 9; with Churchill in Tunisia (December 1943), 10; finds Churchill 'desperately tired', 11; and Churchill's continued tiredness (1944), 12; accompanies Churchill to Normandy (1944), 13; and the prospects of continuing the battle in Italy (June 1944), 14; loses his temper, 15; accompanies Churchill to Quebec (September 1944), 16; with Churchill in France (November 1944), 17; with Churchill in Cairo (December 1943), 18; with Churchill at the Siegfried Line (1945), 19; with Churchill at the Rhine (March 1945), 20; and Churchill's farewell (1945), 21
Brooke, Ronald: rides with Churchill (1900), 1; recalled, 2
Brooke, Rupert: commissioned, 1; dies, 2
Brooke, Sir Richard: and Churchill's challenge on India (1931), 1
Brooke, Victor: killed in action (1914), 1; recalled, 2
Brooklyn (New York): Churchill lectures in (1932), 1
Browne-Clayton, Lieutenant: 'cut in pieces' (1897), 1
Bruce, Alan: and a cavalry scandal, 1
Bruce-Pryce, A.C.: his accusation, 1
Bruges: a British objective (1917), 1; Churchill's adventure on the way to (1918), 2
Brüning, Heinrich: replaced, 1; 'must hurry', 2
Brussels: German troops advance through (1914), 1; British forces enter, 2; Churchill visits (March 1945), 3; Churchill visits (November 1945), 4; Churchill speaks in (1949), 5
Brussels Sugar Convention: Churchill attacks, 1
Buc (Northern France): Churchill's emergency landing at (1919), 1
Buchan-Hepburn, Patrick: and Churchill's second Premiership, 1
Bucharest: Churchill's articles published in (1937), 1; 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 2
Buchenwald: Churchill sends a delegation to (1945), 1
Buckle, George Earle: Churchill thanks, 1
Budapest: Communist seizure of power in (1919), 1; a Big Three conference envisaged in (1945), 2; 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 3
Büderich (Germany): Churchill shelled at (March 1945), 1
Budgets: Churchill introduces (1925-29), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Buffalo Bill: Churchill's visit to, 1
Bulganin, Marshal: succeeds Malenkov (1955), 1; in London, 2
Bulgaria: and the Dardanelles (1915), 1, 2; surrenders (1918), 3; begins to look to Germany (1935), 4; and Munich (1938), 5; 'might fall into our hands', 6; surrenders (September 1944), 7; future of (1944), 8
bulldog: Churchill sells bicycle in order to buy (1891), 1; Churchill's characterisation of (1914), 2
Buller, General: 1, 2; forced back from Colenso, 3; Churchill reaches headquarters of, after his escape, 4; gives Churchill a lieutenancy, 5
Burgin, Leslie, 1
Burke, Edmond, 1
Burley-on-the-Hill (Rutland): Churchill helps tackle blaze at, 1
Burma: annexed (1886), 1; defence of, 2; a setback in (1942), 3; problems of fighting in, 4
Burma Independence Bill (1947): Churchill opposes, 1, 2, 3
Burnham, Charles: helps Churchill escape from Witbank (1899), 1
Burnham, Lord: and India, 1
Burnley: Churchill's appeal to Liberals at (1924), 1
Burns, Robert: Churchill's request for a volume of (1916), 1
Butler, David: and the 1951 election, 1
Butler, R.A.: and Churchill's second Premiership, 1, 2; and Churchill's stroke, 3; Churchill confides in, 4; and Churchill's telegram to Molotov, 5; and Churchill's resignation, 6
Buttle, Lieutenant-Colonel: and Churchill's illness (1943), 1
Buzzard, Dr Thomas: and Lord Randolph's final illness, 1
Byrnes, James: meets Churchill (1946), 1
Cabinet War Rooms: see index entry for Central War Rooms
Cadogan, Sir Alexander: accompanies Churchill to Tours (1940), 1; his diary notes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; accompanies Churchill to Boston, 9; and Rhodes, 10; and Attlee's rebuke, 11; at Yalta, 12; at Potsdam, 13
Caen (Normandy): and the Allied landings (1944), 1; liberated, 2
Caillaux, Joseph: Churchill negotiates with, 1
Cairo: Churchill writes in (1899), 1; Churchill presides at Conference at (1921), 2, 3; the threat to (1940-41), 4; Churchill's wartime visits to (1942-45), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Churchill meets Roosevelt at (1943), 10; doctors and nurses summoned to Moscow from, 11; Churchill suggests military action against (1956), 12
Calais: endangered (1914), 1; Churchill not invited to (1915), 2; mutiny in (1919), 3; again endangered (May 1940), 4; not to be evacuated, 5; Churchill suggests bombing raids on, 6; and deception (1944), 7; Germans hold (September 1944), 8
Calcutta: Churchill in (1896), 1; Churchill returns to (1898), 2
Calgary: Churchill visits (1929), 1
Caligula: and Sir Thomas Inskip, 1
Callagan, James: and the Fulton speech (1946), 1
Cambrai: battle of (1917), 1, 2
Cambridge: Churchill lectures in (1900), 1
Cambridge University: and 'polish' for the mind, 1; 'exuberant spirits' at, 2
camel riding: Churchill thrown during (1921), 1
Camp Jackson (South Carolina): Churchill visits (1942), 1
Campbell, Mrs Patrick: marries Churchill's step-father, 1
Campbell, Sir Ronald: at Tours (1940), 1; in Belgrade (1941), 2
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry: Lord Randolph's telegram to, 1; signs Churchill's commission (1895), 2; hears Churchill's maiden speech, 3; Churchill protests to, 4; Churchill enlists help from, 5; and Churchill's 'brilliant speech', 6; as Prime Minister (1905), 7; a word of caution from, 8; praise from, 9; resigns, 10
Camrose, Lord: Churchill's friendship with, 1; seeks Churchill's return (July 1939), 2; and the purchase of Chartwell for the National Trust, 3
Canada: Churchill's lecture tour in (1900), 1; withdraws from battleship construction (1913), 2; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 3; Churchill's visit to (1929), 4; no paintings to go to (1940), 5; convoys from, attacked, 6; Churchill visits (December 1941), 7; and the atom bomb, 8; Churchill's broadcast to (1943), 9; war dead of, after Normandy, 10; Churchill's visit to (1952), 11
Canadian Lakes: ships on (1939), 1
Canadian troops: and the battle for France (1940), 1, 2, 3
Canford Manor: Churchill at, 1, 2
Cannes: Churchill on holiday at, 1, 2, 3, 4
Canopus: sunk (1914), 1
Canute, King: recalled, 1
Cap d'Ail (South of France): Churchill stays at (1921), 1
Cap Martin (South of France): Churchill on holiday at (1937), 1
Cape Town: Churchill reaches (1899), 1; Churchill returns to, 2; Churchill's final days in (1900), 3
capitalism: 'excites my most lively terror', 1; and 'vital necessities', 2
Caporetto, battle of (1917), 1
Capri: Churchill's visit to (1944), 1
Carden, Admiral: and the Dardanelles, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Cardiff: Churchill speaks at, 1, 2, 3
Caretaker Government: formed (May 1945), 1
Carezza (Italy): Churchill at (1949), 1
Carlton Club: Churchill has to leave (1905), 1; meeting at, rejects the Coalition (1922), 2
Carlyle, Thomas: Churchill reads, 1; quoted, 2
Carnarvon: Churchill speaks at (1904), 1
Carrickfergus: to be defended (1914), 1; blockade off, ended, 2
Carson, Sir Edward: invites Churchill to the Commons (1893), 1; opposes Home Rule for Ulster, 2; Churchill proposes a compromise to (1914), 3; denounces Churchill (1914), 4; and the Irish crisis in (1914), 5; and the coming of war in (1914), 6; denunciation of, recalled, 7; and Gallipoli, 8; in 1916, 9; Churchill's contact with in 1916, 10; his advice (1916), 11; and conscription (1916), 12; and the Unionist War Committee, 13; opposes Churchill's return to office (1917), 14; a supporter (1924), 15
Carthage: Churchill taken ill at (December 1943), 1, 2
Cartland, Ronald: 'the time to fight', 1
Casablanca: landing at (1942), 1; Churchill meets Roosevelt at (1943), 2
Caspian Sea: and Hitler (1940), 1; threatened (1941), 2; Churchill wants to meet Stalin at, 3
Cassel (France): Royal Marines move up to (1914), 1
Cassel, Sir Ernest: and Churchill's investments, 1; Churchill stays with, 2; visits the Kaiser, 3
Cassells, Lieutenant: wounded (1897), 1
Cassis (South of France): Churchill paints at, 1
Castlereagh, Lord: wants Churchill as Minister of Defence (1936), 1
Catholics: alienated (1908), 1; opposed to Soviet domination of Poland (1945), 2
Cattaro: a proposed landing at (1915), 1
Caucasus: and the Dardanelles (1915), 1; British troops to withdraw from (1919), 2; possible German advance through (1941), 3, 4; possible British force to, 5
Cavalcade: and Churchill as Minister of Defence (1936), 1
cavalry: Churchill enters, 1; at Omdurman (1898), 2, 3; and the battle of Arras (1917), 4
Cavan, Lord: advises Churchill (1915), 1
Cawnpore (India): violence in (1931), 1
Caxton Hall (London): Churchill nominates Chamberlain at (1937), 1
Cecil family: 'odious', 1
Cecil, Lord Hugh: and Churchill's political future, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Churchill's letters to, 6; and Churchill's attacks on Ministers, 7; an ally (1934), 8; Churchill confides in (1945 and 1947), 9, 10
Cecil, Lord Robert: and the coming of war in (1914), 1, 2
Central Party: Churchill advocates (1902), 1
Central War Rooms (1940-45): Churchill descends to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Centurion: Churchill launches, 1
Ceylon: 'morally dishonouring' explanations from, 1; 'vilest scandal' in, 2; and the Dardanelles, 3; Japanese air attack on (1942), 4
Chamberlain, Austen: Churchill's guest (1912), 1; and British intervention in Russia (1919), 2; and Churchill's search for economy (1921), 3; leaves the Treasury (1921), 4; and Churchill's speech on the Irish Treaty, 5; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 6; wants Coalition to continue (1922), 7; and Churchill's return to the Cabinet (1924), 8; and the Ten Year Rule (of 1919) on Defence spending, 9; and foreign policy, 10; opposes Churchill on India (1931), 11; joins the Defence Deputation (1936), 12; and the Anti-Nazi Council, 13; leads Defence Deputation (1936), 14; dies, 15
Chamberlain, Ivy (Lady Chamberlain): condolences to, 1
Chamberlain, Joseph: forms Liberal Unionists, 1; becomes Colonial Secretary, 2; and South Africa, 3; 'Mr Winston keeps his eyes open' (1896), 4; and Free Trade, 5; his influence neglected, 6; 'losing ground' (1899), 7; his help (1899), 8; impressed by Churchill's Boer War despatches, 9; gives Churchill a 'flattering reception' (1900), 10; speaks for Churchill at Oldham (1900), 11; his praise, 12; and Churchill's maiden speech, 13; Churchill's discussions with, 14; his criticism, and his advice, 15; Churchill's friendship with, 16; Churchill answers, 17; raises banner of tariffs (1903), 18; bears 'no malice', 19; resigns from Cabinet, 20; and Churchill's biography of his father, 21; and Churchill's change of Party, 22; Churchill suggests Order of Merit for, 23; recalled, 24
Chamberlain, Neville: 'convinced' by Churchill (1922), 1; and Churchill's Exchequer years, 2, 3, 4; and Churchill's derating scheme (1927-28), 5, 6; and Churchill's character (1928-29), 7; and Churchill's fifth Budget, 8; and Protection, 9; and Churchill's future (1929), 10; and Indian self-government, 11; becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer (1931), 12; and Defence deficiencies, 13; and Churchill's possible Defence Ministry, 14; and the Rhineland crisis (1936), 15; and Defence spending (1936-39), 16, 17, 18, 19; at Defence Deputation (1936), 20; and the Abdication, 21; becomes Prime Minister (1937), 22; Churchill contemplates an appeal to (1937), 23; and the League of Nations, 24; abandons Baldwin's air parity pledge, 25; and appeasement, 26; and the 'price' of peace (1938), 27; and Czechoslovakia, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32; and Defence deficiencies (1938), 33; and Munich (1938), 34, 35, 36; and Churchill's 'judgment' (1938), 37; and the aftermath of Munich (1938-39), 38, 39; Churchill answers (1938), 40; and the call for Churchill's return, 41; and Churchill's concern about Air Raid Precautions, 42; and the British guarantee to Poland (1939), 43; Churchill's advice to (April 1939), 44; and Churchill's wish to enter the Cabinet (1939), 45; opposed to a Soviet alliance (1939), 46; and Hitler's desire for Danzig (1939), 47; Hitler's attitude to (July 1939), 48; opposes Churchill's return (June-July 1939), 49; and the last halting steps to war (September 1939), 50; 'good hopes…will stand firm' (September 1939), 51; invites Churchill to join War Cabinet (September 1939), 52; and the outbreak of war (September 1939), 53; 'defeatist tones' of, 54; and Norway (1940), 55, 56; his confidence (April-May 1940), 57; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 58, 59, 60, 61, 62; and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 63; resigns, 64; suggests that Churchill broadcasts (May 1940), 65; and Mussolini's proposal for a negotiated peace (1940), 66; and the battle in France (1940), 67; and the fall of France, 68; Churchill's encouraging message to (August 1940), 69; and Dakar, 70; ill-health of, 71; dies, 72; recalled (in 1945), 73
Chanak: and the Dardanelles (1915), 1, 2, 3; Churchill wants 'dash' on (1915), 4; British troops at (1919-22), 5, 6; Greeks driven back to (1922), 7; first Cabinet discussions of, 8; and the Dominions, 9; Churchill strikes a note of caution concerning, 10; Lloyd George gives Churchill responsibilities for, 11; Churchill suggests evacuation of, 12; Turks pull back from, 13; recalled, 14
Channon, Henry: and Churchill's speeches, 1; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 2, 3; his diary notes, 4, 5, 6; and Churchill's second Premiership, 7, 8
Chaplin, Charlie: Churchill's promise to, 1
Chapman, General: and Churchill's Intelligence task (1895), 1
Charing Cross Hotel (London): Fisher tracked down at (1915), 1
Charles, Prince: Churchill's impression of (1952), 1
Chartwell: Churchill buys (1922), 1; rebuilding of, 2, 3; to be 'our home', 4; Churchill lives at (from 1924), 5; Churchill entertains friends at (1926), 6; Ramsay MacDonald's secret visit to (1926), 7; Churchill's life at, 8, 9; bricklaying at, 10; Ralph Wigram's first visit to (1935), 11; a lunch for Wigram's mourners at (1937), 12; possible sale of (1937), 13; Air Force officers visit (1937), 14; a German officer visits (1938), 15; on the eve of war, 16; Churchill seeks solitude at (1941), 17; Churchill again seeks solitude at (1942), 18; German prisoners-of-war at, 19; possible sale of (1946), 20; election consultations at (1950), 21; and Churchill's second Premiership, 22; Churchill recuperates at, 23, 24; Churchill leaves for the last time, 25
Château de Muguet (Loire): Churchill flies to (1940), 1
Chatfield, Admiral: and the Mediterranean, 1; joins Cabinet, 2
Chelsea: Churchill speaks for Free Trade at (1903), 1
Cheltenham: Churchill lectures at (1900), 1
Chequers: Churchill's first visit to (1921), 1; Churchill's wartime visits to (1940-5), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; research near, 29; Churchill wartime broadcasts from, 30, 31, 32; 'Are we beasts?', 33; Churchill leaves, for Athens (Christmas 1944), 34; crowds on the way to (1945), 35; Churchill's farewell at (1945), 36; and Churchill's second Premiership (1951-5), 37, 38, 39; Churchill's journey to (1956), 40
Cherbourg: Churchill visits (1914), 1; Canadian troops land at (1940), 2; Churchill's plan for a raid on (1940), 3; Churchill flies to (July 1944), 4
Cherbourg Peninsula: a possible landing on (1942), 1; contingency plan to seize (1943), 2; and the Normandy landings (1944), 3; Churchill's plane forced back from, through fog (August 1944), 4
Cherwell, Lord for earlier index entries see Lindemann, Professor: Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2; and Churchill's second Premiership, 3; dies, 4; recalled, 5
Chiang Kai-shek: Churchill proposes to fly to (1942), 1
Chicago: Churchill speaks in (1929), 1; Churchill guarded in (1932), 2
Chicago (American warship): Churchill visits (1894), 1
Chiefs of Staff: and Defence deficiencies (1934), 1; and Norway (1940), 2; Churchill's suggestions to, 3, 4; and Greece, 5; 'subservient', 6; approve Churchill's priorities (April 1941), 7; reject Stalin's requests, 8; reject Churchill's suggestions, 9; and American strategy, 10; and bombing policy, 11; 'operational control' of, 12; argue against a cross-Channel landing in 1943, 13; and Sicily, 14; and the proposed campaign in Italy (1943-44), 15; 'indecisions' of, 16; and Churchill's qualities, 17; and the Adriatic plan (June 1944), 18; approve British troops for Greece (1944), 19; agree to re-inforce Athens (1944), 20; oppose Eisenhower's strategy (March 1945), 21; 'architects of victory', 22; Churchill says goodbye to (1945), 23
Chieveley: Churchill reaches, 1
Chile: Churchill negotiates with (1918), 1
China: Russian troops fighting in (1898), 1; repatriation of labourers to, 2; attacks in (1927), 3; attacked by Japan (1933), 4; Allied disagreement on (1943), 5; transfer of aircraft from Mediterranean to (1944), 6; and Hong Kong, 7; Churchill accused of wanting war with (1952), 8; Churchill opposes bombing in, during Korean War, 9
Chinese labour: Churchill supports censure of (1904), 1; Churchill opposes, 2; and continuing 'malpractices', 3
Chobham Common: Churchill map-making on (1894); 1
Christ, George: helps Churchill (1950), 1; helps Churchill in retirement, 2
Christendom: madness sweeps mind of (1914), 1
Christian civilisation: 'survival of' (1940), 1
Christian ethics: and 'Nazi power', 1
Christianity: Churchill's youthful reflections on (1888), 1; Churchill's thoughts on (1896), 2; Churchill does not 'accept', 3
Christina: Churchill cruises on (1958-63), 1, 2, 3
Church House (Westminster): House of Commons meets at (1941), 1
Church of England: 'partisan', 1
Churchill College, Cambridge: origin of, 1
Churchill, Arabella: at La Capponcina, 1
Churchill, Clarissa: marries Anthony Eden, 1, 2
Churchill, Clementine S. (for earlier index entries, see Hozier, Clementine): on honeymoon (1908), 1; expecting first child, 2; her daughter Diana born (1909), 3; recuperates, 4; her husband's words of encouragement and advice to (1909), 5; first wedding anniversary of, 6; her pride in her husband, 7; pulls her husband back from platform's edge, 8; expecting her second child, 9; at the coronation (1911), 10; her husband's concern for, 11; her husband's apology to (1912), 12; upset by her husband's flying lessons (1913), 13; expecting her third child, 14; and the coming of war in 1914, 15; her advice and warnings, 16; her third child born, 17; and the political crisis of May 1915, 18; and her husband's last will and testament (1915), 19; 'calm and brave', 20; and her husband's duty (1915), 21; her husband's advice to (1915), 22; telephones her husband in France (1915), 23; her torment (1915), 24; her advice, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; her husband's requests to, 35, 36, 37; opposes her husband's call for Fisher's return, 38; urges her husband to return to France (1916), 39; her sad confession (1916), 40; 'wise & sagacious', 41; expecting her fourth child, 42; tenth wedding anniversary of (1918), 43; recuperates (1921), 44; expecting her fifth child, 45; birth of her fifth child, 46; campaigns at Dundee (1922), 47; accompanies her husband to Cairo (1921), 48; an anniversary gift for, 49; at West Leicester (1923), 50; and her husband's peace of mind, 51; and her husband's visit to Canada (1929), 52; on holiday with her husband, 53; 'Baldwin must be mad', 54; and the death of Ralph Wigram (1937), 55; and the death of Sidney Peel, 56; and the outbreak of war (September 1939), 57; and her husband's wartime Premiership, 58, 59, 60; at Bristol (1941), 61; her good wishes (August 1941), 62; her Aid to Russia Appeal (1941), 63; and the 'burden' on her husband, 64; and her husband's journey to Cairo and Moscow (1942), 65; and her husband's return from North Africa (1943), 66; accompanies her husband to Quebec (1943), 67; and her husband's illness (December 1943), 68; and a brief wartime respite, 69; and her husband's character, 70; her encouragement, 71, 72; and her husband's mission to Athens (1944), 73; her mission to Russia (1945), 74; and Victory in Europe, 75; recalls Lloyd George, 76; in Moscow, 77; and the General Election of 1945, 78; 'difficult days' for, 79; at Choisi, 80; her political luncheons (1949), 81; joins her husband at Marrakech (1950), 82; and her husband's second Premiership, 83, 84, 85; and her husband's stroke, 86; her Golden Wedding (1958), 87; her husband's last letters to, 88
Churchill, Diana: born (1909), 1; her father and her nurse, 2; Churchill's thoughts on future for, 3; Churchill buys toys for, 4; on holiday (1914), 5; 'very loving', 6; 'shaping into a very beautiful being', 7; her marriages, 8; travels with her father (1931), 9; her anxiety (1943), 10; 'gloomy' about the imminent election results (1945), 11; at Marrakech (1950), 12; Churchill's concern for, 13; and her father's old age, 14; dies, 15
Churchill, John George: 1, 2
Churchill, John S. (Jack): Churchill's brother, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Churchill travels in Europe with, 9; and the death of Mrs Everest, 10; Churchill's advice to, 11; joins Churchill in South Africa, 12; wounded, 13; engaged, 14; marries, 15; at Dunkirk (1914), 16; at Ypres (1914), 17; at the Dardanelles (1915), 18, 19; at Gallipoli, 20; on the Western Front (1917), 21; Churchill goes to Front with (1918), 22; Churchill listens to music with (1927), 23; dies, 24
Churchill, Lady Gwendeline: see also Bertie, Lady Gwendeline; and Churchill's first steps as painter (1915), 1
Churchill, Lady Randolph: Churchill's birth, 1; Churchill first letter to, 2; takes Churchill to boarding school, 3; Churchill seeks visits from, 4, 5, 6; her criticisms, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; Churchill 'afraid' of, 12; and her son's extravagance, 13; Churchill seeks funds from, 14; Churchill enlists help of, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25; in Russia, 26; 'not very kind', 27; her advice, 28, 29, 30, 31; her criticism, 32, 33, 34; and her husband's last voyage, 35; and her husband's final illness, 36; has no home of her own, 37; acquires a London house (1895), 38; and the Cretan uprising (1897), 39; Churchill helps financially (1897), 40; her influence, 41; her extravagance, 42; Churchill confides in, 43, 44, 45; Churchill's legal action against (1898), 46; asked to use her influence, 47; reaches Durban, 48; further help sought from, 49; marries for the second time (1900), 50; her 'wit and energy' transmitted to her son, 51; hears her son's maiden speech, 52; requests to, 53; recalled, 54; and her son's destiny (1915), 55; marries for the third time (1918), 56; dies, 57; her death recalled, 58; her son visits her birthplace (1953), 59
Churchill, Lord Randolph: his son's birth, 1; his concern for his son's health, 2; travels with his son, 3; and his son's 'adventures', 4; leaves for India, 5; appointed Secretary of State for India, 6; his growing fame, 7; and his son's pneumonia, 8; becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, 9; elected for Paddington, 10; his controversial budget, 11; resigns (1886), 12; delighted by his son's loyalty, 13; 'You have never been to see me', 14; a visit of inspection from, 15; visits Harrow, 16; 'a stony and acid silence', 17; thinks singing 'a waste of time', 18; advice from, 19; and a possible business career for his son, 20; political isolation of (1892), 21; criticisms from, 22; Churchill listens 'spellbound' to, 23; Churchill encourages, 24; his anger, 25; 'pleased' to see his son, 26; complaints from, 27; a sympathetic letter from, 28; angered, 29; worsening illness of, 30; his last voyage, 31; his son's farewell, 32; his final illness, 33; dies, 34; and the Primrose League, 35; Churchill contemplates writing a life of (1898), 36; his 'abilities' inherited, 37; 'a certain splendid memory', 38; Churchill recalls policy of (1901), 39; Churchill's biography of, 40, 41, 42, 43; and the making of the Conservative and Unionist Party, 44; and Tory Democracy, 45; and a 'national party', 46; a former ally of, speaks up for Churchill, 47; Churchill chooses seat of (1904), 48; his Ulster dictum challenged by his son (1914), 49; his 'renegade son' denounced, 50; a memorandum of, quoted, 51; recalled, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
Churchill, Marigold: born (1918), 1; at Chequers, 2; and the Zoo, 3; dies (1921), 4
Churchill, Mary: born (1922), 1; 'flourishing' (1925), 2; her father builds a cottage for, 3; her recollections, 4, 5, 6, 7; at Bristol (1941), 8; and her father's wartime Premiership, 9, 10, 11, accompanies her father to Quebec (1943), 12; her wartime recollections, 13; and her father's 70th birthday, 14; awarded the MBE (1945), 15; accompanies her father in celebration, 16; accompanies her father to Potsdam, 17; and her father's defeat (1945), 18; her words of comfort, 19; at Choisi, 20; and her father's 'largeness of heart', 21; marries Christopher Soames, 22; and her father's stroke, 23; and her father's possible resignation, 24; and her father's final decade, 25; and 'the qualities of your heart', 26
Churchill, Pamela: the birth of her son, 1; and the invasion of Sicily, 2; Churchill's sympathy for, 3
Churchill, Randolph S.: his recollections, 1; publishes letter about Lord Randolph's final illness, 2; on holiday (1914), 3; 'will carry on the lamp', 4; no need to be 'ashamed', 5; his father's letter to (1916), 6; recalls childhood games, 7; 'very sprightly', 8; hears his father's Budgets, 9; a visit to (1925), 10; on holiday with his father (1928), 11; a 'corrective' influence for, 12; in Canada with his father (1929), 13; on holiday with his father (1931), 14; stands a 'hard test' (1933), 15; on holiday with his father (1934), 16; and India, 17; gives a party for his father (1934), 18; defeated (1935), 19; his father's warning to (1935), 20; challenges MacDonald's son (1936), 21; marries, 22; accompanies his father to France (1940), 23; and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 24; and the political crisis (May 1940), 25, 26; his encouragement, 27; elected to Parliament (1940), 28; in Cairo (1941), 29; his father confides in, 30; lands near Algiers (1942), 31; with his father in Cairo (1943), 32; with Tito (1944), 33; with his father in Algiers, 34; and Victory in Europe, 35; defeated (1945), 36; his divorce, 37; an unsuccessful Parliamentary candidate (1950, 1951), 38; and his father's last years, 39
Churchill, Sarah: born (1914), 1; and her brother, 2; 'full of…human qualities', 3; and Professor Lindemann, 4; her marriage to Vic Oliver, 5; accompanies her father (1943), 6; her father confides in, 7; with her father (in Carthage 1943), 8; serves with Photographic Reconnaissance, 9; at Yalta, 10, 11; and housing, 12; and the 'Gestapo speech', 13; and her father's defeat (1945), 14; accompanies her father to Italy (1945), 15; accompanies her father to the United States and Cuba (1946), 16; her condolences, 17; encourages her father, 18; Churchill's concern for, 19
Churchill, Winston S.: born (1940), 1; visits his grandfather at Monte Carlo, 2
Churchill, Winston S. (Sir Winston Churchill): born (1874), 1; first surviving letter of (1882), 2; at St George's School, Ascot (1882-84), 3; first journey overseas (1883), 4; at Miss Thomsons' School, Brighton (1884-88), 5; and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1887), 6; at Harrow School (1888-92), 7; at Captain James's Crammers (1893), 8; at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1893-95), 9; death of his father (1895), 10; his early years as a soldier (1895-1900), 11; in Cuba (1895), 12; in India (1895-98), 13; in action on the North-West Frontier (1897), 14; publishes his first book (1898), 15; in action in the Sudan (1898) 16; charges with the cavalry at Omdurman (1898), 17; stands unsuccessfully for Parliament (1899), 18; in action in South Africa (1899-1900), 19; taken prisoner of war (1899), 20; escapes from captivity (1899), 21; elected to Parliament (1900), 22; his maiden speech (1901), 23; crosses the floor of the House from the Conservative to the Liberal benches (1904), 24; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1905-08), 25; President of the Board of Trade (1908-10), 26; marries Clementine Hozier (1908), 27; Home Secretary (1910-11), 28; and Tonypandy (1910), 29; at Sidney Street (1911), 30; First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-1915), 31; at Antwerp (1914), 32; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1915), 33; out of office (1915-17), 34; serves on the Western Front (1915-16), 35; Minister of Munitions (1917-18), 36; Secretary of State for War and Air (1919-21), 37; Secretary of State for the Colonies (1921-22), 38; death of his mother (1921), 39; out of office (1922-24), 40; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1921-29), 41; returns to the Conservative Party (1925), 42; out of office (1929-30), 43; serves on Air Defence Research Sub-committee (1935-39), 44; First Lord of the Admiralty (1939-40), 45; and Narvik (1940), 46; Prime Minister and Minister of Defence (1940-45), 47; at the Casablanca Conference (1943), 48; at the Teheran Conference (1943), 49; at the Yalta Conference (1945), 50; at the Potsdam Conference (1945), 51; Leader of the Opposition (1945-51), 52; Prime Minister (1951-55), 53; at the Bermuda Conference (1953), 54; Knight of the Garter (1953), 55; Nobel Prize for Literature (1953), 56; retirement years (1955-65), 57; dies (1965), 58
Churt (Surrey): secret meeting at (1924), 1
City of Benares: torpedoed (1940), 1
Clark Kerr, Sir Archibald: in Moscow (1942), 1, 2
Clark, General Mark: and Anzio, 1
Clarke, Colonel Frank: Churchill's host (1943), 1
Clemenceau, Georges: Churchill hears (1917), 1; Churchill's mission to (1918), 2, 3, 4; Churchill visits (August 1918), 5
Clydeside: strike spreads to (1908), 1; strike on (1917), 2
Co-ordination of Defence: Churchill a possible Minister of (1936), 1; Inskip appointed (1936), 2
coal industry: Churchill's efforts to secure a settlement in (1925-26), 1, 2, 3; worsening crisis in (1926), 4; and Churchill's derating scheme (1928), 5
coal mines: Churchill's reforms for (1908), 1
Coal Mines Bill (1911): Churchill introduces, 1
coalition: the possibility of (in 1914), 1; and the Dardanelles (1915), 2; and an 'effective War Government' (1939), 3; Churchill advocates (1952), 4
Cobden-Sanderson, Mrs: Churchill orders arrest of, 1
Cockran, Bourke: Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2; Churchill's letter to, 3, 4
Codrington: Churchill crosses Channel on (1940), 1
Cold War: 'frightful waste' of, 1
Colenso: Churchill reaches (1899), 1; Churchill returns to outskirts of, 2; General Buller forced back from, 3
collective security: Churchill advocates (1934), 1, 2; in prospect (1935), 3; and Abyssinia, 4; abandoned (1935), 5; and the Soviet Union, 6; Churchill's plan for (1936), 7; and Halifax's visit to Hitler, 8; and 'Britain's word', 9; and rearmament, 10; and Czechoslovakia, 11; and Munich (1938), 12; and Hitler, 13
Collins, Michael: Churchill negotiates with (1921-2), 1, 2, 3, 4; becomes Prime Minister in Dublin, 5; assassinated (August 1922), 6; recalled, 7
Cologne: air raid on (1914), recalled, 1; Churchill's visit to (1919), 2; bombed (1942), 3; Germans abandon (1945), 4
Colonial Office: and an 'accomplished fact', 1; Churchill offered (1915), 2; Churchill begins work at (1921), 3; Churchill suggested for (1924), 4
Colonist II: Churchill's racehorse, 1, 2
Colville, General Sir Henry: Churchill urges enquiry into dismissal of, 1
Colville, (Sir) John: his diary notes (1939-45), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23; at Bristol (1941), 24; and Churchill's qualities, 25; accompanies Churchill to Athens (Christmas 1944), 26; and Poland, 27; with Churchill at the Rhine (March 1945), 28, 29; his diary notes (after 1945), 30; and Churchill's second Premiership (1951-5), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37; and Churchill's wish for talks with Russia, 38; and Churchill's stroke, 39; and Churchill's continuing search for a summit (1953-55), 40, 41, 42; at Bermuda (1953), 43; and Churchill's last years, 44, 45
Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee: established (1942), 1
Combined Raw Materials Board: established (1942), 1
Committee of Imperial Defence: and flying, 1; and the 'war against poverty', 2; and the Ten Year Rule, 3
Committee of National Organisation: Churchill proposes for 'war against poverty', 1
Commonwealth Conference: Churchill chairs (1953), 1
Commonwealth immigration: a future problem, 1
Communism: and the English-speaking peoples, 1; and the Spanish Civil War, 2; Churchill a 'consistent opponent' of, 3; and Greece (1944), 4; and Italy (1944), 5; and Istria, 6; and 'the soul of man', 7; opposition to, a 'bond of unity' (1949), 8; Eastern Europe to be 'free of', 9; a 'tyrant', 10
Communists: to be forestalled in Greece (1944), 1; in Athens, 2
Compiègne: Churchill visits front line near (1918), 1
compulsory military service: Churchill prepared to accept (1910), 1; Churchill's call for (1915), 2; crisis concerning (1916), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and the British army on the Rhine (1919), 8; the call for (in 1939), 9, 10
Concarneau (Brittany): Churchill to sail to (1940), 1
concentration camps, 1, 2, 3; entered by the Allies, 4; a book about, 5
Concert of Europe: and Spain (1937), 1
conciliation: in South Africa, 1; Churchill seeks, during a shipbuilding dispute (1908), 2; Churchill's search for, in South Wales (1910), 3; and Ireland (1914), 4
