Brooke, Lieutenant-General A. F., 22, 23, 25, 104, 146, 170-71, 273-74, 277
Brown, Chief Stoker W., 137, 139
Brownrigg, Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas, 19, 61, 62
Buchanan, Commander Herbert James, 256, 258, 260
Bush. Captain Eric, 153, 185
Bush. Lieutenant-Colonel W. E., 234, 239
Bushell, Commander William, 244
Buxton. Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. H., 147
Bystander, 142
Calais, 17, 21, 26, 33, 41-43, 48, 57, 60-70, 92, 134
Calcutta, 90, 95
Calvi, 138, 141
Cameron. Lieutenant John, 260
Cameron Highlanders, Queen’s Own, 168; 1st Battalion, 34, 72
“Canal Line,” 27, 31, 33, 69, 72, See also Aa Canal; la Bassée Canal
Canterbury, 85, 130, 131, 223
Capiat, Sub-Lieutenant Moran, 157
Carew Hunt, Sub-Lieutenant A., 197
Carmaham. Aircraftsman, 243
Carrier, Private Lou, 106
Carvin, 35
Cassel, 34, 36, 76, 91, 107, 109, 147, 277
Cassidie, Captain, 140
Cavanagh, Able Seaman P., 137
Chamberlain, Neville, 18, 41
Champon, General, 175
Chandler, Gunner Mowbrav, 138-40
Chapeau Rouge, 261-66, 267
Charles, Signalman Percy, 277
Chartier de Sadomy, Captain le Comte de, 259
Chatham Naval Depot, 44, 47, 89, 92, 223
Cherbourg, 125-26
Chodzko, Sub-Lieutenant Michael Anthony, 225, 248
Churchill, Captain Jack. 70-72
Churchill, Winston: support of Weygand Plan, 18, 21-23, 28; decision to evacuate Dunkirk, 33, 37, 41, 109, 112; defense of Calais, 60-63, 68; meetings with Reynaud, 2, 20, 24, 58, 178-79; Belgian surrender, 100-101; policy on evacuating French, 91, 173, 177-79, 228, 234, 252; reports on evacuation, 170, 229, 270-72, 274
Clan MacAlister, 89, 140, 141, 218
Claridge, Private J. B., 214
Clemments, Lieutenant-Commander, W. R. T., 86
Clifton, Brigadier, A. J., 105
Clouston, Commander J. Campbell: at Dunkirk, 112-13; pier master at eastern mole, 113, 115, 116, 130, 137-39, 141, 142, 167-68, 197, 236; loss of, 242-43
Cockle boats, 156, 195
Coldstream Guards, 12, 264; 1st Battalion, 11, 203; 2nd Battalion, 7, 12, 146-47, 200-201, 231-33, 237-38, 246
Coles. Sapper D.J., 13-14, 154, 188
Collard, Group Captain R. C. M., 1
Colton, Sergeant-Major “Big Ike,” 111
Colvin. Major R.B.R, 218
Comfort, 122-24
Command Post, shifts of, 15-18, 20, 21, 23, 36, 108
Communications breakdown, 14-16, 65, 80, 92, 101, 109, 256
Condor. Commander E. R., 235
Constant Nymph, 156, 162
Contest, 223
Cook, Lieutenant A. T., 116
Corap, General André-Georges, 1, 3, 6
Costobadie, Lieutenant-Commander, 259
Court, Sergeant L. H. T., 237-38
Courtrai. 22, 103
Cox, Lieutenant Ian, 129, 140, 155
Cranz, General Lieutenant Friedrich-Carl, 266, 267
Cras, Lieutenant Hervé, 269
Crested Eagle, 131, 139, 141
Crick, Lieutenant T. S., 44
Crosby, Sub-Lieutenant John Rutherford, 130, 240, 247
Crowther, Private George William, 142
Dangerfield, Captain E., 252, 260
Darlan, Admiral Francois, 90, 91, 174, 179, 276
Davies, Lieutenant E. L., 129, 247
Day, Chief Foreman Harry, 88
Deal, 57, 58
Dean, Commander Brian, 116, 268
Demolitions, 53-55, 66, 106
