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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


--A--

A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, see V-2

Aalborg

Aalhorn

Abbeville

Abbey Wood

Aberdeen

Abyssinia, see Italo-Abyssinian War

Acklington

Acoustic Mine, 88

Acoustic Mirrors, 22, 38, 426-427

Acton

Addington

Addison, Wing Commander E. B., 158

Admiralty and Naval Staff, 7, 10, 11, 21-22, 39, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57. 58, 59. 60, 67, 69-70, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90-91, 100, 103, 105, 115, 122, 135, 136, 137, 138, 142, 145, 146, 147-148, 164, 229, 231, 258, 271, 278, 283, 285, 286, 296, Appendix III

Advanced Air Striking Force, 71, 72, 75, 77, 107, in

Aerial Minelaying, 263, 268, 271, 274, 276, 279. 509

Aerodromes and Air Bases

Aeronautical Research Committee, 36

Air Attack on United Kingdom

Airborne Landings in United Kingdom

Airborne Radar, 39-40, 81, 97, 139, 252-255, 266n, 268, 269, 270-271, 274-275, 276, 279, 312, 430, 510

Airborne Troops and Parachutists

Air Component, see Expeditionary Force

Air Council, see Air Ministry

Aircraft Factories, British

Aircraft Fighting Zone, 15, 19, 20, 33, 43, 44

Aircraft Industry

Aircraft Operating Company Limited, 67

Aircraft Production

Aircraft Production, Ministry of, 121

Air Defence of Great Britain (Command) 17, 20, 33, 35, 324-325, 393, 406; see also Fighter Force

Air Defence Research Committee, 37

Air Expansion Schemes

Air Force, British, see Royal Air Force

Air Force, French, see French Air Force

Air Force, German, see Luftwaffe

Air Force, Italian, see Italian Air Force

Air Ministry and Air Staff, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63, 67, 68, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, 88, 89, 90-91, 93, 95, 102, 103, 108, 109, 110, ill, 114, 116, 121, 123, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142-143, 145, 146, 147, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 164, 170, 173, 199, 200, 230, 231, 246, 255, 262, 266, 267, 269, 273, 274, 286, 290, 294, 295, 312, 324-325, 332, 340-341, 350, 351, 361-362, 364, 367-368, 377, 379, 384, 393, 394, 400, 406, 407, 413, 415, 416, 417, 425, 427, 428, Appendix III; see also Royal Air Force

Air Raid Precautions, see Civil Defence

Air Raid Warnings and Air Raid Warning System, 1, 2, 73, 82, 159, 163, 213, 255, 316, 372, 396, Appendix III

Air-Sea Rescue Service, 169-170

Air Staff, see Air Ministry and Air Staff

Albacore Aircraft, 468

Alblasserdam

Aldergrove

Aldershot

Aldershot Command, see Home Forces

Alençon

Alexandria

Aliens

Allen, Major-General R, H. , 196, 449, 480

Allied Expeditionary Air Force, 323-325, 367, 393; see also Air Defence of Great Britain, Fighter Force, Second Tactical Air Force, United States of America

Alvaston

Amble

Ambler, Air Commodore G. H., 381-382

America, see United States of America

Amiens

Anderson, Sir John, 69

Andover

Anson Aircraft, 59, 67, 81, 157, 438, 468

Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Searchlight Defences

Anti-Aircraft Command

Anti-Aircraft Research Committee, 36

Anti-Tank Guns

Antwerp

Appledore

Archangel

Ardeer

Ardrossan

Area Combined Headquarters, 57-58, 66, 145, Appendix III

Argus Duct, 354-355, 356

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Army, British, see British Army

Army Co-operation Squadrons, 28, 36, 71, 72, 77, 84, 108, 112, 131, 200, Appendix IIIn; see also Expeditionary Force, Home Forces

Arnhem

Arques

Asch

Asdic, 49, 58, 148, 425

Ashford (Kent)

Ashmore, Major-General E, B. , 16, 22

A.S.V., 81, 139, 390

Athenia, S.S., 81

Atlantic, Battle of the, 285-289, 300, 318-319

Australia

Austria

Auxiliary Territorial Service, 430; see also Mixed Batteries

Auxiliary Units, 130, 297

Avonmouth

Ayr

Azores

--B--

'Baby Blitz', 327-329, 431, 432, 520

Back Headquarters, 112

'BAEDEKER' Raids, 305-311, 321, 431, 513-514

Baldwin, Mr. Stanley (later Earl Baldwin of

Bewdley), 14, 22, 24, 29, 30

Balfour, Mr. A. J. (later Earl Balfour), 9, 11, 13

Balkans

Balloon Command

Balloon Defences, 33, 44, 45, 47, 48, 65, 69, 70, 74, 88, 97, 107, 152-153, 154, 162, 252, 268, 271, 274, 277, 302, 308, 310, 313, 315, 322, 324, 364, 371, 372, 373, 380, 384, 430, 431, 441, 445-447, 475-478, 517n, 523

Balloon Production, 88, 153

Baltimore Aircraft, 12in

Banks, Sir Donald, 133

'Banning the Bomber', 23

Banstead

Barges, Invasion

Barking

Barley

Barnes

Barnet

Barrow-in-Furness

Barry

Bartholomew, Colonel W, H. 13

Bath

Battersea

Battle Aircraft, 41-42, 72, 77, 199, 200, 225, 246

Battle of Britain, see Britain, Battle of

Battle Schools, 297, 298

Bawdsey, 38, 40

Beaches

Beaufighter Aircraft, 239, 254, 256, 264, 268, 270, 279, 501, 508, 509

Beaufort Aircraft, 12 m, 468

Beaumont-le-Roger

Beauvais

Beauvoir

Beaverbrook, Lord, 121, 128

Beckenham

Becker, Colonel, 332-334

Beddington

Bedfordshire

Belfast

Belhamelin

Bembridge (Isle of Wight)