Concorde, Place de la (Paris): Churchill visits (1883), 1
Congo: Churchill's scheme to 'catch' trade of, 1
Congress of Berlin (1878), 1
Congress of Europe: inaugurated (1948), 1
Coningsby (Disraeli): Churchill reads, 1
Connaught, Duke of: Churchill escorts (1895), 1; talk with, 2
Conservative and Unionist Party: created, 1; 'too brilliant altogether', 2
Conservative Central Office: arranges for Churchill to speak (1897), 1; Churchill sends election address to (1898), 2; Churchill's criticism of (1899), 3; and Churchill's opposition over India, 4; Churchill offers his services to (1935), 5; and Munich (1938), 6
Conservative Party: Churchill's youthful hopes for, 1; Churchill stands for (1899), 2; Churchill's victory 'of great use and value' to (1900), 3; Churchill's work for praised (1900), 4; Churchill angers leaders of (1901), 5; in a 'very brutal and bloody frame of mind', 6; a 'fatal doctrine' for, 7; Churchill's growing disillusionment with (1901), 8; Churchill wants creation of a 'Democratic or Progressive wing' of (1902), 9; and Churchill's plan for a 'central coalition' (1902), 10; Joseph Chamberlain's challenge to (1903), 11; and Protection, 12, 13; an 'awful slide' in store for, 14; and the defeat of the Tibetans at Guru (1904), 15; Churchill denounces (1904), 16; Churchill's attacks on, 17; 'constant conflict' with (1905), 18; Churchill defends his defection from, 19; and the Dreadnought crisis (1908), 20; sees itself as 'the ruling cast', 21; Churchill envisages Liberal 'reconciliation' with (1910), 22; and the constitutional crisis (1911), 23; and the coming of war in 1914, 24, 25; and a possible wartime coalition (March 1915), 26; and criticism of Churchill's wartime visits to Paris (1915), 27; and Fisher's resignation, 28; and the political crisis of May 1915, 29; 'dream & intention' of, 30; Derby's warning about, 31; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 32; returns to power (1922), 33; defeated (1923), 34; and the defeat of Socialism (1924), 35; Churchill gives 'whole support' to (1924), 36; returns to power (1924), 37; Churchill returns to (1925), 38; defeated (1929), 39; leadership of, and Churchill's future (1929), 40; abandons Free Trade (1930), 41; unease of, over Dominion Status (for India), 42; and Churchill's opposition over India, 43, 44, 45; spirit of 'with me' (on India), 46; victory for (1935), 47; Churchill critical of the 'machine' of (1936), 48; and the Freedom and Peace movement, 49; and Munich (1938), 50; and Churchill's emergence as Prime Minister (May 1940), 51; joins in 'solemn…accord' (July 1940), 52; Churchill becomes Leader of (October 1940), 53; Stalin's toast to, 54; social reform plans of (1945), 55; Churchill's pre-war attacks on, recalled (1945), 56; Stalin forecasts a majority for (1945), 57; Eden reports confidence of (1945), 58; Churchill's two conflicts with (1948), 59; unease in (1949), 60; and Churchill's leadership (after 1945), 61
Conservative Peers: Churchill's attacks on, 1
Conservative Shadow Cabinet: and India (1929), 1; Churchill resigns from (1931), 2
Constantine, King of Greece: 1
Constantinople: Churchill visits (1910), 1; and the Dardanelles, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; an Entente objective, 11; and the 'coalition plan' (1915), 12; Churchill proposes bombing of (1915), 13; and the battle of Loos, 14; 'take it soon', 15; British troops at (1919-22), 16; to be held (1922), 17; Greek 'dreams' of, 18
Constitution Square (Athens): Churchill speaks in (1945), 1
Constitutional History (Hallam): Churchill reads, 1
Constitutionalist: Churchill stands as (1924), 1
Copenhagen: Churchill visits (1950), 1
Corfu: Italian bombardment of (1923), 1; Churchill suggests occupation of (April 1939), 2; and the iron curtain (1945), 3
Cork (Ireland): violence in (1920), 1
Cork and Orrery, 12th Earl of: and Norway, 1, 2, 3
Cornwallis-West, Captain George: marries Churchill's mother (1900), 1; marries Mrs Patrick Campbell, 2
Coronel: British naval disaster off (1914), 1; recalled, 2, 3
Corpus Christi Day (1918): 'abject' suspension of air raids on, 1
Corregidor (Philippines): American forces on, surrender (1942), 1
Corsica: Churchill visits (1913), 1; occupied by Allies (1943), 2; Churchill flies to (1944), 3
Cosgrave, William: Churchill's help for (1922), 1
Cossack: exploit of (1940), 1
Côte d'Azur: Churchill works at (1948), 1
Council of Europe: inaugural meeting of (1949), 1
Courseulles (Normandy): Churchill goes ashore at (1944), 1
Courtney, Ivon: teaches Churchill to fly, 1
Cove, William: and Churchill's 'scaremongering' (1935), 1
Coventry: anti-aircraft defence of (1940), 1; bombing raid on (1940), 2; bombed (1941), 3
Coward, Noël: Churchill dines with (May 1945), 1
Cox, Sir Percy: and Iraq, 1, 2
Cradock, Admiral: defeated, 1
Craig, Sir James: and Churchill's efforts at an Irish settlement (1922), 1, 2; a gift from (1938), 3
Crathie Kirk: Churchill worships at (1953), 1
Creil (France): Churchill sets up a factory near (1917), 1
Creswell, Lieutenant Thomas: teaches Churchill to fly, 1; killed, 2
Creswell, Michael: and German air strength (1935), 1; brings Churchill information (1938), 2
Crete: Churchill wants to report from (1896), 1; rebellion on (1897), 2; possibility of further action in (1898), 3; Churchill visits (1910), 4; British troops withdraw to (1941), 5; evacuation of, 6; German onslaught on, 7; nature of fighting on, 8
Criccieth: Churchill's holiday at (1910), 1
Crimean War (1854-56): Churchill visits sites of (1945), 1
Cripps, Sir Stafford: mocks Churchill's call for rearmament (1934), 1; and the call for Churchill's return (July 1939), 2; and the imminent defeat of Russia (1941), 3
Crisp, Charles: Churchill invests with, 1
Cromarty: British ships at, 1
Cromer (Norfolk): Churchill on holiday at, 1, 2, 3; hazards of (in 1914), 4
Cromer, Lord: offers to help Churchill (1898), 1; helps Churchill with his book The River War, 2; and the Dardanelles Royal Commission (1916), 3
Cromie, Captain: murdered by Bolsheviks (1918), 1
Cromwell, Oliver: recalled, 1; and Lloyd George, 2
Crookshank, Harry: and Churchill's second Premiership, 1, 2, 3
cross-Channel air service: Churchill institutes (1918), 1
cross-Channel landing: Stalin seeks (1942), 1; Churchill's plans for, 2; discussion of (June 1942), 3; Stalin learns of postponement of, 4; and the Dieppe raid, 5; continuing plans for (1943), 6; setbacks to plans for (December 1942), 7; reduced priority of (January 1943), 8; and Sicily, 9; Churchill worries about, 10; primacy of assured (August 1943), 11; and the landing craft needed to attack Rhodes, 12; Churchill's alternate plan to (October 1943), 13; Stalin rejects postponement of (November 1943), 14; and Anzio, 15; discussed at Marrakech (December 1943), 16; final plans for, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21; Churchill's briefing for, 22
Croydon: Churchill's air crash at (1919), 1
Crystal Palace: Churchill's visit to (1891), 1
Cuba: Churchill visits (1895), 1, 2; Churchill under fire in, 3; Churchill's vision for, 4; an article by Churchill on (1896), 5; American invasion of (1898), 6; Churchill's further articles on (1898), 7; Churchill's visit to (1946), 8
Cudlipp, Percy: and the call for Churchill's return (1939), 1
Cumberland: hit (1940), 1
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew: appointed First Sea Lord (1943), 1; finds Churchill 'at his best', 2; finds Churchill 'very tired', 3; and Churchill's pneumonia (August 1944), 4; accompanies Churchill to Quebec (1944), 5
Cunningham, Admiral Sir John: and Anzio, 1, 2
Curragh: 'mutiny' at (1914), 1; recalled, 2
Curzon Line: and Poland's post-war frontiers, 1, 2, 3
Curzon, Lord: foresees a Churchill 'triumph', 1; advice from, 2; opposes Churchill's visit to Dardanelles, 3; Churchill confides in, 4; and the Dardanelles, 5; Churchill's contact with in 1916, 6; Churchill's unexpected guest (1916), 7; invites Churchill to Air Board (1916), 8; resigns (1916), 9; opposes Churchill's return to office (1917), 10; and British intervention in Russia (1919), 11; wishes to retain Gallipoli (1922), 12; dies, 13
Custance, Admiral Sir Reginald: supports Churchill (1933), 1
Cuxhaven: air raid on (December 1914), 1; recalled, 2
Cvetković, Dr: Churchill appeals to (1941), 1; signs pact with Hitler, 2
Cyprus: Churchill visits, 1, 2
Cyrenaica: Italians driven from (1941), 1; Churchill's plan for (1941), 2
Czechoslovakia: determined (1932), 1; endangered (1936-38), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and the road to the Black Sea (1938), 8; Anglo-French plan for (1938), 9; 'silent…broken', 10; Hitler's final assault on (1939), 11; 'lost', 12; Churchill's broadcast to (1940), 13; Soviet forces enter, 14; to be part of a Central European Customs union, 15; Churchill's hopes for (1945), 16; Churchill seeks American liberation of (1945), 17; Communists seize power in (1948), 18; future of (1944-45), 19
Czechs: 'in bondage' (1939), 1; 'bludgeoned', 2; held down (1941), 3; under Soviet control, 4
Daily Chronicle: Churchill seeks commission from (1896), 1; and Churchill's maiden speech, 2
Daily Despatch: and anger against Churchill (1933), 1
Daily Express: and Churchill's maiden speech (1901), 1; and Churchill's popularity with the lower deck (1912), 2; and Churchill's fifth Budget, 3; apologises to Churchill (1935), 4; Churchill praises (1954), 5
Daily Graphic: an article on Churchill's father in, 1; Churchill becomes correspondent of (1895), 2; Churchill's despatches to, 3, 4, 5
Daily Herald: denounces Churchill (1919), 1
Daily Mail: wants Churchill as its correspondent in South Africa (1899), 1; denounces Churchill's radicalism, 2; and Antwerp, 3; recalls Antwerp and Gallipoli, 4; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 5; and the General Strike (of 1926), 6; Churchill's article in, on India (1929), 7; Churchill's warning on India in (1931), 8; its lucrative commission (1931-32), 9; Churchill's articles in, 10, 11, 12, 13
Daily Mirror: and the 1951 election, 1; calls for Churchill's resignation (1954), 2; mockery of, 3
Daily Telegraph: publishes Churchill's North-West Frontier letters (1897), 1, 2, 3, 4; and Churchill's maiden speech, 5; and a 'weighty and eloquent' speech (1914), 6; Churchill's articles in (1938-39), 7, 8, 9
Dakar: French warships at (1940), 1; operation against (1940), 2
Daladier, Edouard, 1; and Munich (1938), 2; and Churchill's pledge (November 1939), 3
Dalmatian Coast (of Yugoslavia): strategy for (1943-44), 1; Churchill's proposed commando operation on, 2
Dalmeny: Churchill stays with Lord Rosebery at, 1
Dalton, Hugh: and the Anti-Nazi Council (1936), 1; and Churchill's rejection of a negotiated peace (1940), 2; and a 'new instrument of war', 3
Damascus: and Gallipoli, 1
Damaskinos, Archbishop: Churchill uneasy about (1944), 1; Churchill meets, 2, 3; 'extremely determined', 4; becomes Regent, 5
Danes: 'may leap out' (1939), 1; 'bludgeoned', 2
Danube, the: and the Dardanelles, (1915), 1, 2; and Munich (1938), 3; Roosevelt proposes an advance to (1944), 4; a possible advance to (June 1944), 5
Danzig: and danger for Europe (1932), 1; and a 'German menace', 2; and the coming of war (1939), 3, 4; Churchill asks for Soviet attack on (1945), 5
Dardanelles: to be blockaded (1914), 1; Churchill suggests a 'prompt blow' at, 2; first bombardment at, 3; and Churchill's wish for a 'heroic adventure' against, 4; genesis of the attack on, 5; continued bombardment at, 6, 7; a landing at (1 March 1915), 8; discussion of a renewed naval attack at, 9; naval attack at (18 March 1915), 10; repercussions of, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20; failure of, 21; renewed possibility of action at, 22; Kitchener asks Churchill to visit, 23; Curzon opposes Churchill's visit to, 24; Balfour rejects Churchill's advice on (August 1915), 25; Churchill proposes a further naval attack at (August 1915), 26; Churchill taunted with, 27; Asquith declines to defend, 28; recalled, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35; shadow of, 36; Royal Commission on (1916-17), 37, 38, 39, 40, 41; crisis at (1922), 42; 'I glory in it', 43; recalled (1943), 44; Russia 'welcome' at (1945), 45; Stalin wants a naval base at (1945), 46
Dardanelles Committee: Churchill a member of, 1, 2; disbanded, 3; Churchill recalls, 4
Darlan, Admiral: Churchill meets (1939-40), 1; loyal to Vichy (1940), 2; supports Allies (1942), 3; assassinated, 4
Darling, (Sir) William: 'men seem to turn…to you' (1934), 1
Dartford (Kent): Lord Randolph speaks at, 1
Dartmouth: Churchill visits (1914), 1
Davidson, J.C.C.: and the General Strike (of 1926), 1; and Churchill's challenge over India, 2; Churchill not trusted (May 1940), 3
Davidson, Henry: his complaints (1888), 1; praise from, 2; and Churchill's first lecture (1900), 3
Davies, Marion: Churchill meets, 1
Davis, Bette: stars, 1
Dawnay, Hugh: Churchill dines with (1914), 1; killed (1914), 2
Dawson, Geoffrey (formerly Geoffrey Robinson): and appeasement, 1
De Aar: Churchill reaches, 1
de Broqueville, Charles: and Antwerp (1914), 1
de Forest, Baron Maurice Arnold: Churchill the guest of, 1, 2, 3; Churchill honeymoons at castle of, 4; Churchill and his wife on holiday cruise with, 5; and the coming of war in 1914, 6
de Gasperi, Alcide: Churchill's dinner for (1953), 1
de Gaulle, General Charles: and the battle for France (1940), 1, 2; and the Anglo-French Union, 3; and Dakar, 4; and his rival for leadership, 5; angers Churchill, 6; visits Churchill at Marrakech, 7; 'frustrated', 8; Churchill the guest of (November 1944), 9; and Churchill's call for Franco-German reconciliation (1946), 10; decorates Churchill (1958), 11
de Hirsch, Baron Maurice: takes Churchill to a Morgue (1891), 1
De La Warr, 9th Earl: demands an ultimatum (September 1939), 1
de Ramsey, Lady: hears her nephew's maiden speech, 1
de Robeck, Admiral Charles: and the Dardanelles, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; his naval attack recalled, 8
de Souza, Louis: Churchill appeals to, 1; Churchill's last letter to, 2; Churchill sends assurance to, 3
de Valera, Eamon: rejects the Irish Treaty, 1; resigns, 2; and the Irish 'genius for conspiracy', 3
Deakin, F.W.: helps Churchill, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; and Yugoslavia (1943), 10, 11; helps Churchill in retirement, 12; his last visit (1964), 13
Death: 'swimming in the water at our side' (1894), 1
death duties: a compromise plan for, 1
Deauville: Churchill on holiday at, 1
Declaration of Union (1940), 1
Declaration on Liberated Europe (1945): signed, 1; flouted, 2
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, (Gibbon): Churchill reads, 1, 2
Dedeagatch: Stalin wants a naval base at (1945), 1
defeat: 'odious', 1; a 'blessing in disguise' (1908, 1945), 2, 3; the 'certain features' of a policy for, at sea, 4
Defence Committee: 1, 2; and the defence of Singapore, 3; opposes military help to Russia, 4
Defence Deputation: Baldwin receives (1936), 1, 2, 3
Defence of Peace and Freedom: established, 1
demobilisation: Churchill in charge of (1919), 1, 2; Churchill's scheme for, 3, 4
democracy: not possible east of Suez, 1; the 'will' of, and the avoidance of war, 2; 'unsuited' to India, 3; and 'Nazi Power', 4; the 'foundation' of, 5; contrasted with 'mob law', 6; and Victory in Europe, 7; and the 1945 election result, 8; and the atom bomb, 9
Denikin, General: and the anti-Bolshevik Russians (1919), 1; British help to, 2, 3, 4; French withdraw from, 5; approaches Moscow, 6; his military successes, 7; in retreat, 8; flees, 9; Churchill still wishes to support (1920), 10; Churchill urges negotiations on (1920), 11; invited to 'give up the struggle', 12
Denmark: Churchill proposes safeguarding neutrality of (1911), 1; and the Entente (1914), 2; and collective security, 3; and 'submission', 4; protests (1940), 5; occupied by Germany (1940), 6; a Soviet threat to (1945), 7; Churchill visits (1950), 8
departmentalism: British the 'victims' of (1940), 1
depression: Churchill refers to (1911), 1; witnessed (1916), 2; and an injury (1931), 3; after defeat (1945), 4; at Marrakech (1947), 5; and the Cold War (1953), 6; and a stroke (1953), 7
derating: Churchill's plan for (1927-28), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Derby, 17th Earl of: protests, 1, 2, 3, 4; his warning (1928), 5; Churchill's charge against (1934), 6; and the Freedom and Peace movement, 7
Dervishes: Churchill's 'aboriginal desire to kill' (1898), 1; attack Kitchener's Army at Omdurman (1898), 2; Churchill reports on, 3; Churchill's first contact with, 4; Churchill in cavalry charge against, 5; Churchill in danger from, 6; Churchill's last encounter with, 7; Kitchener and the fate of the wounded, 8
deterrents: and the atom bomb, 1, 2; and disarmament, 3
Detroit: Churchill guarded in (1932), 1
Devon Regiment: at Ladysmith, 1
Devonport: Churchill launches battleship at (1911), 1; field guns embarked at, against Ulster (1914), 2; Churchill speaks at (1950), 3
Devonshire, Duchess of: Churchill rides with, 1
Dewar, Rear-Admiral: and Churchill's exclusion (1931), 1
Dewetsdorp (Orange Free State): Churchill in action at (1900), 1, 2
Dewsnap, Dan: hides Churchill during his escape from the Boers, 1; his wife in Churchill's audience at Oldham, 2
Diamond Hill (Transvaal): Churchill's bravery at (1900), 1
Diego Suarez (Madagascar): secured (1942), 1
Dieppe: Churchill in a car accident on the way to Paris from (1919), 1; raid on (1942), 2; lessons of landing at, 3; and deception (1944), 4
difficulties: 'will argue for themselves', 1
Digby, Lady: Churchill confides in, 1
Digby, Pamela: marries Randolph, 1; for later index entries see Churchill, Pamela
Dill, General: accompanies Churchill to France (1940), 1; Chief of the General Staff, 2; and Greece, 3; and Greece (1941), 4; and the imminent defeat of Russia (1941), 5; replaced, 6
disarmament: Churchill's unease at (1928), 1; Churchill's warnings against, 2, 3, 4; Britain pursues, in the air (1932), 5; and appeasement, 6; Baldwin calls for, 7; the 'ultimate aim' (1934), 8; proposed by Hitler (1937), 9; a possible 'advance' towards (1939), 10; and deterrents, 11
Disraeli, Benjamin: dies, 1; recalled, 2, 3, 4, 5; Churchill wants speeches of, 6
Distinguished Service Order (DSO): and Churchill, 1
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM): Churchill's rescuer awarded with, 1
Ditchley Park: Churchill's wartime visits to, 1, 2; Churchill breaks off journey to, 3
Dixon, Pierson: and foreign policy (1953), 1, 2
Dodds, Christopher: and Churchill's disregard for danger (1944), 1
Dogger Bank: three cruisers sunk near (1914), 1
Domadola (North-West Frontier): Churchill in action at (1897), 1
Dominion Governments: and the Chanak crisis (1922), 1
Dominion Status (for India): 'a crime', 1; continuing debate on (1929-35), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Churchill's alternative to, 13
Don, Group Captain Frank: brings Churchill information (1938), 1
Doncaster: Churchill at races at (1953), 1
Donner, Patrick: and the Commons 'uneasy', 1
Douglas, Lewis: reports Churchill's drastic proposal (1948), 1
Douglas-Jones, Wing Commander Eric: and the Battle of Britain, 1
Dover: Churchill's telegrams from (1893), 1; Churchill speaks at (1898), 2; and the coming of war (1914), 3; Churchill's troubled journey to (1916), 4; Churchill visits defences at (1940), 5; Churchill visits (1941), 6
Dover Strait: First Fleet sails through (1914), 1; sealed (1914), 2
Downing Street: Churchill enters No. 10 for the first time (1898), 1
Dreadnought: controversy over, 1
Dresden: to be bombed (1945), 1; bombed, 2
Drocourt: Churchill visits captured German positions at (1918), 1
drunkards: Churchill proposes curative institutions for, 1
Drury: General Rawlinson at (1918), 1
Dublin: Churchill goes to, as a child (1877), 1; Churchill lectures in (1900), 2; violence in (1920), 3; to be held by Britain in certain circumstances (1922), 4; battle in (June 1922), 5
Dublin Fusiliers: at Khartoum (1907), 1
Dubrovnik (Dalmatia): and Tito, 1
Duchy of Lancaster: Churchill's appointment to (1915), 1
Dudley, 2nd Earl of: 'you are of course right', 1
Duff Cooper, Alfred: and Abyssinia, 1; not at Defence Deputation (1936), 2; becomes First Lord (1937), 3; his advice rejected, 4; and Munich (1938), 5; resigns, 6; and the coming of war (1939), 7
Duff, Lady Juliet: Churchill dines with (May 1945), 1
Dufferin and Ava, 4th Marquess of: killed in action (1945), 1
Duke of York: Churchill crosses Atlantic on (1941), 1
Duke of York's Theatre, London: Churchill sees Justice at, 1
Dukedom: Churchill only two removed from (1892), 1
Dulles, John Foster, 1, 2, 3, 4; at Bermuda (1953), 5; opposes Churchill's summit plans, 6
Dum Dum bullet: 'appalling' effects of (1897), 1
Dundalk: blockade off, ended, 1
Dundas, Kenneth: killed in action (1915), 1
Dundee: Churchill lectures at (1900), 1; Churchill elected for (1908), 2; Churchill speaks at, on need for State intervention to fight poverty (1908), 3; Churchill speaks at (1909), 4; Churchill re-elected for (1910), 5; Churchill defends Dardanelles at (1915), 6; a warning to Churchill from (1916), 7; Churchill and Lloyd George in (1917), 8; Churchill speaks in (1918), 9; Churchill denounces Bolsheviks and Sinn Fein at (1920), 10; Churchill sets out Irish conciliation plan at (1921), 11; Churchill campaigns at (1922), 12; 'many excuses' of (1922), 13
Dundonald, Lord: invites Churchill to ride with him into Ladysmith, 1
Dunkirk: air activity based on (1914), 1; Churchill visits (1914), 2; endangered (1914), 3; evacuation of (1940), 4, 5, 6, 7; fear of a disaster 'greater than' (1944), 8; Germans hold (September 1944), 9
Dunottar Castle: Churchill sails on, to South Africa (1899), 1
Dunrobin (Scotland): Churchill seeks solitude at (1921), 1
Durban: Churchill hurries to (1899), 1; Churchill returns to, from captivity, 2
Durdans (near Epsom): Churchill dines at, 1
Düsseldorf: bombed (1914), 1; air raid on (1914), recalled, 2; Churchill visits (1956), 3
Dutch: 'may leap out' (1939), 1; 'bludgeoned', 2
Dutch East Indies: Japanese threat to (November 1941), 1; Japanese landing on (December 1941), 2
Dvina, River (North Russia): British naval action on (1919), 1
Dyer, General: Churchill upholds criticism of, 1
Eadon, Captain: Churchill makes good impression on (1898), 1
Earl's Court (London): Churchill visits (1887), 1
East Anglia: and the atom bomb, 1
East Fulham: by-election at (1933), 1; recalled, 2
East London (South Africa): Churchill travels through (1899), 1
East Prussia: a Russian setback in (1915), 1; and Poland, 2
Eastchurch (Isle of Sheppey): Churchill learns to fly at (1912-3), 1, 2
Eastern Europe: and Munich (1938), 1
Eastern Germany: Churchill seeks Soviet withdrawal from (1948), 1
Ebenezer Farm: a 'pulverised ruin', 1
economy: the 'tattered flag' of (1901), 1; Churchill's search for, in the Middle East (1921), 2; a controversy over (1921-22), 3
Eden, Anthony: attacks Churchill (1933), 1; disarmament 'the ultimate aim' (1934), 2; his mission to Moscow (1935), 3; received by Hitler (1935), 4; not to be attacked, 5; becomes Foreign Secretary, 6; thanks Churchill (1937), 7; and the Freedom and Peace movement, 8; resigns (1938), 9; and Munich (1938), 10; 'shy', 11; Goering's fear of (March 1939), 12; advocates a Soviet alliance (1939), 13; protests at adjournment (August 1939), 14; and the last halting steps to war (September 1939), 15; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 16; enters Cabinet (May 1940), 17; on the Defence Committee, 18; and Dakar, 19; and Greece (1940-41), 20, 21, 22; Churchill confides in, 23; and Churchill's 66th birthday, 24; and the imminent defeat of Russia (1941), 25; feels Churchill would be 'in the way' (1942), 26; accompanies Churchill to Athens (Christmas 1944), 27; with Churchill at Malta (1945), 28; at Yalta, 29; and Victory in Europe, 30; at Potsdam, 31; and Churchill's farewell (1945), 32; Churchill's successor (from 1950), 33; and Churchill's second Premiership, 34, 35, 36, 37; and Churchill's possible resignation, 38; his own ill-health (1953-55), 39; and Churchill wish for talks with Russia, 40; seeks Churchill's resignation (1952-55), 41, 42, 43, 44, 45; opposes Churchill's efforts for a summit, 46, 47, 48; Prime Minister (1955-57), 49; and the Suez Crisis (1956), 50; resigns (1957), 51
Edinburgh: Churchill's meeting at, cancelled (1903), 1; Churchill speaks at (1904), 2; Churchill addresses Conservatives at (1924), 3; Churchill speaks at (1929), 4; possible Big Three conference at (1943), 5; Churchill speaks at (1950), 6
Edinburgh Evening News: and a 'nail' in Churchill's coffin (1936), 1
education: to be 'universal', 1; to be 'equal', 2; 'scientific and technical', 3; 'less valued', 4; and Ireland, 5; plans for (1943), 6
Education Bill (1944): dispute over, 1
Edward VII (formerly Prince of Wales): and Lord Randolph's final illness, 1; speaks to Churchill (1895), 2; his influence sought, 3; advice from, 4, 5; Churchill sends account of armoured train ambush to, 6; invites Churchill to Balmoral, 7; and Churchill's criticism of the General Staff, 8; and the 'error' of Churchill's ways, 9; protests at Churchill's 'objectionable language', 10; a warning from, 11; 'very well disposed', 12; and Churchill's Cabinet rank, 13; his wedding gift, 14; congratulates Churchill on arbitration, 15; angered at Churchill's remarks, 16; alarmed by Churchill's association of Crown and Commons, 17; dies, 18
Edward, Prince of Wales, 1; abdication of, when Edward VIII (1936), 2
Edwards, Brigadier Harold: his recollections (of 1945), 1
Eggishorn (Switzerland): Churchill climbs, 1
egoism: 'I am so devoured by', 1
Egypt: Churchill seeks action in (from 1896), 1, 2, 3, 4; Churchill reaches (1898), 5; Churchill returns to (1899), 6; Churchill visits (1902), 7; and the coming of war (in 1914), 8; troop withdrawals in (1929), 9; convoys to (1940-41), 10; Italian advance into (1940), 11; and British aid to Greece (1940), 12; a successful convoy to, 13; and aid to Greece (1941), 14; possible evacuation of (1941), 15; threats to (July 1941), 16; and the United States, 17; possible control of oil to (1953), 18
Egypt, Khedive of (Abbas Hilmi): Churchill meets (1899), 1
Egyptian Cavalry: Churchill seeks transfer to (1898), 1
Eichhorn (Moravia): Churchill stays at, 1; Churchill revisits, 2; Churchill honeymoons at, 3
Eindhoven (Holland): Churchill visits (1945), 1
Eisenhower, General: dines with Churchill (1942), 1; in Tunisia, 2; and Sicily, 3, 4, 5, 6; and Italy, 7; his bet with Churchill, 8; and the proposed campaign in Italy (1943-44), 9; and Anzio, 10; Churchill inspects troops with, 11; suggests a landing in Brittany (August 1944), 12; Churchill's visits to (1945), 13, 14; and the drive to Berlin (1945), 15; telephones Churchill about the concentration camps, 16; and the liberation of Prague, 17; Churchill's protest to (June 1945), 18; his friendly gesture, 19; and Churchill's American visit (1946), 20; Churchill advocates 'settlement with Soviet Russia' to (1948), 21; elected President (1952), 22; and Churchill's second Premiership, 23; and Churchill's continuing search for a summit (1953-55), 24; at Bermuda (1953), 25; and Churchill's desire for a summit, 26, 27; thought to have suggested a summit (1955), 28, 29; and the Suez Crisis (1956), 30; Churchill the guest of (1959), 31
Elbe: importance of an Anglo-American advance east of (April 1945), 1; Allies reach (April 1945), 2
electoral defeat; and democracy, 1
Elgin, Lord: Churchill stays with (1898): at the Colonial Office, 1, 2, 3; and Churchill's 'disquiet', 4; Churchill 'happy to go on working under', 5; Churchill hopes to succeed, 6
Elibank, Master of: and the 'new spirit', 1; advice from, 2; and intense political bitterness', 3
Elizabeth I, Queen: and the Spanish Armada, 1
Elizabeth II, Queen: and Churchill's 'vision', 1; 'authority & reflectiveness' of, 2; her sympathy (1941), 3; and horse-racing, 4; and the Victorian Era, 5; and Churchill's second Premiership, 6; Coronation of, 7; and Churchill's resignation, 8; and Churchill's death, 9
Elliot, Walter: demands an ultimatum (September 1939), 1
Elliott, Maxine: Churchill stays with, 1, 2
Embo (Kenya): Churchill visits (1907), 1
Empire Theatre (Leicester Square): Lord Randolph takes son to, 1; Churchill advised not to visit, 2; Churchill visits, 3; Churchill protests at proposed closure of (1894), 4
Enchantress: Churchill lives and works on (1911-14), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; summer cruise on (1913), 8; Asquith 'keen' to join (July 1914), 9
England: need for 'faith in ourselves' (1933), 1; 'will go on to the end' (1940), 2
English Channel: crossing of, 'worse than a flogging', 1
English-Speaking Union: Churchill speaks to (1921), 1
Enigma: and the Norwegian campaign (April-May 1940), 1; further successes of (1940), 2; and the prospect of invasion, 3; and Germany's invasion plans, 4; and invasion, 5, 6; and Greece, 7; and the battle of the Atlantic, 8; and Hitler's plans with regard to the Soviet Union, 9; and German plans against Yugoslavia and Greece (1941), 10; and Crete (1941), 11; and the German invasion of Russia (1941), 12; and the German advance into Russia (1941-42), 13; and the war at sea, 14, 15, 16; and Churchill's confidence (September 1941), 17, 18, 19; and the Western Desert, 20, 21, 22, 23; and a threat to Baku, 24; and Tunisia, 25, 26; and Churchill's transatlantic crossing (1943), 27; and German plans in Italy (1943), 28; and the cross-Channel landing, 29, 30; and the battles in South Russia and Italy, 31; and Italy, 32; and the Adriatic plan (June 1944), 33
Enterprise: Churchill sleeps on board (July 1944), 1
Enver Pasha: Churchill's talk with (1909), 1; and the Dardanelles (1915), 2
Epping: Churchill stands for (1924), 1; Churchill re-elected for (1929), 2; Churchill re-elected for (1931), 3; Churchill warns about German rearmament (1933), 4; and Munich (1938), 5; Churchill defends himself at (March 1939), 6
Epsom: Churchill visits (1949), 1
Eritrea: Italians defeated in (1941), 1
Estcourt (Natal): Churchill at (1899), 1; Churchill prevents withdrawal from, 2; Churchill leaves in armoured train, 3; recalled, 4
Eton College: 1, 2, 3
Etruria: Churchill sails across Atlantic on (1895), 1
Eu (France): Churchill hunts wild boar at, 1
Europe: 'germs of danger' in (1912), 1; 'misguided', 2; need for a 'reign of law' in, 3; Britain's policy to 'oppose the strongest power' in, 4; and the annexation of Austria (1938), 5; the 'whole equilibrium of' deranged (1938), 6; 'danger months' in (1939), 7; the German 'walk' through, 8; liberation of 'from the pit of misery', 9; future Soviet power in, 10, 11; need for 'law and justice' in (1945), 12; 'Bolshevisation' of (1945), 13; and the deterrent effect of the atom bomb, 14; 'to live again' (1950), 15; need for a 'united command' in (1952), 16
European Army: Churchill calls for (1950), 1; Churchill supports, 2
European Assembly: Churchill supports (1948), 1
European Court of Human Rights: Churchill supports establishment of (1948), 1
European Defence Community: Churchill favours (1951), 1; and German participation, 2; France rejects, 3
European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne (Lecky): Churchill reads, 1
Evans, Murland: recalls Churchill at Harrow, 1
Evening News: Churchill's article in (1920), 1; and the Abbey by-election, 2; Churchill's India statement in (1933), 3; and the call for Churchill's return, 4
Evening Standard: Churchill's articles in (1936-8), 1, 2, 3, 4; opposes Churchill (1938), 5
Everest, Anne: Churchill's nanny, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; leaves Lady Randolph's employ, 8; encouragement from, 9; her advice, 10; dismissed, 11; Churchill visits, 12; dies (1895), 13; recalled, 14
Excess Profits Levy: Churchill proposes (1951), 1
Eze (South of France): Churchill on holiday at (1927), 1
Falcon: Churchill inspects, 1
Falkland Islands: battle of (1914), 1; defence of (1952), 2
Fardell, Sir George: Lady Randolph 'hotting up', 1
Farnborough: Churchill's oxygen mask test at (1942), 1
Farouk, King of Egypt: Churchill meets (1945), 1
Feilding, General Geoffrey: and demobilisation (1919), 1
Feisal, Emir: and Iraq, 1; and Palestine, 2
Female Suffrage: Churchill votes for (1917), 1
Fenians: 'wicked people', 1
Ferdinand, Archduke Franz: assassinated (1914), 1, 2, 3
Fermanagh (Ireland): border of, 1; the 'dreary steeples' of, 2
Fifty-Sixth Brigade: Churchill to command (1915), 1; Churchill's command of, vetoed, 2
filming: Churchill's hopes for, in South Africa (1899), 1
Financial Secretary to the Treasury: Churchill declines, 1
Fincastle, Lord: wins Victoria Cross, 1
Finland: and armaments, 1; invaded by the Soviet Union (1939), 2; 'sublime', 3; Anglo-French help for (1940), 4; makes peace (March 1940), 5
Firefly (Churchill's horse): to be sold, 1
Firket: 'battle' at (1897), 1
First Lord of the Admiralty: Churchill's appointment as (1911), 1
First World War: many of Churchill's friends killed in, 1, 2; and Britain's earlier 'littler wars', 3; Churchill recalls 'hecatombs' of (1944), 4
Fisher, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord: Churchill establishes close relations with (1911), 1; returns as First Sea Lord (1914), 2; and the Dardanelles, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; and Sylt, 13; resigns, 14, 15; Churchill's criticism of, 16; willing 'to bury the hatchet', 17; Churchill's call for the return of (1916), 18; urges Churchill to speak in Army debate (1916), 19