Dendre, River, 10
Denny, Captain Michael, 43, 240, 242, 245
Destroyers: collecting and organizing, 38, 86; losses, 135-44; modern, withdrawn, 144-45, 228; returned, 168, See also ships’ names
Dewing, Major-General R. H., 17
Dibbens, Lieutenant Harold J., 164-66
Dickens, Sub-Lieutenant Peter, 47
Dill, Lieutenant-General Sir John, 22, 24, 37, 38, 153, 170, 173, 176-78, 183, 229, 277
Dinort, Major Oskar, 135, 161
Discipline problems, 55, 96-97, 112-13, 128-29, 138-39, 147, 166-69, 187-88, 199, 213, 232-34, 236-37
Dive bombing, 8-10, 34-35, 65, 94, 107, 135-40, 214-17, 219, 228, 242, See also Stuka
Divine, David, 225, 245
Docksey, Captain T. E., 159
Dodd, Captain John S., 70, 153, 271, 277
Doggersbank, 114
Dornier 17 (German plane), 55, 132, 135, See also Luftwaffe
Dorrien Rose, 98
Dorsetshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 33, 72-73, 103
Dove, Major Arthur, 80
Dove, Commander J. S., 56, 143
Dover, 48, 58
Dover Castle, 43-44
Dow, Surgeon-Lieutenant James, 47
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh, 134, 221
Dreyer, Lieutenant Christopher, 216
Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, 1st Battalion, 238
Dunkirk, 17, 20, 24-26; decision to evacuate from, 95; destruction of port, 55, 251-52; last night, 244-49, 251-64; capture of, 266-67
Durham Light Infantry, 6th Battalion, 76, 198, 199, 235
Dyle, River, 6-8, 167
“Dynamo,” Operation: activating, 44, 58; collecting and manning ships, 44-46, 87, 223; equipping and provisioning ships, 47-49; communications, 142-44, 152; morale, 90, 117, 186-87, 222-25, 228, 241, 253; numbers lifted, xi, 116-17, 125, 168-69, 176, 178, 179, 197, 228, 252, 274-76; decision to end, 239-40, See also Admiralty; Chatham Naval Depot; Destroyers; Little Ships; Small Vessels Pool
Dynamo Room, 43-44, 47, 48, 58, 83, 84, 89-90, 95-96, 99, 152, 239, 242
East Lancashire Regiment, 1st Battalion, 232
East Riding Yeomanry, 148
East Surrey Regiment: 1st Battalion, 12, 51, 76, 198-200; 1st/6th Battalion, 198-200, 235-36
Eastern mole, 97-99, 112, 115-16, 130-31, 135-38, 142, 181, 188-90, 212, 227, 235-36, 251, 266-67, 272
Eden, Anthony, 17, 22, 24, 25, 60-63, 91, 101, 108, 109, 170, 176, 180, 182-83, 186
Elkin, Sergeant Arthur, 15, 104
Elliott. A. W., 157
Ellison-McCartney, Lieutenant-Colonel L. A., 66
Elton, Seaman J. H, 142
Emile Deschamps, 269
Epinette, 70-72
Ervine-Andrews, Captain H. M., 232
Escaut, River, 7, 11, 12
Esk, 153, 222
Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 7
Estaires, 73, 74
Express, 137, 248, 260, 261
Fagalde, General Marie B. A., 36, 62, 63, 76, 78, 92, 180-82, 250, 255, 256
Falck, Captain Wolfgang, 132-34
“Fall Rot,” Operation, 209-11
Fane, 2nd Lieutenant Julian, 107, 148
Farley, Private Francis Ralph. 111, 203-5
Fauvelle, Major Joseph, 92, 110
Felstead, Gunner F., 129
Fenella, 130, 131, 138, 139, 141
Fernald, John, 158, 159
Festubert, 33, 72, 73, 74
Field Security Police, 54, 123
Fieseler Storch (German observation plane), 9