'BENITO', see Y-Gerät

Benton

Berehaven

Berg en Del

Berkshire

Berlin

Bermondsey

Berry, Squadron Leader J., 391

Berwick-on-Tweed

Bethnal Green

Bexley

Bibury

Biggin Hill

'Big-Wing' Controversy, 204, 215, 246-247, 267

Billingham

Bircham Newton

Bird, Air Commodore A, J, G. 45

Birkenhead

Birkenhead, Earl of, 18

Birkenhead Committee, 18

Birmingham

Bishopbriggs (Glasgow)

Blenheim Aircraft, 41-42, 60, 68, 72, 74, 87, 89, 90, 113, 194, 195, 198, 225, 238-239, 251, 252, 254, 256, 264, 266n, 268, 270, 275, 442, 443, 444, 453, 454, 455, 468, 472, 473, 474, 501, 502, 508, 509

'Blitz', see Night Air Offensive against United Kingdom, 1940-1941

Blizna

Blyth

Board of Trade, 105

Bock, Field-Marshal von, 175

Bois-Carré

'Bolt from the Blue', 26

Bomb Census, 281n

Bomber Command

Bomber Force

Bonham-Carter, Air Commodore I. M., 45

Booms, 50, 52, 75, 98, 132-133

Bordeaux

Borkum

Bornholm

Boscombe Down

Boston (Lincolnshire)

Boston Aircraft, 12 m, 269, 418

Bottomley, Air Marshal N. H. (later Sir Norman), 351, 393, 409

Boulogne

Bourges

Bournemouth

Bowhill, Air Marshal Sir Frederick, 57-58, 90-91, 139

Bowlee

Boyd, Air Vice-Marshal O, T., 74, 268

Bradwell

Bramley

Brand, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Quintin, 150, 196, 252, 442, 453, 472

Brauchitsch, Field-Marshal von, 175, 178, 180

Braun, Wernher von, 334, 335, 339

Breese, Air Vice-Marshal C. D., 438, 468

Brentford

Brentwood

Brest

Bricy

Bridges

Bridlington

Brighton

Bristol

Britain, Battle of, 163-174, 183-201, 203-217, 235-250, 428-430, 450-451, 456-460, 482-492

British Army

Brittany

Brixham

Brize Norton

Broad Street

Brockworth

Bromley (Kent)

Brooke, General Sir Alan, 143, 144, 145, 223, 224, 232, 296-297

Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert, 33, 36

Brooklands

Brown, General Sir John, 107

Brownrigg, Admiral Sir Studholme, 437

Bruges

Bruneval

Brussels

Buc

Buckie

Buckinghamshire

Bulldog Aircraft, 42

'Bunkers', see 'Large Sites'

Burls, Brigadier J, A, E., 375

Busch, General, 177, 178

Bushey

Busteed, Group Captain H. R., 447, 477

--C--

Cadell, Major-General C. A. E., 449, 480

Caen

Caernarvon

Caistor

Calais

Calais, Pas-de

Callaway, Air Vice-Marshal W. B., 382

Camberwell

Cambrai

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

Camm, Mr. Sidney, 42

Camouflage

Campbeltown

'Cam' Ships, 288-289

Canada

Canterbury

Capital-Ship Controversy, 6-7, 10

Cardiff

Cardington

Carshalton

Carpiquet

Castle Bromwich

Castle Camps

Castletown

Catalina Aircraft, 121n

Catterick

Caudran

Censorship

Chamberlain, Mr. Austen, 23, 24

Chamberlain, Mr. Neville, 1, 2, 102, 106

Channel Islands

Charmy Down

Chartres

Châteaudun

Chatham

Cheam, see Sutton and Cheam

Chelmsford

Chelsea

Cherbourg

Cherwell, Lord, 345, 346, 350, 370-371, 402

Cheshunt

Chiefs of Staff Committee, 21, 24, 25, 52-53, 72, 83, 85, 103, 119, 120, 121, 125, 127, 135, 142, 145, 146, 222, 223, 228, 229, 231-232, 258, 286, 298, 299, 300, 303, 321, 324, 325, 341, 351, 361, 362, 363, 368, 370-371, 376, 378, 392, 393, 394, 409, 411, 415, 417, 420, 430

Chigwell

China, see Sino-Japanese Dispute

Chingford

Chislehurst and Sidcup

Chiswick

C.H.L. Stations, 73, 74, 80, 149; see also Early Warning System

C.H. Stations, 39, 40, 65, 69, 70, 73, 74, 149, 346, 404, Appendix III; see also Early Warning System

Church Bells

Church Fenton

Churchill, Mr. Winston S., 28-29, 30, 102, no, in, 120, 121, 128, 143, 157, 222, 255, 258, 286, 296-297, 345, 350, 351, 372, 402403, 413, 428

Civil Defence, 11, 26, 33, 45, 65-66, 69, 75, 85, 103, 120, 144-145, 159, 223, 258, 263265, 273, 277, 278, 281, 306, 307, 311, 346, 396, 434

Civilians

Clairmont

Clapham

Clyde, Firth of

Clydeside

Coastal Command

Coast Defence and Coast Defences, 3, 4-5, 8, 22, 24, 26, 39, 49, 50, 51-54, 57-58, 61-62, 65, 66, 75, 98-99, 104-105, 123, 131-132, 144, 220, 230, 296, 299-300, 303, 321, 421, 424, 425, Appendix III, 469-471; see also under place-names

Coastguard Service, 105, 144

Colchester

Colerne

Colliers Row

Colly Weston

Colnbrook

Cologne

Coltishall

Combined Defence Headquarters, 57, Appendix III

Combined Intelligence Committee, 139, 140, 141, 222-223, 228

Combined Operational Planning Committee, 385-386

Commerce Raiders

Committee of Imperial Defence, 6, 8, 9, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 44, 45-46, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 60, 238, 424