Fisher, Herbert: and Churchill's 'great brilliance', 1; and Churchill's defence of democracy (1936), 2
Fisher, Sir Warren: and the call for Minister of Defence (1936), 1
Fiume: Tito's design on (1944), 1
Fleet Air Arm: problems in (1936), 1
Flixecourt: Churchill visits Rawlinson at (1918), 1
flogging: at Churchill's first school, 1
Florence: Germans withdraw from (1944), 1
Florida: Churchill travels through (1895), 1; Churchill recuperates in (1942), 2
Flower, Desmond: and The Second World War, 1
flying: Churchill supports experiments in (1909), 1; the 'Stephenson age' of, 2; Churchill learns, 3, 4, 5; Churchill's delight in (1913), 6; Churchill agrees to give up, 7; and Churchill's near accident (1918), 8; Clementine's continued unease about (1918), 9; Churchill continues (1919), 10; Churchill's brief return to (1942), 11; Churchill's second wartime venture in, 12; and the human race, 13
flying bombs: over Britain (1944), 1, 2, 3, 4
Flying Fortresses: Churchill watches arrival of (1941), 1
Foch, Marshal: at Beauvais (1918), 1; appointed Generalissimo, 2
Foreign Office: a possible post for Churchill (1929), 1; enlists Churchill's help (1936), 2
forests: and the State, 1
Fortress Europe: Allied assault on (1944), 1
fortune: 'capricious', 1; 'in the giving mood', 2; 'caprice' of, 3; 'tempted so often', 4
Fortune, General: forced back (1940), 1; surrenders, 2
Four-Year Plan (1945), 1, 2
Fourth Hussars: Churchill joins, 1; and the possibility of war with the United States, 2; Churchill sails to India with (1896), 3
Fox, Robert: and Churchill's battalion days (1916), 1
France: Churchill does not want to study in (1891), 1; and Agadir (1911), 2; not to be 'trampled down', 3; naval responsibilities to be shared with (1912), 4; alliance system of (1912), 5; and the coming of war (1914), 6, 7, 8, 9; Churchill's visits to (1914-15), 10, 11, 12; and the Dardanelles, 13; criticism of Churchill's visits to (1915), 14; Churchill offered a military command in (1915), 15; Churchill's missions to (1917-18), 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23; Churchill proposes extra troops for (1918), 24; Churchill's interwar visits to, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 46; and the Versailles Treaty, 47; Britain's war debts from (1925), 48; Churchill opposes Treaty with (1925), 49; under no 'moral obligation' to disarm (1928), 50; and disarmament, 51; pact with Soviet Union (1935), 52; the German threat to (1936-39), 53; and British security (1937), 54; Churchill advocates alliance with (1938), 55; and Munich (1938), 56; Churchill's wartime visits to (1939-40), 57, 58, 59, 60, 61; invaded (May 1940), 62; British help to (1940), 63; fall of (1940), 64; seeks armistice (June 1940), 65; evacuations from, 66; fate of the Fleet of (July 1940), 67; Churchill broadcasts to (October 1940), 68; Stalin wants a British landing in (1941), 69; civilian casualties in, from Allied bombing (1944), 70; Churchill appeals to, for a reconciliation with Germany (1946), 71; the fall of (in 1940) recalled, 72; a 'sublime act' by (1950), 73; and Churchill's second Premiership, 74; and the struggle in Indo-China (1952), 75; and the Suez Canal, 76; Churchill's postwar visits to, 77; Churchill's appeal to, at Bermuda (1953), 78
franchise: Churchill advocates extension of (1897), 1
Franco, General: Chamberlain's hopes for (1939), 1
Franco-German Armistice (1940): not to be breached, 1
Franco-Russian Pact (1935): and Czechoslovakia, 1
Franconia: Churchill on (1945), 1
Frankfurt: Churchill drives to (1909), 1; bombed (1941), 2
Frankland, Lieutenant: his captivity ends (1900), 1
Franklin, Hugh: Churchill struck by, 1
Franks, Sir Oliver: and Churchill's different appearances (1954), 1
Fraser, Forbes: brings Churchill information (March 1939), 1
Free Food League: Churchill active in formation of (1903), 1; Churchill to be 'special candidate' for, 2
Free French: and Dakar (1940), 1
Free French Division: and the cross-Channel landing, 1
Free Italy: and Cyrenaica (1941), 1
Free Trade: Churchill's warning of a revival of 'party bitterness' over (1902), 1; Churchill a leading campaigner for, 2, 3; Churchill a 'sober admirer' of, 4; 'essentially Liberal', 5; and public information, 6; Churchill's banner (in 1923), 7; Conservative Party abandons (1930), 8
Free Trade Party: Churchill forecasts, 1
Freedom and Peace Movement: meetings of, 1, 2
French Army: Churchill attends manoeuvres of (1907), 1; importance of, to Britain (from 1925), 2; its last years of preponderance (1937-39), 3, 4
French Committee of National Liberation: established (1943), 1
French Fleet: possible surrender of (1940), 1; surrenders, 2
French Indo-China: occupied by Japan (1941), 1; struggle in (1952), 2; Churchill opposes British involvement in (1954), 3
French language: importance of knowledge of, 1; and wartime, 2
French North Africa: plans for Allied landings in (1942), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Allied landings in, 6; 'a springboard', 7; effect of landings in, for Russia, 8
French sailors: 'detestable', 1
French troops: at Gallipoli (1915), 1; occupy Narvik (1940), 2; and the Dunkirk evacuation, 3
French, General Sir John: Churchill the guest of (1910), 1; Churchill's mission to (1914), 2; Churchill's friendship with, 3; to be replaced (1915), 4, 5; recalled, 6
Frere: Churchill reaches in armoured train, 1; soldiers at, praise Churchill's bravery, 2
Freund, Richard, 1
Frévent: Churchill flies to Haig's headquarters at, 1
Frewen, Clara (Aunt Clara), 1
Frewen, Hugh: and 'the Den', 1; Churchill writes to, on need to be 'cheerfully determined', 2
Frewen, Moreton, 1; Churchill confides in, 2
Friedrichshafen: air raid on (1914), recalled, 1
Fry, Roger: recalls floggings, 1
Fulton speech (1946), 1
Gairloch (Scotland): Churchill at Ministerial meeting at (1921), 1
Gale, General: and Anzio, 1
Gallipoli: John Milbanke killed at, 1; Lieutenant Frankland killed at, 2; and the Dardanelles, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Churchill's proposal for (March 1915), 8; landings at, 9, 10; further landings at, 11; to be evacuated, 12; evacuation of, 13; recalled, 14, 15, 16; and the Somme, 17; to be held (1922), 18; landings on, recalled (1943), 19
Galsworthy, John: and Churchill's prison reforms (1910), 1, 2
gambling: at Deauville (1906), 1; 'I lost a little', 2; 'after dark', 3; at Cannes (1939), 4
Gamelin, General: and Munich (1938), 1; Churchill meets (1940), 2
Gandhi, Mahatma: supports full independence for India (1930), 1; his meeting with the Viceroy (1931), 2; visits London (1931), 3; his emissary to Churchill (1935), 4
Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931): dispute over, 1
Gardone (Lake Como): Churchill works at (1949), 1
Garibaldi: Churchill contemplates writing a biography of (1898), 1
Garnett, Theresa: assaults Churchill with dog whip (1909), 1
Garron Towers Estate (Northern Ireland): Churchill inherits (1921), 1, 2
Garvin, J.L.: and Churchill's departure from the Admiralty (1915), 1; seeks a Fisher-Churchill reconciliation, 2, 3, 4; 'keep in touch with, 5; a warning from, 6; his encouragement (1935), 7; favours Churchill's return (July 1939), 8
gas: and Gallipoli, 1; and the Bolsheviks, 2; and Normandy, 3; and Germany, 4
Gastein (Austria): Churchill visits (1883), 1
Gauche Wood: Churchill inspects (1918), 1; overrun, 2
Gaza: Churchill greeted at (1921), 1
Geddes, Eric: protests (1917), 1; Churchill in dispute with, 2
Geldrop (Holland): Churchill visits (1945), 1
Gemmell, Chips: Churchill's secretary, 1
General Election: of 1886, 1; of 1895, 2; of 1900, 3; of 1906, 4; of February 1910, 5; of December 1910, 6; of 1918, 7; of 1922, 8; of 1923, 9; of 1924, 10; of 1929, 11; of 1931, 12; of 1935, 13; of 1945, 14; of 1950, 15; of 1951, 16; of 1955, 17; of 1959, 18
General Strike: General Strike (of 1926), 1, 2, 3, 4; prospect of (1929), 5
genius: and 'plod', 1
Genoa: Churchill works at (1927), 1; Churchill stays near (September 1945), 2
Gensoul, Admiral: his options (1940), 1
George II, King of Greece: Churchill talks with (1944), 1
George V: becomes King, 1; angered, 2; offers Clementine a seat in the Abbey, 3; coronation of, 4; congratulates Churchill on preventing loss of life (1911), 5; and Churchill's 'rats in a hole' speech, 6; opposes appointment of Fisher (1914), 7; Churchill the guest of (1928), 8
George VI, King: and the magnetic mine, 1; and the political crisis (May 1940), 2; and Alamein, 3; and Victory in Europe, 4; asks Churchill to form Caretaker Government (1945), 5; Churchill tenders resignation to (1945), 6; dies, 7
Georges, General: and Munich (1938), 1; Churchill's talk with (August 1939), 2
German language: Churchill starts learning, 1
German Air Force: and Enigma, 1
German Air Mission: visits Britain (1937), 1
German Army: 'magnificent & formidable' (1906), 1; 'theatrical display' of (1906), 2; a 'terrible engine' (1909), 3; Churchill's thoughts on future of (1918), 4; 'they are strong' (August 1939), 5; and Enigma, 6
German nation: to take 'its true place' (1954), 1
German Navy: possible increase in (1909), 1; intentions of (1909), 2; dispositions of (1911), 3; Churchill's concerns about (December 1911), 4; expansion of imminent (1912), 5
German Navy Law (1912): Churchill studies, 1; passed (1912), 2
German prisoners-of-war: Churchill enters cages with (1918), 1; at Chartwell (1945), 2
German South-West Africa: revolt in (1906), 1
German weapons: 'terrible power' of (1906), 1
Germans: 'their turn will come' (1912), 1; 'my hate died with their surrender', 2; and monarchy, 3; sufferings of understood, 4
Germany: and the 'commercial supremacy of the world' (1898), 1; Churchill impressed by social reform schemes in (1907), 2; war not inevitable with (1908), 3; Churchill's impressions of (1909), 4; Churchill wants joint action by (1910), 5; and Agadir (1911), 6; military advance into France, forecast (1911), 7; possible emergence of democratic forces in (1911), 8; Russia a 'corrective' to (1912), 9; and the coming of war in 1914, 10, 11, 12, 13; and Turkey, 14; and the Dardanelles, 15; need for a 'preponderance of strength' against (1916), 16; renewed offensive by (June 1918), 17; 'whining in defeat' of, 18; asks for armistice (1918), 19; Churchill urges a moderate peace for (1918), 20; Churchill's policy towards (1919), 21; and a 'moral bulwark' against Bolshevism (1920), 22; Britain to be the 'friend' of (1921), 23; 'cannot be kept in permanent subjugation' (1924), 24; Churchill seeks to avoid isolation of (1925), 25; naval rearmament of (1929), 26; Britain's undertaking to (from 1925), 27; Hitler's path to power in, 28, 29; Churchill visits (1932), 30; bands of 'Teutonic youth' in (1932), 31; triumph of Hitler in (1933), 32; persecution in (1933), 33; 'grim dictatorship' in, 34; rearmament of, 35, 36, 37, 38; 'arming fast' (1934), 39; Churchill warning of growing air strength of (1934), 40; Churchill's broadcast on (1934), 41; 'fertile in military surprises' (1934), 42; 'rearming at breakneck speed' (1935), 43; 'outstripping us more and more' (1936), 44; and The Times, 45; Churchill's advice to (1937), 46; her guarantees to Belgium (1937), 47; 'good will or pleasure' of (1938), 48; her capacities and intention 'underestimated', 49; fear of (in Poland, Roumania and Greece), 50; Churchill opposes concession to (June 1939), 51; tramp of armies of (August 1939), 52; ultimatum to (September 1939), 53; iron ore supplies of (1939-40), 54, 55, 56, 57; invades Norway (April 1940), 58; occupies Denmark (1940), 59; Churchill addresses (June 1940), 60; and Yugoslavia (1941), 61; invades the Soviet Union (June 1941), 62; declares war on United States (December 1941), 63; to be defeated before Japan, 64; occupies Vichy France (1942), 65; priority of defeat of, reasserted (January 1943), 66; 'main hopes' of (May 1943), 67; the 'prime foe', 68; Churchill and Stalin discuss future of (1943), 69, 70; possible mustard gas attack on (1944), 71; continued military resistance of (September 1944), 72; plans for the future of (1944-45), 73, 74; Churchill crosses into (1945), 75; not to be dismembered, 76; Soviet Zone of, 77; surrender of (May 1945), 78; scientific establishments in (July 1945), 79; 'might have been saved' (before 1939), 80; and possible reconciliation with France (1946), 81; and the Council of Europe (1949), 82; Churchill's visits to (1956), 83
Gerrard, Eugene: teaches Churchill to fly (1913), 1; in 1914, 2
Gestapo: executions by (1939), 1; grip of (June 1940), 2; Churchill's question concerning (March 1941), 3; Churchill rejects a cynical offer from (1944), 4
Gestapo speech (1945): 1, 2
Ghengis Khan: recalled (in 1945), 1
Ghent: Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarters near (1945), 1
Gibbon, Edward: Churchill plans to read (1895), 1; Churchill reads, 2; Churchill 'lured' from, 3; trains the 'muscles', 4
Gibraltar: Churchill visits (1901), 1; and the Dardanelles, 2; successful convoy from (1940), 3; an incident at the time of Churchill's return from, 4; a lightning strike on the way to (1943), 5; Churchill reaches (November 1943), 6; Churchill returns to England through (January 1944), 7; Churchill sails to (1958), 8
Gibson, Guy: at Chequers, 1
Gillespie, Dr James: and Churchill's escape from Pretoria (1899), 1
Gilliatt, Elizabeth: Churchill's secretary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and Churchill's stroke (1949), 6
Ginderich (Germany): Churchill watches start of offensive from (March 1945), 1
Giraud, General: 1; and de Gaulle, 2
Gladstone, Herbert: and a possible 'understanding', 1
Gladstone, William Ewart: 'a brute', 1; forms Government, 2; and Irish Home Rule, 3; become Prime Minister again (1892), 4; 'a great white eagle', 5; his 'sustaining power' lost, 6; Churchill wants speeches of, 7; and Tory Democracy, 8; Churchill joins Liberal heirs of (1904), 9; and Ireland, 10; recalled, 11, 12, 13, 14
Glasgow: Churchill unveils social reform scheme in (1906), 1; speaks at (1918), 2; speaks at (1929), 3; speaks at (1941), 4; speaks at (1953), 5
Glasgow Herald: and individualism, 1
Glencorse Wood (Ypres Salient): Churchill visits (1918), 1
Goch (Germany): Churchill at (1945), 1
Goebbels, Dr Josef: doctrine of, 1
Goeben: and the coming of war in 1914, 1, 2; escape of, 3; bombards Russian ports, 4; and the Dardanelles, 5
Goering, Marshal Hermann: his fears (March 1939), 1
Gold Standard: return to (1925), 1
Golden Age: in the aftermath of Munich (March 1939), 1, 2
Goliath: torpedoed (1915), 1
Goodacre, Melville: and Churchill's arrival at the prison, to hoist the Union Jack (1900), 1
Goodenough, Admiral Sir William: disappointed, 1
Goodwood: Churchill at races at (1897), 1
Gorst, Sir John: speaks up on Churchill's behalf (1904), 1
Gort, Field Marshal Lord: Churchill visits (1940), 1; and the Dunkirk evacuation (1940), 2
Goschen, Sir Harry: and Munich (1938), 1
Gott, General: his short-lived Command (1942), 1
Gough, General: and the 'Curragh mutiny' (1914), 1
Government of the Middle: Churchill's hope for (1902), 1
Graebner, Walter: and The Second World War, 1
Graf Spee: its depredations, and destruction (1939), 1; fate of prisoners of, 2
Grand Alliance: endangered (1939), 1
Grand Canyon (Arizona): Churchill visits (1929), 1
Grand Coalition: end of (1945), 1
Grandi, Count Dino: Churchill warns (1935), 1
Grattidge, Captain: his recollection, 1
Gravelotte (Lorraine): Churchill visits 1870 battlefield of (1909), 1
Great Contemporaries (Winston S. Churchill): published (1937), 1
Great Wall of China: and Hitler, 1
Greaves, Lieutenant: killed in action (1897), 1
Greece: Cypriot Greeks demand union with (1906), 1; and the Dardanelles, 2, 3, 4; Lloyd George's support for (1921-22), 5; parliamentary democracy restored in (1927), 6; Churchill's articles no longer to appear in, 7; invaded (1940), 8; German designs on (1941), 9; German plans to conquer, 10; German invasion of, imminent, 11; British troops withdraw from, 12; partisans in (1943), 13; German withdrawal from (1944), 14; British military expedition to (1944-45), 15; future of (1944-45), 16; Britain's 'particular interest' in, 17; 'which we still hope to save' (November 1944), 18; increase in Communist activity in, 19; the struggle for (December 1944), 20; to be reassured, 21; 'free to decide' (1946), 22; no longer to be protected (1947), 23; and a 'world front against Communist aggression' (1954), 24
Greek Communists: want to meet Churchill (Christmas 1944), 1
Greeks: on Crete, 1; rebellion by, on Crete (1897), 2; Churchill's sympathies with (1897), 3
Greenwood, Arthur: and the outbreak of war (September 1939), 1; and Norway (1940), 2; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 3; enters Cabinet (May 1940), 4; supports Churchill's rejection of a negotiated peace (1940), 5; and Greece, 6
Grenadier Guards: Churchill trains with (1915), 1, 2, 3
Grenfell, Robert: killed in action (1898), 1
Grenoble: Churchill drives to (1934), 1
Grey, Sir Edward: Churchill's friendship with, 1; absent during crucial debate (1903), 2; and the suffragettes, 3; and Churchill's work as an arbitrator, 4; opposes Churchill's visit to Kiel (1914), 5; and the coming of war (1914), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; and Antwerp, 11; and Churchill's 'genius for war', 12; and the genesis of the Dardanelles, 13, 14, 15; and the Adriatic, 16; and independence for the Arabs, 17; and the political crisis of May 1915, 18; his praise (1925), 19
Grey, Spenser: teaches Churchill to fly (1913), 1; severely injured, 2; in 1914, 3; leads bombing raid on Cologne (1914), 4; and Churchill's exclusion (1935), 5
Griffith, Arthur: Churchill negotiates with (1921), 1, 2
Guards Chapel (London): flying bomb hits (1944), 1
Guards Division: Churchill's training with (1915), 1, 2
Guest, Alice: her depression cured, 1
Guest, Frederick: Churchill's cousin, 1; accompanies Churchill, 2; his encouraging message (1936), 3; and the immediate aftermath of the Abdication crisis, 4
Guest, Ivor: his advice (1898), 1; Churchill confides in, 2; and the election of 1906, 3
Guildhall (London): Churchill speaks at (1914), 1; speaks at (1940), 2; speaks at (1955), 3
Gulf of Finland: Royal Navy in (1919), 1
Guru (Tibet): defeat of Tibetans at (1904), 1
Guthrie, Murray: and a film scheme, 1
Gwynne, H.A.: protests (1926), 1
Habbaniya (Iraq): besieged (1941), 1
Habsburgs: not to be hunted down (1945), 1
Hacket, Polly: Churchill smitten by, 1; Churchill lunches with, 2; marries, 3
Haggard, Rider: Churchill corresponds with (1888), 1
Haifa: and Gallipoli (1915), 1; Arab riots in (1921), 2
Haig, General: and Churchill's command of a battalion (1915), 1; wishes Churchill luck (1916), 2; and the battle of Arras, 3; Churchill's discussions with (1917-18), 4; appeals to Churchill, 5; Churchill sends munitions to (1918), 6; and Churchill's 'energy and foresight' (1918), 7; wishes to shoot Calais mutineers (1919), 8
Haile Selassie: Churchill meets (1945), 1
Haileybury School: mock battle with (1888), 1
Hailsham, Lord: and Defence deficiencies, 1; and India, 2
Haldane, Captain Aylmer (later General): Churchill's friendship with (1898), 1; asks Churchill to accompany armoured train (1899), 2; ambushed, 3; obliged to surrender, 4; Churchill joins escape plan of, 5; escapes from Pretoria, 6; in Iraq (1920), 7, 8
Haldane, R.B. (later Lord): Churchill meets, 1; and the Agadir crisis (1911), 2; and Churchill's 'inspiring spirit', 3; seeks to dissuade Churchill from resignation (1914), 4
Halifax (Yorkshire): Churchill speaks at (1903), 1
Halifax (Nova Scotia): Churchill travels through (1943), 1, 2
Halifax, Lord (formerly Lord Irwin): at Defence Deputation (1936), 1; visits Hitler (1937), 2; and the need to improve relations with Germany, 3; becomes Foreign Secretary (1938), 4; rejects call for Grand Alliance, 5; doubts Germany's 'lust for conquest', 6; and Czechoslovakia, 7; and a possible 'understanding' with Germany (1939), 8; Hitler's attitude to (July 1939), 9; favours Churchill's return (June 1939), 10; neutrals protest to (1940), 11; and Churchill's qualities, 12; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 13; keen on the Trondheim landings (1940), 14; and a proposal to negotiate (1940), 15; accompanies Churchill to Tours (1940), 16
Hamblin, Grace: at Chartwell, 1, 2, 3
Hamburg: bombed (1940), 1; (1941), 2; (1943), 3
Hamilton, General Sir Ian: Churchill's friendship with, 1; Churchill describes cavalry charge to, 2; Churchill dines with, after relief of Ladysmith, 3; Churchill joins advance of, 4; entrusts Churchill with a despatch, 5; and Churchill's 'conspicuous gallantry', 6; and Churchill's change of Party, 7; and the Dardanelles, 8, 9; and Gallipoli, 10, 11; and the Royal Commission on the Dardanelles, 12; and Churchill's recollections of Suvla Bay, 13
Hamilton, Sir Edward: helps Churchill, 1
Hanfstaengel, Ernst: seeks to introduce Hitler to Churchill (1932), 1
Hankey, Maurice: and Turkey, 1; and the Dardanelles, 2, 3, 4; and the genesis of the tank, 5; and Fisher's resignation, 6; suggests a Churchill mission to Russia (1915), 7; and Gallipoli, 8; misses Churchill's 'courage & power to take a decision', 9; visits Churchill (1917), 10; and Churchill's 'great moderation' (1919), 11; and British air weakness (1934), 12; seeks Churchill's sources of information (1936), 13; and the call for Minister of Defence, 14; and Churchill's plans (1936), 15; and Defence deficiencies, 16; Churchill's appeal to (1937), 17; his rebuke, 18; and Eden's resignation (1938), 19; 'to keep an eye on Winston' (1939), 20
Hanley: Churchill's speech at (1901), 1
Hanover: bombed (1941), 1
Harcourt, Lewis (later Lord): his praise, 1
Hardie, Keir: his protest, 1
Harington, General Tim: begins negotiations (1922), 1, 2; and the Cabinet's ultimatum, 3
Harlebeke (Belgium): Churchill visits (1918), 1
Harmsworth Magazine: Churchill's short story in (1898), 1
Harriman, Averell: his mission (1941), 1; accompanies Churchill, 2, 3; in Egypt, 4; and aid to Russia, 5; and Pearl Harbor, 6; and Churchill's proposed letter to Stalin (October 1944), 7; Churchill confides in (1945), 8
Harrovian: Churchill's poem published in (1889), 1; Churchill's letters published in, 2; praises Churchill's 'dashing attack', 3
Harrow (Middlesex): Churchill's lecture at (1900), 1
Harrow School: Churchill to go to, 1, 2; Churchill at, 3; 'stirring patriotism' of songs at, 4; Churchill's ill-health at, 5; fever at, 6; Churchill's visit to (1940), 7; Churchill visits (1944), 8; Churchill speaks at (1955), 9; recalled, 10, 11, 12
Harvey, Oliver: and rearmament (after Munich), 1; his diary notes (1942-45), 2, 3, 4; and Churchill's 'painful' meeting with the London Poles, 5
Harwich: result of Churchill's visit to (1912), 1
Hastings: Churchill lectures at (1901), 1
Havana (Cuba): Churchill seeks cigars from (1895), 1; Churchill reaches, 2; cigars of, 3
Havrincourt: Churchill at (1918), 1
Hawaii: American Fleet at (November 1941), 1
Hayter, William: and Churchill's continuing search for a summit (1953-55), 1
Hazebrouck: Churchill entertains his officers at (1916), 1
Hearn, Major: 'placid, sensible', 1
Hearst, William Randolph: Churchill visits (1929), 1
helicopter: Churchill's flight in (1958), 1
Heligoland Bight: victory in (1914), 1
Hellfire Corner (Ypres Salient): Churchill shelled at (January 1918), 1; Churchill revisits (October 1918), 2
Helsinki: Churchill's articles published in (1937), 1
Henderson, Arthur: Churchill's retort to, about India (1947), 1
Henderson, Sir Nevile: in Berlin, 1
Hendon: air show at (1913), 1; special air squadron at (1914), 2; Churchill flies to France from (1940), 3
Henlein, Konrad: Churchill meets (1938), 1; and the Sudeten crisis, 2
Her Majesty's Theatre, London: Churchill plans to write a play for (1900), 1
Hereros: their fighting qualities, 1
Herne Bay (Kent): Churchill recuperates at (1883), 1
Herodotus: Churchill reads in original Greek (1887), 1
Herring, Group Captain Justin: and German rearmament, 1
Herriot, Edouard: and the fall of France (1940), 1; recalls 1940, 2, 3
Hesdin (northern France): Churchill flies to (1918), 1, 2
Hesse (Germany): Hitler's electoral success in (1932), 1
Hetherington, Major T.G.: and the tank, 1
Heybeli Island (Sea of Marmara): possible negotiations with Bolsheviks at, 1
Higham, John: recalls Churchill's tears, 1
Highbury (Birmingham): Churchill stays at, 1
Hill, Colonel H.W.: brings Churchill information, 1
Hill, Kathleen: Churchill's secretary, 1, 2; her recollections of September 1939, 3, 4; accompanies Churchill (1940), 5; and Churchill's obituary of Chamberlain, 6
Himmler, Heinrich: offers negotiations (1945), 1
Hindenburg Line: battle for (1918), 1
Hindenburg, Field Marshal: President, 1; invites Hitler to be Chancellor, 2; dies, 3
Hiroshima: atom bomb dropped on, 1
history: a prize for, 1; importance of knowledge of, 2; and the Dardanelles, 3; and the Abdication crisis (1936), 4
Hitler, Adolf: his rise to power in Germany, 1; declines to meet Churchill (1932), 2; Churchill's warning about (1932), 3; becomes Chancellor, 4; and German rearmament, 5; extends internal powers, 6; murders opponents (1934), 7; Attlee's assessment (1934), 8; introduces conscription (1935), 9; and German air parity (1935), 10; Churchill's article on (1935), 11; and Churchill's possible return to the Admiralty (1939), 12; remilitarises Rhineland (1936), 13; his offer of negotiations to be 'utilised' (1936), 14; Baldwin assesses plans of (1936), 15; Churchill appeals to (1937), 16; Churchill's article on, 17; Lord Halifax visits (1937), 18; and Africa, 19; and Austria (1938), 20; and Czechoslovakia (1938), 21, 22; Chamberlain's talks with (1938), 23; attacks Churchill (1938), 24; the need to anticipate his actions (March 1939), 25; Churchill opposes discussions with (June 1939), 26; and Danzig, 27; and the call for Churchill's return (July 1939), 28; 'we shall have him', 29; invades Poland, 30; peace terms of (October 1939), 31; has 'missed the bus' (April 1940), 32; invades Belgium, Holland and France (May 1940), 33; no negotiations with (May 1940), 34; the 'curse' of, 35; and the Battle of Britain, 36; and British bombing policy (1940), 37; Churchill seeks to undo 'first great achievement' of, 38; and the bombing of London, 39; his fate, 40; his pact with Yugoslavia (1941), 41; his defeat 'certain' (1941), 42; 'he will find…no parley', 43; his aim in invading Russia, 44; and British bombing policy (July 1941), 45; visits his troops in Russia, 46; his plan to bomb Baku, 47; to be attacked through Italy (1943), 48; and Stalingrad, 49; and the battle for Tunisia (1943), 50; and German plans in Italy (1943), 51; to be relieved his 'anxieties' in Italy, 52; a plot to kill (July 1944), 53; and Attlee, 54; his gift, becomes Churchill's residence (at Yalta), 55; and monarchy, 56; dead, 57; recalled, 58; and 'The Unnecessary War', 59, 60; Stalin compares Churchill to (1946), 61
Hoare, Reginald: Churchill's friendship with, 1
Hoare, Sir Samuel: and British intervention in Russia (1919), 1; at Chartwell (1926), 2; and the General Strike (of 1926), 3; and Churchill's opposition over India (from 1929), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; and the formation of the National Government (1931), 9; Churchill's charge against (1934), 10; and Churchill's criticisms of air policy, 11; and Defence deficiencies, 12; Churchill's India challenge to (1935), 13; becomes Foreign Secretary, 14; mocks Churchill, 15; and the Hoare-Laval 'pact', 16; resigns, 17; and the Rhineland (1936), 18; opposes emergency powers (1936), 19; not at Defence Deputation (1936), 20; at the Home Office (1937), 21; and Czechoslovakia, 22; and the aftermath of Munich (1938-39), 23; and British air weakness (1939), 24; critical (1940), 25; and the German attack in the West (1940), 26; his understanding (1940), 27
Hobart, Brigadier: visits Churchill (1936), 1
Hodge, Alan: helps Churchill (1953-56), 1; helps Churchill in retirement, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Hodge, Jane: and 'the world's kindest great man', 1
Hoe Farm (near Godalming): Churchill's weekend retreat at (1915), 1, 2
Hohenzollerns: and Hitler, 1, 2
Holland: Churchill proposes safeguarding neutrality of (1911), 1; neutral (1914), 2; and a proposed British Baltic initiative (1915), 3; and Britain's 'proper line of strategy, 4; Churchill suggests 'action in' (1915), 5; Churchill recalls plans for (1915), 6; Churchill visits (1932), 7; and collective security, 8; and 'submission', 9; Churchill's fear for (1936), 10; protests (1940), 11; invaded (May 1940), 12; Churchill's plan for a landing in (1940), 13; German air attack on (1945), 14
Holland, Sydney: at Sidney Street, 1
Hollywood: Churchill meets Chaplin in (1929), 1
Holman, General: in South Russia (1919), 1; leaves Russia (1920), 2
Holmes, Marian: Churchill's wartime secretary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; in Moscow (1944), 7, 8; accompanies Churchill to Athens (Christmas 1944), 9, 10; at Malta (1945), 11; contrasts Churchill and Attlee, 12
Home Guard: Churchill proposes (1939), 1; and anti-invasion plans, 2; revived (1952), 3
Home Rule: Gladstone supports, 1; and Lord Randolph Churchill, 2; Churchill will 'never consent' to (1897), 3; 'odious' (1899), 4; an obstacle to Churchill joining the Liberal Party (1904), 5; Churchill will not commit himself to (1908), 6; Churchill urges Ulster to accept (1913), 7
Hong Kong: Japanese attack on (1941), 1; surrenders, 2
Honor: Churchill's holiday cruise on, 1
Hood: in pursuit (1941), 1; sunk, 2
'Hooligans', the: Churchill a member of, 1; vote against the Government, 2
Hopkins, Harry: Churchill confides in, 1, 2; Churchill confides in (1941), 3; Churchill his mission to Britain (1941), 4, 5; a welcome message from, 6; his second mission (1942), 7; Churchill confides his frustrations to (1943), 8; and the atom bomb, 9; Churchill appeals to (August 1944), 10; and Yalta, 11
Hopkins, Richard, 1; recalled (in 1957), 2
Hopwood, Sir Francis: and Churchill's 'restless energy', 1
Horabin, T.L.: his by-election victory (July 1939), 1
Hore-Belisha, Leslie: at the War Office, 1; his proposed Army increases rejected (1939), 2; and conscription, 3; demands an ultimatum (September 1939), 4
Horne, Sir Robert: acquires the prize (1921), 1; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 2; a supporter (1924), 3; and a possible Defence Ministry (1936), 4
horse-racing: Churchill's new pleasure (1951), 1
Horsham and Worthing Conservative Association: and India, 1
Hosey Rigge (Westerham): Churchill lives at, 1
Hôtel de Paris (Monte Carlo): Churchill stays at, 1, 2, 3, 4
Hotel Metropole (London): Churchill's Ministerial headquarters (1917-18), 1, 2, 3, 4
House of Commons: Liberals defeated in (1885), 1; Churchill becomes frequent visitor to (1893), 2; Churchill's reflections on (1897), 3; Churchill treated with 'great civility' in (1900), 4; Churchill takes seat in (1901), 5; 'you filled…and held it' (1901), 6; the 'Hooligans' dine in, 7; 'purred like an amiable cat' (1903), 8; Churchill insulted in (1904), 9; Churchill unable to finish speech in (1904), 10; Churchill 'leads by a natural right' in (1905), 11; and 'an immoral contract', 12; and a 'message of tolerance' (1906), 13; Churchill introduces prison reforms to (1910), 14; 'persistent free-masonry of', 15; need to state case 'plainly and boldly' to, 16; Churchill's frankness to (1914), 17; Churchill criticised in (1915), 18; Churchill out of (1922), 19; 'uneasy' (1936), Churchill returns to (1924), 20; 21; duty of (in 1936), 22; and the Abdication crisis, 23; 'honest differences' in, 24; and the Czech crisis (1938), 25; and the Munich Agreement (1938), 26; and Churchill's 'judgment', 27; and 'independent judgment' (1939), 28; protests at adjournment of (August 1939), 29; and the last halting steps to war (September 1939), 30; in 1914 (recalled), 31; impact of a single speech on (September 1939), 32; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 33; no 'inquest' by (1940), 34; bombed (December 1940), 35; bombed again (May 1941), 36; Yalta debate in (1945), 37; Churchill 'a child of', 38; Churchill's last visits to (from 1955), 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
House of Lords: and Home Rule, 1; Churchill in forefront of struggle against, 2; rejects the budget (1909), 3; 'played out', 4; and the constitutional crisis (1910), 5; its powers to be curbed, 6; Churchill urges end to veto of, 7; accepts end to its veto powers, 8
House, Colonel E. M.: and United States intervention in Russia (1918-19), 1
housing: Churchill's plans for (1924), 1; (1945), 2, 3
Howard, Hubert: Churchill's friendship with, 1; killed 'with a friendly shell' (1898), 2; Churchill reflects on death of, 3
Howard, John: hides Churchill during his escape from the Boers (1899), 1
Howard, Leslie: killed (1943), 1
Howe, Lady: hears her nephew's maiden speech, 1
Howells, Roy: and Churchill's old age, 1
Hoxton: Churchill answers Joseph Chamberlain at (1903), 1
Hozier, Clementine: Churchill introduced to (1904), 1; Churchill meets again (1908), 2; Churchill's third meeting with, 3; Churchill's letters to, 4, 5; invited to Blenheim, 6; hesitates, 7; marries, 8 (for subsequent index entries see Churchill, Clementine S.)