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 1st Battalion, 49
Fifth Columnists, 10-11
Fisher, Captain John, 44, 45
Fisher, Commander Ralph Lindsay, 120-25
Fletcher, Seaman Carl, 94, 96
Flooding, 20, 118, 199, 249
Folkestone, 126, 193, 222, 244
Foremost 101, 192
Fort Mardyck, 200
Fort Philippe, 151
Foudroyant, 219, 222
Franklyn, Major-General H. E., 19
French Army: Somme line, 19, 23, 24, 255-56, defense of Calais, 62-65:withdrawal to Dunkirk, 24, 109-11;holding the perimeter, 1
09-11, 145-46; reluctance to evacuate, 24, 76, 90-92, 109-10; discipline of, 197; rearguard, 182-83, 229-30, 234, 249-50, 255; evacuation of, 173-83, 190-91, 197, 228, 247-48, 251, 258-60; surrender of, 266-67, Armies: First, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 34, 92, 107-11, 145, 150, 176; Second, 3; Seventh, 21; Ninth, 1, 3, Corps: III, 110-11, Infantry Divisions: 12th, 234, 249; 21st, 255; 32nd, 234, 255, 259, 260, 267; 60th, 34, 146, 176; 68th, 69, 78, 176, 200, 234, 249, 266, 267; 71st, 3; 137th, 255, 2nd Light Mechanized Division, 146, See also Weygand Plan
French Navy: participation in evacuation, 90-92, 109, 125-26, 175, 176, 193, 244, 257, 259-60; casualties, 169, 222, 269
Furnes, 78, 79, 111, 146, 151, 172, 180, 199, 201, 203, 213
Furnes-Nicuport Canal, 106
Gabbett-Mullhallen, Sub-Lieutenant C. A., 260
Galland, Captain Adolf, 134, 135
Gallant, 95, 144
Gamelin, General Maurice, 3, 16, 18
Garrett, Paymaster lieutenant-Commander Harry, 41, 46, 156
Gaze, Private W. B. A., 81, 262-63
Gentry, Lance Bombardier H. E., 9-10
George VI, Kin, 101
Georges, General Alphonse-Joseph, 7, 15, 16, 175, 176, 177
German Army, Army Groups: A, 3, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 64, 150, 209; B, 3, 21, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 135, 150, 197, 209, 267; C. 209, Armies: Fourth, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 209; Eighteenth, 208-10, Corps: IX, 208; X, 254, 267; XIX, 3, 26, 31, 33; XXVI, 208, Infantry Divisions: 18th, 210, 250, 254, 266, 267; 56th, 151; 61st, 254; 256th, 211, Panzer Divisions: 1st. 6, 26, 27, 28, 64, 69; 2nd, 6, 26; 6th, 13, 69; 7th, 150; 10th, 26, 63, 64, 69, SS Totenkopf Division, 74, Regiments: 102nd Artillery Regiment, 249; 18th Regiment of Engineers, 250; 37th Panzer Engineers, 151; SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 106, Bicycle Squadron 25, 151
German Navy, 119
Gill, Corporal Alf, 125
Gimson, Captain Tom, 112
Glen Cower, 189
Gloucestershire Regiment: 2nd Battalion, 11, 34, 148; 5th Battalion. 107, 147-48
Goddard, Group Captain Victor, 37-39
Goebbels, Joseph. 267-68, 276
Goodbody, Yeoman Eric, 187-88
Göring, Hermann, 28-33, 55, 134, 273
Gorl, General the Viscount: early career, 7, 15; advance into Belgium, 2-3, 6-8; withdrawal toward coast, 7, 17, 37-39, 69, 70, 72, 78, 81, 153, Weygand Plan, 18-24; decision to evacuate, 16, 20, 22-24, 41, 76, 91, 92, 108; Belgian surrender, 100-6; policy on evacuating French, 91, 173-82; evacuated, 162, 170-73, 183-86