Communication Systems

Congreve Rocket, 333n, 334

Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur, 324, 374, 410, 412, 418

Convoy System, 49, 58-60, 81, 82, 147-148, 224, 229, 283-289, 319, 427, 431

Cormeilles-en-Vexin

Cornwall

Cossor, A. O. Limited, 38

Cotterell, see Cardiff

Coulsdon and Purley

County Divisions, 229, 230, 296, 297; see also Home Forces

Courtney, Air Marshal, 95

Courtrai

'Couverture' System, 73

Couvron

Coventry

Cowes (Isle of Wight)

Cox, Flight-Sergeant C. W. H., 331n

Cranage

Crayford

Crécy-en-Ponthieu

Creil

Crete

Crewe

Cripps, Sir Stafford, 350

'CROMWELL', 131, 223-224

'CROSSBOW' Committee, see under War Cabinet

Crossman, Major-General F. L. M., 448, 479

Crow, Dr. A, D., 341, 342, 349-350

Croydon

Cuerdley

Culot, Le

Czechoslovakia

--D--

Dagenham

Dakota Aircraft, 401

Dampferzeuger, 338, 369

Dartmouth

Datchworth

Daventry

Day Offensive over Occupied France, 290292, 294-295, 304, 312

Dazzle Barrage at Hull, 301

'Death Ray', 36, 37

Debden

Decoy Fires, 277, 307, 311, 430

Defence Committee (Operations), 345-346, 350

Defence Requirements Committee, 25-27, 35, 54, 61

Defiant Aircraft, 68, 113, 169, 172, 194, 195, 198, 206, 207, 210, 211, 252, 254, 264, 268, 279, 284, 443, 444, 450, 454, 455, 473, 474, 501, 508, 509

Delayed-Action Bombs

Delft

Demobilisation, 3-6

Demon Aircraft, 42, 6 ^n

Denain

Denmark, see Scandinavia

Deptford

Deputy Chiefs of Staff Committee, 368

Derby

Detling

Deurne

Deventer

Devonport

Devonshire

Digby

Dinard

Disarmament Conference, 18, 23, 24, 25

Dishforth

Dive-Bombers, German

'DIVER', see 'OVERLORD/DIVER' Plan, V--1

Docks

Dockyards

Donibristle

Doolittle, Lieutenant-General, 376-378

Dornberger, Captain (later General) Walter, 332-340, 346n, 347-348, 359, 399, 400

Dornier 17 Aircraft, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 499

Dornier 217 Aircraft, 327, 518, 519

Dorset

Dortmund-Ems Canal

Double Parachute Link, 372

Douglas, Air Vice-Marshal W. S. (later Air Marshal Sir Sholto), 254-255, 266-271, 279, 280, 284-285, 286, 290, 295, 312, 430-431

Douhet, General, 2

Dover

Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh, 36, 37, 39, 47, 72, 73, 74, 79, 88, 90, 91, 97, 108, 109, 110, in, 112, 114, 116, 124, 125, 152, J53, 154, 158, 159, 162, 164, 167, 169, 172, 173, 199, 200, 205, 206, 208, 215, 233, 235, 237, 238, 248, 250, 252, 253, 255, 266-267, 283, 284, 285, 429, 430

Downpatrick (Northern Ireland)

Drake, Sir Francis, 50

Drem

Dreux

Driffield

Duindigt

Dunbar-Nasmith, Admiral Sir Martin, V.C., 437, 440

Dundee

Dunfermline

Dunkirk, withdrawal from, 111-117, 120, 127, 135, 130, 155, 428

Durham

Düsseldorf and V-2, 386

Duxford

Dyce

--E--

Ealing

Early Warning System, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 33, 34, 36-40, 55, 65, 69, 70, 73, 74, 79, 80, 82, 90, 91, 97, io9, "3, 12o, 159, l62, 168, 170, 171-172, 184, 185, 187, 190, 192-193, 194, 195, 196, 199, 206, 207, 208, 213-214, 236, 237, 242, 243, 244, 246-247, 249, 253, 255, 309, 3l6-317, 322, 346, 364, 370, 390, 420, 430, 441, 488

East Anglia

East Barnet

Eastbourne

Eastchurch

East Ham

Eastleigh

Eden, Mr. Anthony, 30, 34, 106

Edinburgh

Edmonton

Eikenhorst

Eindhoven

Eire

Eisenhower, General Dwight, 361, 363, 367, 370, 371, 372, 376, 378, 393, 411

Ellis, Professor C. D., 341, 342, 349, 417

Ems, see Dortmund-Ems Canal

Enfield

Epping

Epsom

Equeurdreville

Erith

Esher

Essen

Essex

Etampes

Etaples

Euskirchen

Evreux

Ewe, Loch

Exeter

Exmouth

Expeditionary Force, 5, 6, 12, 21, 23, 26, 33n, 41, 71-73, 75, 77, 81, 89, 90, 95, 102, 107, 108, 111n, 112, 115, 123, 127, 153, 297, 299, 424

--F--

Fallersleben

Falmouth

Far East

Farnborough

Fazakerley

Felixstowe

Feltham

Field Guns

Fieseler 103, see V-1

Fieseler, Gerhard, 338, 355, 356

Fifth Column Activities, Risk of, 103, 119, 220

Fighter-Bomber Offensive against United Kingdom

Fighter Command

Fighter Force

Fighter Interception Unit, 152, 239, 252, 256, 266n, 268, 279, 501, 502, 508, 509

'Fighter Nights', 270-271, 274, 276, 279

Fighter Pilots

'Fighters before Bombers', 68

Fighting Area, see under Air Defence of Great Britain (Command)

Filter Rooms, see Early Warning System

Filton

Finchley

Finsbury

Fire-Watching System, 273, 277

First World War, 1, 2, 3, 49, 63

Fisher, Admiral of the Fleet Lord, 314

Fishguard

Fishing Vessels

Fixed Defences, see Coast Defences

Flakregiment 155 (W), see V-1

Flash-Spotting

Fleet Air Arm, 14, 51, 55, 56, 57; see also Coastal Area, Coastal Command, Royal Navy