Hozier, Lady Blanche, 1, 2; dies, 3
Hozier, Nellie: birth of her son, 1
Hozier, William: and his sister's engagement, 1; Churchill confides in (1916), 2
Hughes, Lieutenant: killed in action (1897), 1
Hull: dock strike at (1911), 1
Hull, Cordell: Churchill rebukes, 1
Hulme, John: describes Churchill on the hustings (1900), 1
Hungary: begins to look to Germany (1935), 1; 'might fall into our hands' (1943), 2; to be part of a post-war confederation, 3; Jews deported to their deaths from (1944), 4; future of (1944), 5; to be part of a Central European Customs union, 6; fear of Communism spreading from Greece to (1944), 7; signs armistice, 8
Hunt, David: and Churchill's second Premiership, 1
Hurlingham Club: 1; Churchill blackballed for, 2
Hussein, King, of the Hejaz, 1
Hyde Park (New York): Churchill's visit to (1943), 1; Churchill's plans to fly to (April 1945), 2
Hyderabad: Churchill's elephant ride in (1896), 1
hydrogen bomb: United States acquires (1954), 1; Churchill's speeches on, 2, 3; Britain to produce (1954), 4; and détente, 5
Ian Hamilton's March (Winston S. Churchill): published (1900), 1
Ibn Saud, King: Churchill's talk with (1945), 1
Iceland: American occupation of (1941), 1
Illustrated Sunday Herald: Churchill's articles in (1920), 1, 2
Import Executive: established (1941), 1
Inayat Kila (North-West Frontier): Churchill's fever at (1897), 1
'Independent Capitalist Party': Churchill afraid of, 1
Independent Labour Party: Churchill not so afraid of, 1
India: Churchill wants to join his sick father in (1894), 1; the 'tedious land' of, 2; sails for, 3; 'land of snobs and bores' (1896), 4; to be governed on 'old principles', 5; Churchill's near escape from injury in (1897), 6; life in 'not big enough', 7; Churchill leaves, for the last time (1899), 8; Churchill a possible Viceroy of (1920), 9; and the offer of Dominion Status, 10; democracy 'unsuited' for, 11; violence in (1932), 12; debates on, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Churchill proposes to fly to (1942), 18; proposed new constitution for (1942), 19; to be self-governing, 20; road to independence of (1946-47), 21; contrasted with Burma (1947), 22; conciliation toward (1949), 23
India Defence Committee: established (1933), 1
India Defence League: its final challenge (1935), 1
India Office: Churchill suggested for (1924), 1; a possible post for Churchill (1929), 2; Churchill's charge against (1934), 3, 4
India White Paper: Churchill's opposition to (1933-35), 1, 2, 3
Indian Empire: Churchill's pride in (1897), 1
Indian Empire Society: Churchill speaks for (1930), 1; its influence diminished, 2
Indian Independence Bill (1947): Conservatives support, 1
Indian Mutiny (1857): recalled, 1
Indian National Congress: rejects Dominion Status, 1
Indian troops: at Singapore, 1
individual: wars of the future to be fought for the existence of, 1
individualism: Churchill a 'predestined champion' of, 1
industry: and 'sufficient hours of leisure', 1; and war preparation (from 1935), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; and war production, 14
Inflexible: sunk (1915), 1
influenza: Churchill's poem about, 1; and 'a good conscience', 2
Ingr, General: seeks Churchill's advice (1948), 1
Inönü, Ismet: and the Chanak crisis (1922), 1; Churchill's talks with (1943), 2; Churchill meets, in Cairo, 3
Inskip, Sir Thomas: Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, 1; supports Churchill, 2; seeks Churchill's advice, 3; Churchill's criticism of, 4; and the Defence Deputation (1936), 5; echoes Churchill's arguments, 6; at the Defence Deputation (1936); 7; Churchill's advice to (1937); 8; and the burden of Defence spending, 9; and the abandonment of air parity (1938), 10; and Czechoslovakia, 11; and Defence deficiencies, 12
Institute of Journalists: Churchill speaks at (1900), 1
insurance: and State intervention, 1
intelligence: filtered down and withheld (1939), 1
Inter-Allied Munitions Council: established (1917), 1; plans for (1919), 2
intercepted letters: and the Agadir crisis (1911), 1
International Tribunal (at The Hague), 1
invasion: prospect of (1940), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; plans to combat (1940), 6; awaited (1940), 7; and Enigma (1940), 8; false alarm concerning, 9; postponed, 10; no longer imminent, 11; 'we are waiting', 12; no longer a German design (1941), 13; and Easter (1941), 14; plans to combat (1941), 15; renewed danger of (1941), 16; further postponed, 17
Invergordon (Scotland): a possible Big Three conference at (1944), 1
Inverness-shire: Churchill hunts stag in, 1
Iraq: British policy in (1920), 1; need for 'vigorous action' in (1920), 2; Churchill's evolution of policy in (1921), 3; rebellion in (1921), 4, 5; a pro-German coup in (1941), 6; and a 'world front against Communist aggression' (1954), 7; rebellion in (1958), 8
Ireland: Churchill in, as a child, 1; terrorism in (1896), 2; Churchill's plan for (1904), 3; Churchill's prescription for (1906), 4; Churchill suggests federal scheme for (1910), 5; Churchill seeks Liberal-Conservative conversations on (1911), 6; and the Home Rule Bill (1912-14), 7; and the coming of war (in 1914), 8; Lloyd George seeks Churchill's help over (1920), 9; mounting violence in (1920), 10; Churchill supports a truce in (1920), 11; Churchill's search for a solution in (1921-22) 12; Churchill pursues reconciliation in (1922), 13; the uncertain future of, 14; Churchill's 'settlement of', approved, 15; Churchill asked to mediate on (1925), 16
Irish Catholics: 'sulky', 1
Irish Free State: Churchill supports forces of (1922), 1; Churchill negotiates debt agreement with (1925), 2
Irish Free State Bill: Churchill pilots through the Commons (1922), 1
Irish Free State Constitution: Churchill helps devise (1922), 1; recalled, 2
Irish Nationalists: hold balance of power, 1; cheer Churchill (1901), 2; on the eve of war (in 1914), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Irish Statehood: Churchill's proposal for (1921), 1
Irish Treaty: negotiations for (1921), 1; Churchill pilots through the Commons (1921-22), 2; recalled, 3
Irishmen: 'military capacity' of, 1
Irkutsk: Bolsheviks enter, 1
iron curtain: 'drawn down' (1945), 1; the 'facts' of (1946), 2; no ill-will to those east of, 3; the 'true facts' to be conveyed behind (1952), 4
Ironside, General: and British intervention in Russia (1919), 1, 2; Churchill's talks with (1937-39), 3, 4; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 5; and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 6; and the Weygand Plan (1940), 7
Irresistible: damaged (1915), 1
Irwin, Lord: and India (1929), 1; fears 'mischief', 2; a possible Minister of Defence, 3; for subsequent index entries see Halifax, Lord
Islam: 'please don't become converted to', 1; 'triumphant in Asia', 2; unity of (1956), 3
Isle of Wight: Churchill visits (1882), 1; further boyhood visits to, 2, 3; Churchill returns to (1907), 4; First Fleet concentrated off (1914), 5
Ismay, General: Churchill's minutes to (1940-45), 1, 2; his recollections, 3, 4, 5, 6; accompanies Churchill to France (1940), 7, 8; his advice, 9; heads Churchill's Defence Office, 10; at Bristol (1941), 11; at Chequers, 12; and Churchill's worries about Salerno (1943), 13; and Churchill's 'fiery energy', 14; gives advice on The Second World War, 15, 16
Ismid (Turkey): to be held (1922), 1; French and Italians withdraw from (1922), 2; Turks pull back from, 3
Israel: Churchill advocates recognition of (1948), 1; and the Suez Canal, 2; and Churchill's second Premiership, 3; possible admission of, to the British Commonwealth (1955), 4; and Britain's 'honour' (1956), 5; frontiers of, 6
Istria: and the Adriatic plan (June 1944), 1; Roosevelt agrees to a British landing on (September 1944), 2; Tito's design on, 3; Churchill wants occupation of (April 1945), 4
Italian East Africa: surrenders (1941), 1
Italian Fleet: and the battle of Taranto (1940), 1; and the battle off Matapan (1941), 2
Italian people: Churchill's message to (August 1944), 1
Italy: Churchill's sightseeing tour through (1906), 1; Churchill's second holiday in, 2; Churchill honeymoons in, 3; a potential ally (1915), 4; and the Entente, 5; Churchill proposes extra troops for (1918), 6; a defeat for (1917), 7; munitions needs of (1917), 8; Churchill's visit to (1920), 9; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 10; Churchill negotiates war debts agreement with (1925), 11; and sanctions, 12; and Munich (1938), 13; invades Albania (1939), 14; tramp of armies of (August 1939), 15; neutral (1939-40), 16; Churchill's appeal to (May 1940), 17; Churchill addresses (June 1940), 18; declares war (June 1940), 19; Churchill's plan for invasion of (1940), 20; Churchill's questions concerning (March 1941), 21; declares war on United States (December 1941), 22; Churchill's desire to attack through, 23; armistice negotiations with (1943), 24; restrictions on Allied advance in, 25; Allied landing on (September 1943), 26; surrenders (September 1943), 27; proposed campaign in (1943-44), 28, 29, 30; Churchill opposed to going on defensive in (1944), 31; and an Anglo-American dispute (June 1944), 32; Churchill visits battlefield in (1944), 33; future of (1944), 34; fear of Communism spreading from Greece to (1944), 35; surrender of German armies in, 36; Churchill recuperates in (September 1945), 37; Churchill's visit to (1949), 38
Jacob, Colonel Ian: his recollections, 1; with Churchill at Placentia Bay (1941), 2; with Churchill at Tripoli (1943), 3; with Churchill at Algiers (1943), 4; and Czechoslovakia (1948), 5
Jaffa (Palestine): riots in (1921), 1
Jamaica: Churchill's planned visit to (1949), 1; Churchill visits (1953), 2
James of Hereford, Lord: disagrees, but congratulates, 1
Jamrud: Churchill sees warring tribes in (1898), 1
Japan: Lord and Lady Randolph reach (1894), 1; Britain's war debts from (1925), 2; Admiralty fear of (1925), 3; attacks China (1933), 4; 'spectators' in (1940), 5; and the battle of Taranto (1940), 6; its secrets breached (January 1941), 7; Churchill's questions to (1941), 8; and French Indo-China, 9; fears of an attack by (November 1941), 10; invades Java, 11; first losses in the war of Signals Intelligence, 12; proposed 'unconditional surrender' of, 13; 'main hopes' of (May 1943), 14; timetable for defeat of, agreed, 15; and the atom bomb, 16, 17; and Allied bombing, 18; Russia to declare war on, 19, 20, 21; 'unsubdued', 22; needs of the war against (July 1945), 23; and unconditional surrender, 24; surrenders, 25
Japanese: sufferings of, understood, 1
Java: invaded (1942), 1
Jefferis, Major: his task (from 1940), 1
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John: 1
Jerome, Leonard: Churchill's grandfather, 1
Jerusalem: Churchill visits (1921), 1; riots in (1921), 2
Jeune, Lady: helps Churchill get to the Sudan (1898), 1
Jewish Brigade Group: Churchill authorises (1944), 1
Jewish immigration (to Britain): Churchill opposes curbs on, 1
Jewish immigration (to Palestine): Arab protests against, 1; curtailed (1939), 2; Churchill refuses veto, 3
Jewish National Home: to be established, 1; Churchill defends, 2, 3
Jewish refugees: 1; and Israel, 2
Jewish State: Churchill envisages (1920), 1; emergence of (1946-48), 2
Jews: prejudice against, 1; Churchill's hosts (1906), 2; in Palestine, 3, 4, 5, 6; 'persecution of', 7; Hitler legislates against (1933), 8; 'brutal vigour' of persecution of (1935), 9; Churchill appeals to Hitler to end persecution of, 10; Churchill denounces persecution of, 11; 'may leap out' (1939), 12; 'cold-blooded extermination' of, denounced (1942), 13; laws against, in Algiers, to be repealed, 14; a film of atrocities against, shown at Chequers (1943), 15; news of mass murder of, reaches London (June 1944), 16; and a Middle East Federation (1945), 17; in Israel, 18
jingoism: Churchill 'revolt against', 1
Jinja (Uganda Protectorate): Churchill reaches, 1
Joan of Arc, 1
Jodl, General Alfred, 1
Johannesburg: Churchill cycles through (1900), 1
John the Baptist: Palestine in time of, 1
Joint Planning Committee: 1, 2; and Greece, 3; and Pantelleria, 4; and Sicily, 5; and Rhodes (1943), 6; and the Anglo-American dispute over Italy (June 1944), 7
Jones, Dr Thomas: 1; and the Dardanelles, 2; and Churchill's Exchequer years, 3; and Churchill's 'conciliatory' tone (1926), 4; welcomed as a 'corrective' influence, 5; pleased at Churchill's exclusion (1935), 6; and Churchill's 'driving power' (1938), 7; contrasts Churchill and Chamberlain (September 1939), 8
Jones, R.V.: and the German bombing of Britain (1940), 1
Jordan: hostility of (1956), 1
Joubert, General P.J., 1, 2
justice: and Britain's colonial duty, 1
Justice (John Galsworthy): Churchill at opening night of (1910), 1
Jutland, battle of (1916): Churchill's communiqué after, 1; re-fought, at Chartwell, 2
Kamenev, Lev: at 10 Downing Street, 1
Karachi: civil air route to, 1
Kasserine Pass (Tunisia): Americans driven from (1943), 1
Keble, Colonel: and Yugoslavia (1943), 1
Keith, Dr George: and Lord Randolph's last voyage, 1; and Mrs Everest's final illness, 2
Kelly, Air Commander Thomas: accompanies Churchill to Marrakech (1943), 1
Kelly, Denis: works on The Second World War, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and Churchill's stroke (1949), 8; helps Churchill in retirement, 9, 10, 11
Kenley (Kent): Churchill flies to (1918), 1
Kennedy, Joseph: Churchill shocked by (June 1939), 1; and a possible negotiated peace (1940), 2
Kennedy, Major-General John: and Churchill's leadership (1942), 1; and the possible evacuation of Egypt (1941), 2; and Churchill's lack of 'fire' (1944), 3; and Churchill's 'great vigour' (1944), 4
Kenny, Annie: arrested, 1
Kensal Green Cemetery (West London): Marigold Churchill buried at, 1
Kenya Protectorate: Churchill travels through (1907), 1
Key West (Florida): Churchill takes ship for Havana from (1895), 1
Keyes, Sir Roger: and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 1
Keynes, J.M.: and the Gold Standard, 1; and a 'tractate against war', 2
Khartoum: Churchill seeks to enter (1897), 1; Churchill hopes to be 'in at the death' at (1898), 2; battle near, 3; Churchill reaches (1898), 4; Churchill revisits (1907), 5
Kherson (South Russia), 1
Khrushchev, Nikita: succeeds Malenkov, 1; and the Soviet Army, 2; Churchill sits next to (1956), 3
Kiel: German High Sea Fleet at (1911), 1; Churchill invited to (1914), 2
Kiel Canal: to be deepened (1912), 1; possible bombing of (1914), 2; and the Dardanelles, 3
Kiev: Denikin enters (1919), 1; Bolsheviks enter, 2; Polish forces enter, 3
Kimberley: Churchill on board (1944), 1
King George V: Churchill's voyage on (1944), 1; recalled, 2
King, Admiral: and the Cherbourg plan (1942), 1; and Greece, 2
King, W. Mackenzie: 1
Kinna, Patrick: and Churchill's pneumonia (1943), 1
Kinsky, Count: takes Churchill to Crystal Palace (1891), 1
Kipling, Rudyard: 1
Kirkwood, David: finds Churchill 'a friend' (1917), 1
Kitchener, General: Churchill seeks action with (1896), 1; Churchill seeks action with (1897), 2; Churchill seeks action with (1898), 3; critical of Lieutenant Churchill (1898), 4; Churchill reports to (1898), 5; Churchill's intelligence task for (1898), 6; Churchill's pencilled messages to (1898), 7; and an 'act of vandalism and folly', 8; 'a vulgar common man', 9; his continuing hostility to Churchill (1900), 10; his powers curtailed (1901), 11; a libel on (1902), 12; dines at Other Club (1911), 13; Churchill's talks with (1913), 14; Churchill lunches with (July 1914), 15; and the opening months of war in 1914, 16; Churchill consults, 17; and Churchill's mission to Antwerp (1914), 18; and the Dardanelles, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; and Mecca, 29; and Gallipoli, 30, 31, 32; and Churchill's departure from the Admiralty, 33; and Churchill's isolation, 34; and Lloyd George, 35; eventual 'dismissal' of, 36; Churchill urged to call for 'removal' of, 37; and Churchill's request to leave the Army (1916), 38; drowned (1916), 39; and the Dardanelles Commission, 40
Knight of the Garter: Churchill appointed (1953), 1
Knollys, Lord: and Churchill's future (1922), 1
Knox, Frank: and Pearl Harbor (1940), 1
Knox, General: in Siberia (1919), 1; leaves Siberia, 2
Kolchak, Admiral: and the anti-Bolshevik Russians (1919), 1; British help to, 2; in retreat, 3; flees, 4; shot (1920), 5
Kopjes Station: an episode of the Boer War in, 1
Korean Armistice: possible breach of, and the atom bomb (1953), 1
Korean War (1950-53), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; ends, 8
Kos: to be given up (1943), 1
Kotlas (North Russia): a military plan for (1919), 1, 2
Krasnoff, General: and the anti-Bolshevik Russians (1919), 1
Krassin, Leonid: at 10 Downing Street (1920), 1
Kristallnacht (November 1938): 1, 2
Kronstadt: Churchill's proposed visit to (1914), 1
Kurds: Churchill's proposal of autonomy for (1921), 1
La Capponcina (Cap d'Ail): Churchill works at (from 1948), 1, 2, 3; Churchill recuperates at, 4; Churchill stays at, in retirement, 5, 6, 7
La Crèche: Churchill at (1916), 1
La Ferté: Churchill visits (January 1940), 1
La Gorgue: Churchill at (1915), 1
La Panne (Belgium): Churchill visits trenches at (1915), 1
La Pausa, Roquebrune: Churchill's retirement haven (1956-60), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Labouchere, Henry: his accusations against Churchill, 1, 2, 3
Labour Exchanges: Churchill's proposal for (1908), 1; to go ahead, 2; Churchill visits in Germany, 3
Labour Exchanges Bill: Churchill prepares, 1; introduced (1909), 2
Labour Government: and the financial crisis of 1931, 1; and 'some form of Gestapo' (1945), 2
Labour Government (1945-51): Churchill supports US loan by, 1, 2; Churchill does not criticize abroad, 3; Churchill's support for, 4, 5, 6; Churchill rallies forces against (1947), 7; wins General Election (1950), 8; Churchill's criticisms of, 9, 10, 11; Churchill's revelation concerning (1952), 12
Labour incriminations: 'general currency' of, 1
Labour movement: a 'Central Party' needed to fight against (1902), 1
Labour Party: and the General Election of 1923, 1; Churchill attacked by (1924), 2; and the 'Russian Bolsheviks', 3; electoral losses of (1931), 4; criticises rearmament (1934), 5; and the Anti-Nazi Council, 6; and rearmament, 7; and the Spanish Civil War, 8; and the last halting steps to war (September 1939), 9; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 10, 11, 12; and the return to Party politics (1945), 13; opposed to Soviet domination of Poland (1945), 14; and the break-up of the Coalition (1945), 15; and Potsdam, 16; forms Government (1945), 17; and censure of the Fulton speech (1946), 18; a 'joy-day' for, 19; Motion of Censure by (1952), 20
Ladysmith: struggle for (1899), 1; besieged, 2; Churchill present at relief of (1900), 3; victory parade in, 4
Lake Como (Italy): Churchill recuperates at (September 1945), 1
Lake Louise (Canada): Churchill paints at (1929), 1
Lake Lugano (Switzerland): Churchill paints at (1945), 1
Lambert, George: 'I shall live to see you Prime Minister' (1924), 1
Lambton, Lady: her friendship, 1
Lamlash: warships ordered to (1914), 1
Lamotte: Churchill sees tank tracks at (1918), 1
Lampedusa Island: captured (1943), 1
Lancashire: cotton of, 1; a political vacancy in (1897), 2; and India (1934), 3
Lancastria: sunk (1940), 1
land nationalisation: father and son disagree over (1946), 1
land taxes: Churchill supports (1904), 1
land values: taxation of, 1, 2
Lane-Fox, George: and Churchill's opposition to Dominion Status (for India), 1
Laniel, Joseph: at Bermuda (1953), 1
Lansdowne, Lord: a warning from (1896), 1; Churchill deprecates proposed military expenditure by, 2; Churchill's attack on (1910), 3; at the War Council, 4; mockery of, recalled, 5
Laos: Churchill 'ignorant' of (1953), 1
Larne: gun-running at (1914), 1
Laski, Harold: and the Labour Party Executive (1945), 1
Laski, Nathan: and Churchill's 'splendid victory' (1904), 1
Latvia: and armaments, 1
Lauder, Harry, 1
Laurence Farm: Churchill's front line headquarters (1916), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Churchill revisits (1918), 7
Lautré (a Frenchman): accompanies Churchill on a risky journey (1900), 1
Laval, Pierre: and the Hoare-Laval pact (1935), 1
Laventie: Churchill in training at (1915), 1
Lavery, Hazel: and Churchill's first steps as a painter (1915), 1
Law, Richard: and Munich (1938), 1
Lawrence, T.E.: Churchill's adviser, 1; at the Cairo Conference, 2; commiserates (1922), 3; 'I want him to be PM somehow' (1929), 4; and My Early Life, 5
Lawson, J.J.: Churchill's praise for (1945), 1
Layton, Elizabeth: Churchill's wartime secretary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; accompanies Churchill to Athens (Christmas 1944), 6; with Churchill in Cairo, 7; and Churchill's farewell (1945), 8; Churchill's comment to, 9
Le Bourget: Churchill institutes flights from (1918), 1
Le Câteau: Churchill visits battlefield of (1918), 1
Le Havre: in flames (1940), 1
League of Nations: Churchill supports idea of (1918), 1; and Iraq, 2; and Ireland, 3; and Palestine, 4; and collective security, 5; and Abyssinia, 6, 7; and the Rhineland (1936), 8; Baldwin's attitude to, 9; moral forces of, 10; largely a sham (Chamberlain), 11; to be 'sustained' (1938), 12; and Czechoslovakia, 13; feebleness of (recalled), 14
League of Nations Covenant: adherence to, 1; and Czechoslovakia, 2; and Munich (1938), 3; and Churchill's 'wise counsel', 4
Leahy, Admiral: and the Fulton speech, 1
Lee of Fareham, Lord, 1; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 2
Leeds: munitions workers strike at (1918), 1; Churchill speaks at (1942), 2; Churchill's denationalisation pledge at (1950), 3
Leeper, Reginald: enlists Churchill's help (1936), 1; in Athens (December 1944), 2, 3
Lees-Milne, James: at Chartwell (1928), 1
Leicester: Churchill speaks at, of the dangers of class war (1909), 1
Leicester Mail: hostile (1923), 1
Leipzig: not to be bombed (1940), 1; to be bombed (1945), 2
Lemnos: troops to be sent to (1915), 1
Lend-Lease: the condition for, 1; comes into being, 2; Churchill's thoughts on, 3; and Churchill's air escort to Moscow (1942), 4
Lenin, Vladimir: to be 'aided' (1918), 1; reprisals threatened against, 2; his 'sway', 3; tyranny of, 4; his triumph, 5; 'demoniacal', 6; his 'diabolical' purpose, 7; and the existence of God, 8; recalled, 9
Leninism: 'bestial appetites' of, 1
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York): Churchill at (1931), 1
Leopold, King: and the Maginot Line (1940), 1; and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 2; seeks armistice, 3
Leros: in British hands (1943), 1; captured by the Germans, 2
Leslie, Lady (Aunt Leonie): Churchill stays with, 1; Churchill confides in, 2, 3; her son Norman's death in action (1914), 4; 'spared to still do great things' (1931), 5; her encouragement (1942), 6
Leslie, Norman: killed in action (1914), 1
Leslie, Shane: his recollection, 1; and 'the Den', 2; and Sinn Fein, 3
Leven (Scotland): Churchill attacks Lords at (1910), 1
Leveson-Gower, Lord Alastair: his death (1921), 1
Lewis, Lieutenant-Commander Roger: and the magnetic mine, 1
Leyte Gulf, battle of (1944): recalled, 1
Liberal Imperialists: Churchill sees 'a lot of' (1901), 1
Liberal Opposition: cheers Churchill (1901), 1; Churchill joins in division lobby (1903), 2; Churchill praises (1903), 3
Liberal Opposition benches: Churchill sits on (1904), 1
Liberal Party: Churchill attracted by (1897), 1; better at 'pushing their propaganda' (1899), 2; Churchill's forecast for (1902), 3; Churchill proposes to act with (1903), 4; Churchill joins (1904), 5; and the 'rights of individuals', 6; 'a good Party to fight with', 7; and the coming of war in 1914, 8; no independent future for (1924), 9; future alignment of (1929), 10; and coming of war (September 1939), 11
Liberal-Conservative Party: a possible new grouping (1924), 1
Liberalism: Churchill's declaration of faith in (1904), 1; 'sure, sober, safe', 2; 'superseded', 3
Liberalism and the Social Problem (Winston S. Churchill): published, 1
Liberty: Churchill's battle cry (1894), 1; and religion, 2; a nation's debt for, 3
Libya: and Greece (1940), 1; hostility of (1956), 2
Life: serialises Churchill's war memoirs (1948), 1
Lille: Churchill visits (1918), 1
Lindemann, Professor Frederick: Churchill's friendship with (from 1924), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; and the General Strike (of 1926), 7; a 'corrective' influence to, 8; and Caligula, 9; Churchill's scientific adviser (1939-45), 10; accompanies Churchill (1940), 11; Churchill criticises, 12; and wartime research, 13; and the atom bomb, 14; for subsequent index entries see Cherwell, Lord
Linlithgow, Lord: and Churchill's opposition over India (1933), 1
Linosa Island: captured (1943), 1
Linz: Eisenhower to advance no further than (1945), 1
Lippmann, Walter: Churchill's message to (June 1939), 1
Lisbon: 'unnecessary ever to see it again', 1
Lithuania: independent (1919), 1; and armaments, 2
Little, John: Churchill's tutor, 1, 2, 3
Livadia Palace (Yalta): conference at, 1
Liverpool: Churchill lectures at (1900), 1; Churchill's speech in (1901), 2; riots in (1911), 3; Churchill speaks at (1914), 4; Churchill addresses Conservatives at (1924), 5; will rise 'more beautiful', 6; bombed (1941), 7; Churchill speaks at (1951), 8
Livorno: Churchill fires a howitzer near (1944), 1
Ljubljana Gap: and British strategy (1944-45), 1, 2
Llandudno: Churchill speaks at (1948), 1
Llanelli (South Wales): riots in (1911), 1
Llewellyn Smith, Sir Hubert: and sweated labour (1908), 1
Lloyd George, David: 'a vulgar, chattering little cad' (1901), 1; Churchill seeks common ground with (1903), 2; Churchill sits next to (1904), 3; Churchill's talks with, 4; Churchill shares platform with, 5; Churchill seeks help of (1908), 6; at Churchill's wedding, 7; his budget to be rejected, 8; the Churchills the guests of (1910), 9; Churchill gives dinner for (1911), 10; and unemployment insurance, 11; and Agadir (1911), 12; rebukes Churchill (1912), 13; and the Naval Estimates crisis (1914), 14; and Ireland (1914), 15; and the coming of war in 1914, 16, 17; and the early months of war, 18; and the search for an alternate British war plan (December 1914), 19; wants an Adriatic landing (1915), 20; and the Dardanelles, 21, 22; and Salonica, 23; and Palestine, 24; and Fisher's resignation, 25; and the political crisis of May 1915, 26; Churchill wants Kitchener to be replaced by, 27; isolated, 28; Churchill exhorts (1915), 29; wants 'Winston back' (1915), 30; Churchill's contact with, in 1916, 31; and Churchill's call for Fisher's return (1916), 32; his 'supreme chance', 33; Churchill appeals to (1916), 34; seeks Churchill's views, 35; and the political crisis of December 1916, 36; and Churchill's return to office (1916-17), 37, 38; becomes Prime Minister (December 1916), 39; a gesture of friendship from, 40; and 'love of arbitrary power', 41; and Churchill at the Ministry of Munitions (1917-18), 42; and Caporetto, 43; Churchill's advice to (January 1918), 44; seeks Churchill's advice and help (March 1918), 45; Churchill's reports to (March 1918), 46, 47, 48; supports Churchill's strike-breaking proposal (1918), 49; and the tanks for 1919, 50; Churchill reports on battle of Drocourt to (1918), 51; and Churchill's Cabinet future (1918), 52; Churchill dines with (11 November 1918), 53; calls General Election (October 1918), 54, 55; and British intervention in Russia (1918-19), 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62; Churchill rebukes (1919), 63; rebukes Churchill (1919), 64; and Churchill's war memoirs (1920), 65, 66; seeks Churchill's help over Ireland, 67, 68; and a British ultimatum to Russia (1920), 69; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 70, 71; seeks Churchill's help over the Middle East, 72; Churchill dissuades from resignation (1921), 73; entrusts Churchill with the Irish Treaty debates (1921-22), 74; Conservative MPs turn against (October 1922), 75; resigns (October 1922), 76; Churchill seeks Conservative link with (1924), 77; political discussion with (1929), 78; fails to prevent National Government (1931), 79; seeks to return (1935), 80; at Marrakech (1935), 81; Churchill's article on, 82; advocates a Soviet alliance (1939), 83; and the political crisis (May 1940), 84; declines to enter Cabinet (May 1940), 85; Churchill offers of a War Cabinet place to (1940), 86; dies, Churchill's tribute to (March 1945), 87; on Socialism, 88
Lloyd, Lord: dismissed (1929), 1, 2; and Defence policy (1933), 3; and Czechoslovakia, 4; and the Altmark, 5; and Oran (1940), 6
Lloyd, Selwyn: and Churchill's wish for talks with Russia (1954), 1, 2
Locarno Treaties (1925): 1, 2
Loire: Churchill flies to (1940), 1
