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396; on Quebec conference, 391; denied command of Overlord , 393; deplores proliferation of commando units and special forces, 404; opposes operations in Aegean, 410–13; believes WSC unbalanced, 411; on US failure to support Dodecanese operation, 419; on WSC’s bedroom scene, 423; on Big Three at Tehran, 432; opposes WSC’s plans for Sumatra landing, 448; opposes further long flights for WSC, 450; dispute with WSC over Far East strategy, 477; tells Americans no invasion possible before 1945 or 1946, 478; US view of, 482; prevents WSC from witnessing D-Day landings, 485; hopes for WSC’s retirement, 490–1; on Morrison’s pessimism over V1 attacks, 490; caution over assault on Istria, 493; defends Montgomery against WSC’s criticism, 496; on WSC’s condition on way to second Quebec conference, 510; relief at WSC’s abandoning Adriatic landing, 543; Marshall refuses to discuss strategy with, 547; preserves Allied unity, 549; watches Rhine crossing, 564; WSC toasts on VE-Day, 568; and WSC’s relations with Truman, 572; and WSC’s proposal to drive back Russians in Europe, 573; and WSC’s enthusiasm for atom bomb, 586; character and achievements, 595; WSC’s view of, 596
    Brooke, Benita, Lady, 211
    Bruce, Stanley, 32
    Bruneval, France: raided, 245
    Buccaneer , Operation, 426, 429
    Buckmaster, Col. Maurice, 458
    Bulgaria: joins Axis, 128
    Bulge, Battle of the, 540
    Burgess, Guy, 321
    Burma: Japanese invade, 219, 242, 251; US urge British action in, 354, 358, 480; shortage of landing craft for, 375; British campaign in, 376, 411, 430, 448, 481, 504, 514, 580; Chindit operations in, 387, 429; proposed British amphibious landing, 426, 429; WSC’s strategy for recapture, 477
    Burrows, Lt.Gen. Brocas, 332
    Butler, Richard Austen ( later Baron): favours suing for peace, 37; introduces Education Act (1944), 508
    Butt, David, 246, 560
    Byng, Admiral John: executed (1757), 267 Byrd, Walter, 277
    Cadogan, Sir Alexander: on confusion in 1940 campaign, 24; on WSC’s temperament, 26, 33; on WSC’s fear of Japanese aggression, 189; at Placentia Bay meeting, 197; on US working methods, 225; on WSC’s low spirits, 244, 478–9; on army’s weak performance, 259; and WSC’s enthusiasm for Aegean operation, 410; on loss of Leros, 418; on Roosevelt’s acceptance of Stalin’s proposals at Tehran, 434; in Cairo with WSC, 436; and WSC’s misgivings over invasion of France, 478; and WSC’s handling of Greek crisis, 533
    Cairncross, John, 163, 320
    Cairo: wartime life in, 264, 316; WSC in, 316, 332, 363; WSC meets Roosevelt in before Tehran conference, 426, 428–31
    Calais, 25, 30
    Caliph , Operation, 471–2
    Campioni, Admiral Inigo, 405
    Camrose, William Ewert Berry, 1st Viscount, 202, 207, 570
    Canada: forces in France, 43, 45, 51; WSC addresses Parliament, 223, 228; delays conscription, 235
    Carol, King of Romania, 543
    Carthage, 380, 436–8
    Casablanca conference (January 1943), 352–62, 367,
    376 Cassin, René, 56
    Cazalet, Victor, 257, 397
    Century Association (New York), 172
    Cetniks (Yugoslavia), 467–9
    Ceylon: bombed by Japanese, 251
    Chamberlain, Neville: revulsion from conflict, xxiii; WSC replaces after failure of Norway campaign, 1–4, 8, 10, 13; cheered in Commons, 13; as lord president, 17; snubs Roosevelt, 18; supports WSC’s decision to fight on, 30, 33; remains Party leader, 31; and Stanley Bruce, 32; favours suing for peace, 36; opposes sending more forces to France, 43–4; and proposed Irish union, 71; cancer, 86, 105; premiership, 104; Maisky on, 105; death, 106, 109–6; dealings with Soviet Union, 152
    Channon, Sir Henry (‘Chips’), 8, 95, 105–6, 127
    Chapelle, Fernand Bonnier de la, 349
    Chartwell, Kent: WSC at, 19; running costs, 590
    Chemnitz: bombed, 561
    Chequers (house): entertaining, 202–3; WSC at, 204; WSC contributes to, 591; WSC leaves, 592
    Cherwell, Frederick Lindemann,