Fleet Sewer

Fleetwood

Flushing

Flying Bomb, see V-1

Flying Training Schools, 151-152, 246

Foch, Marshal Ferdinand, 10

Focke-Wulf 190 Aircraft, 304, 309, 314, 518, 519

Focke-Wulf 200 Aircraft, 212, 466

Folkestone

Food

Forbes, Admiral (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Charles, 100, 136, 137, 138, 437, 440

Ford

Forest Hill

Forth, Firth of

Fortress Combined Headquarters, 57

Fortress Aircraft, 121n, 348

Fortress Combined Headquarters, 57

Foulness

Fowey

coast defences, 470

France

Fraserburgh

Free Balloon Barrage, see Aerial Minelaying

French Air Force, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 30, 78, 108

Freya, 331

Friedrichshafen

Friern Barnet

Friesland and V-2, 409-410

Frinton

Fritsch, General von, 335

Fulham

Fury Aircraft, 65n

FZG. 76, see V-1

--G--

Gas-Masks, see Respirators

Gatwick

Gauntlet Aircraft, 32n, 42, 6sn, 74

G. C. I., 253-254, 256, 270, 276, 279

Geisler, General Hans Ferdinand, 80, 87, 90, 93

Gell, Air Vice-Marshal W, C. C. 372

General Post Office, 73, 235

General Staff, see War Office and General Staff

Geneva, see Disarmament Conference, League of Nations

George, Mr. David Lloyd (later Earl Lloyd-George), 6, 9, 11

German Air Force, see Luftwaffe

Ghent

Gibraltar

Gilze-Rijen

G. L., 253-254, 256, 269, 270, 312, 375, 485, 487-488

Gladiator Aircraft, 32n (prototype), 42, 65, 74, 89, 172, 198, 264, 453, 472

Glamorganshire

Glasgow

Gloucester

Goddard, Professor Robert H., 334, 336n

Gordon-Finlayson, General Sir Robert, 106

Göring, General (later Reichsmarschall) Herman, 30, 181, 183, 190-191, 203, 226, 245, 308, 310, 312, 314

Gort, General the Viscount, 111

Gosport

Gossage, Air Vice-Marshal Sir E. L., m, 268

Gosslau, Dr. Fritz, 354, 355, 374n

Grand Fleet, see Royal Navy

Grangemouth

Gravesend

Greenwich

Greifswalder Oie long-range rocket trials, 337

Grierson, Air Commodore C. M., 385, 387

Grimsby

Griz Nez, Cap

Group Pools, 69, 151-152

Grove-White, Major-General M. F., 448, 479

Guilfoyle, Group Captain W. J. Y., 445, 475

--H--

Haagsche Bosch

Hackney

Hague, The

Halder, General, 175, 181

Hale Rocket, 333n, 334

Halifax (Nova Scotia)

Halifax Aircraft, 43

Hamburg

Hamilton, Duke of, 278

Hammersmith

Hampden Aircraft, 87, 121n, 141, 225, 274

Hampshire

Hampstead

Handorf bei Münster

Hankey, Sir Maurice (later Lord Hankey), 25, 133

Harbours, see Ports and Harbours, and under place-names

Harris, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur, 376-378, 393

Harris, Group Captain Vorley, 406

Harrow

Hart, Squadron Leader R. G., 39

Hart Aircraft, 42

Hartlepool and West Hartlepool

Harvard Aircraft, 121n

Harwell

Harwich

Hastings

Haute-Fontaine

Havoc Aircraft, 269, 279, 302, 509

Havre, Le

Hawker Aircraft Limited, 42

Hawkinge

Hayes

Heath Row

Heaviside Layer, 37

Heinemann, Lieutenant-General Erich, 348, 359, 362, 365, 367, 368-370, 375n, 389, 399

Heinkel 111 Aircraft, 80n, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of

Heinkel 115 Aircraft, 465, 467

Heinkel 177 Aircraft, 93 (Kampfgeschwader 40), 327, 519

Helmore, Air Commodore W., 302

Hendon

Hendon Aircraft, 32n

Henschel 293, 331-332, 340, 350

Hertfordshire

Hess, Rudolf, 277

Heston

Heylandt, Dr., 335

High Ercall

High Wycombe

Hill, Major-General L. R., 449, 479

Hill, Air Marshal R. M. (later Sir Roderic), 323-325, 326, 327-328, 361, 362-365, 370-374, 380-384, 390, 392, 393-394, 406, 408, 410, 411-420, 433

Himmler, Heinrich, 405

Hind Aircraft, 32n, 74

Hitler, Adolf, 24-25, 30, 73, 83, 147, 159, 176, 181, 183, 221, 226, 227, 231, 233, 234, 241, 245, 293, 303, 305, 314, 311-3l8, 337, 338, 347, 355, 400, 401, 405, 410, 421, 428, 429-430, 431-432

Hoare, Sir Samuel, 15

Hohmann, Colonel, 405

Holborn

Holton Heath

Holyhead

Home Defence Committee, 13, 34, 44-45, 55

Home Defence Executive, 103, 144

Home Fleet, see Royal Navy

Home Forces

Home Guard, 106-107, 123, 128, 133, 219220, 224, 297, 298, 299, 300, 321, 322-323, 396

Home Office, 66, 106, 344

Home Security, Ministry of, 103, 105, 212, 255, 258, 342, 343-344

Hornchurch

Hornum

Hornsey

Horsham

Horstig, Captain Ritter von, 333, 335

Hounslow

Hoxne (Suffolk)

Hoy, Island of

Hudson Aircraft, 59, 81, 121n, 140, 438, 468

Hughes, Colonel R. D., 385

Hull

Humber

Hunsdon

Hurricane Aircraft, 42, 43, 6sn, 68, 69, 72, 74, 77, 89, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 116n, 120, 252, 254-255, 264, 268, 271, 279, 284, 289, 291, 310, 442, 443, 444, 453, 454, 455, 472, 473, 474, 501, 502, 508, 509; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of