London: Churchill's frequent visits to (1894), 1; Churchill advises his brother to volunteer for service in (1900), 2; Churchill lectures in (1900), 3; air defence of (1914), 4; a potential bombing target (1934), 5; possible surprise attack on (March 1939), 6; to be fought for 'street by street' (1940), 7; bombed by day (1940), 8; intensification of bombing of (1940), 9; parachute mines dropped on, 10; rate of bombing of, 11; will rise 'more beautiful', 12; and the British people, 13; death toll in (by October 1940), 14; a raid expected on, 15; further air raids on (1940-41), 16, 17, 18, 19; possible Big Three conference at (1943), 20; a possible rocket bomb target, 21; Churchill taken ill returning to, from Italy (1944), 22; Churchill returns to, from Moscow (1944), 23; crowds in, 'beyond control' (1945), 24; 'a great rhinoceros', 25; Churchill speaks in (1949), 26; a possible summit in (1954-5), 27, 28
London dockers: strike spreads to (1911), 1; have 'a real grievance' (1911), 2
London Magazine: Churchill's articles in (1916), 1
London Poles: Churchill and Stalin talk to (October 1944), 1; Churchill's discussions with (in Moscow), 2, 3, 4; Churchill's continuing talks with, 5; and Yalta (1945), 6, 7; after Yalta, 8
London Support Farm: Churchill's temporary headquarters (1916), 1
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (Winston S. Churchill): published in London (1900), 1; published in New York, 2; success of, 3
Londonderry, Lady: regrets Churchill's move to the Liberals (1904), 1; her advice, 2
Londonderry, 7th Marquess of: Churchill stays with (1901), 1; and Churchill's resignation from the Carlton Club, 2; and Defence deficiencies, 3; and air policy, 4; and Churchill's 'anti-German obsession' (1936), 5; and the 'villain of the piece', 6; Churchill's rebuke to (1937), 7
Londoners: 'tough fibre' of (1940), 1; high spirits of, 2
Loos, battle of (1915): 1; recalled, 2, 3
Loraine, Sir Percy: and a possible negotiated peace (September 1939), 1
Lord Nelson: and the Dardanelles, 1
Lord Randolph Churchill (Winston S. Churchill): Lorraine, financial success of, 1; published, 2; offered, but not sent, 3
Lorraine: Churchill learns about (1883), 1; 'Cross of', 2
Los Angeles: Churchill speaks in (1929), 1
Loucheur, Louis, 1, 2, 3, 4
Lourenço Marques: Churchill sets off for (1899), 1; Churchill reaches 'black as a sweep', 2
Low, David: his cartoons, 1
Lübeck: British forces reach (1945), 1; and the iron curtain, 2
Lublin Poles: Stalin's nominees, 1, 2; Churchill and Stalin meet (October 1944), 3; contrasted with Greek Communists, 4; and Yalta, 5, 6; after Yalta, 7; Churchill meets (at Potsdam), 8
Lucas, General John P.: and Anzio, 1
Luce, River: Churchill and Clemenceau cross (1918), 1
Lucerne: Churchill visits (1893), 1
Ludlow: Churchill issues letter of support for Liberal candidate at (1903), 1
Ludlow-Hewitt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar: and the German Air Mission (1937), 1; and the battle in France (1940), 2
Lullenden (Sussex): Churchill's house at (1917-19), 1, 2, 3, 4
Lush, Brigadier Maurice: with Churchill in Rome (1944), 1
Lushington, Captain Gilbert: teaches Churchill to fly, 1; killed in a flying accident (1913), 2
Lutz von Krosigk, Count: his advice to Britain (July 1939), 1
Luxembourg: and the coming of war in 1914, 1
Luxor (Egypt): Churchill contrasts with London (1898), 1
Lvov (Galicia): future of, discussed (1943), 1; dispute over, 2
Lympne (Kent): Churchill flies to France from (1918), 1; Churchill a guest at, 2, 3
Lyneham (Wiltshire): Churchill returns from overseas to, 1, 2, 3
Lyttelton, Alfred: criticises Churchill's reduction of prison sentences, 1
Lyttelton, Oliver: a warning from (1941), 1; and Churchill's death, 2
Lytton, Lady (Pamela Plowden): her delight (1940), 1; her congratulations (1953), 2
MacArthur, General Douglas: a message from (1942), 1
Macaulay, Lord: Churchill learning poetry of, 1; Churchill receives works of, 2; trains the 'muscles', 3; an 'arch-offender', 4; his style recalled, 5
MacCallum Scott, Alexander: his biography of Churchill (1905), 1
MacDavid, Jock: recalls Churchill's battalion days (1916), 1; injured (1916), 2
MacDonald, Malcolm: Randolph challenges (1936), 1; and Munich (1938), 2; and the call for Churchill's return (1939), 3
MacDonald, Ramsay: and the Agadir crisis (1911), 1; becomes Prime Minister, 2; Churchill praises moderation of (1926), 3; Churchill's secret meeting with (1926), 4; becomes Prime Minister for the second time (1929), 5; and the offer of Dominion Status to India, 6; and My Early Life, 7; heads National Government (1931), 8; and the financial crisis of 1931, 9; 'lurid sunsets' of, 10; and disarmament, 11, 12, 13; 'almost a mental case', 14; resigns (1935), 15
MacDougall, Donald: his recollection (of 1952), 1
Mackesy, General P.J.: and Norway (1940), 1, 2
MacLean, Group Captain Lachlan: brings Churchill information (1937-38), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Macmillan, Harold: an ally (1927), 1; wants Churchill as Minister of Defence (1936), 2; supports Churchill (1938), 3; at Chartwell (April 1939), 4; protests at adjournment (August 1939), 5; and the political crisis (May 1940), 6; meets Churchill at Gibraltar (1943), 7; with Churchill at Carthage, 8; with Churchill in Rome (1944), 9; and the Vote of Confidence on Greece (December 1944), 10; in Athens, 11, 12, 13, 14; with Churchill at Strasbourg, 15; and Churchill's 'vitality' (1951), 16; and the 1951 General Election, 17; and Churchill's second Premiership (1951-5), 18, 19, 20; and Churchill's stroke, 21; and the call for Churchill's resignation, 22, 23; and Churchill's call for a summit, 24; and Churchill's resignation, 25; and Churchill's last years, 26; and the Suez Crisis (1956), 27; Prime Minister (1957-63), 28, 29, 30; and Churchill's death, 31
Macroom (Ireland): violence in (1920), 1
Madrid: Churchill visits (1901), 1
Madagascar: secured (1942), 1
Maginot Line: Churchill visits (1936), 1; Churchill visits (January 1940), 2; German troops break through (May 1940), 3
magnetic mine: sinkings by (November 1939), 1; mastered, 2
Mahdi: 'a boy deprived of his father's care', 1
Mahdi's Tomb: 'profaned', 1
maiden speech: Churchill delivers (1901), 1
Maikop (Caucasus): German troops reach (1942), 1
Maine, hospital ship: Lady Randolph brings to Durban, 1
Maisky, Ivan: 1, at Chartwell (1938), 2; and the British bombing of Germany (1941), 3; greets Churchill in Moscow (1944), 4
Majorca: Churchill on way to (1935), 1
Makhno, Nestor: attacks Denikin (1919), 1
Makins, Sir Roger: his 'summit' telegram, 1, 2, 3
Malakand Field Force: Churchill joins (1897), 1; Churchill in action with (1897), 2, 3; Churchill's reflections on, 4; recalled, 5; ribbon of, 6
Malaya: Japanese landing on (December 1941), 1, 2
Malenkov, Georgy: and Churchill's wish for a summit (1953), 1, 2
Malta: Churchill visits (1907), 1; Churchill visits (1913), 2; and the coming of war in 1914, 3; and the Dardanelles, 4; Churchill visits (1927), 5; first convoy to (1940), 6; under air bombardment (1942), 7; losses to a convoy to (1942), 8; Churchill unwell at (1943), 9; Churchill proposes flying to (January 1944), 10; Churchill and Roosevelt meet at (1945), 11
Maltese: 'very real' complaint of, 1
Manchester: Churchill campaigns for Balfour at, 1; Churchill attacks Protection at, 2, 3; Churchill's election campaign in (1906), 4; Churchill outlines social programme at (1908), 5; Churchill speaks at, linking Crown and Commons (1910), 6; dock strike at (1911), 7; Churchill's speaks about Ireland at (1913), 8; Churchill speaks at (1918), 9; Churchill appeals for Liberal unity at (1923), 10; will rise 'more beautiful', 11; Churchill speaks at, against Socialism (1947), 12; Churchill speaks at (1950), 13
Manchester Courier: and Churchill's first polling night (1899), 1; praises Churchill's novel (1900), 2
Manchester Guardian: publishes Churchill's attack on Aliens Bill (1904), 1; praises Churchill's reluctance to use troops (1910), 2; praises Churchill (1914), 3; and Churchill's Royal Opera House speech (1914), 4
Manchester North-West: Churchill asked to stand for (1904), 1, 2
Mandalay: occupied (1885), 1; bombed (1942), 2; surrenders, 3
Mandel, Georges: and the fall of France (1940), 1
Manila: Americans enter (1945), 1
Mansion House: Lloyd George's warning at (1911), 1, 2
Mansion House (London): hostile demonstrations near (1911), 1; Churchill speaks about Russia at (1919), 2; Churchill speaks at (1941), 3; (1942), 4
Mantanzas (Cuba): sugars of, 1
Manual of Political Economy, (Fawcett): Churchill reads, 1
Mareth Line: battle for (1943), 1
Margate: Churchill's speech at (1953), 1
Margesson, David: Churchill's request to (1939), 1; and the call for Churchill's return (June 1939), 2; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 3, 4; and Churchill's reaction to defeat (1945), 5
Marine Brigade: sent to Ostend (1914), 1; sent to Dunkirk (1914), 2; and Antwerp (1914), 3
Marjoribanks, Edward (later Lord Tweedmouth): Churchill's uncle, 1
Marjoribanks, Lady Fanny: visits Churchill, 1
Markhanai (North-West Frontier): Churchill in action near (1897), 1
Marlborough, 1st Duke of: Churchill's ancestor, 1; Churchill contemplates writing a biography of (1898), 2; recalled, 3, 4; and destiny, 5
Marlborough, 7th Duke of: Churchill's grandfather, 1; dies, 2
Marlborough, 8th Duke of: dies, 1
Marlborough, 9th Duke of (Sunny): succeeds to Dukedom, 1; Churchill's friendship with, 2, 3; his advice, 4; Churchill rides towards Pretoria with (1900), 5; at marriage of Churchill's mother, 6; rents Churchill a bachelor flat (1901), 7; forecasts Churchill's 'severance from the Tory Party' (1903), 8; urges Churchill to propose to Miss Hozier, 9; urges Churchill to give up learning to fly, 10; dies, 11
Marlborough, Dowager Duchess of (Fanny): Churchill's grandmother, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and her grandson 'beginning to be ambitious', 6; advice from, 7; encouragement from, 8; Churchill confides in, 9; dies, 10
Marlborough, Dowager Duchess of (Lily): Churchill's aunt, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Marlborough, Duchess of (Consuelo): 'very kind to me', 1; for subsequent index entry see Balsan, Consuelo
Marlborough, His Life and Times (Winston S. Churchill): genesis of, 1; work on, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; payment for, 14; published (from 1933), 15, 16, 17
Marmara, Sea of: and the Dardanelles, 1, 2; and the Gallipoli landings, 3; and Stalin, 4
Marne, battle of the (1914), 1
Marrakech: Churchill stays at (1935), 1; Churchill takes Roosevelt to (1943), 2; Churchill recuperates at (1943-44), 3; Churchill's return visits to 4, 5, 6
Marsh, Edward: joins Churchill (1905), 1; accompanies Churchill, 2, 3; joins Churchill at Board of Trade, 4; sends Churchill work, to Athens, 5; with Churchill at the Admiralty, 6; and Churchill's first steps as a painter, 7; 'blinking back his tears', 8; with Churchill at the Ministry of Munitions (1917-18), 9; with Churchill in France (1917-18), 10, 11; Churchill's continuing friendship with, 12; helps Churchill on his war memoirs (1947), 13
Marshall, General George C.: Churchill's talks with (1941), 1; offers to help (June 1942), 2; and the Cherbourg plan, 3; and Churchill's hopes for the battle in Italy, 4
Marston, Lettice: Churchill's secretary, 1, 2
Martin, (Sir) John: his recollections, 1; with Churchill at Carthage (1943), 2; and the surrender of Germany (1945), 3; and the 'common people', 4
Martin, Flight-Lieutenant Trevor: flies with Churchill near Rhine (March 1945), 1
Martini-Henry rifle: Churchill fires (1888), 1
Martyrdom of Man (Winwood Reade): Churchill reads, 1
Marx, Karl: Churchill's parody of (1945), 1
Mary, Queen: coronation of (1911), 1
Masaryk, Jan Garrigue: Churchill's encouragement to (1945), 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Boston): Churchill's speech at (1949), 1
Masterton-Smith, James: with Churchill at the Admiralty, 1; and Fisher's resignation, 2; and Churchill's record at the Admiralty, 3; and Churchill's qualities, 4; with Churchill at Munitions (1917-18), 5
Matabeleland: Churchill seeks action in (1896), 1, 2
Matsuoka, Yosuke: Churchill's message to (1941), 1
Maturin, Gillian: Churchill's secretary, 1, 2
Maudling, Reginald: helps Churchill (1950), 1
Maurois, André: and Churchill's war on lice (1916), 1; Churchill's request to (1916), 2
Maxwell, Sir Alexander: helps Churchill, 1
Mayer, René: and Churchill's wish for talks with Russia, 1
Maynard, General Charles: and British intervention in Russia (1919), 1, 2, 3
Mayo, C.H.P.: encouragement from, 1; his praise, 2; at Churchill's wedding, 3
Maze, Paul: paints alongside Churchill (August 1939), 1
McCloy, John J.: Churchill confides in (1944), 1
McKenna, Reginald: Churchill's clash with (1908), 1; Churchill fears 'cocksuredness' of, 2
McKinley, President: Churchill 'impressed' by (1900), 1
McNeill, Angus: Churchill joins action with, 1
McNeill, Ronald: Churchill's guest (1926), 1
Mecca: and the Dardanelles, 1
Medenine (Tunisia): Germans driven from (1943), 1
Melbourne Argus: a description of Churchill in (1901), 1
Melchett, Lord: and Churchill's tact, 1
Memel: and a 'German menace', 1
Mendès-France, Pierre: and a possible summit (1955), 1
Menin Road (Flanders): Hugh Wyllie killed on (1915), 1; Churchill shelled on (1918), 2
Menzies, Colonel Stuart: and the despatch of intelligence to Russia, 1
Menzies, Robert: and Churchill's mood (March 1941), 1; and Greece, 2
Merris (France): Churchill dines with officers at (1916), 1
Mers el-Kebir (Algeria): French warships at (1940), 1
Merseyside: strike on (1908), 1
Meru (Kenya): Churchill authorises incorporation of, 1
Merville (France): Churchill sees wounded at, 1; Churchill at, 2
Mesopotamia: and the Dardanelles, 1
Messe, General: confronts Montgomery (1943), 1
Metropolitan Police: Churchill sends to South Wales in place of troops (1910), 1; sent to Hull (1911), 2; to be sent to Liverpool (1911), 3; and the Agadir crisis (1911), 4
Metternich, Count: Churchill's warning to, 1
Metz: Churchill visits (1883), 1; (1909), 2; German forces retake (September 1944), 3
Meux, Admiral Sir H.: and Churchill's call for Fisher's return (1916), 1
Mexico: Britain not to 'sink to the condition of', 1
Miami: Churchill's speech in (1946), 1
Middle East: Churchill's proposals for (1920), 1; Lloyd George seeks Churchill's help in (1920), 2; Churchill's search for economies in (1921), 3; and Australia (1941), 4; possible collapse in, 5; and Churchill's second Premiership, 6
Midway Island: battle of (1942), 1
Mikolajczyk, Stanislaw: his talks with Churchill (October 1944), 1, 2; and Yalta, 3
Milan: Churchill receives letter of rebuke at (1893), 1
Milbanke, John: Churchill gives dictation to (1889), 1
Milch, General Erhard: visits Britain (1937), 1
Miles, Doris: recollections (1943), 1
militarism: 'degenerates into brutality', 1
Military Co-ordination Committee: Churchill made Chairman of (May 1940), 1
Military Service Act: Churchill wishes to use against strikers (1918), 1
Millerand, Alexandre: and the Middle East, 1
Milner, Sir Alfred (later Viscount): in South Africa, 1; Churchill's talks with, at Cape Town, 2; informed of Churchill's escape, 3; Churchill's criticisms of, 4; answers Churchill (1909), 5; criticism of, recalled, 6; his protest (1918), 7; Churchill's anger with (1918), 8; and British intervention in Russia (1918-19), 9; praise from (1921), 10
Mimizan (France): Churchill on holiday at, 1, 2, 3
Mindszenty, Cardinal: imprisoned (1948), 1
Mines Eight Hours Bill (1908): Churchill introduces, 1
minimum standards: of 'life and labour' (1906), 1; Churchill reiterates need for (1907), 2, 3
minimum wage: principle of, established (1909), 1
Minister of Defence: Churchill advocates creation of (1934), 1; no place for Churchill as (1935-36), 2, 3, 4; growing demand for (1936), 5; Churchill's plan for (May 1940), 6; Churchill's appointment as, 7; Churchill retains (1942), 8
Minister of Munitions: Churchill hopes for appointment as (1916), 1, 2; Churchill appointed (1917), 3; recalled, 4, 5; Churchill advocates (1936), 6
Minister without Portfolio: proposed for Churchill (September 1939), 1
Ministry for Co-ordination of Defence: Churchill not to succeed Inskip at (1939), 1
Ministry of Health: Churchill suggested for (1924), 1
Ministry of Supply: Churchill advocates (1936), 1; Government rejects, 2, 3; Churchill advocates, 4, 5; established (1939), 6; not properly working in 1940, 7
Minney, R.J.: and public 'apathy' (1938), 1
Minssen, Bernard: Churchill studies French with, 1
Minto, Countess of: Churchill rides with, 1
Mississippi: 'let it roll', 1
Missouri: its mission (1946), 1, 2
Mitford, Tom: killed in action (1945), 1
Moberly Bell, Charles: Churchill thanks, 1
mobilisation: and the search for economy (1913-14), 1
Modderspruit: Churchill and other prisoners marched to, 1
Moerel (Switzerland): Churchill stays at, 1; Churchill returns to, 2
Mohamed Ali el-Kebir: sunk (1940), 1
Mohammed V, Turkish Sultan: and the Dardanelles, 1
Mohmand Valley: Churchill recalls, 1
Mohmands: 'need a lesson' (1897), 1
Mojave Desert (California): Churchill visits (1929), 1
Molière: Churchill in play by, 1
Molotov, Vyacheslav: at Yalta (1945), 1; and Persia, 2; Churchill's letter to (1953), 3; Churchill's telegram to (1954), 4
Molyneux, Richard: Churchill offers skin to (1898), 1; his death (1954), 2
Mombasa: Churchill at (1907), 1
Moneypenny, William: his congratulations, 1
Mons: retreat from (1914), 1
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (of 1917), 1
Montague Browne, Anthony: Churchill's Private Secretary (from 1952), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Montdidier: battle near (1918), 1
Monte Carlo: Churchill 'sick' at his mother's departure for (1892), 1; Churchill stays at (1945), 2; Churchill's fall at (1963), 3, 4
Monte Cassino: German defence of (1944), 1
Monte Rosa (Switzerland): Churchill climbs (1894), 1
Montgomery, General (later Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein): in Lille (1918), 1; Churchill impressed by (1940), 2; commands Eighth Army, 3; Churchill visits (1942), 4; and Enigma, 5; attacks German-Italian forces, 6; enters Tobruk, 7; his confidence, 8; Churchill at Tripoli with (1943), 9; and the battle for the Mareth Line, 10; with Churchill at Marrakech, 11; Churchill visits, in Normandy (1944), 12; Churchill criticises, 13; Churchill's visit to (July 1944), 14; Churchill's visit to (1945), 15; Churchill rebukes, 16; with Churchill at the Rhine (March 1945), 17, 18; and the drive to Berlin (1945), 19; at Potsdam, 20; and German research establishments (July 1945), 21
Montreal: Churchill lectures in (1900), 1; Churchill speaks in (1929), 2
Montreuil: Churchill at (March 1918), 1; Churchill visits Haig's new headquarters at, 2; Haig withdraws to, 3; Churchill returns to, 4
Montreux Convention (1936): discussed at Yalta, 1
Moolenacker: Churchill in reserve at (1916), 1, 2, 3
Moran, Lord: Churchill's doctor, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; accompanies Churchill to Cairo and Moscow (1942), 7; and the election defeat (1945), 8; and Churchill's war memoirs, 9; and Churchill's postwar illnesses, 10, 11; Churchill's generosity to, 12; and Churchill's second Premiership, 13, 14; and Churchill's stroke, 15; and Churchill's 'innings', 16; and Churchill's stamina (1954), 17
Moravia: Churchill visits, 1, 2
Morel, E.D.: stands against Churchill (1922), 1; elected, 2
Morgenthau Plan: Churchill's reaction to (1944), 1
Moriarty, Louis: encourages Churchill (1892), 1
Morin, Charles: a pseudonym, 1
Morley, John (later Viscount): Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2; Churchill's appeal to, 3; believes 'nothing can be done' in social sphere, 4; and Churchill's engagement, 5; Churchill's guest (1912), 6; and the coming of war in 1914, 7
Morning Post: and Churchill's letters from the Sudan (1898), 1; Churchill becomes South Africa correspondent of (1899), 2; and Churchill's maiden speech, 3; and Churchill's 'costly blunder', 4; Churchill at printing presses of (1926), 5; reports Churchill's first speech, 6; payment from (1898), 7; Churchill's despatches to, 8; Churchill's Boer War telegrams to, 9, 10; protests from (1917), 11; hostility of, 12
Morocco: and the Agadir crisis (1911), 1; need to forestall Germans in (1941), 2
Morrison, Herbert: enters Cabinet (May 1940), 1; and the break-up of the Coalition (1945), 2; at Strasbourg, 3; thanks Churchill, 4; 'geniality and venom' of, 5
Morton, Desmond: helps Churchill (from 1933), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; encourages Churchill, 6; helps de Gaulle, 7
Moscow: Bolsheviks pressed back to (1918-19), 1; not to be bombed (1919), 2; Eden's mission to (1935), 3; Germans advance towards (1941), 4; Churchill sends Stalin details of assault on, 5; Churchill first visit to (1942), 6; Churchill reaches, 7; Churchill's visit to (October 1944), 8; Churchill unwell in, 9; Churchill leaves, 10; a possible summit at (1953), 11, 12; Churchill's proposed visit to (1954), 13, 14
Moses: and Churchill, 1
Mosley, Sir Oswald: 1
Mosul (Iraq): to be returned to Turkey (1920), 1
Mount Everest, 1
Mount Sinai: 'glow of' (in 1940), 1
Mountbatten, Lord: his recollection (of 1913), 1; Chief of Combined Operations (1942), 2; and the Dieppe raid, 3; and cross-Channel plans, 4; 'young, enthusiastic and triphibious', 5; and Churchill future plans (1945), 6; sees Churchill about India (1947), 7
Mowatt, Sir Francis: helps Churchill (1901), 1, 2, 3
Moyne, Lord: a cruise with (1934), 1; and Churchill's foreboding (1938), 2; murdered (1944), 3
Mozambique: Churchill's plan to reach, 1
Mr Brodrick's Army (Winston S. Churchill): published (1902), 1
Muirhead-Gould, Captain Gerald: and a German fear (1935), 1
Munich: Churchill spends three days in (1932), 1
Munich crisis (1938): reflections on, 1; Churchill's criticism after, resented (1948), 2; Churchill fears a repetition of (1948), 3
Munitions Council: Churchill sets up (1917), 1; Churchill's warning to, 2
Munitions Office: Churchill's hopes for (1915-16), 1, 2
Murmansk: British troops at (1919), 1, 2
Muslims: in India, 1, 2
Mussolini, Benito: a 'swine', 1; Churchill meets (1927), 2; and Abyssinia, 3, 4; Churchill willing to undertake mission to (1935), 5; and Eden's resignation (1938), 6; and Munich (1938), 7; invades Albania (1939), 8; neutral (1939-40), 9; Churchill's appeal to (May 1940), 10; proposes a negotiated peace, 11; invades Greece (1940), 12; his defeat 'certain' (1941), 13; resigns (1943), 14; seized by German parachutists, 15; and the enthusiasm of the Italians, 16; killed (1945), 17
Mustafa Kemal: Churchill proposes coming to terms with (1920), 1; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 2
mustard gas: Churchill's plans for, on the Western Front (1918-19), 1, 2; a 'hamper of', on its way (September 1918), 3; and a 'fiend', 4; Churchill caught in an attack of, 5; to be used in Iraq (1920), 6; not to be sent to China (1927), 7; possible use of (1944), 8
My African Journey (Winston S. Churchill): based on articles (1907-8), 1
My Early Life (Winston S. Churchill): in preparation, 1; published (1929), 2
Myers, Major G.P.: sends Churchill information (1936), 1
Nagasaki: atom bomb dropped on (1945), 1
Nairobi: Churchill visits (1907), 1
Namur (Belgium): fall of (1914), 1
Naples: ancient ruins at, 1; bombed (1940), 2; British troops enter (1943), 3; Churchill at (August 1944), 4; Churchill telegraphs to Clementine from (Christmas 1944), 5; Churchill returns to Britain through, 6
'Napoleonic spirit': Churchill appeals for (1908), 1
Napoleon: his 'supreme strategic principle', 1; recalled, 2; Churchill's proposed film script on, 3; Churchill wants to write a life of (1934), 4
Narvik: and German iron ore supplies (1939-40), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; British lay mines at, 6; proposed landing at (1940), 7; battle for, 8, 9; Germans land at, 10; to be evacuated, 11; occupied by the Allies, 12; evacuation of, 13; troops from, sent to France, 14
Nash's Pall Mall: Churchill's article in (1924), 1; Churchill's earnings from, 2; Churchill's article in (1925), 3
Nasrulla Khan: inspects troops at Aldershot, 1
Nasser, Colonel: and the Suez Crisis, 1
Natal: Zulu revolt in, 1
Natal Witness: reports Churchill's bravery (1899), 1; Churchill denounces vengeance in, 2
'National Minimum': to be established (1907), 1
National Defence Contribution: Churchill opposes (1937), 1
National Government: Churchill calls for (1910), 1; no place for Churchill in, 2; formed (1931), 3; Churchill's praise for, 4
National Health Service: to be established (1943), 1; Churchill calls for (1945), 2
National Hunt Committee: vindicates Churchill (1896), 1
National Infirmity Insurance: Churchill wishes legislation for (1908), 1
National Insurance Scheme: Churchill calls for (1945), 1
National Liberal Club: Churchill speaks at (1908), 1, 2
National Party: Lord Randolph's 'grand ideal' of, 1
National Service Bill (1947), 1
National Tribunal: Churchill offers (1926), 1
National Trust: and Chartwell, 1
national unity: Churchill hopes for emergence of 'truer sense' of (1911), 1
nationalisation: 'nothing immoral in', 1; Churchill's attack on (1950), 2
naval defence: the means to avoid war, 1
'Naval Holiday': Churchill's offer of (1912), 1, 2; Churchill re-iterates call for (1913), 3; Germany rejects (1913), 4; Churchill seeks to revive (1914), 5; recalled, 6
Naval War Staff: Churchill wants creation of (1911), 1; plans for, 2
Navy Estimates (1914-15): Churchill prepares, 1, 2, 3
Nawagai (North-West Frontier): Churchill rides to, 'pistol in hand' (1897), 1
Nazi atrocities: Churchill speaks of (1940), 1
Nazi criminals: not to find refuge, 1
Nazi Party: its road to power (1932-33), 1, 2, 3; dominance of, 4
Nazi-Soviet Pact (August 1939): genesis of, 1; signed, 2; activated (September 1939), 3
Nazidom: 'cruelty and intolerance' of (1935), 1; 'brutal intolerance' of, 2; and Bolshevism, 3
Nazism: and the Spanish Civil War, 1
negotiated peace (1939-40): suggested, 1, 2; shameful, 3; and 'a spasm of fear', 4; Churchill rebuts, 5; Mussolini proposes, 6; and the 'finest hour', 7
Negus, Sir Victor: and Churchill's deafness, 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal: demands full independence for India, 1; his magnanimity, 2; Churchill encourages, 3
Neisse rivers: dispute over (1945), 1, 2, 3
Nelson, Horatio: recalled, 1; Churchill visits scene of victory of (1798), 2
Nemon, Oscar: his statue, 1
Neptune: sunk (1941), 1
neutrals: and collective security (1933), 1; and the crocodile (1940), 2; protest, 3; invaded, 4
Neuve Chapelle: Churchill in trenches near (1915), 1; Churchill visits front line at (1915), 2
New Hackensack (New York): Churchill flies to (1942), 1
New Statesman: and The World Crisis (1923), 1; allegations of, after the General Strike (of 1926), 2
New World, the: war to be waged from (1940), 1, 2; and a Nazi-dominated Europe, 3
New York: Churchill's first visit to (1895), 1; Churchill interviewed in (1895), 2; Churchill lectures in (1900), 3; Churchill in, on 'Black Tuesday' (1929), 4; Churchill's accident in (1931), 5; Churchill speaks against 'panic and despair' in (1932), 6; Churchill re-visits (1953), 7
New York (cruiser): Churchill visits, 1
New York Stock Exchange: Churchill visits 'at the worst moment of panic' (1929), 1
New York Times: praises Churchill (1946), 1; finds Churchill 'only a shadow' (1954), 2
New York World: Churchill interviewed by (1895), 1
New Zealand: and Churchill's good fortune (1890), 1; and the Dardanelles (1915), 2; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 3; Churchill inspects troops from (1943), 4
New Zealand troops: and Greece (1941), 1; Churchill visits, in Italy (1944), 2
Newall, Sir Cyril: Chief of the Air Staff, 1
Newcastle: Churchill's call for social change at (1909), 1
Newfoundland: and the Chanak crisis (1922), 1; British air bases in, 2; lease of bases in (1940), 3
Newmarket: 'whole world' agreeable at (1895), 1
Newport (South Wales): by-election at (1922), 1
News Chronicle: and the call for Churchill's return (1939), 1
News of the World: Churchill writes for (1932), 1; Churchill's articles for, 2
Nicholas, Grand Duke: and the Dardanelles, 1
Nicholson, Otho: defeats Churchill (1924), 1
Nicolson, Harold: and Churchill's speeches, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; and the effect of the Abdication crisis on Churchill, 11; and Czechoslovakia, 12; and Munich (1938), 13; records Churchill's defiance (June 1939), 14; and Churchill's broadcast (1944), 15; and Churchill's return from Yalta, 16
Nicosia (Cyprus): a demonstration in (1907), 1
Nikolaiev: bombarded (1914), 1
nitrates: Churchill secures Chilean production of (1918), 1