Gossamer, 47, 116, 122, 207
Gotto, Commander Renfrew, 246
Gracie Fields, 141, 142
Grafton, 95, 122-24, 144
Grand Quartier Général, 20
Gravelines, 30, 33, 69, 78, 151, 168, 176, 189, 267
Gray. Lieutenant A., 113, 114
Green Howards: 5th Battalion, 234, 236, 239, 246; 6th Battalion, 33
Gregson-Ellis, Colonel Philip, 36
Grenade, 130, 137, 139, 144
Grenadier Guards, 12, 79, 218; 1st Battalion, 201-3, 206, 212; 2nd Battalion, 111, 199; 3rd Battalion, 219, 235
Greyhound, 144
Griffith-Williams, Colonel L. C., 238
Grimmer, Sapper F. M., 1
Guderian, General Heinz, 3, 6, 26, 28-33, 64, 69, 106, 150-51, 209, 272, 273
Gulzer, 68, 258
Hadnett, Corporal Bob, 35, 107, 108
Hadow, Commander P. H., 214-15
Haig. 249
Haig. Lieutenant-Commander Rodolph, 123
Haider, General Franz, 30, 31, 32, 209, 250
Halsey, Captain T. E., 253, 268
Hall Order,” 29-33, 69, 209, 272-73
Hamel, Lieutenant Lodo van, 194
Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 233
Hansen, General Lieutenant Christian, 254
Harling, Robert, 194-95
Harvester, 86
Harvey, Ted, 239
Harwich, 45, 127
Havant, 86, 215-16, 219
Hawes, Sergeant S. S., 124
Hazebrouck, 16, 49, 70, 74, 107, 108
Hebe, 144, 153, 184-85, 224
Heinkel III (German plane), 55, 132, 133, 141, 161, 169, 212, 214, 215, See also Luftwaffe
Heming, Private Ernest, 190
Henkel, Hans, 276
Herbert. Major Dickie, 202
Hersey, Augusta. 51, 227
Hersey, Private Bill. 51, 227
Hilda, 113, 114, 216, 251
Hill, Major Peter, 50
Hilton. Robert, 159, 163, 174, 278-79
Hird, 124-26
Hitler, Adolf, 2, 28: and Belgian surrender, 102; “Halt Order,” 29-33, 272-73; his suggestion for preventing evacuation, 210
Hoedt, Father M. Rafael, 145
Homan, David, 158
Hondschoote, 54
Hornchurch, 57, 220
Horner, Ken, 156
Hoist, 163
Hospital Ships, 241-42
Houtkerque, 108
Hubicki, General Major A. R von, 249
Hunt, Major (RASC), 126
Hunt, Major Peter, 72
Huntziger, General Charles, 3
Hurricane (British plane), 57, 133, 134, 195, 251, See also RAF
Hutchens, Lieutenant-Colonel Robin, 194
Hythe, 224
Ibel, Max, 134
Ingham, Lance Corporal W. J., 54
Interservice Topographical Department, 48
Iron Duke, 238
Ironside, General Sir Edmund, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 37, 38
Irving. Lieutenant R. H., 160, 162, 196
Irwin. Seaman Bill, 137
Ismav, Major-General Sir Hastings, 20, 21, 176, 271
Ismav, Lady, 271
Ivanhoe, 124, 186, 214, 219
Jaguar (British), 86, 87, 130, 137, 144
Jaguar (French), 120, 269
James, Admiral Sir William, 272
Janssen, General, 234, 249
Jeffries, Captain P.J., 198
Jennings, Gunner W., 142
Jeschonnek, General Major Hans, 32
Jodl, General Major Alfred, 29, 32
Johnson, Major-General G. D., 206
Johnson & Jago’s Boatyard, 157
Jones, 2nd Lieutenant, 199
Jones, Signalman George W., 201
Jonkerick, Mile., 52
Ju 87 (German plane), See Stuka
Ju 88 (German plane), 135, 242, See also Luftwaffe
Kay, Corporal R., 115
Kearley-Pope, Petty Officer Leonard B., 84
Keitel, General Colonel Wilhelm, 29, 32, 119
Keith, 184-85, 216-19, 222
Keith, Jimmy, 89