Hyland, Major-General F. G., 449, 480

Hythe (Kent)

--I--

Iceland Aircraft carrier and destroyers based on, 440

'Ideal' Plan, 47-48, 69, 72

I-Gerät, 336, 408

Ilford

Imperial Defence Committee, see Committee of Imperial Defence

Independent Bomber Force, 10

Industrial Haze

Inglis, Air Vice-Marshal F. F., 368, 379

Inland Area (Command), 36

Inner Artillery Zone, 15, 17, 19, 33, 233239, 244, 251-252, 258, 371; see also AntiAircraft Artillery and Searchlight Defences, London and Greater London, Thames and Medway

Inskip, Sir Thomas, 47

Inter-Service Committee on Invasion, 296

'Intruder' Patrols

Invasion

Invergordon

Inverness

Ipswich

Ireland, Northern

Iron Duke, H.M.S., 82

Ironside, General Sir Edmund, 123, 124, 129, 142, 143

Islington

Italian Air Force

Italo-Abyssinian War, 41

Italy

Iwade

--J--

Jade

James, Admiral Sir William, 437, 440

Japan

Jeschonnek, General, 318

Joint 'CROSSBOW' Target Priorities Committee, 379, 385, 393, 404, 406

Joint Intelligence Committee, 223, 295, 420

Jones, Dr. R. V, 157-158, 332, 340-341, 345-346, 350, 402-403

Joubert de la Ferte, Air Vice-Marshal P, B., 36

JULIUS CAESAR Plan, 84-85, 88, 98, 123

Junkers 87 Aircraft, 464, 466; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of

Junkers 88 Aircraft, 80n, 317, 327, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 518, 519; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of

Junkers 188 Aircraft, 317, 327, 519

--K--

Kammler, General, 394, 405, 409, 410

Karavodine, Victor de, 353-354

Kassel

Keith, Admiral Lord, 138

Kelly, Brigadier E, H., 45

Kenley

Kensington

Kent

Kesselring, Field-Marshal, 161, 221, 463

Kessler, General, 318

Kidbrooke

Kiel

King, H M. the

King's Lynn

Kingston-on-Thames

Kirke, General Sir Walter, 77, 84, 103, 106, 123, 143

Kirton-in-Lindsey

Kittyhawk Aircraft, 121n

Kleve

KNIKCEBEIN, 157-158, 213, 252, 261-262

'Knock-out Blow', see Air Attack on United Kingdom

Kristiansund

Kummersdorf

Kyle of Lochalsh

--L--

Lambeth

Lamlash

Lancaster Aircraft, 43, 312

Langley (Slough)

Laon

'Large Sites', 339, 348-349, 356, 359, 360, 376, 377, 378, 385, 388, 399-400, 403, 522, 524

Lame

Laval

Law, Mr. Bonar, 14

Layer Patrols, 274, 307

League of Nations, 4, 24, 25

Learoyd, Flight-Lieutenant R. A. B., V. C., 225

Leconfield

Leebe, General Ritter von, 179

Leeds

Lee-on-Solent, aerodrome attacked, 199

Leiden

Leigh-Mallory, Air Vice-Marshal T. L. (later Air Marshal and Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford), 194, 246-247, 267, 290-291, 294, 295, 312, 323, 324-325, 326, 361, 362, 363, 374, 376, 383, 385, 443, 454, 473

Leighton Buzzard

Leitstrahl, 336, 408

Lerwick

Leuchars

Lewisham

Leyton

Leytonstone

Ligescourt

Lightships, German attacks on, 80, 189, 284

Lille

Lincoln

Lincolnshire

Linton-upon-Ouse

List

Littlehampton

Liverpool

Llanelly

Lloyd, Mr. Geoffrey, 133

Local Defence Volunteers, see Home Guard

Locarno Conference, 18, 25

Locarno Treaty, 25, 26

Lochalsh, see Kyle of Lochalsh

London and Greater London

London Aircraft, 59, 438

Londonderry

London Naval Treaty (1930), 21

Long-Range Weapons, German

Looe

Loosduinen

Lorin, Rene, 353

Lossiemouth

Lottinghem

Loughborough

Low Countries

Lowestoft

Low-Flying Aircraft

Lubbock, Mr. I., 349

Lübeck

Luftwaffe

Lusser, Robert, 355

Luton

Lympne

Lyness

Lysander Aircraft, 170; see also Army Co-operation Squadrons

--M--

MacDonald, Mr. Ramsay, 18

Magnetic Mine, 86-88, 90, 427

Mahan, Admiral, 53

Maidstone

Maiden

Malines

Malmö long-range rocket near, 401; see also V-2

Malta

Man, Isle of

Manchester

Manchester Aircraft, 43

Manchuria, see Sino-Japanese Dispute

Mans, Le

Manston

Maps, Plans and Guide-Books

Marconnet, Georges, 354

Margate

Maritime Defence, see Coastal Command, Coast Defence, Merchant Shipping, Royal Navy

Marix, Air Commodore R. L. G., 438

Martinvast, see Equeurdreville

Martlesham Heath

Maryland Aircraft, 121n

Marylebone

Masterman, Air Commodore E. A. D., 20

Maunsell, Mr. G. A., 322n

Maunsell Forts, 32 211, 383

Medway, see Thames and Medway

Medway Towns

Melsbroek

Melun

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, 289

Merchant Shipping

Mercury VIII Engine, 41

Mersea, East

Mersey and Merseyside

Merton and Morden

Merton, Sir Thomas, 391

Messerschmitt 109 Aircraft, 113, 291, 304, 309, 464, 465, 466, 467; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of