Nixon, Richard M.: greets Churchill (1954), 1
Nobel Prize for Literature: Churchill awarded (1953), 1
Normandy: Churchill crosses to (12 June 1944), 1; military success in at (July 1944), 2; Churchill's second visit to beach-head at (July 1944), 3; Churchill's third wartime visit to (August 1944), 4
Normandy landings (June 1944), 1, 2, 3
North Africa: Italian advance in (1940), 1; in Allied hands (May 1943), 2
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), 1, 2, 3; its aim, 4
North Russia: British troops in (1919), 1, 2, 3; and the anti-Bolshevik Russians (1919), 4; British troops to withdraw from, 5
North Sea: imminent danger in (1912), 1; Churchill sends First Fleet to (1914), 2; plans for, 3, 4, 5
North-West Frontier: Churchill seeks action on (1897), 1, 2, 3; Churchill in action on, 4, 5
North-West Manchester: by-election at (1908), 1
Northern Ireland: and Churchill's work at the Colonial Office (1921-22), 1, 2, 3; American troops to go to (1942), 4
Northern Nigeria: 'odious and disquieting' policy in, 1
Norway: and collective security (1933), 1; and 'submission', 2; and German iron ore supplies (1939-40), 3, 4, 5, 6; protests (1940), 7; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 8, 9; and Enigma (1940), 10; Stalin wants a British landing in (1941), 11; Churchill urges action against (October 1941), 12
Norway Debate (May 1940): Churchill a target in, 1; recalled, 2
Norwegian Campaign (1940): recalled, 1
Norwegians: 'bludgeoned' (1940), 1
Nottingham Journal: helps (1923), 1
Novorossiisk (South Russia): Denikin evacuates (1920), 1
Noyon: battle near (1918), 1
Nunburnholme, Lord: Churchill's host (1910), 1
Nuremberg: American forces enter (1945), 1
Nurlu (Western Front): Churchill spends night at (March 1918), 1
O'Connor, Terence: encouragement from (1933), 1
O'Neill, Ronald: draws blood (1913), 1
Oberon, Merle: Churchill amuses (1949), 1
Observer: and Churchill's staying on (1954), 1
Ocean: strikes a mine (1915), 1
Oder River: and Poland's post-war frontiers, 1; Soviet forces reach (1945), 2
Odessa: bombarded (1914), 1; French withdraw from (1919), 2; Bolsheviks enter (1920), 3
oil: secured (1914), 1; and the power of a would-be aggressor, 2; and the Middle East, 3
Oldham: Churchill asked to stand for (1899), 1, 2; Churchill speaks at (1899), 3; Churchill defeated at (1899), 4; Churchill's continued efforts at (1899), 5; a mine engineer from, hides Churchill during his escape from the Boers, 6; Churchill's return to (1900), 7; Churchill's election campaign at (1900), 8; Churchill elected for (1900), 9; Churchill's letter to, about the Boer settlement, 10; Churchill unseals 'volcanoes' at, 11; Churchill defends Free Trade at (1903), 12; soldiers from (1942), 13
Oldham Chronicle: Churchill accused of inconsistency in (1902), 1
Oldham Conservative Association: Churchill accepts offer to stand (1900), 1; Churchill loses confidence of, 2
Oliver, Vic: his marriage to Sarah Churchill (1936), 1; at Chequers (1940), 2
Olivier, Laurence, 1
Ollivant, Major Alfred: and the coming of war in 1914, 1
Omdurman: battle of (1898), 1, 2, 3; recalled, 4, 5, 6
Onassis, Aristotle: Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2, 3
Onega (North Russia): mutiny at (1919), 1
Oosthuizen, Field Cornet: Churchill captured by (1899), 1, 2
Orakzais: to be invaded (1897), 1
Oran (Algeria): action at (July 1940), 1; becomes a symbol, 2; landing at (1942), 3
Orange Free State: Churchill in advance through (1900), 1; responsible government for, 2
Order of Merit, 1; Churchill awarded (1946), 2
Orion (British battleship): Churchill visits (1912), 1; Churchill on (1945), 2
Ormsby-Gore, William: and the need for 'drastic improvement' (1936), 1
Orpen, William: Churchill sits for (1916), 1
Osiris: Churchill sails to India on (1898), 1
Oslo: Germans land at (April 1940), 1; Churchill proposes capture of (August 1940), 2
Ostend: Marine Brigade sent to (1914), 1; Germans reach (1914), 2
Other Club: founded (1911), 1; Kitchener dines at, 2; a founder-member of, becomes Conservative Leader, 3; and Ulster, 4; and the Munich crisis (1938), 5; Churchill dines at after Anzio (1944), 6; Churchill at, 7, 8, 9, 10; Churchill's last dinner at (1964), 11; Churchill recalled at, 12
Ottawa: Churchill lectures in (1900), 1; Churchill speaks in (1929), 2; (1941), 3; (1952), 4; Churchill's visit to (1954), 5
Ottley, Sir Charles, 1
Ouchy (Switzerland): Churchill nearly drowns at (1894), 1
Ouvry, Lieutenant-Commander J.G.D.: and the magnetic mine (1939), 1
Oxford: Churchill lectures in (1900), 1; Churchill speaks in (1901), 2; denounces Communism at (1920), 3; speaks about Germany in (1933), 4; speaks about rearmament at (1936), 5
Oxford Union: 'King and Country' debate in (1933), 1
Oxford University: and 'polish' for the mind, 1; 'exuberant spirits' at, 2
Oxfordshire Yeomanry: Churchill in camp with (1909), 1
Pacific Ocean: and the European theatre of war, 1; Soviet ships 'welcome' in (1945), 2
Paddington: Churchill seeks Parliamentary seat at (1897), 1; Churchill speaks at (1899), 2
Paget, General, and Ulster, 1
painting: Churchill studies (1890), 1; Churchill's hobby (1915), 2; Churchill embarks on, on the Western Front (1916), 3; in France (1920), 4; in Italy, 5; Churchill's first exhibition of (1921), 6; at the Pyramids (1921), 7; 'for your leisure', 8; at Cannes (1922-23), 9; in Venice (1927), 10; at Lake Louise (1929), 11; at Juan-les-Pins (1931), 12; at the Pyramids again (1934), 13; near Cannes (1935), 14; at Cap Martin (1937), 15; at Chartwell, 16; near Paris (1939), 17; at Marrakech (1943), 18; Churchill 'not strong enough' for (Marrakech, December 1943), 19; at Bordaberry (1945), 20; at Lake Lugano and Lake Como (1945), 21; 'a wonderful cure', 22; at Recco (1945), 23; at Choisi (1946), 24; at Marrakech (1947), 25; at Marrakech again (1950), 26; in Jamaica (1953), 27; at Cap d'Ail (1953), 28; in Syracuse (1955), 29; at La Capponcina (1955), 30; at La Pausa (1956-60), 31, 32
Paissy (near Soissons): Churchill sees German shells explode at (1914), 1
Pakenham-Walsh, Lieutenant-Colonel R.P. (later General): visits Marlborough's battlefields with Churchill (1932), 1; and the 'glow of Mount Sinai', 2
Pakistan: to be created (1947), 1; American military aid to (1954), 2; and a 'world front against Communist aggression' (1954), 3
Palace Theatre (London): and a newsreel film of Churchill at Sidney Street (1911), 1
Palestine: Churchill's school essay on, 1; and the Dardanelles, 2; Churchill's search for economies in (1921-22), 3; riots in (1921), 4, 5, 6; Churchill's policy for (1921-22), 7, 8; Churchill visits (1934), 9; possible German advance through (1941), 10; possible battle in, 11; future of (1944), 12; Churchill's hopes for (1945), 13
Palestine White Paper (1939): not to be implemented, 1
Pall Mall Magazine: Churchill's article in (1896), 1
Pankhurst, Christabel: arrested, 1
Pantelleria Island: Churchill wants capture of (1940), 1; Churchill watches bombers set off for (1943), 2; captured, 3
Panther (German gunboat): sent to Agadir (1911), 1, 2
paper money: 'disreputable', 1
paratyphoid: Churchill taken ill with (1932), 1
Paris: Churchill's first visit to (in 1883), 1; Churchill visits (1901), 2; Churchill visits (1915), 3; Churchill's wartime missions to (1917-18), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Churchill's interwar visits to, 11, 12, 13; Churchill negotiates in (1925), 14; Churchill's speech in (1936), 15; German march on (in 1914) recalled, 16; Churchill's wartime visits to (1939-40), 17, 18, 19; German offensive towards (June 1940), 20, 21; Germans enter, 22; liberated (August 1944), 23; Churchill's visit, after liberation, 24; Churchill visits Eisenhower's headquarters near (1945), 25; Churchill's postwar visits to, 26, 27, 28, 29
Park, Air Vice-Marshal: and the Battle of Britain, 1
Parliament: Churchill's intention to stand for (1897), 1; Churchill expected to enter 'as soon as he can' (1898), 2; Churchill fails to enter (1899), 3; Churchill elected to (1900), 4; passim
Parliament Bill (1910): to go ahead, 1; Churchill supports, 2; Churchill helps in behind-the-scenes talks about, 3; Churchill reports progress on, 4
Parliament Square (London): and Churchill's retirement (1955), 1; Churchill's speech in (1956), 2
Passchendaele: battle for (1917), 1; battle for, recalled, 2, 3
Paterno (Sicily): captured, 1
Pathan tribes: in revolt (1897), 1
patience: the gospel of, 1; 'the only grace you need', 2; and destiny, 3
Patras (Gulf of Corinth): British troops land at (1944), 1
patriotism: 'shades into cant', 1; 'at other peoples' expense', 2
Pavlov, Vladimir: his award, 1, 2
Pax Britannica: violated (1897), 1
peace: 'the last prize', 1
Pearl Harbor: Japanese attack on (December 1941), 1; recalled, 2
Pearman, Violet: Churchill's secretary (from 1931), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 'standing up to the bully' (1940), 7; and Churchill's generosity, 8
Peck, (Sir) John: his recollections, 1; and Churchill's homecoming (January 1944), 2; has bad news, 3; at Potsdam, 4
Peel, Robert: Home Secretary (1828), 1; recalled, 2
Peel, Sidney: Clementine Hozier engaged to, 1; death of (1938), 2
Peenemunde (Baltic): to be bombed (1943), 1; bombed (1943), 2
Pemberton Billing, Noel: by-election success of (1916), 1
pensions: Churchill presses for, for widows (1914), 1; Churchill's wider plans for (1924-25), 2, 3, 4
Pentonville Prison: Churchill's visit to (1911), 1
Percival, General: and Singapore, 1
Peronne: Churchill drives through (1918), 1
Persia (Iran): and the Bolsheviks (1920), 1; Churchill secures oil supply in (1914), 2; Anglo-Soviet forces occupy, 3; Soviet pressure on (1945), 4; and the Soviet Union, 5; nationalisation of oil in (1951), 6
personal courage: Churchill's 'ambition' for, 1
Peshawar: Churchill hurries to (1898), 1
Pétain, Marshal: at Beauvais (1918), 1; and the battle for France (1940), 2, 3, 4; forms Government, 5; Churchill's contact with (December 1940), 6, 7
'Peter the Painter': at Sidney Street, 1
Petra: Churchill visits (1934), 1
Petrograd: and the British Fleet (1919), 1
Pettigo (Ulster): confrontation at (1922), 1
Pharisees: their faults, 1
Philippeville (Algeria): bombarded (1914), 1
Philippines: Japanese land on (December 1941), 1
Phillips, Admiral Tom: and Oran (1940), 1; drowned (1941), 2
photographic reconnaissance: and invasion (1940), 1
physical pain: Churchill's 'keen aversion' to, 1
Pietermaritzburg: Churchill takes train to (1899), 1; Churchill returns to, after his escape, 2
pilots: 'everything turns on' (1936), 1; their task (1940), 2
Pim, Captain: and Churchill's worries (1942), 1; accompanies Churchill to Quebec (1943), 2; accompanies Churchill to Algiers, 3; at Yalta, 4; and the liberation of Rangoon, 5; and the surrender of Germany (1945), 6; Churchill thanks, 7; takes Churchill first election results (1945), 8; and Churchill's farewell (1945), 9
Piraeus: bombed (1941), 1
Pisa: Alexander enters (August 1944), 1
Pitt, William (Pitt the Younger): his words of 1805 echoed in 1920, 1; and Ireland, 2; recalled, 3
Placentia Bay (Newfoundland): Churchill and Roosevelt meet at (1941), 1
Plastiras, General: in Athens (1944), 1; forms Government, 2
Plato: Churchill reads, 1, 2; trains the 'muscles', 3
Pléven, René: and the fall of France, 1
Ploegsteert (Belgium): Churchill in the trenches at (1916), 1; Churchill leaves, 2; a 'costly excursion', 3; Churchill revisits (1918), 4; recalled, 5
Plowden, Pamela: Churchill's friendship with (from 1896), 1; Churchill sends account to, of his first attempt to enter Parliament, 2; Churchill's letters to, from South Africa, 3, 4; needs Churchill's 'attention', 5; Churchill meets in Canada, 6; comments on Churchill's character, 7; for subsequent index entries see Lytton, Lady
Plymouth: Churchill speaks at (1900), 1; Churchill visits (1914), 2; bombed (1941), 3; Churchill's plane approaches (1942), 4; Churchill speaks at (1951), 5
pneumonia: Churchill struck down by (1943), 1; Churchill again ill with (December 1943), 2; Churchill's further affliction of (August 1944), 3
poetry: Churchill writes (1890), 1
poison gas: and the Bolsheviks, 1
Poland: and Silesia, 1; and the Bolsheviks (1919), 2; advances into Russia (1919), 3; Churchill prepares military support for (1920), 4; 'will…save Europe', 5; Churchill's advice to (1925), 6; and armaments (1932), 7; determined (1932), 8; danger of German conquest of, and the fate of the Jews (1933), 9; Churchill's fear for (1936), 10; and Munich (1938), 11; Churchill fears threat to (1938), 12; British guarantee to (March 1939), 13; and collective security, 14; Churchill's articles no longer to appear in, 15; and the coming of war (1939), 16; and the outbreak of war (September 1939), 17; in defeat (October 1939), 18; Nazi atrocities in, 19; frontiers of, discussed (1943-45), 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30; needed in the 'orchestra of Europe', 31; British aid to, (1944), 32; to be part of a Central European Customs union, 33; at Yalta (1945), 34, 35; after Yalta, 36, 37, 38, 39; arrest of fourteen leaders in (1945), 40, 41, 42, 43, 44; importance of an Anglo-American advance to (April 1945), 45; and the iron curtain, 46; at Potsdam, 47; future of (1944-45), 48
Poles: 'bludgeoned' (1940), 1; held down (1941), 2; under Soviet control, 3
Polish Army: and Dalmatia (1943), 1
Polish Corridor, 1; and the coming of war (1939), 2
Polish troops: occupy Narvik (1940), 1; and the battle for France (1940), 2; politics: 'a fine game to play', 3; and originality, 4; and 'mud-slinging', 5
polo: Churchill plays (from 1895), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; limitations of, 6; 'no longer satisfies', 7; Churchill continues to play, 8, 9, 10; Churchill's last game of (1927), 11
Polygon Wood (Ypres Salient): Churchill visits (1918), 1
Pompano (Florida): Churchill recuperates at (1942), 1
Pompeii: ancient ruins at, 1
Pond, Major James: Churchill's lecture agent (1900), 1, 2, 3
Poona (India): Churchill at (1896), 1
Poperinghe (Western Front): Churchill meets his brother at (1917), 1
Popov, Colonel Grigori: in Athens (1944), 1, 2, 3
Porch, Montagu: marries Churchill's mother (1918), 1; and Lady Randolph's death, 2
Port Arthur (battle of, 1894): and the coming of war in 1914, 1
Port Said: captured (1956), 1
Portal, Jane (Lady Williams of Elvel): Churchill's secretary (from 1950), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Portal, Sir Charles: Chief of the Air Staff, 1, 2
Portland: Churchill's naval enquiries at (1912), 1; First Fleet sails from (1914), 2
Portland, 6th Duke of: attacks Lloyd George's budget, 1
Portsmouth: Churchill's visits to (1912), 1; Churchill's visits to (1913), 2
Portuguese East Africa: Churchill reaches border of, and safety (1899), 1
Potsdam: conference at (1945), 1, 2, 3; Churchill returns to England from, 4
Pound, Admiral Sir Dudley: First Sea Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4; and Norway (1940), 5; his advice, 6; Churchill confides in, 7; his fateful telephone call, 8; and Churchill, 9; resigns, 10; dies, 11
poverty: the 'cruel abyss' of, 1
Poverty, A Study of Town Life (Seebohm Rowntree): Churchill influenced by (1901), 1
power: and jealousy, 1; 'God for a month of', 2
Pownall, General: works on The Second World War (from 1946), 1, 2
Prague: Churchill's articles published in (1937), 1; and the Sudeten crisis, 2; Hitler sleeps in (March 1939), 3; 'banish despair' (1940), 4; Churchill seeks American liberation of (1945), 5; 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 6
praise: 'delicious', 1
Pravda: attacks the Fulton speech (1946), 1
Presidency of the Board of Trade: Churchill accepts (1908), 1
Presidency of the Local Government Board: Churchill declines (1908), 1
Presidency of the Board of Education: Churchill considered for (1906), 1
Press Association: Churchill speaks to (1952), 1
Pretoria: Churchill imprisoned in (1899), 1; Churchill's escape from, 2, 3, 4; Churchill advances towards, 5; Churchill enters with the victors (1900), 6
preventive detention: Churchill uneasy about, 1
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen): Churchill reads at Carthage, 1
Primrose League: Churchill's first speech for (1897), 1
Prince of Wales: in pursuit (1941), 1; Churchill's journey to Roosevelt on, 2; at Singapore, 3; sunk, 4
Prinz Eugen: pursued (1941), 1
Pripet Marshes: and the Poles, 1
prison lectures and concerts: establishment of (1910), 1
prison libraries: establishment of, 1
prison reform: Churchill embarks on (1910), 1; and the perspective of the prisoner, 2; Churchill pursues, 3, 4, 5, 6
Prisoners' Aid Societies: to be woven together, 1
Production Executive: established (1941), 1
profit-sharing: Churchill in favour of (1897), 1; Churchill reiterates need for (1946), 2
profits tax: to replace the rates, 1
Protection: Churchill forecasts future political split over (1895), 1; Churchill's warning of a revival of 'party bitterness' over (1902), 2; 'the politics of the future' (1902), 3; 'damned', 4; 'Tory electorate mad for', 5; Churchill attacks, 6; a 'monstrous fallacy', 7; a possible return to (1928), 8; and the Conservative Party, 9
Protestantism: Churchill's preference for, 1
Providence: and the Dardanelles, 1; and the 'plum', 2
Prussian methods: not to be used in Ireland (1920), 1
public life: the 'rival', 1
public opinion: 'prostrate' (1920), 1; and rearmament, 2; and 'One poor wretch,' 3; and Nazism (1937), 4; and 'moral forces', 5; and Munich (1938), 6; and the 'impulse to resist', 7
Public schools: 'I do not want to go there again', 1
Pugh, Doreen: Churchill's secretary (from 1955), 1, 2
Pugh, Dorothy: accompanies Churchill to Quebec (1944), 1
Punch: and Churchill's maiden speech (1901), 1; calls for Churchill's resignation (1954), 2
punishment: and the public mood, 1
Purple machine: sent to Britain (January 1941), 1
Purvis, Arthur: in Washington (1940), 1
Pyramids: Churchill paints at (1921), 1; Churchill takes Roosevelt to (1943), 2
Quain, Sir Richard: and Lord Randolph's final illness, 1
Quebec: Churchill at (1929), 1; second conference at (1944), 2; Churchill leaves England for (September 1944), 3
Quebec Conference (1943): Churchill leaves London for, 1; conclusions of, 2
Queen Anne's Drive, Windsor: Churchill rides in (1894), 1
Queen Elizabeth (battleship): and the Dardanelles (1915), 1, 2
Queen Elizabeth (ocean liner): Churchill sails in (1946), 1; Churchill sails to New York on (1949), 2; Churchill's voyage on (1954), 3
Queen Mary (ocean liner): Churchill crosses Atlantic on (1943), 1; Churchill again crosses Atlantic on (August 1943), 2; and Churchill's transatlantic journeys (September 1944), 3; Churchill returns to Britain on (1946), 4; Churchill's subsequent voyages on, 5, 6, 7
Quincy (US cruiser): Churchill meets Roosevelt on (1945), 1
Rabat: Churchill travels through (1944), 1
Raczynski, Count Edward: and the coming of war (September 1939), 1
radar: success of experiments with (1935), 1; Churchill's help sought over, 2; Churchill urges greater vigour with, 3; and the United States, 4; and the defence of Singapore, 5; and a 'hostile' aircraft, 6; and a commando raid (1942), 7
Radescu, General Nicolae: threatened (1945), 1
Radford, Admiral A.W.: Churchill's warning to (1954), 1
radicalism: 'dried-up drain-pipe of', 1; 'of the reddest type', 2
railway strike (of 1911): Churchill maintains food supplies during, 1
railways: and the State, 1, 2; Churchill proposes nationalisation of (1918), 3; not to be denationalised (1952), 4
Ramsay, Admiral Bertram: brings Churchill information (1937), 1; and the North Africa landings (1942), 2; and the invasion of Sicily (1943), 3; and the cross-Channel landing (1944), 4
Ramsgate: Churchill visits defences at (1940), 1
Rangoon: evacuation of (1942), 1; British forces enter (1945), 2
Rashid Ali: seizes power in Baghdad (1941), 1; prompt action against, 2
rationing: Churchill abolishes (1953), 1
rats: commandeer Churchill's candle while he is in hiding (1899), 1
Rawlinson, General Sir Henry: and Churchill's mission to Antwerp (1914), 1, 2; at Drury (1918), 3; Churchill visits (1918), 4; launches offensive (August 1918), 5; Churchill on holiday with (1920), 6
Reading (Berkshire): Clementine joins her husband at (1945), 1
Reagan, Ronald: stars (1945), 1
rearmament: and economic restraints (1933), 1; Churchill seeks acceleration of (1936), 2; and public opinion, 3, 4; and the 'focus', 5; and 'moral forces', 6; and collective security, 7; and the aftermath of Munich (1938), 8; and back-bench MPs, 9; and Churchill's 'wise counsel', 10; after Munich (1938), 11; delays in (1938-39), 12
Red Sea: Churchill's work during voyage through (1907), 1
refugees: Churchill's heart 'saddened' by (1945), 1
Remagen: American troops cross Rhine at (March 1945), 1
Remarque, Erich: Churchill reads book by, 1
Renown: Churchill returns to Britain on (1943), 1; Churchill travels to Algiers on (November 1943), 2
reparations: in prospect (1940), 1; discussed at Yalta, 2, 3, 4
repatriation: Churchill scandalised by (1919), 1; Churchill rejects use of force during (1945), 2
reprisals: Churchill opposes (1940), 1; Churchill opposes (1944), 2
Repulse: at Singapore (1941), 1; sunk, 2
resignation: Churchill contemplates (1920), 1; Churchill again contemplates (1921), 2; and the proposed campaign in Italy (1943-44), 3; Churchill contemplates (1951-55), 4, 5, 6; resignation demands (1952-55), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Resolution: hit (1940), 1
responsibility: an 'exhilarating drink', 1; of Ministers, 2, 3, 4, 5; 'glad not to have', 6; not to be grasped, 7; and back-bench MPs, 8
retirement: reflections on (1955), 1
Reuter: announces Churchill's escape from the Boers, 1
Reves, Emery: helps Churchill, 1; his warning, 2; and The Second World War, 3, 4, 5; Churchill's host, 6
Reves, Wendy: at La Pausa, 1, 2
Reynaud, Paul: Churchill confides in (1938), 1; Churchill visits (January 1939), 2; and the battle for France (1940), 3, 4, 5, 6; at Tours, 7; resigns, 8
Rheims: Churchill visits (1940), 1; Churchill visits Eisenhower at (1944), 2; Germans sign surrender at (May 1945), 3
rhetoric: Churchill's article on (1897), 1; and survival (1940), 2
Rhine: Churchill's plan to mine (1939-40), 1, 2; British and Canadians reach (1945), 3; Americans cross (March 1945), 4; Churchill crosses (March 1945), 5
Rhineland: German remilitarisation of (1936), 1; bombed, 2; remilitarisation of, recalled, 3
rhinoceros: an encounter with (1907), 1; and London (1945), 2
Rhodes: Churchill wants capture of (1943), 1, 2
Rhondda Valley: strikes and riots in (1910), 1
Rhône Valley: proposed campaign in (1944), 1
Rice, Lieutenant-Commander Arthur: killed, 1
Richard III (Shakespeare), 1
Richards, A.H., 1; and the 'Defence of Freedom and Peace' movement, 2; and Churchill's exertions (1938), 3
Richardson, Ralph, 1
riches: 'valued more and more', 1
Richmond, Captain Herbert: and Admiral Fisher, 1
Rickmansworth: mock battle at (1888), 1
Riddell, Sir George: and Churchill's departure from the Admiralty (1915), 1; and Churchill's war memoirs (1920), 2; and Churchill's singing, 3
Riga: Soviet forces enter (1944), 1
rights of the individual: to be 'exalted', 1
Ripon Falls: Churchill foresees dam at (1907), 1
Rishon-le-Zion (Palestine): Churchill visits (1921), 1
Ritz Hotel (London): Churchill stays at, 1; Churchill's sixtieth birthday party at, 2
Ritz Hotel (Paris): Churchill at, 1, 2
Roberts, Cecil: his help (1923), 1
Roberts, Frank: his Victory Day telegram (1945), 1
Roberts, Field Marshal Lord: his hostility overcome (1900), 1; receives Churchill, 2; enters Pretoria, 3; British troops march past, after Diamond Hill, 4; accepts Churchill's advocacy, 5
Roberts, Trooper Charles: saves Churchill's life (1900), 1
Robertson, General: protests (1917), 1
Robey, George, 1
Robinson, Geoffrey: and the coming of war in 1914, 1
Robinson, Sir Arthur: and Defence deficiencies, 1
rocket bombs: in prospect (1943), 1, 2, 3; in existence (1944), 4
Rodney, Lady: Churchill confides in, 1
Rolls, C.S., 1
Roman Catholicism: Churchill's reflections on, 1
Roman Empire: recalled, 1
Romans: and Palestine, 1; Churchill 'entangled' with (1938), 2
Rome: Churchill takes passage to India on (1897), 1
Rome: Churchill visits (1927), 1; Churchill willing to undertake mission to (1935), 2; Churchill wants bombing of (1940), 3; Churchill's desire to advance to (1943), 4; Germans occupy (September 1943), 5; Churchill's hopes for a follow-up from (1944), 6; captured (June 1944), 7; Churchill in (August 1944), 8
Rommel, General Erwin: reaches Tripoli, 1; in the Western Desert, 2, 3, 4, 5; in action, 6; in the Western Desert, 7, 8, 9, 10; and Enigma, 11; and Montgomery, 12; his suicide, 13
Roose, Dr Robson: and Churchill's health, 1, 2, 3; and a knife-wound, 4; and Lord Randolph's worsening health, 5; and Lord Randolph's final illness, 6
Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: Churchill's admiration of (1933), 1; Churchill praises (1934), 2; Churchill's messages to (1939-40), 3; and British action off Norway (December 1939), 4; and the first year of Churchill's Premiership, 5; and aid to Britain (1940), 6, 7, 8, 9; and the fall of France, 10; re-elected (1940), 11; and Taranto, 12; and the London Blitz, 13; his emissary (1941), 14; and Lend-Lease, 15; Churchill's broadcast message to (February 1941), 16; a second emissary from (1941), 17; his continued help to Britain, 18; Churchill's warning to, about Egypt, 19; meets Churchill off Newfoundland (1941), 20; 'our great friend', 21; not aware of the 'risk' of neutrality, 22; and Siam, 23; and Pearl Harbor, 24; unable to see Churchill, 25; Churchill visit to (December 1941), 26; and the problems of a cross-Channel landing (1942), 27; and the Arctic convoys, 28; and Churchill's second wartime visit to the United States (June 1942), 29; and the fall of Tobruk, 30; meets Churchill at Casablanca (1943), 31; and a limited second front (1942), 32; and China, 33; strategic decisions of (May 1943), 34; and the atom bomb, 35; and Burma, 36; and Rhodes, 37; and the proposed campaign in Italy (1943-44), 38; at Teheran (December 1943), 39; and Anzio, 40; and the Adriatic plan (June 1944), 41; declines to meet Churchill and Stalin in Scotland (1944), 42; and the Warsaw uprising, 43; a special request to, 44; contrasted with Churchill, 45; and Yalta, 46; at Malta (1945), 47; at Yalta, 48; and Poland, 49; and war criminals, 50; Churchill's last meeting with, 51; Churchill appeals to, on Poland, 52; his friendship a 'rock', 53; dies, 54; Churchill's tribute to, 55; recalled, 56
Roosevelt, Theodore: Churchill meets (1900), 1; Churchill's proposal for, 2
Rosebery, 5th Earl of: Churchill meets (1893), 1; sees Lord Randolph off, 2; defeated (1895), 3; and Free Trade, 4; urges Churchill to take elocution lessons, 5; Churchill's friendship with, 6; invitations from, 7; Churchill outlines schemes to, 8; Churchill encourages intervention of, 9; and Tory Democracy, 10; Churchill's closeness to, 11; praises Churchill's life of his father, 12; Churchill's article on, 13
Rosehall (Scotland): Churchill recuperates at (1928), 1
roses: beauty of, at Bangalore, 1
Rotherhithe: Churchill speaks at (1898), 1
Rothschild, Lionel: Churchill's host, 1
Rothschild, Lord: Churchill the guest of, 1, 2; Churchill seeks help from, 3
Rothschilds, the: and a possible business career for Churchill, 1
Roumania: and the Dardanelles (1915), 1; and the Bolsheviks (1918), 2; determined (1932), 3; Churchill's fear for (1936), 4; and Munich (1938), 5; and collective security, 6; Churchill's articles no longer to appear in, 7; British guarantee to (1939), 8; 'might fall into our hands', 9; abandons Germany (1944), 10; future of (1944), 11; future of (1944-45), 12; Soviet intimidation in (1945), 13, 14, 15
Roumanians: slaves (1945), 1
Rowley, Squadron Leader Herbert: visits Churchill (1936), 1
Royal Academy Dinner (London): Churchill speaks at, about naval policy (1912), 1; Churchill's humour at (1932), 2
Royal Air Force: Churchill wants responsibility for (1919), 1; Churchill in ministerial charge of (1919-21), 2, 3; and the importance of training (1922), 4; Churchill's policy for (from 1932), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Royal Commission on the Dardanelles: Churchill's evidence to, 1
Royal Horse Artillery: at Sidney Street, 1
Royal Marines: and the Agadir crisis (1911), 1; Churchill's advice to (1914), 2; and the Dardanelles, 3; sent to Falkland Islands (1952), 4
Royal Naval Air Service: Churchill establishes (1911), 1; Churchill's efforts for, 2; in action near Dunkirk (1914), 3; and the bombing of Germany (1914), 4
Royal Naval Division: established (1914), 1; and Antwerp, 2, 3; and the Dardanelles, 4; and Gallipoli, 5, 6, 7
