Goering, Hermann, Reich Marshal, 19–20, 28–9, 50–51, 56–7, 68, 73, 79, 84, 89, 114
Groups see Fighter Command
Halder, Franz, General, 16
Halifax, Lord, 9–12, 20–21
Harrogate Programme, 33
Hart, Basil Liddell, 11
Harwich, 62
Hawker Aircraft Company, 37
Hawkinge, 69
Heinkel, Ernst, 53
Hendon, 83
Hendon Air Show, 89
Hitler, Adolf, 9–22, 27, 50, 56–7, 78, 87–9, 99, 107–10, 122
Home Intelligence (British), 10–13, 90–95
Hook of Holland, 63
Ilford, 83
India, 15, 30
Information Ministry, 14, 94–5, 106, 120–21
invasion, 16–19, 68, 87–8, 92–4, 106–9
Ireland, 13, 46–7
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 14, 46
Isle of Wight, 19, 72
Italian Navy, 104
Italy, 34, 74, 87, 94–5, 103, 107
Japan, 104, 120, 122
Jeschonnek, Hans, General, 89
Jodl, Alfred, General, 109
Joint Intelligence Committee (British), 13, 92
Kent, 47, 68–9
Kesselring, Albert, Field Marshall, 48–9, 57, 111
King’s Lynn, 57
Kosovo, 89
Kroll Opera House, 19
Labour Party, 10, 105
Langdon-Davies, John, 90–92
Leicester, 57
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, Air Vice-Marshall, 32, 85
Liberal Party, 10, 29
Liège, 45
‘Linatex’, 37
Liverpool, 43, 62, 79
Lloyd-George, David, 9, 11
Local Defence Volunteers, 121
London, 7, 35, 43, 47, 55, 78–87, 90–95, 98, 117
losses, 72–3, 86–7, 96, 116–19, 147
Lufthansa, 51
Lympne, 69–70
Manchuria, 122
Manston, 69–70
Mediterranean, 87, 104, 107
Middle East, 34–5
Milch, Erhard, Field Marshall, 51
Mill Hill, 83
Ministry see under Ministry title
Moscow, 35, 121
Mussolini, Benito, 87, 107
Netherlands, 48
‘New Order’, 21
New Zealand, 15
Newall, Sir Cyril, Air Chief Marshall, 30–31, 34, 49, 118
Newcastle, 62
Nicolson, Harold, 75, 103, 105
Normandy, Battle of, xi, 109
Norway, 47
Observer Corps, 40–41
Old Kent Road, 83
Olympia, 39
Operation Barbarossa, 22
Operation Sealion, 19, 22, 27, 56, 79, 87–9, 108–9
Operational Training Units, 73–4
Orwell, George, 92, 117, 122
Ostend, 63
Park, Keith, Air Vice-Marshall, 31–2, 39, 62, 67, 70–71, 74–7, 81, 84–6, 110–11, 117
Pas de Calais, 48
Passchendaele, Battle of, xi
Pile, Sir Frederick, Lt General, 42–3
pilot numbers, 37–9, 54–5, 73–4, 112–13, 148
Plymouth, 91
poison gas, 46–7, 105–6
Poland, 3, 6, 55
Polish Air Force, 7
Polish Fighter Command squadrons, 38–9
Portal, Sir Charles, Air Marshall, 118
Quade, General, 27
radar (RDF), 4, 40–42, 69, 72, 84
Radio-Telephony Direction Finding (R/T-D/F), 40–41
Raeder, Erich, Grossadmiral, 16–17, 27, 87–8
Ramsgate, 19
Red Army, 22
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 17–19
Richmond, 83
Richthofen squadron, 28
Romania, 22
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 120
Rotterdam, 55, 64
Royal Air Force (RAF), xii–xiii, 6–8, 23, 29–30, 35, 44–5, 49, 52, 56, 63–6, 72–7, 88, 106, 110–17
Royal Flying Corps, 29–30
Royal Navy, 6, 63, 108
St Pancras, 83
Schmidt, Josef ‘Beppo,’ Colonel, 114
Schulenburg, Friedrich von der, 18
Scotland, 13–14
Scunthorpe, 62
Sevastopol, 121
Shirer, William, 20, 82
Shropshire, 66
‘Silent Column’ campaign, 14
Sinclair, Sir Archibald, 28–9, 38, 118
Slough, 83
Somaliland, 103–4
Somerset, 66
Somme, Battle of, xi
South Africa, 15
Southampton, 62, 91, 98
Southgate, 83
Soviet Union, 22, 34–5, 103, 107
Spain, 87, 107
Spanish Civil War, 48
Sperrle, Hugo, Field Marshall, 48–9, 57, 111
Stalingrad, 120–21
Stanmore, 39–40
Stockwell, 90
Stumpff, Hans, General, 57
Sudetenland, 13–14
Surrey, 47
Sussex, 47, 68–9
Switzerland, 106
terror attacks, 5, 89, 97–8
Tonbridge, 75
Trafalgar, Battle of, xi, 122
Trafalgar Day, 122
Treasury, 76
Trenchard, Lord, Marshall of the RAF, 118
Udet, Ernst, Colonel, 51–3
‘Ultra’ see ‘Enigma’
United States of America, 103, 118–20
USSR see Soviet Union
Uxbridge (11 Group HQ), 74
Ventnor, 72
Wales, 13–14
War Office, 13
Warrington–Morris, A. D., Air Commodore, 41
Warsaw, 55
Wedel, Haffl von, Lt, 113
Wembley, 83
Western Front, 28
Wimbledon, 83
Wood Green, 83
Praise for Richard Overy’s THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
‘Masterly… packs a devastating punch. Such is Professor Overy’s grasp of the historical detail that he is able to puncture with pinpoint accuracy the myths that now obscure this pivotal event… conveys the heat and passion of conflict… a model of historical clarity.’
‘Admirably clear, concise and level-headed… makes a convincing case.’
‘Masterful… a perfect introduction to a complicated story… a worthy and highly readable account of that historic victory.’
‘It is hard to imagine a sounder and more succinct account of the Battle of Britain.’
‘My ideal history book… frees the Battle of Britain of myth, making the old story fresh as paint.’
‘Carefully argued, clearly explained and impressively documented… a notable achievement.’
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Overy is Professor of History at King’s College, London. His previous books include Russia’s War, Interrogations and most recently The Dictators.
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