Messerschmitt 110 Aircraft, 169, 186, 189, 192-193, 199, 465, 467

Messerschmitt 210 Aircraft, 310

Messerschmitt 410 Aircraft, 317, 327, 518n, 519

Meteor Aircraft, 385, 394

Metropolitan Air Force, see Bomber Command, Coastal Command, Fighter Command, Air Expansion Schemes

Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited, 38

Metz, Major-General Richard, 348, 399, 400, 404, 405

Middlesbrough

Middle Wallop

Midlands, the

Milch, General (later Field-Marshal), 30, 355, 368

Milford Haven

Militia, 43

Millwall

Milne, General (later Field-Marshal) Sir George, 24

Mimoyecques

Minefields, 50, 58, 74, 77, 104-105, 144, 220

Minelaying

Minesweepers and Minesweeping, see Royal Navy

Mitcham

Mitchell, Mr. R. T., 42

Mitchell Aircraft, 418

Mixed Batteries, 278-279, 322, 383, 394

'Modified' Sites

Moerbeke

Montdidier

Montreuil

Montrose

Morden, see Merton and Morden

Morrison, Mr. Herbert, 344, 371, 403, 414-415

Mosquito Aircraft, 312, 326, 372, 374, 390-391, 395, 412

Mount Batten, see Plymouth

Munich

Munich Agreement, 43, 66, 71, 73

Munich Crisis, 65-66, 69

Munster

Mustang Aircraft, 374, 394-395

--N--

Nantes

Napoleonic Wars, 50

National Physical Laboratory, 37, 38

Naval Harbours, German Attacks on, 2, 80, 82; see also Luftwaffe

Navy, British, see Royal Navy

Navy, German, 26, 50, 54, 58, 61, 77, 122, 136, 137, 147, 159, 176-179, 221, 226-227, 429

Navy, Italian, 122, 147

Nebel, Rudolf, 334, 335

Nelson, Admiral, 134

Netherlands, see Low Countries

Newall, Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril, 288

Newcastle-on-Tyne

New Cross Road

Newhaven (Sussex)

Newport (Monmouthshire)

Nicholson, Flight-Lieutenant J. B., V. C., 199

Niedersachswerfen

Night Air Offensive against United Kingdom, 1940-1941, 156-159, 163, 197, 208, 210, 211-213, 238-240, 251-266, 267, 281, 301-302, 430-431, 458-460, 461, 494-510

Nijmegen

Niton (Isle of Wight)

Norbiton

Nordhausen, see Niedersachswerfen

Nore, the, see Chatham Norfolk

Normandy

North Coates

Northern Patrol, 59, 136

Northfield (Warwickshire)

Northolt

North Weald

Northwood (Middlesex)

Norway

Norwich

Nottingham

Nova Scotia
detachment of Merchant Ship Fighter Unit in, 289
See also Halifax

Nucourt

Nye, Lieutenant-General (later Sir) A. E., 341-342

--O--

Oban

Ober Raderach

Oberth, Herman, 334

Observer Corps (later Royal Observer Corps)

Observer Posts, 15, 16, 26, Appendix III; see also Early Warning System, Observer Corps

Occupation of Great Britain, German plans for, 180

Odiham

Operational Training in the Royal Air Force, 35-36, 200-201; see also Operational Training Units

Operational Training Units, 69, 151, 200, 268, 269

Orfordness

Orkney

Orly

Orpington

Oslo Report, 331-332, 340

Ostend

Outer Artillery Zone, 15-16, 17, 20, 33, 43, 45

Ouvry, Lieutenant-Commander J, G. D., 87

Over-Gunning, 322-323

'OVERLORD', 312, 317, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 363, 364, 367, 400, 431

'OVERLORD/DIVER' Plan, 363-365, 370, 371, 373, 380

--P--

Paddington

Padstow

Paget, Lieutenant-General B. C. T. (later General Sir Bernard), 223, 297, 298, 299

Parachute-and-Cable Device, 154, 286

Parachute Mines

Parachutists, see Airborne Troops and Parachutists

Pargiter, Major-General R. B., 194, 449, 481

Paris

Paris, Dr. E. T., 39, 40

Park, Air Vice-Marshal K, R., 111-112, 113, 114, 115, 164, 196, 203-204, 205, 214, 215, 216, 235, 236, 237, 239, 241, 242, 243, 246-247, 249, 267, 290, 429, 442, 453, 472

Parry, Air Commodore R. G., 438

Passive Air Defence, see Civil Defence

Peenemünde

Pelly, Air Commodore C. B. R., 387

Peltz, Major-General Dietrich, 314-316, 325-329

Pembrey

Pembroke

Pembroke Dock

Penge

Penzance

Peterhead

Petrol

Petroleum Warfare, 133-134

Photographic Development Unit, 67, 139

Photographic Interpretation and Photographic Interpretation Unit, 67, 139, 140, 141, 222-223, 227, 228, 340, 344, 357-358, 360, 368, 394, 401, 418n, 425, 432

Photographic Reconnaissance

Photographic Reconnaissance Unit

Pile, Lieutenant-General (later General) Sir Frederick, Bt., 74, 82, 153-154, 158, 251-252, 268, 278, 279, 287, 316, 322, 323, 325, 362-365, 372, 373, 375, 381-382, 390, 392, 417

Pioneer Corps, 268

Place-Names, Removal of, from Signs and Signposts, 105

Plate, River

Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Admiral the Hon, Sir R., 440

Plymouth

Poland British and French guarantees to, 73, 75

Police, Arming of, 105

Poling

Poole

Poplar

Portal, Air Marshal (later Air Chief Marshal) Sir Charles, 141, 288-289, 370-371, 378, 403

Port Facilities

Portishead

Portland air attacks, and bombs on, 163, 167, 183, 196, 212, 244, 247, 491, 492, 513

Ports and Harbours, Defence of, 3, 4-5, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26, 33, 34, 35, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51-54, 55, 57, 61-62, 70, 83, 84, 97, 105, 148-149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 252, 271, 322, 373, 431, 469-471; see also under place-names