Royal Navy: and the 'command of the sea' (1896), 1; to be 'mighty', 2; and the Dreadnought controversy, 3; developments in (1911-14), 4; and the Ulster crisis (1914), 5; Churchill secures oil for (1914), 6; Churchill's plans for (1917), 7; strength of, to be maintained (1922), 8; and Abyssinia, 9; and the submarine war (1939), 10; wins victory off Matapan (1941), 11; losses of, off Crete (1941), 12
Royal Oak: sunk (1939), 1
Royal Opera House (London): Churchill speaks at (1914), 1
Royal Scotsman: Churchill on board (1944), 1
Royal West Kents: on North-West Frontier (1897), 1
Rugby: Churchill plays polo at (1920), 1; bad news received at (1944), 2
Ruggles-Brise, Sir Evelyn: and solitary confinement, 1
Ruhr: Churchill's plan for a raid on (1940), 1; bombed (1941), 2; cities of, and mustard gas, 3; to be put 'out of action', 4; Allied advance through (April 1945), 5; Stalin wants coal from, 6
Rumbold, Sir Horace: and the Chanak crisis (1922), 1; and Hitler, 2
Runciman, Walter: Churchill sends railway-building scheme to, 1; 'smug', 2; and Czechoslovakia, 3
Russia: 'bound to get' Constantinople (1896), 1; never acts 'disinterestedly', 2; calls for war against (1898), 3; recovering (in 1912) from her 1905 defeat by Japan, 4; and the coming of war (1914), 5, 6, 7, 8; appeals to Britain (December 1914), 9; a further appeal from (January 1915), 10; and the Dardanelles, 11, 12; revolution in (1917), 13; the intellect of, 'drawn towards' the Allied democracies, 14; British troops in (1918-20), 15; to be 'saved by Russians', 16; Churchill plans mission to (1919), 17; and the future of Poland (1925), 18; for subsequent index entries see Soviet Union
Russian Army Corps: not to be financed (1919), 1
Russian people: Stalin's criticism of, 1
Russians: sufferings of, understood, 1
Saar: to be put 'out of action' (1944), 1; Churchill appeals to France for moderation over (1953), 2
Sackville-West, Vita: shivers down spine of (1940), 1
Saddleworth (Yorkshire): Churchill's speech at (1901), 1
Safety First: the 'road to ruin', 1; a 'stately hymn', 2
Saki (Crimea): Churchill's speech at (1945), 1
Sakkara (Egypt): Churchill sketches at (1921), 1
Salerno: landing at (1943), 1
Salisbury Plain: Churchill at Army manoeuvres on (1910), 1
Salisbury, 3rd Marquess of: becomes Prime Minister, 1; forms second administration, 2; and Lord Randolph Churchill's resignation, 3; defeated (1892), 4; becomes Prime Minister again (1895), 5; supports Turks against Greeks, 6; Churchill's meeting with, 7; agrees to The River War dedication, 8; and Churchill's 'splendid fight' at Oldham (1899), 9; and Churchill's biography of his father, 10; succeeded as Prime Minister by his nephew (1902), 11; and Tory Democracy, 12
Salisbury, 4th Marquess of: leads Defence Deputation (1936), 1; and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 2
Salisbury, 5th Marquess of: and Burma, 1; and Churchill's second Premiership, 2; opposes Churchill's telegram to Molotov, 3; and Churchill's resignation, 4
Salonica: Lloyd George's plan for (1914-15), 1, 2, 3; troops to be sent to (1915), 4; Churchill proposes use of troops 'idle' at (1917), 5; German forces enter (1941), 6
Salzburg: Churchill recuperates in (1932), 1
Samuel, Sir Herbert: in Palestine, 1; mocks Churchill's call for rearmament (1934), 2, 3, 4; his mockery recalled, 5, 6
San Francisco: Churchill visits (1929), 1
San Simeon (California): Churchill visits (1929), 1
sanctions: Churchill supports (1935), 1; and Italy, 2; spurned (1935), 3; Churchill opposes (1936), 4
Sandhurst, Royal Military Academy: Churchill prepares for (1889), 1; Churchill fails examinations for, 2, 3; Churchill looking forward to, 4; Churchill passes into (1893), 5; the fate of Churchill's friends from, 6; Churchill gets influenza at, 7; Churchill passes first examination at, 8; an incident at, 9; Churchill's riding success at, 10; contrasted with West Point, 11; Churchill accused of immorality at, 12; Churchill writes about, 13; Churchill takes up case of cadets sent down from (1902), 14
Sandown (Isle of Wight): Churchill visits (1882), 1
Sandys, Duncan: marries Diana Churchill, 1; and rocket bombs, 2; defeated (1945), 3; re-elected (1950), 4
Sandys, Edwina: born (1938), 1
Sarajevo (Bosnia): assassination in (1914), 1
Sardinia: a possible priority (1943), 1; occupied by Allies (1943), 2
Sargent, Orme: helps Churchill (1934), 1
Sassoon, Sir Philip: Churchill a guest of, 1, 2; and British air policy, 3, 4
Saturday Review: Churchill's article in (1896), 1
Savory, Albert: Churchill's friendship with, 1
Savoy Hotel, (London): Other Club dines at (from 1911), 1
Savrola (Winston S. Churchill): in preparation (1897), 1; Churchill writes, 2, 3; to be serialised, 4; published (1900), 5
Scadding, Professor John: and Churchill's heart (1943), 1
Scapa Flow: Churchill visits (September 1939), 1; Churchill returns to (October 1939), 2; Churchill's advice concerning (October 1939), 3
Scarborough: Churchill speaks at (1952), 1
Schleicher, General: insists on Germany's right to rearm (1932), 1; murdered (1934), 2
Schuschnigg, Kurt von: resigns, 1
Schwab, Charles, 1
Scobie, General: Churchill's instructions to (1944), 1; takes action, 2; and Churchill's mission to Athens (Christmas 1944), 3; in Athens (1945), 4
Scotland: fear of a Sinn Fein attack on Churchill in (1920), 1; Churchill on holiday in (1927), 2; a possible Big Three conference at (1944), 3
Scots: Churchill an admirer of, 1; 'formidable', 2
Scots Guards: at Sidney Street (1911), 1
Scott, C.P.: seeks a Fisher-Churchill reconciliation, 1; 'keep in touch with', 2; his advice (1916), 3; Churchill confides in (1917), 4
Scott, Captain Percy: forecasts Churchill will be Prime Minister (1900), 1
Scott, Colonel Jack: Churchill's flying instructor (1919), 1
Scrivings, George, 1; dies, 2; Churchill's concern for wife and children of, 3
Scrymgeour, Edwin: stands against Churchill, 1; elected (1922), 2
Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, James: at Chartwell (1928), 1
sea journeys: 'necessary evils', 1
Seal, Eric: at Chequers (1941), 1; and an air raid, 2
Sebastopol: bombarded (1914), 1; Churchill at (1945), 2
Second Front: sought (1941), 1; sought (1942), 2
secrecy: Churchill proposes 'abandonment' of (1914), 1
Secret Session: Churchill speaks in (1916), 1; Lloyd George accepts Churchill's request for (1917), 2; Churchill proposes (1935), 3; Churchill again asks for (1936), 4; held (June 1940), 5; held (April 1942), 6; Churchill calls for (1950), 7
Secret Session Speeches (Winston S. Churchill): to be published (1946), 1
Secunderabad: Churchill meets Pamela Plowden at (1896), 1
Security Council: establishment of (1945), 1
Selborne, 2nd Earl of: and Chinese labour, 1; and native grievances, 2
Semon, Felix: and Churchill's speech defect, 1; and a possible operation, 2
Senegalese troops: at Gallipoli, 1
Serbia: and the coming of war (1914), 1, 2; and the Dardanelles, 3
Service Departments: and Defence deficiencies, 1, 2; and air policy, 3
Seydlitz (German battle-cruiser): 'superior' (1912), 1
Seymour, Horatia: a lifelong Liberal, 1
Shadow Armaments Industry: Cabinet rejects (1936), 1
Shadow Cabinet: meetings (1945-51), 1
Shakespeare, Geoffrey: 'I thought his career was over' (1922), 1
Shakespeare, William: Churchill learning lines from (1889), 1
Shangri-La (Maryland): Churchill and Roosevelt at (May 1943), 1
Sheean, Vincent: his recollections (of 1935), 1
Sheerness: Churchill flies in an airship from (1913), 1
Sheffield: cutlery of, 1; Churchill speaks at (1910), 2; troops sent to (1911), 3; a potential target (1934), 4; Churchill speaks at (1938), 5
Sherborne School: and corporate punishment, 1
Sheridan, Captain William: killed in action (1915), 1
Sheridan, Clare: Churchill's cousin, 1
shipping losses (1939-45), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Shock, Maurice: helps Churchill in retirement, 1
Shoeburyness: and the magnetic mine (1939), 1
Shops Bill (1911): emasculated, 1
Shore, Captain: and reprisals in Ireland (1920), 1
Shuckburgh, Sir Evelyn: and Churchill's second Premiership, 1, 2, 3
Shukri Qwatli: Churchill meets (1945), 1
Siam: Japanese threat to (November 1941), 1; Japanese landing on (December 1941), 2
Sibenik (Dalmatia): and Tito, 1
Siberia: Churchill's poem about Russian exiles in (1890), 1; British troops in (1919), 2; and the anti-Bolshevik Russians (1919), 3, 4; British troops to withdraw from, 5; British troops to leave (1919), 6; and the prospect of atomic war, 7
Sicily: Churchill visits (1913), 1; Churchill urges action against (October 1941), 2; proposed landing at (1943), 3, 4; and the Pacific theatre, 5; Anglo-American crisis over, 6; invasion of, 7; Allied conquest of, 8; Churchill's holiday in (1955), 9
Sidney Street: siege of (1911), 1, 2, 3; recalled, 4, 5, 6
Siegfried Line: Churchill visits positions opposite (1939), 1; and the outbreak of war (September 1939), 2; breached (1945), 3; Churchill visits (1945), 4
Sikhs: on the North-West Frontier (1897), 1
Silesia: Churchill watches German Army manoeuvres at (1906), 1; 'well worth fighting for', 2; and Poland, 3
Simba: a hunting expedition from (1907), 1
Simon Note (1932): opposes German rearmament, 1
Simon Report (1933): and Churchill's opposition over India, 1; Churchill's support for, 2
Simon, Sir John: advocates disarmament (1932), 1; and German rearmament, 2; and India, 3; and the direction of 'a German menace', 4; spurned by Hitler (1935), 5; received by Hitler, 6; and the cost of reserves, 7; demands an ultimatum (September 1939), 8
Simonstown (South Africa): British gold at (1940), 1
Simovic, General: Churchill seeks to help (1941), 1
Simpson, General W.H.: his wise caution (March 1945), 1
Simpson, Wallis: and the Abdication crisis, 1
Sinai Desert: war in (1956), 1
Sinclair, Sir Archibald (later Viscount Thurso): Churchill confides in (1915), 1, 2; Churchill's second-in-command (1916), 3; his encouragement, 4; opposes rearmament (1934), 5; his condolences, 6; and the Abdication crisis, 7; and Czechoslovakia, 8; and Munich (1938), 9; protests at adjournment (August 1939), 10; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 11; enters Cabinet (May 1940), 12; Secretary of State for Air (1940-45), 13; on the Defence Committee, 14; Churchill's friendship with, 15; at Chartwell (1949), 16; and Churchill's vitality (1954), 17
Singapore: Germans want Japan to attack (March 1941), 1; Churchill's concern with defence of (April 1941), 2; attack on, 3; defence of, 4; surrender of, 5, 6, 7; battle for, 8
Sinn Fein: refuse to take seats at Westminster (1918), 1; acts of terror by (1920), 2; Churchill's advice to, 3; reprisals against, 4; Churchill's policy towards, 5; Churchill supports truce with (1921), 6; Churchill advises waiving death penalty for, 7; Churchill among negotiators with, 8
Sitwell, Osbert: apologises (1935), 1
Sixth Royal Scots Fusiliers: Churchill commands (1916), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Churchill leaves (1916), 8
Skipwith, Captain: Churchill sees things 'with his own eyes' (1900), 1
slander: 'difficult to overtake', 1
slavery: a 'terminological inexactitude', 1
Slovakia: independent (1939), 1
Smethurst, Samuel: Churchill confides in (1902), 1, 2, 3
Smillie, Bob: Churchill's work with, 1
Smith, F.E. (later Earl of Birkenhead): Churchill's friendship with (from 1906), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and Ulster, 8; urges Churchill to give up learning to fly, 9; and the coming of war in 1914, 10, 11; and the political crisis of December 1916, 12; with Churchill on armistice night (1918), 13; his friendship, 14; and India, 15; dies (1929), 16; his dictum recalled, 17
Smolensk: Soviet forces liberate (1943), 1
Smuts, General: his encouragement, 1; Churchill confides his fears to (1943), 2
Smyrna: Churchill's expedition from (1910), 1; Greeks driven back to (1922), 2
Snowden, Ethel: and Churchill's character, 1
Snowden, Philip: and the Gold Standard, 1, 2; and 'election bribery', 3; and the financial crisis of 1931, 4
Soames, Christopher: marries Mary Churchill (1947), 1; enters Parliament (1950), 2; and Churchill's continuing search for a summit (1953-55), 3; Churchill speaks for, 4
Soames, Jeremy: christened, 1
social reform: Churchill's appeal for (1900), 1; and the 'true happiness' of nations, 2; Churchill's philosophy of, 3; Churchill stresses need for (1907), 4; Churchill immersed in (1925), 5
social security: plans for (1945), 1
Socialism: and the Conservative Party, 1; Churchill warns of perils of (1945), 2; Churchill's further warnings (1947), 3; 'the community in bonds' (Lloyd George), 4; contrasted with Conservatism, 5
'socialistic': a Churchill comment criticised as, 1
Sofia: 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 1
Soissons: Churchill watches artillery in action at (1914), 1
soldiering: 'not my metier', 1
soldiers: and 'pseudo-soldiers', 1
solitary confinement: reform of, 1
Solomon Islands: Japanese land on (1942), 1
Somervell, Robert: an inspiring teacher (1889), 1
Somerville, Admiral: opens fire (1940), 1
Somme: battle of (1916), 1; Members of Parliament serve at, 2; recalled, 3, 4
South Africa: Churchill leaves for (1899), 1; Churchill offers to withdraw altogether from, 2; Churchill leaves, 3; Churchill's search for a settlement in, 4; and the native franchise, 5; Churchill inspects troops from (1918), 6
South Africa Medal, 1
South African Light Horse: Churchill accepts commission in (1900), 1
South African War: many of Churchill's friends killed in, 1
South Russia: British troops in (1919), 1, 2; and the anti-Bolshevik Russians (1919), 3; possible landing at (1943), 4; proposed landing in (1944), 5, 6; landing on (1944), 7
South Wales: troops sent to, then de-trained (1910), 1; bombed (1940), 2
Southampton: Churchill leaves for South Africa from (1899), 1; Churchill returns to (1900), 2; Churchill to sail from (1940), 3; Churchill watches cross-Channel preparations at (1944), 4
Southport: electors of, seek Churchill as their candidate (1900), 1
Soviet Union: Churchill prepared 'to make peace with' (1920), 1; and a British peace initiative (1920), 2; incitement by (1920), 3; Churchill speaks against loan to (1924), 4; fear of a 'ferocious deluge' from, 5; wants to be 'left alone' (1935), 6; to be a 'friend' of a United Europe, pact with France (1935), 7; and collective security, 8; a potential ally, 9; and Czechoslovakia (1938), 10; call for an Alliance with (1939), 11; negotiations with (1939), 12; not 'gained' for the Allies, 13; advances into Poland (September 1939), 14; invades Finland (November 1939), 15; and Anglo-French help for Finland (1940), 16; signs peace with Finland (March 1940), 17; invaded by Germany (June 1941), 18; British aid to (1941-45), 19; American aid for, 20; occupies northern Persia, 21; battles in (November-December 1941), 22; convoys to, 23; and the post-war world, 24; Churchill's fears of European domination by, 25; convoys to, resumed, 26; political pressure from (1943-45), 27; and the postwar world, 28; and the campaign in Italy (1944), 29; and Roumania, 30; and Greece, 31; and Poland, 32, 33, 34; Churchill's fear of, 35, 36, 37; Britain might go 'to the verge of war with' (1945), 38; and Yugoslavia, 39; Churchill's support for (since 1941), 40; and Denmark (1945), 41; a Victory Day complaint from, 42; a possible 'understanding' with, 43; continued demand for bases by, 44; and an Anglo-American alliance, 45; and the mission of the Missouri (1946), 46; Churchill's words of welcome to (1946), 47; need for a 'settlement' with (1946), 48; leaves Persia, 49; Churchill calls for an understanding with (1946-51), 50, 51, 52, 53; restraints on, 54; Churchill's advice to (1948), 55; peace with, through 'superior force', 56; Churchill critical of machine-tool sales to (1950), 57; and oil, 58; Churchill's call for an understanding with (1946-51), 59; to be told the 'true facts', 60; a warning signal to, 61; Churchill seeks talks with (1952-55), 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79; and the prospect of atomic war, 80; possesses atom bomb (1953), 81; discussed at Bermuda (1953), 82; a 'provocative gesture' to (1954), 83; the first postwar summit with (1955), 84; and the Suez Crisis (1956), 85; and the first satellite (1957), 86
Soyer Farm: Churchill's reserve billet at (1916), 1, 2, 3
Spain: and Cuba (1895), 1; and the Agadir crisis (1911), 2; 'spectators' in (1940), 3
Spanish Armada (1688): recalled, 1
Spanish Red Cross (military decoration): Churchill receives (1895), 1
Spanish troops: and the 'art of retreat', 1
Spears, Captain Edward Louis: Churchill befriends (1915), 1; Churchill confides in, 2; campaigns at Dundee (1922), 3; Churchill confides in (1922), 4; accompanies Churchill (August 1939), 5; and the fall of France (1940), 6; with Churchill (1940), 7; at Tours, 8; and de Gaulle, 9
Special Operations Executive (SOE): established (1940), 1; in Belgrade (1941), 2
Spectator: finds Churchill's criticism of the judges 'deeply deplorable', 1; and the effect of the Abdication crisis on Churchill, 2
Spencer, 1st Earl: Churchill's ancestor, 1
Spender, J.A.: Churchill stresses need for social reform to, 1
Spier, Eugen: his recollection (of 1937), 1
Spion Kop, battle of (1900): 'terrible' scenes on, 1
Spithead: Churchill visits (1912), 1
Split (Dalmatia): and Tito, 1
St Andrews: lectures at (1901), 1
St George's School, Ascot (1882-84): Churchill boards at, 1, 2, 3
St Helena, 1
St Margaret's Bay (Kent): a brief respite at (1918), 1
St Margaret's, Westminster: Churchill married at (1908), 1
St Nazaire: Lancastria sunk at (1940), 1; Germans hold (September 1944), 2
St Omer: Churchill's visits to (1915-18), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
St Paul's Cathedral: Churchill's funeral at (1965), 1
St Valery-en-Caux: British driven back to (1940), 1, 2
Stalin, Joseph: Churchill sends secret information to (from April 1941), 1, 2, 3; Churchill promises aid to (July 1941), 4; seeks British military diversions, 5; and British aid to Russia, 6; Arctic convoys to, 7; Churchill's offer of troops to, 8; and the Baltic States, 9; Churchill's proposed visit to, 10; Churchill's first visit to (1942), 11; and the suspension of Arctic convoys, 12; Churchill sends secret information to (from April 1942), 13; 'wooed', 14; rumoured to be in Canada (1943), 15; to be invited to Britain (1943), 16; and the proposed campaign in Italy (1943-44), 17; at Teheran (December 1943), 18; his assurance on Poland (February 1944), 19; Churchill's warning to, about Poland, 20; and the Anglo-American Adriatic dispute (June 1944), 21; Churchill appeals to, to help the Warsaw uprising, 22, 23; Churchill's visit to (October 1944), 24; and the Italian people, 25; Churchill upholds agreement with, 26; and Greece, 27, 28; his 'thrilling' message, 29; at Yalta, 30; promises free elections for Poles (1945), 31; and war criminals, 32; Churchill's musical rebuke to, 33; and Japan, 34; and the Western democracies, 35; and Poland, 36; Churchill's impression of, 37; and Roumania, 38; and the Anglo-American drive to Berlin (1945), 39; Churchill's protest and appeal to (April 1945), 40; Churchill's final appeal to (April 1945), 41; and Victory in Europe (1945), 42; and the atom bomb, 43; a cigar smoker, 44; Churchill dines alone with, 45; 'against Sovietisation', 46; and a possible atomic 'show-down' with, 47; attacks Churchill in Pravda (1946), 48; Churchill wants a Big Three meeting with (January 1953), 49; dies (March 1953), 50
Stalingrad: battle for (1942), 1; Germans surrender at (1943), 2
Standard: sold to a Protectionist, 1
Standing Court of Arbitration: Churchill seeks to establish (1908), 1
Stanley, Oliver; and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 1
Stanley, Venetia, 1; and the political crisis of May 1915, 2; Churchill dines with (May 1945), 3
Stanmore: Churchill follows course of air battle at (August 1940), 1
Star: an anti-Churchill cartoon in (1919), 1; and Churchill's defence of democracy (1936), 2; its praise, 3; and the call for Churchill's return (June 1939), 4
State action: and social amelioration, 1
State aid: the ambulances of, 1
State enterprise: and free enterprise, 1
States Model School, Pretoria: Churchill imprisoned in (1899), 1
steeplechasing: Churchill's accident at (1895), 1; scandal at, 2
stenographer: Churchill's first use of (1899), 1
Step by Step (Winston S. Churchill): published (1939), 1
Stern Gang: and the murder of Lord Moyne (1944), 1
Stettin (Pomerania): to become part of Poland, 1
Stevenson, Frances: and Churchill's portrait by Orpen, 1; and Churchill's return to office (1917), 2; and a 'madman', 3; and the 'joke of the moment' (1921), 4; and Churchill's air speech (November 1934), 5
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1
Stimson, Henry: and the atom bomb (1945), 1, 2
Stockholm: a possible summit in (from 1953), 1, 2, 3
Stockport: Churchill campaigns for Balfour at (1900), 1
Stockton-on-Tees: Churchill stays at (1901), 1
Straelen (Germany): Churchill stays at (March 1945), 1
Strait of Messina: Allies cross (1943), 1
Strand (London): a poster in (August 1939), 1
Strand Magazine: Churchill's articles to (1907), 1; Churchill's article on Hitler in (1935), 2
Strang, Sir William: at Chartwell, 1
Stranraer (Scotland): Churchill leaves, for Washington (1942), 1
Strasbourg: Churchill visits (1909), 1; Churchill speaks in (1949), 2; Churchill speaks in (1950), 3
Stuart, Captain William: in Yugoslavia (1943), 1
Stuart, James: and Churchill's second Premiership, 1
Stumme, General: at Alamein, 1
Sturdee, Jo (Lady Onslow): Churchill's secretary, 1
Subasic, Dr: and the future of Yugoslavia (1944-45), 1; and the future of Yugoslavia, 2
Sudan: Churchill hopes to see action in (1898), 1, 2
Sudeten Germans: autonomy for, 1; incited, 2
Sudetenland: a Nazi-type movement in (1935), 1
Suez Canal: troop withdrawals to (1929), 1; Germans drop mines in (1941), 2; possible German advance to (1941), 3; and Israel (1951), 4; and Churchill's second Premiership, 5; crisis over, 6; and the United States, 7; and the hydrogen bomb, 8; Suez Crisis (1956), 9, 10, 11, 12
suffragettes, 1; in action, 2; and the battle of Downing Street (1910), 3; Churchill protests at 'insults' from, 4
Sumatra: Churchill wants landing on (1943), 1, 2
summit: Churchill calls for (from 1950), 1, 2, 3
Sunday Graphic: and the call for Churchill's return (July 1939), 1
Sunday Pictorial: Churchill's articles in (1916-17), 1, 2, 3; and the call for Churchill's return (1939), 4
Sunday Times: a warning from (1917), 1; and Churchill's hydrogen bomb speech (1955), 2
Sunderland: Churchill asked to stand as a Liberal at (1903), 1
Supreme War Council (1939-40): Churchill attends, 1; and Norway, 2; meets at Tours, 3
Surgham Hill (Omdurman): Churchill's intelligence task on (1898), 1, 2
Sutherland, 5th Duke of: Churchill finds solitude with (1921), 1
Sutherland, Graham: his portrait (1954), 1, 2
Sutton Courtenay: Churchill offers to resign at (1915), 1
Suvla Bay: John Milbanke killed at, 1; landing at (1915), 2; recalled (1943), 3
Svaars, Fritz: at Sidney Street, 1
Swansea: Churchill deprecates war talk in (1908), 1
sweated labour: Churchill wants Government legislation to curb (1908), 1; abuses of, to be eliminated, 2
Sweden: and collective security, 1; and 'submission', 2; and German iron ore supplies (1939-40), 3, 4, 5, 6; 'spectators' in (1940), 7
Swindon: Churchill attends manoeuvres at (1909), 1; troops ordered to halt at (1910), 2
Swinton, Lord: shares Churchill's anxieties (1936), 1, 2; and war production (1936), 3; not at Defence Deputation (1936), 4; and Churchill's visit to Biggin Hill (1937), 5; and Defence deficiencies, 6; his air expansion scheme rejected (1938), 7
Swiss: 'may leap out' (1939), 1
Switzerland: Churchill's holiday in (1893), 1; Churchill nearly drowns in (1894), 2; Churchill's holiday in (1906), 3; and collective security, 4; and 'submission', 5; protests (1940), 6
Sylt: Churchill's plan for (1914), 1
Syracuse (Sicily): Churchill's first visit to (1907), 1; Churchill's holiday at (1955), 2
Syria: and the Dardanelles, 1; Churchill visits (1934), 2; Allies advance into (1941), 3; possible German advance to (1941), 4, 5
Tangier: Churchill spends Christmas at (1935), 1
Tank Board: Churchill sets up (1918), 1
tanks: genesis of (1915), 1, 2; first trials of (1916), 3; to be used in battle (1916), 4; the success of, 5; in action at Cambrai (1917), 6; to be manufactured in France, 7; and minefields, 8; and a strategy for 1919, 9; Churchill replaces losses of (1918), 10; production of endangered by strikes (1918), 11; in battle (August 1918), 12; 'invincible', 13; and the lesson of Drocourt (1918), 14; and China (1927), 15; neglected, 16; Churchill proposes a raid by (1940), 17; sent to Russia (1941), 18; received from America, 19; losses of, on the way to Russia (1942), 20
Taranto: battle of (1940), 1
tariffs: demand for (1895), 1; a 'priceless secret', 2; and a 'Tory-Liberal' coalition, 3; Joseph Chamberlain raises banner of, 4; Churchill's motion against (1905), 5
taxation: and Lord Randolph Churchill, 1; to be 'light', 2; and land values, 3, 4; the need to adjust 'more fairly', 5; and 'the ability to pay', 6; Churchill's plans for (1924-29), 7; 'shackles of', 8; and the motor car, 9; to replace the rates, 10
taxation without representation: a fateful 'anomaly', 1
Taylor Woodrow (Engineers): their task (1942), 1
tea duty: abolished (1929), 1
tea-break: Churchill enshrines into law (1911), 1
Teheran: Russians occupy (1941), 1; Churchill wants to meet Stalin at, 2; Conference at (December 1943), 3
Tel Aviv: Churchill visits (1921), 1
Temple Magazine: and Churchill's speech-making (1900), 1
Ten Year Rule (of 1919): and Defence spending, 1; Churchill urges annual revision of (1925), 2; Churchill urges abandonment of (1933), 3
Tenedos: and the Dardanelles, 1
Tennyson d'Eyncourt, Captain Eustace: and the tank, 1; Churchill receives information from (1937), 2
Thaelmann, Ernst: Hitler wins more votes than (1932), 1
The Fighting Line (Winston S. Churchill): published (1916), 1
The Hague: and Churchill's call for a United Europe (1948), 1
The Nation: Churchill sets out social reform programme in (1908), 1; debate on the suppression of (1917), 2
The People's Rights (Winston S. Churchill): published (1909), 1
The River War (Winston S. Churchill): in prospect, 1; Churchill critical of Kitchener in, 2; and the difficulties of authorship, 3; Churchill writes, 4; published (1899), 5
The Second World War (Winston S. Churchill): in preparation, 1; work on, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; serialised, 15
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (Winston S. Churchill): in prospect, 1; Churchill writes, 2; completed, 3; published (1898), 4; Lord Salisbury reads, 5
The Times: Lord Randolph's letter to (1886), 1; and Churchill's illness (1893), 2; Churchill defends British Army in letter to (1898), 3; Churchill sends account of battle of Omdurman to (1898), 4; asks Churchill to be its correspondent (1898), 5; reports Churchill's Plymouth speech (1900), 6; erroneously reports Churchill defeated, 7; on Churchill's 'qualities as a lecturer' (1900), 8; Churchill requests 'complete files' of (1901), 9; Churchill criticised in columns of (1901), 10; Churchill's letters to, 11, 12, 13, 14; praises Churchill as 'an effective advocate' (1902), 15; a rebuke to Churchill in, 16; a letter to, about Churchill's prison reforms, 17; attacks Churchill's 'rosewater of conciliation' (1910), 18; Churchill protests to, about 'spiteful comments', 19; an 'innocent enough' announcement in (1914), 20; and Churchill's 'grasp of the situation' in 1914, 21; Churchill protests at 'panic-stricken stuff' in (1914), 22; and the return of Admiral Fisher, 23; Churchill's obituary of Rupert Brooke in (1915), 24; criticises Churchill's 'personal adventures', 25; Churchill's memoirs to be serialised in (1920), 26; protests (1920), 27; praises Churchill's Irish conciliation plan (1921), 28; and the Chanak crisis (1922), 29; Churchill warns of a Labour Government in (1924), 30; Churchill's appeal to Liberals in (1924), 31; denounces Churchill (1924), 32, 33; Churchill's obituary of Lord Birkenhead in (October 1930), 34; Churchill's obituary of the 9th Duke of Marlborough in (1934), 35; and Churchill's 'brilliant' speech (1936), 36; and 'the most striking rebuff' (1936), 37; and appeasement, 38; and Czechoslovakia, 39, 40; and the British guarantee to Poland (1939), 41; praises Churchill's call for conscription (April 1939), 42; publishes an appeal for Churchill's return (August 1939), 43; and Churchill's message to the Italian people (1944), 44; critical of the Fulton speech (1946), 45; and The Second World War, 46; and Churchill's lack of vigour (1954), 47
The Times Literary Supplement: praises Churchill's life of his father, 1
