Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII (35 page)
Authors: Damien Lewis
Lower Romagna, Italy
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Luft Dulag prison camp, Germany
132
Luftlande Infanterie-Division
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5
,
223
‘M’
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,
46
,
55
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57
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76
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88
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102
,
135
,
160
M1 Carbine rifle
175
‘Mädchen für Alles’
4
Madeira, Portugal
24
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26
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29
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30
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2
Maid Honour
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35
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36
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48
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64
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66
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68
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80
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101
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110
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111
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12
,
160
Malayan Emergency
376
Mann, Jack
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8
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182
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331
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344
March-Phillipps, Gus,
36
,
37
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38
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44
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46
,
59
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60
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63
sails into Funchal Harbour with
Maid Honour
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26
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30
,
31
apprehensive as suspected Vichy French ship approaches
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5
,
48
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9
boarded and questioned by English ship
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50
receives photographs of Santa Isabel Harbour
55
trains local Nigerian recruits in guerilla warfare
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asks General Giffard for extra men
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meeting with Nigerian Governor Bernard Henry Bourdillon
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prepares for crew Operation Postmaster
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,
60
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63
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4
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66
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67
realises mistake has been made about time-zone in Fernando Po
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1
boards and steals the
Duchessa d’Aosta
78
–
80
,
85
,
91
appoints Lassen as
Duchessa
’s Second Officer
91
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2
Nuneaton
suffers engine trouble
92
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3
anger at raising of Jolly Roger on
Duchessa
93
HMS
Violet
not at rendezvous point
96
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7
escorted by HMS
Violet
to Lagos
100
,
103
informs ‘M’ of mission success
102
recommends Appleyard and Hayes for promotion
107
marries Marjorie Stewart
108
awarded Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
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formation of Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF)
110
trains recruits with SSRF
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15
Operation Dryad
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19
,
123
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6
,
128
death at St Laurent-sur-Mer during Operation Aquatint
132
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4
Mariani, Francesco
373
Maroulakis, Chrysanthos
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238
,
251
Maschinengewehr 42 ‘Spandau’
10
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20
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364
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9
,
371
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2
Mayne, Robert Blair
157
McKendrick, Robert
247
McLeod, Alec
324
Melos, Greek Islands
303
Messerschmitt fighter planes
1
,
303
MI5
37
Military Cross (MC)
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,
221
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254
Mills bombs
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120
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146
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280
,
295
Ministry of Economic Warfare
37
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
170
Molotov cocktails
337
Monastery of the Archangel Michael, Symi
236
Morse code
182
mortars
22
Moss, Bill Stanley
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Motor Launches
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17
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271
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2
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304
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Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs)
117
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324
;
see also
‘Little Pisser’
Mouktari village, Crete
190
Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
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,
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3
Müller, Friedrich-Wilhelm
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Mundt, Chief Petty Officer
125
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127
Nacht und Nebel
(Night and Fog)
47
nervenkrieg
258
Newington, District Commissioner
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73
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75
Nicholson, Jack
112
training at Anderson Manor
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,
115
told by Sutherland to keep an eye on Lassen
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Operation Albumen (Crete)
7
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8
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9
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12
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185
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6
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10
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220
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1
raid on Santorini
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,
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298
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9
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302
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3
Operation Roast (Lake Comacchio)
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370
Niger River
94
Nigeria
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52
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55
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58
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62
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,
100
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6
Olokomeji
56
Nobel 808
6
North Africa
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,
154
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156
,
166
,
177
,
324
Norway
38
Nuneaton
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60
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64
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6
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68
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71
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72
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76
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82
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83
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87
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92
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3
,
97
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100
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102
,
103
O’Reilly, Sean
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264
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267
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276
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288
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9
,
293
–
6
,
338
,
354
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356
,
367
–
8
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369
,
370
Official Secrets Act
37
Olokomeji, Nigeria
56
Operation Albumen (Crete)
161
–
83
,
184
–
96
,
197
–
208
,
209
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24
Operation Aquatint (St Laurent-sur-Mer)
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131
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4
Operation Basalt (Sark)
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45
,
146
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52
,
158
Operation Dryad (Les Casquets)
117
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30
Operation Husky (Italy)
160
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3
,
220
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2
,
348
Operation Menace (Senegal)
32
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3
,
49
Operation Postmaster (Fernando Po)
42
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51
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9
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60
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71
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72
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84
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85
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97
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98
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110
blackmail of Governor Sorulace
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Richard Lippett organises party for German and Italian officers
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training of guerillas in Olokomeji, Nigeria
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Bernard Henry Bourdillon provides extra men from Colonial Service
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organisation of second party for German and Italian officers
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62
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3
Reverend Markham agrees to give all-clear signal
62
Nuneaton
nearly capsizes during training
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6
Newington’s folbot capsizes, swims through shark infested waters
66
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7
party for German and Italian officers goes ahead
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70
realisation that mistake has been made about time-zone in Fernando Po
70
–
1
Lippett bribes engineer to shut Santa Isabel’s electricity off early
72
boarding of and stealing of
Duchessa d’Aosta
and
Likomba
73
–
84
,
85
–
9
Kapitan Specht confronts Peter Lake
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90
Nuneaton
suffers engine trouble
92
–
3
Binea investigates theft of ships
95
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6
press reaction to theft of ships
98
Lippett interrogated by Captain Binea
98
–
100
ships escorted by HMS
Violet
to Lagos
100
,
103
Lippett escapes to Nigeria
104
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6
Operation Roast (Lake Comacchio)
351
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61
,
362
–
73
,
374
–
5
Operation Undercut (Salonika)
329
Opoczynski, Abram ‘Orr’
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128
,
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,
133
ornithology
26
Palestine (Mandatory)
Château Pèlerin
162
Tel Aviv
157
Papathanasion, Colonel
329
Patmos, Greek Islands
240
Patterson, Ian
278
Perkins, Frank ‘Buzz’
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30
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77
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82
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3
PIAT anti-tank bazookas
332
pigeons, carrier
127
Pipo (Maltese terrier)
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–
9
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255
,
260
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1
,
266
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275
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276
,
306
,
323
,
335
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346
Piscopi, Greek Islands
236
‘Pistol Packing Momma’ (song)
336
planes
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.41 Albemarle
222
Bristol Type
156
Beaufighter
257
Consolidated B-24
Liberator
155
Heinkel He-177
118
Junkers Ju-87
1
,
11
,
15
,
18
,
40
,
187
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191
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196
,
199
,
242
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246
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8
Junkers Ju-88
1
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4
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5
,
15
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17
,
187
,
191
,
195
–
6
,
197
,
204
,
303
–
4
Junkers transport aircraft
256
Messerschmitt fighter planes
1
,
303
plastic explosives
6
,
77
,
85
,
200
,
260
,
280
Plimsolls
59