Portsmouth

Port Talbot

Postmaster-General, see General Post Office

Potters Bar

Pownall, Lieutenant-General H. R., 111

Prague

Preston

Prestwick

Proximity Fuze, 384

Public Utilities

Purfleet

Purley, see Coulsdon and Purley

--Q--

Queensferry, see South Queensferry

Queenstown

Quinnell, Air Commodore J, C. 445, 475

--R--

Raaphorst

Radar

Radio-Brenschluss, 336, 408

Radio Counter-Measures, 158, 213, 252, 256, 268, 408, 430

Radio Transmission Equipment Company Limited, 38-39

Raeder, Admiral, 147, 176-177, 181, 226

Railways

Ramsay, Vice-Admiral B. H. (later Sir Bertram), III, 132, 440

Ramsey, Vice-Admiral C. G., 437, 440

Ramsgate

Ransworth

Ravelijn

Ravenscar

R. D. F., see Radar

Rechlin

Redhill

Regional Commissioners, 103, 145

Reichenau, Field-Marshal von, 177

Renfrew

Rennes

Reorientation Committee, 33, 34, 36, 37, 43, 44, 47, 65

Reorientation Plan, 33-34, 35, 43, 44, 45, 46, 191

Reparations Problem, 14

Reserve Command, 36

Respirators, 2, 69

Reynaud, M. Paul, 108-110

Rhineland, remilitarisation of, 65

Richmond (Surrey)

Rilly-la-Montagne

Ringway

Roads, Obstruction of

Roborough

Rochester

Rochford

Rocket-Projectors

Rockets, German Long-Range, see V-2

Romer, Major-General C. F., 16

Romer Committee, 16, 17, 18

Romer Plan, 16-17, 22, 26, 32-33

Romsey

Rosierès-en-Santerre

Rosyth

Rotherham

Rotherhithe

Rotterdam

Rowe, Mr. A. P., 40

Rowkeath

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Regiment, 323, 373, 383

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 43, 69; see also Royal Air Force

Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Artillery

Royal Auxiliary Air Force, 36, 43, 68-69, 82, 155, 208, 442-444, 453-455, 472-474, 501-502

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Royal Marines

Royal Navy

Royal Observer Corps, see Observer Corps

Rudloe

'Ruffians', see X-Gerät

Ruhr, the

Ruislip

Runcorn

Rundstedt, Field-Marshal von, 175, 181

Russia

--S--

Saint-André-de-l'Eure

Saint-Brieuc

Saint-Cloud

St. Eval

Saint-Inglevert

Saint-Leger

Saint-Leu-d1Esserent

St. Marylebone

Saint-Omer

St. Pancras

Saint-Pol

Saint-Trond

Salcombe

Saleux

Salisbury, Marquess of, 14

Salisbury Committee, 14-15, 21, 26, 94

Salmond, Air Marshal (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Sir John, 17, 254

Salmond Committee on Night Air Defence, 254-255

Salvage of Damaged Aircraft, 69

Sandys, Mr. Duncan, 342-346, 348, 350, 351, 372-373, 38i, 402-403, 409

Saul, Air Vice-Marshal R. E., 194, 443, 455, 474

Saunders, Air Vice-Marshal H. W, L., 324, 382

Scandinavia

Scapa Flow

Scarborough

Scheveningen

attack on barges at, 224

Schipol

Schmidt, Dr. Paul, 354

Schneider Trophy, 42

Scientific Survey of Air Defence, Committee for the, 36, 37, 38

Scotland air attacks, see under place-names

Scunthorpe

Seaham Harbour

Sealand Royal Air Force station attacked, 190

'SEALION', 64, 147, 159-160, 175-182, 219, 220-228, 241, 245, 429-430, 432

Searchlights

Second Tactical Air Force, 324, 358-359, 361, 376, 386, 395, 410, 412, 414, 415, 416, 418

Sempy

Sevenoaks

Shadow Factories, 41, 68

Shanghai and Shanghai Incident, see Sino-Japanese Dispute

Sheerness

Sheffield

Sherborne

Shetland anti-aircraft guns, 448, 479

Shipping, see Merchant Shipping, Royal Navy

Shipping, Ministry of, 105

Shoreditch

Shoreham

Sicily

Sidcup, see Chislehurst and Sidcup

Signals, Royal Corps of, 235

Silvertown

Simon, Sir John (later Lord Simon), 30, 34, 278

Sinclair, Sir Archibald, 372, 403

Singapore

Sino-Japanese Dispute, 6, 23-34, 66

Siracourt

'Ski Sites', 357-365, 367-368, 373, 376, 377, 433, 522

S. L. C., 254, 260, 373

Smith, Air Commodore S. W., 446, 477

Smithfield Market

Smoke-Screens

Smuts, General (later Field-Marshal) Jan, 9, 350

Sneek

Soesterberg

Sorley, Squadron Leader R. S., 42-43

Sottevast

Sound Locators, 15, 16, 33, 158, 239, 276, 483

Sound-Ranging

Southall

Southampton

Southgate

South Queensferry

South Shields

Southwark

Southwold

Spaatz, Lieutenant-General Carl, 379

Spanish Civil War, 2, 161, 313

Special Reserve, 43

Speer, Albert, 339

Speke

Sperrle, Field-Marshal, 161, 222, 466

Spies, Capture of German, 223

Spitfire Aircraft, 42, 43, 68, 69, 74, 113, 120, 140, 312, 325, 372, 374, 414, 442, 443, 444, 453, 454, 455, 472, 473, 474; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of

Spithead

Squires Gate

Stabilisation Scheme, 237, 238, 250

Staff Talks, Anglo-French, 71-72

Staines

Stalin, Marshal, 403

Stanley, Mr. Oliver, 106

Stanmore

Stapleford Abbots

Stavanger

Staveren

Steel, Air Commodore J. M., 13

Steel-Bartholomew Committee, 13, 15, 16, 17

Steel-Bartholomew Plan, 13, 15-16, 17, 32, 43, 45n

Stepney

Stettin
reconnoitred by Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, 228