Keller, General Alfred, 210
Kerr, Commander Tom, 112, 113, 115, 151, 166, 188
Kesselring, General Albert, 32, 133, 211
Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger, 100-101
King Orry, 142, 189
King’s Own Royal Regiment, 8th Battalion, 167
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion, 60, 61, 63, 65
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion, 246
Kirchner, General Lieutenant Friedrich, 27
Kitchener, Corporal Jack, 52
Kleist. General Ewald von, 27, 32, 107
Kluge, General Colonel Guenther Hans von, 27, 28, 32, 33, 209
Knight, Sergeant Bill, 255-56
Knowles, Guardsman Arthur, 266
Koeltz, General Louis M., 78, 100
Kuechler, General Georg von, 208-11, 232-34, 249-50, 258
Kwinte Whistle Buoy, 120-25, 169
La Bassée Canal, 7, 33, 72, 74
Lady Southborough, 45, 46, 192-93
Lane, Squadron Leader Brian, 220
Langley, Lieutenant James M., 12, 200-201, 232, 237, 261, 264, 265
La Panne: evacuation operations: 79, 81, 87, 88, 95, 112, 114, 117, 122, 128, 129, 141, 143, 150, 152, 153, 162-67, 175, 177, 186, 187, 190, 202-8, 212, 214, 217, 219; Gort establishes headquarters, 79-80, 111-12; withdrawal from, 207, 227
Laurencie, General Fourmel de la, 110, 111, 180, 181, 234
Lawson, Brigadier the Honorable, E. F., 79, 167
Lawson, 2nd Lieutenant William, 167
Leclerc, Rear-Admiral Marcel, 91, 175
Lecointe, Father Henri, 267
Le Doze, Lieutenant Docteur, 267
Ledringhem, 147
Lee, Gunner Robert, 76
Leese. Brigadier Sir Oliver, 16, 153, 172-73, 180, 186
Leigh-on-Sea, 156, 157, 193
Le Mesurier, Commander Edward K., 225
Leopold III, 19, 99, 100-102, 175
Le Paradis, 74
“Lethal Kite Barrage,” 56, 143
Letitia, 195
Lidster, Sapper L. C., 125-26
Lightoller, Commander Charles Herbert, 225-27
Lille, 10, 12, 16, 25, 34, 50, 51, 107-11, 145, 150, 180, 234, 272, See also French Army: First
Lindsell, Lieutenant-General W. G., 78
Little Ann, 225-27, 245
Littlehampton, 89
Little Ships: collecting, equipping, and manning of, 44-49, 88-89, 157; operations of, 155-64, 191-95, See also Ministry of Shipping; Small Vessels Pool; Tough Brothers Boatyard
Little Ships Club, 88
Lockerby, Lance Corporal Reginald, 35, 49, 56, 190
Locust, 257, 259
Long Price, Captain, 7
Looting, 34, 55, 134, 213-14, 263
Lord Southborough, 156
Lorry jetties, 164-66, 169, 186
Lossberg, Colonel Lieutenant Bernard von, 32
Louch, Private Fred, 169
Love, Private Sam, 126
Lucas, General, 260
Luftwaffe: early superiority of, 28, 31, 32, 50, 55, 56, 74, 132-33; mission to prevent evacuation, 104, 192, 204, 212-22, 228, 242, 273; raids on Calais. 64-66; raids on Dunkirk. 85, 97, 117, 125, 130, 133-42, 187, 221-22; RAF opposition to, 134-42, 195, 219-22; weather as a factor, 131, 134, 161, 168, 169, 184, 211, 272; shifts south, 251, 258; tactics, 135, 189, 195, 210-12, 273; 2nd Air Fleet (Luftflotte), 32, 55, 211; Fliegerkorps IV, 210; Fliegerkorps VIII, 32, 134, 135, 161; Fighter Squadron 26, 132; 2nd Stuka Squadron, 161, See also Göring; Stuka; and other German entries