The World Crisis (Winston S, Churchill): genesis of, 1; work on, in progress, 2; first volume published (1923), 3; work on, 4; work on, in progress, 5; continued work on, 6, 7, 8; continued publication of, 9; final volume of, 10, 11
Theebaw, King: taken prisoner (1885), 1
Theron, Captain Daniel: opposes Churchill's release (1899), 1
Thika (Kenya): Churchill hunts lions at (1907), 1
Thomas, Albert, 1
Thompson, Lieutenant-Commander Tommy: accompanies Churchill (1940), 1
Thompson, Walter: Churchill's bodyguard, 1, 2, 3; accompanies Churchill (1940), 4
Thomson sisters: Churchill goes to school run by (1884), 1; Churchill's recollections of, 2
Thomson, Charlotte: Churchill's headmistress, 1, 2, 3, 4
Thorndike, Sybil, 1
Thornton-Kemsley, Colin: challenges Churchill (1938-39), 1; his apology (September 1939), 2
Thurso (Scotland): Churchill leaves, for Newfoundland (1941), 1
Tibetans: right to resist (1904), 1
Tiger (British battle-cruiser): her German rival (1912), 1
'time to pay': Churchill establishes principle of (1910), 1
Time: and Churchill's vigour (1948), 1
Tinerhir (Morocco): Churchill visits (1950), 1
Tirah campaign: Churchill hopes to see action with (1897), 1, 2
Tirah Expeditionary Force: Churchill attached to (1898), 1
Tirpitz: disabled (1943), 1
Tirpitz, Grand Admiral: asks to see Churchill (1914), 1
Tito (Josip Broz): British help to (from 1943), 1; Churchill meets (August 1944), 2; Churchill's protest to, 3; signs agreement (1945), 4; and Yalta, 5; not to be fought, 6; and the 'Muscovite tentacle', 7
Tobruk: struggle for (from January 1941), 1, 2, 3; surrenders (June 1942), 4; final Allied entry to (November 1942), 5
Togliatti, Palmiro: and Communism in Italy, 1
Tonypandy (South Wales): disturbances in (1910), 1; recalled, 2, 3
Toole, Joseph: and the Freedom and Peace movement, 1
Topping, Hugh: and Churchill's challenge on India (1931), 1
Toronto: Churchill lectures in (1900), 1; Churchill speaks in (1929), 2
torpedoes: shortage of (1911), 1; Churchill studies (1912), 2
Tory Democracy: launched, 1; future leaders of, 2; the creed of, 3; values of, 4; Churchill's support for, 5; Lord Salisbury's forecast concerning, 6
Tory Democrat: Churchill stands as (1899), 1
Tory Party: 'dirty…hacks' in, 1
Tory Press: 'malevolence' of, 1
Toryism: 'sordid selfishness' of, 1
Totalitarianism: and Socialism, 1
Toulon, 1; French warships at (1940), 2; Churchill flies over (1944), 3
Tours: Churchill flies to (1940), 1
Tower of London: troops from, sent to Sidney Street (1911), 1
Trade Boards Bill: Churchill introduces (1909), 1
Trade Union Bill: Churchill's suggestion for (1927), 1
Trade Unions: Churchill supports rights of (1904), 1, 2; Churchill attacks unfairness of judges towards (1911), 3; and munitions, 4, 5, 6; and political parties, 7
Trades Union Congress: Churchill's praise for (1936), 1
Trafalgar Square (London): and victory (1918), 1
Tranby Croft: Churchill practises letter 's' at, 1
Transjordan: Churchill visits (1934), 1
Transvaal: possibility of war in (1899), 1; Churchill offers to give his parole to, 2; a search for Churchill mounted in, 3; Churchill drafts constitution for, 4, 5; Churchill announces responsible government for, 6
Transvaal State Library: Churchill allowed to become a member of, while in captivity, 1
Transylvania, 1
travel: a 'constitutional aversion' to, 1
Treasure Island: Churchill reads (1884), 1
tree-felling: and civilisation, 1
trench warfare: Churchill's thoughts on (1915), 1; Churchill seeks mechanical means to break stalemate on, 2; trenches, Churchill decides not to return to (1916), 3; Churchill's concern for men in, 4
Trieste: a possible landing near (June 1944), 1; Tito's design on, 2; fighting in (April 1945), 3; and the iron curtain, 4
Tring (Lord Rothschild's house at): Churchill a guest at (1893, 1896), 1, 2
Trinidad: British air bases in, 1
Trinity House Dinner (London): Churchill expresses unease at (1937), 1
Triple Alliance: Churchill proposes (1911), 1
Tripoli: Rommel reaches, 1; entered by the Eighth Army, 2; Churchill visits (1943), 3; Russians seek naval base at (1946), 4
Tripolitania: Russia wants bases in (1945), 1
Trondheim: landings near (1940), 1
Trotsky, Leon: to be 'aided' (1918), 1; reprisals threatened against, 2; atrocities committed under, 3; his triumph, 4; and the existence of God, 5; doctrine of, 6
Troup, Sir Edward: and Churchill's time as Home Secretary, 1, 2
Trouville: Churchill plays polo at, 1
Truman, President Harry S.: 'not to be bullied', 1; Churchill's telephone call to (April 1945), 2; Churchill's appeals to, 3; Churchill's advice to, 4; and Victory in Europe (1945), 5; Churchill appeals to, 6; at Potsdam, 7; his 'weakness', 8; invites Churchill to Missouri, 9; and the 'iron curtain' speech, 10, 11; and the Truman Doctrine, 12; Churchill's talk with (1949), 13; his statement on the atom bomb (1949), 14; Churchill's talks with (1952), 15; Churchill visits (1953), 16
truth: and Lenin (1919), 1; and armaments (1932), 2; and Munich (1938), 3; 'very powerful' (1942), 4
Truth: Churchill denounced in (1895), 1; harmful effects of accusations in, 2; reiterates accusations in, 3
Tudor, General Sir Hugh: visits Churchill (1916), 1; with Churchill in Ploegsteert Wood (1916), 2; Churchill visits (March 1918), 3; Churchill's adventure with (October 1918), 4; in Ireland (1920), 5; Churchill confides in (1946), 6
Tugela River (Natal): Churchill reaches, 1; battle of (1900), 2
Tunis: and cross-Channel landing time-table (1943), 1; captured (1943), 2; Churchill and troops at (1943), 3
Tunisia: Germans rush reinforcements to (November 1942), 1; battle for (1943), 2; Churchill taken unwell in (December 1943), 3
Turkey: seeks to suppress Cretan revolt, 1; declares war on Greece (1897), 2; and the Dardanelles, 3; and the coming of war in 1914, 4; Churchill's mind 'set on', 5; war plans against (1914-15), 6; and mustard gas, 7; Churchill suggests a landing against (1917), 8; surrenders (1918), 9; Churchill proposes return of Baghdad to (1920), 10; Churchill wants a 'good peace' with (1920), 11; Churchill urges peace with (1921-22), 12, 13; neutral, 14; possible German advance through (1941), 15; Churchill's journey to (1943), 16; remains neutral, 17; future of (1944), 18; declares war on Germany (1945), 19; to be reassured, 20; no longer to be protected (1947), 21; and the Suez Canal, 22; her military co-operation with Pakistan (1954), 23; and a 'world front against Communist aggression' (1954), 24
Turks: rulers of Crete, 1; 'the filthy oriental', 2
tutoring: a 'dark shadow' (1887), 1
Twain, Mark: introduces Churchill (1900), 1
Tweedmouth, Lady: hears her nephew's maiden speech, 1; advice from, 2
Tweedmouth, Lord: Churchill's Liberal uncle, 1; urges Churchill and Unionist Free Traders to stand as a Liberal (1903), 2; asks Churchill to stand as a Liberal, 3; acts as an intermediary, 4; advice from, 5; at the Admiralty (1908), 6
Twenty-First Lancers: Churchill joins (1898), 1
Twenty-Ninth Division: and the Dardanelles (1915), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Tyne: a dispute on (1908), 1
Tyrone: border of (1914), 1, 2; the 'dreary steeples' of (1922), 3
Uganda Protectorate: Churchill crosses (1907), 1
Ukraine: danger to (1941), 1
'Ulster Pogrom': Churchill accused of (1914), 1; recalled, 2
Ulster: 'will fight', 1; and Home Rule, 2; search for a compromise for (1913), 3; crisis in (1914), 4; blockade of, ended, 5; Churchill's autonomy plan for (1921), 6
Ulster Unionists: on the eve of war in 1914, 1
Ulster Volunteers: challenge by (1914), 1; threats from (1914), 2, 3
unconditional surrender: genesis of (1943), 1; Churchill's defence of, 2; and Japan, 3
unemployment: and Government contracts, 1; and direct Government intervention, 2
unemployment insurance: Churchill advocates (1907), 1; and naval spending, 2; Churchill wants to devise a scheme for, 3; Churchill's proposals for, 4; Churchill urges legislation for, 5; Churchill 'elbowed out' of, 6
Union Jack: Churchill hoists, in Pretoria (1900), 1; burned, at Lahore (1930), 2
Unionist Free Traders: Churchill a leading figure among (1903), 1; seek electoral pact with Liberals, 2; can expect no help from Liberals, 3, 4; Churchill left alone with, 5; and Home Rule, 6; reduced to eleven (1906), 7
Unionist Party: Churchill's 'attachment' to (1902), 1; members of, vote against Government (1903), 2
United Europe: to unite both Eastern and Western Europe (1949), 1
United Nations: to be established (1942), 1; establishment of (1945), 2; proposals of, 'meaningless', 3; a 'European unit' in, 4; a possible 'obnoxious phrase' at (1953), 5
United Services Magazine: Churchill's article in (1898), 1
United States: Churchill learning geography of (1888), 1; Churchill's first visit to (1895), 2; 'great and utilitarian', 3; Churchill returns to (1895), 4; need for Britain to avoid quarrels with (1896), 5; Churchill's advice to (1896), 6; contrasted with India, 7; and the Spanish-American War (1898), 8; Churchill sails for (1900), 9; Churchill's lecture tour in (1900), 10; and the Western Front (1917-18), 11; and the 'winning the war' (1917-18), 12; and the Inter-Allied Munitions Council (1917), 13; munitions needs of (1917-18), 14, 15; and the German breakthrough of March 1918, 16; Churchill responds to an appeal from (1918), 17; and 'the only one road to tread' (1921), 18; Churchill supplies nitrate needs of, 19; intervention in Russia (1918-19), 20; help for Poland from (1920), 21; possible transfer of Palestine and Iraq Mandates to, 22; Churchill's warning of the nature of future war circulated in (1924), 23; Britain's war debts to (1925), 24; Churchill plans to tax films from (1926), 25; and disarmament (1928), 26; Churchill's visit to (1929), 27; Churchill's message to (1929), 28; Churchill and his wife visit (1931-32), 29; Churchill lectures in nineteen cities in (1932), 30; Churchill broadcasts to, 31; Churchill's confidence in the economic future of (1932), 32; opinion in, and Nazism (1937), 33; signals encouragement (1937), 34; 'strongly anti-Nazi', 35; a message to (June 1939), 36; Churchill's broadcast to (August 1939), 37; and Norway (1940), 38; voice of 'may count for nothing', 39; aid from (1940), 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47; and Britain's 'fate' if alone, 48; and the fall of France, 49; 'will sink into the abyss', 50; 'spectators' in (1940), 51; start of strategic co-operation with (1940), 52; and the 'deeds done by others', 53; aid from (1941), 54; and Lend-Lease, 55; co-operation with (1941), 56, 57; and the Battle of the Atlantic, 58; Churchill's questions concerning (March 1941), 59; wealth and resources of, 60; Churchill's broadcast to (June 1941), 61; and Hitler's invasion of Russia, 62; aid to Britain (1941), 63, 64; aid to Russia (1941), 65; pledges by (August 1941), 66; Churchill wants warning to Japan from (August 1941), 67; takes risk by remaining neutral, 68; and the Japanese threat (November 1941), 69; declares war on Japan, 70; future of aid to Britain from (after 1941), 71; Churchill wishes to visit, but cannot (December 1941), 72; Churchill's first wartime visit to (January 1942), 73; lack of preparedness of (1942), 74; Churchill's second wartime visit to (June 1942), 75; and cross-Channel plans, 76; Churchill's third wartime visit to (July 1943), 77; and Poland, 78; and the Adriatic plan (June 1944), 79; Churchill plans a crisis journey to (June 1944), 80; 'might be shocked', 81; in dispute with Britain over Greece (December 1944), 82, 83; Churchill defends military effort of, 84; war dead of, after Normandy, 85; troops of, to leave Europe (1945), 86; withdraws troops in Central Europe (June 1945), 87; and the atom bomb, 88; 'fraternal association' with Britain, and security (1946), 89; Churchill's postwar visit to (1946), 90; 'fear of Russia' in (1946), 91; to be a 'friend' of a United Europe, 92; Churchill encourages greater role by (1951), 93; and Churchill's second Premiership, 94; and the Suez Canal, 95; and the hydrogen bomb, 96; a breach with, 'fatal', 97; 'never be separated from, 98; and Israel, 99; and the Suez Crisis, 100; future 'Union' with (1957), 101; sends troops to Lebanon (1958), 102; Churchill visits (1959), 103
United States Congress: Churchill's speeches to, (1941), 1; (1943), 2; (1952), 3
United States of Europe: foreseen, under Nazi domination (1940), 1; Churchill's hopes for (1942), 2; Churchill calls for (November 1945), 3; Churchill's appeals for, 4; Churchill's calls for (1946), 5
Untouchables: in India, 1, 2, 3
Uxbridge: Churchill follows course of air battles at (1940), 1, 2
V for Victory: 1, 2, 3
Valdez, General: Churchill marches with (1895), 1, 2
Vancouver: Churchill speaks in (1929), 1
Vanity Fair: and Churchill's character (1900), 1
Vansittart, Sir Robert: and German rearmament, 1; and Abyssinia, 2; and collective security, 3; enlists Churchill's help (1936), 4, 5; mourns, 6
vengeance: the dregs of, 'filthy tasting', 1
Venice: Churchill stays at (1906), 1; Churchill honeymoons at (1908), 2; Churchill on holiday in (1927), 3; Churchill works at (1951), 4
Venlo (Holland): Churchill flies to (March 1945), 1
Ventnor (Isle of Wight): Churchill stays at (1882), 1
Verchocq: Churchill's headquarters in France (autumn 1918), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Verdun: battle for (1916), 1
Versailles: Churchill stays at (1891), 1
Versailles Treaty (1920): and Poland, 1; and Germany, 2; and German rearmament, 3, 4; revision of, and disarmament, 5, 6; demands for revision of (1933), 7; breaches of, 8; German violations of, 9; recalled (in 1945), 10
Vian, Captain (later Admiral) Philip: liberates prisoners (1940), 1; at Normandy, 2
Vichy: Government at (1940), 1, 2; Churchill's message to (December 1940), 3
Victor Emmanuel, King: and the fall of Mussolini (1943), 1
Victoria Cross (VC): and Churchill, 1, 2, 3, 4; won, 5
Victoria Station (London): Churchill recalled from (1914), 1
Victoria, Queen: Jubilee of (1887), 1; Churchill's commission from (1895), 2; dies, 3
Victory in Europe: to be proclaimed (May 1945), 1; and democracy, 2
Victory Parade (Berlin 1945), 1
Vienna: 'banish despair' (1940), 1; a possible pursuit of Germans to (1944), 2; Churchill regrets loss of the 'prize' of, 3; still the prize, 4; 'our objective', 5; Alexander to reach 'as soon as possible', 6; Russians enter (April 1945), 7; 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 8; a possible summit at (1953-5), 9, 10
Villa Choisi (Lake Geneva): Churchill stays at (1946), 1
Villa delle Rose (Como): Churchill stays at (September 1945), 1
Villa Pirelli (near Genoa): 1
Villa Politi (Sicily): 1
Villa Rêve d'Or (Cannes): a haven (1922), 1
Villacoublay: Churchill at (1940), 1
Villiers, Francis: to be rewarded, 1
Vimy Ridge: Churchill visits front (1915), 1; returns to (1918), 2
Vincennes: Churchill visits (1940), 1
Vincent, Lady Helen: and a motoring holiday (1906), 1
Virginia: Churchill speaks in (1946), 1
Vladivostok: a possible Churchill mission to (1915), 1; danger of Lenin's sway in, 2; last British troops sail from (1919), 3
Volga: Poles deported to (1945), 1
von Kleist, Major Ewald: visits Chartwell (1938), 1; executed (July 1944), 2
von Papen, Count: becomes German Chancellor (1932), 1; demands 'equality' of armaments for Germany, 2; Churchill's warning about, 3
von Paulus, General: at Stalingrad, 1
von Spee, Admiral Count Maximilian: the victor (1914), 1; defeated, and drowned, 2
Vorontsov Villa (Yalta): Churchill's base, 1, 2, 3
Vote of Censure: brought against Churchill (July 1942), 1
Vote of Confidence: Churchill demands (January 1942), 1; on the Government's Greek policy (December 1944), 2
Votes for Women, 1; Churchill favours, 2
Vyshinsky, Andrei: greets Churchill in Moscow (1944), 1
Wadi Akarit: battle of (1943), 1
Wagner, Charles: with Churchill during armoured train ambush (1899), 1, 2
Walden, Thomas: sails with Churchill to South Africa (1899), 1; and the armoured train ambush, 2; guards Churchill's kit, 3
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York): Churchill stays at (1931), 1, 2
Wall Street (New York): Churchill visits during the crash (1929), 1
Wall Street Journal: critical of the Fulton speech (1946), 1
Walls, Private: describes Churchill's efforts during the armoured train ambush (1899), 1
Walmer Castle (Kent): Churchill a guest at (1915), 1
Walpole, Horace: recalled, 1
Walthamstow: Churchill heckled at (1945), 1; Churchill speaks in (1959), 2
Walton Heath (Surrey): Lloyd George summons Churchill to (1917), 1
Wandsworth: bombed (1940), 1
war: the 'shoddiness' of (1898), 1; 'medley of the glorious and squalid' (1900), 2; and duty, 3; the future nature of (as envisaged in 1901), 4; 'draining, dangerous', 5; and tactical combinations, 6; 'vile & wicked folly & barbarism' (1909), 7; 'will never come in our time' (1912), 8; nations will become 'heartily sick of' (1912), 9; the 'unknown and the unexpected', 10; Churchill's 'genius' for (1914), 11; 'delicious', 12; 'action, energy & hazard', 13; its 'iron slavery' (1920), 14; God's wish to 'sicken mankind of' (1929), 15; and the Nazi doctrine, 16; reorganisation of factories for (1934), 17; and 'the end of the world', 18; and 'shame', 19; 'to establish…the rights of the individual', 20; 'prior claims' of, 21; and the hydrogen bomb, 22
War Cabinet: (in 1940), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; its responsibilities (from 1940), 14; and Greece, 15, 16; 'wave of depression', 17; and the Western Desert, 18; and 'all major decisions', 19; Churchill reports to after Casablanca (1943), 20; and Churchill's threat to resign (1943), 21; 'Overlord' Committee of (1944), 22; supports active intervention in Greece (1944), 23; and Poland's post-war frontiers, 24; and reparations, 25; takes a tough stance on Roumania (1945), 26; farewell party for, 27
War Council: established (1914), 1; and an appeal from Russia, 2; and the competing war plans of January 1915, 3; Churchill's service on, recalled, 4
war criminals: their fate discussed at Yalta (1945), 1
war debts: Churchill negotiates settlement of (1925), 1, 2
'War of the Unknown Warrior', 1
War Office: not on offer (1917), 1; Churchill suggested for (1924), 2
war profits: Churchill urges tax on (1918), 1
warmonger: or 'Cherub Peace Maker' (1922), 1; 'a lie', 2; Churchill rebuts charges of, 3, 4
Wars of the Roses, 1
Warsaw: danger of Lenin's 'sway' in (1919), 1; threatened (1920), 2; Churchill's articles published in (1937), 3; 'banish despair' (1940), 4; unlikely liberation of, from Russia, 5; uprising in (1944), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Soviet troops in (1945), 11; 'in the Soviet sphere' (1946), 12
Warter Priory (York): Churchill goes shooting at (1910), 1
Washington: Churchill visits (1900), 1; Churchill visits (December 1941), 2; Churchill returns to (January 1942), 3; Churchill's postwar visits to, 4; Churchill-Truman talks in (1952), 5, 6; Churchill returns to (1953), 7; Churchill's talks in (1954), 8; Churchill's visit to (1959), 9
Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty (1922): and Germany, 1
Washington Post: Churchill's secret instructions published in (1944), 1
Washington, George, 1
Waterloo Station (London): Churchill waits at (1940), 1
Waterloo, battle of (1815): Churchill visits battlefield of (1894), 1; battle recalled, 2
Watson, Edith: and Churchill's election broadcasts (1945), 1
Watson-Watt, Robert: appeals to Churchill (1936), 1; helps Churchill, 2
Watt, A.P.: impressed by Churchill's writings (1897), 1
Wavell, General: his plans (1940), 1; Churchill's exhortations to, 2; his battles (1940-41), 3, 4, 5; enters Tobruk, 6; and Greece (1941), 7; and Crete, 8; to be replaced, 9; possible Caucasus command of, 10; to command in the Far East, 11; and Singapore, 12, 13; and Burma, 14; and Sumatra, 15
Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith): Churchill reads, 1
Weaslet, Miss, 1
Webb, Sidney: and Labour Exchanges, 1
Wedgwood, Josiah: and a possible Churchill Premiership (1927), 1; Churchill's assurance to (1940), 2
Weir, Lord: and Churchill's derating scheme (1928), 1
Weizmann, Dr Chaim: his appeal for bombing (1944), 1; Churchill's advice to (1944), 2
Welldon, Dr: Churchill's headmaster (from 1888), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 'I rejoice in your success', 8; his advice, 9; gives wedding address (1908), 10; his confidence (1922), 11
Wells, H.G., 1
Wemyss, Admiral: and the Dardanelles, 1
West German Army: Churchill supports (1953), 1
West Germany: Churchill welcomes to the Council of Europe (1948), 1; needed for the defence of the West (1950), 2; Churchill supports rearmament of, 3; a 'great power', 4; rearmament of (1953), 5; to be 'an equal partner', 6; future 'moral dignity' of, 7
West Indies: British bases in, 1
West Leicester: Churchill stands for (1923), 1
West Point: Churchill visits (1895), 1
Westcott, the Reverend Frederick: Churchill crosses swords with (1902), 1
Western Desert: Italian defeat in (1940), 1; Churchill's visits to (1942), 2, 3
Western Front: Churchill's possible service on (May 1915), 1; Churchill leaves for (November 1915), 2; Churchill serves on (1915-16), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; recalled, 8
Western Germany: rearmament of, 1
Westminster Abbey (London): Churchill a pall-bearer at (1940), 1
Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri): Churchill to speak at, 1; speaks at (1946), 2
Westminster Gazette: Churchill's letter to (1894), 1; reports Churchill's New York lecture (1900), 2; Churchill defends his opinions in (1901), 3
Westminster St Georges: by-election at (1931), 1
Westminster, 2nd Duke of: Churchill rides with to Pretoria (1900), 1; Churchill's friendship with, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Weygand, General: Churchill visits (1940), 1; and the fall of France (1940), 2, 3, 4; Churchill's message to (December 1940), 5; his comment recalled (1941), 6
Weymouth: Churchill watches naval advances at (1912), 1; a detour to (1940), 2
Wheldon, John: Churchill's research assistant, 1
Whitby, Brigadier: accompanies Churchill to Quebec (1944), 1
Whitchurch (near Chequers): research at (1940-45), 1
White House (Washington): Churchill taken ill at (December 1941), 1; Churchill learns bad news at (June 1942), 2; Churchill's return to (May 1943), 3; Churchill stays at, 4
White, Sir George: Churchill dines with (1898), 1; in Ladysmith, 2; Churchill dines with after relief of Ladysmith (1900), 3
Whitehall (London): troops protest in (1919), 1
wickedness: 'not going to reign', 1
widows' pensions: Churchill presses for (1914), 1
Wigram, Ava: at Chartwell (1935), 1; her loss, 2
Wigram, Ralph: helps Churchill (1935-36), 1, 2, 3, 4; dies, 5
Wilde, Oscar: an allusion to, 1
Wilhelmshaven: bombed (1941), 1
William II, Kaiser: Churchill sees (1891), 1; his Army, 2; Churchill the guest of (1906), 3; his 'magnificent & formidable' Army, 4; Churchill's second talk with, (1909), 5; an emissary visits (1912), 6; Churchill's message to (1912), 7; invites Churchill to Kiel (1914), 8; and the coming of war in 1914, 9; flees to Holland (1918), 10
Willingdon, Viscount (later Marquess): imprisons Gandhi (1932), 1
Wilson, Admiral Sir Arthur: 'deficient in imagination' (1911), 1; about to go on holiday, 2
Wilson, Sir Charles: Churchill's doctor, 1, 2, 3, 4; see also Moran, Lord
Wilson, Gordon: Churchill travels with (1907), 1; killed in action (1914), 2
Wilson, General Sir Henry: Churchill's discussions with (1911), 1; Churchill lunches with (1917), 2; and tanks, 3; finds Churchill 'a real gem in a crisis', 4; protests (1918), 5; insists on Churchill's exclusion, 6; with Churchill on armistice night, 7; and British intervention in Russia, 8; and British intervention in Russia (1919), 9; assassinated (1922), 10
Wilson, Sir Horace: his influence (1939), 1, 2
Wilson, General Maitland: Churchill confides in (1943), 1; and the Adriatic plan (June 1944), 2
Wilson, Muriel: Churchill befriends (1895), 1; helps Churchill to speak the letter 's', 2; and a motoring holiday, 3; and Churchill's rumoured engagement, 4
Wilson, Lady Sarah (Sarah Spencer-Churchill), 1
Wilson, President Woodrow: and the German breakthrough of March 1918, 1; and the German armistice (1918), 2; and United States intervention in Russia (1918-19), 3
Wilton, Lady: encourages Churchill, 1
Wimborne, Lady (Aunt Cornelia): hears her nephew's maiden speech, 1; Churchill stays with, 2; hopes Churchill will join Liberals (1903), 3; Churchill recuperates with, 4; her words of caution (1917), 5
Winant, John G.: and the imminent defeat of Russia (1941), 1; and Pearl Harbor, 2
Winchester: Churchill hoping to go to school at, 1, 2
Winchester House (London): Churchill wins Vote of Confidence at (1938), 1
Wingate, Colonel: helps Churchill, 1
Winnipeg: Churchill lectures in (1901), 1
'Winston': Churchill's terrier (1896), 1
Winterton, Lord: attacks Churchill for reducing prison sentences (1911), 1; a member of the Other Club, 2; his praise (1927), 3
Witbank Colliery: Churchill reaches during his escape from Pretoria (1899), 1; Churchill hidden in, 2; Churchill describes his helpers at, 3; Churchill thanks his helpers at, 4
Wolfe, Humbert: commiserates (1922), 1
Wolseley, Field Marshal Lord: helps Churchill's Cuba design (1895), 1; presides at Churchill's lecture (1900), 2
Wolverton, Lord: Churchill dines with, 1
women: and Churchill's 'loneliness' (1908), 1; 'new world opening out to' (1918), 2; votes for, 3, 4
Women's Trade Union Advisory Committee: Churchill meets (1917), 1
Wood, General Sir Evelyn: helps Churchill get to the Sudan (1898), 1; Churchill writes to, from South Africa, 2
Wood, Sir Kingsley: and a possible Defence Ministry (1936), 1; and the aftermath of Munich (1938), 2; invites Churchill to fighter exercises, 3; and Britain's air weakness (September 1939), 4; and the political crisis (April-May 1940), 5; and the German attack in the West (May 1940), 6; and Greece, 7
Woodford: Churchill's constituency (from 1945), 1; Churchill's speeches at, 2, 3, 4
Woolwich Arsenal: Churchill making mortars at (1914), 1
Worcester (Massachusetts): Churchill lectures in (1931), 1
working classes: 'awful uncertainties' of lives of, 1; and the need for 'security', 2; demand 'time…to live', 3; 'common interests' of, worldwide, 4; and the imprisonment of young offenders, 5
Workmen's Compensation Bill (1897): Churchill supports, 1
World: and Churchill's political future (1898), 1
World Disarmament Conference (Geneva): in session (1932), 1; widespread hopes for, 2; Germany withdraws from, 3; Britain submits proposals to, 4; French proposals to, 5; Hitler withdraws from, 6; Churchill proposes an end to, 7; remaining hopes in, 8
Wrangel, General: in the Crimea (1920), 1, 2
Wright, Orville: Churchill urges contact with (1909), 1
writing: 'an adventure', 1
Wuppertal: bombed (1943), 1
Würzburg: Churchill watches German Army manoeuvres near (1909), 1
Wyllie, Hugh: Churchill befriends, 1
Wyndham, George: Churchill's friendship with, 1, 2
Wytschaete Ridge: Churchill visits (1917), 1
Yalta: conference at (1945), 1, 2
Yalta Agreement (on Polish elections): violation of, 1
York: poverty in, 1
York: sunk (1942), 1
York, Duke and Duchess of (later King George V and Queen Mary): Churchill meets (1895), 1
Yorkshire: Churchill visits troops in (1944), 1
Yorkshire Post: praises Churchill (1938), 1
Yosemite Valley (California): Churchill visits (1929), 1
Young, Alexander: his hopes (in 1934), 1
Younghusband, Colonel: his successful book, 1; and the Guru massacre (1904), 2
Ypres: Germans reach (1914), 1; the 'profitless slaughter pit' of, 2; Churchill listens to an artillery duel north of, 3; renewed offensive at (1917), 4, 5; Churchill visits battlefield of (1918), 6; Churchill's plans for ruins of, 7
Yudenitch, General: advances on Petrograd (1919), 1; British help to, 2; in retreat, 3
Yugoslavia: determined (1932), 1; begins to look to Germany (1935), 2; Churchill's fear for (1936), 3; and Munich (1938), 4; German alliance with (1941), 5; 'has found its soul' (1941), 6; Churchill warns of imminent invasion, 7; surrenders, 8; partisans in (1943), 9; future of (1944-45), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; at Yalta, 16; and Czechoslovakia, 17; and a 'world front against Communist aggression' (1954), 18
Yusupov Palace (Yalta): Stalin host at (1945), 1
Zagai (North West-Frontier): Churchill in action at (1897), 1
Zagreb: and British strategy (1944-45), 1, 2
Zeebrugge: a British objective (1917), 1
Zermatt: Churchill visits (1893), 1
Zionism: Churchill's support for (1920), 1, 2; French criticism of, 3; and the murder of Lord Moyne (1944), 4; 'I am of course a Zionist', 5
Zulu revolt: 'disgusting butchery' during (1906), 1
Zurich: Churchill's speech at (1946), 1
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