Stevens, Squadron Leader E. E., 82n

Stevenson, Air Commodore D. F., 94, 95, 151

Stewart, Sir Findlater, 144

Stirling Aircraft, 43

Stoke Newington

Storage Depots, Flying-Bomb, see Nucourt, Rilly-la-Montagne, Saint-Leu-d1Esserent, V-1

Stornoway

Stranraer

Stranraer Aircraft, 59, 438

Strategic Bombing, Doctrine of, 9-12, 14, 31, 32, 35, 48, 56, 67, 71, 80, 89, 94, 108, 156, 377, 378, 397, 424-425

Strauss, General, 177, 178 Stumpff, General, 161, 195, 205, 222, 233, 467

Submarine Attack

Suffolk

Sullom Voe

Sumburgh

Sunbury

Sunderland anti-aircraft guns, 70; see also Tyne

Sunderland Aircraft, 59, 438, 468

Supermarine Limited, 42

Supply, Ministry of, 73, 341, 342

'Supply Sites', 339, 360, 361-362, 368, 370-371, 376, 377, 378, 385, 522

Supreme War Council, 72, 109

Surbiton

Surface Raiders, see Commerce Raiders

Surrey

Sussex

Sutton and Cheam

Sutton Coldfield

Swansea

'Swedish Rocket', 401-402, 403

Swilly, Lough

Swinemünde

Swinton, Lord, 40, 67

Swordfish Aircraft, 468

--T--

Tangmere

Tanks

Tay, Firth of

Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur, 372, 378, 385, 386, 393, 414

Tees

Teignmouth

Tempest Aircraft, 372, 374, 391, 395

Ten-Year Rule, 6, 20, 24, 25, 54

Ter Horst

Territorial Army, 4, 16, 17-18, 20, 34, 43, 46, 65, 731 see also British Army

Thames and Medway

Thameshaven

Thornaby

Thorney Island aerodrome, 438, 468

Thyssen, Air Vice-Marshal T. H. S., 468

Tilbury

Tille

'Tip-and-Run' Attacks

Tizard, Mr. H. T. (later Sir Henry), 36, 37

Tomahawk Aircraft, 121n

Tompson, Major-General R. H. D., 36

'TORCH', 298, 311, 319, 321, 322

Torpedo-Bombers, 28n, 50, 55, 57, 59, 134, 319, 438, 468

Torpoint

Torquay

Tottenham

Tournai

Tours

Trade-Protection Squadrons, 60, 72, 90-91, 97

Training Command, 36

Tramecourt

Trenchard, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Lord), 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 26

Tromsö German air base, 467

Trondheim

'Turbinlite', 302

Turnhouse

Twickenham

Tyne

Tyneside

Typhoon Aircraft, 310, 312, 372

--U--

U-Boats, 80-83, 147-148, 285-286, 425, 427; see also Asdic, Merchant Shipping, Submarine Attack

Unexploded Bombs, Measures for dealing with, 258

Unge Rocket, 333, 334, 335

United Kingdom Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 119

United States of America

U. P. Weapon, 278, 286, 322, 383

Usworth

Uxbridge

--V--

V-1

V-2

Vaernes

Vannes

Varne Light Vessel

Varrelbusch

Venlo

Ventnor

Vernon, H.M.S., 87

Versailles, Treaty of, n, 26, 65, 332

Vice-Chiefs of Staff Committee, 142, 143, 296, 341-342, 390, 406

Vildebeeste Aircraft, 59, 438

Villacoublay

Vincent, Group Captain S. F., 244

Vital Points, 45, 296

Vlaardingen

Vulnerable Points, 45, 51, 296

--W--

Wachtel, Colonel, 348, 357, 358, 365, 367, 368-370, 371, 376, 377, 387, 389, 393, 417

Walcheren

Wales

Wallington

Walrus Aircraft, 468

Walsall

Walser, Air Commodore A. A., 446, 476

Walter, Colonel Eugen, 368-370

Waltham Cross

Walthamstow

Walton-on-the-Naze

Wandsworth

Wanstead

War Cabinet, 83, 109-111, 145-146, 371, 376, 378, Appendix III

Warmwell

War Office and General Staff, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 39, 43, 46, 48, 52, 73, 111, 145, 146, 253, 268, 341, Appendix III

Warrington-Morris, Air Commodore A. D., 36, 74

Warsaw

Warships, German air and submarine attacks on, 80, 82; see also Luftwaffe, Royal Navy, U-Boats

Washington, Treaty of, 7, 15, 51

Wassenaar

Waterloo

Watnall

Watson-Watt, Mr. R. A. (later Sir Robert), 37, 39, 40, 382, 417

Watten

Weber, Major, 405

Weedon

Wellington Aircraft, 87, 390

Wellington Barracks

Wembley

West Bromwich

West Ham

Westhampnett

West Mailing

Westminster

Weston-super-Mare

Weybridge

Weymouth

Whitby

Whitehaven

Whitley Aircraft, 32n (prototype), 87, 195

Wick

Wiener Neustadt

Wilhelmshaven

Willesden

Wiltshire

Wimperis, Mr. H. E., 36, 37

Winchester

'WINDOW', 317

Wireless Transmissions, Control of, 33

Wissant

Wittering

Wizernes

Wolverhampton

Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 430

Women's Voluntary Services, 396

Wood, Dr. A. B., 39

Wood, Sir Kingsley, 67

Woodberry Down

Wood Green

Woolston, see Southampton

Woolwich

Workington

Worthing

Worthy Down

Würzburg, 331

--X--

X-Gerdt, 262, 263, 272-273

--Y--

Y-Gerdt, 262, 276, 327

Yarmouth

Yeovil

Yiewsley

York

Yorkshire

Young Soldier Battalions, 296, 298, 321

Ypenburg

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Zinnowitz

Zwischenahn

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