History of the Second World War (134 page)

Klopper, Genera] H. B., 276, 278

Kluge, Field-Marshal G. von, Army of, in Poland, 28-9; in Russia, 148, 161, 485, 490; replaces Bock, 245; replaces Rundstedt, 551; Hitler’s suspicions of, 551-2; injured in motor crash, 579

‘Knightsbridge’, 196; ‘Box’, 275

Knoche, Captain W., 335-6

Kobe, air raids on, 345, 691

Kobryn, 161

Koch, Captain, 68

Koeltz, Genera] L-M., 327, 402

Koenig, General M. P., of Free French Brigade, 269

Koga, Admiral M., C.-in-C. Japanese Combined Fleet, 503, 512, 617

Kohima, battle for, 513, 518-19

Koiso, General K., 620, 693

Kokoda, Papua, 355-6

Kolombangara, 504-5

Kolomyja, 573-4

Komorn, 664

Kondo, Vice-Admiral N., 349-50, 359, 361

Kondor (Focke-Wulf 200), 371

Koniev, Marshal I. S., crosses Donetz, 491; advances of, 491-5, 572-3; crosses Dnieper, 493; seeks encirclement of Germans in Dnieper bend, 569-70; captures Lwow, 581; crosses Vistula, 582; ‘1st Ukrainian front’ of, in 1945 offensive, 665-9; in Berlin, 680

Konigsberg, 608, 667

Konoye, Prince, 206-7, 694

Korosten, 495, 570

Korsun pocket, 570-1

Kota Bharu, 202, 225-6

Kotelnikovo, 263

Kourzia, 425, 429

Kovel, 578-9, 581

Kowloon peninsula, 220

Kra Isthmus, 224, 234

Krasnoavmeisk, 481-2

Krasnodar, 253

Kremenchug, 493-4, 569

Krivoi Rog, 494, 569, 571-2

Krueger, Lieut.-General Walter, in S.W. Pacific operations, 503, 508; in Philippines, 622, 628-30, 689

Kruger, General W., 653

Krupp works, air raids on, 600-1; cease production, 611

Kuala Lumpur, 227-8

Kuantan, 226, 228

Kuban peninsula, 248, 493; River, 253, 477

Kuchler, General von, Army of, in Poland, 28-31; replaces Leeb, in Russia, 148, 245

Kuma River, 478

Kumusi River, 356

Kunsamo, 46

Kupiansk, 249, 251

Kure Atoll, 350

Kuribayashi, General, 630

Kurile Islands, 202, 213, 216, 693

Kurita, Vice-Admiral T., in Battle of Philippine Sea, 617; in Battle of Leyte Gulf, 623-7

Kursk, Germans hold as bastion town, 241; German offensive from, 249, 251; Russians recapture, 480; German offensive aimed at, 484-5, 490-1

Kustrin, 668

Kutrzeba, General, 29

Kwajalein Atoll, 512

Kyushu, 684, 690

La Difensa, Monte, 472

La Molina pass, 461, 463

La Pallice, U-boats in, 375

La Senia airfield, 324

Laba, River, 253

Laborde, Admiral de, 332

Ladoga, Lake, 44-5, 480, 578

Lae, New Guinea, 355, 357, 501-2; Allied attack on, 504-6

Lamon Bay, 222

Lancaster, Avro, 598, 600-1, 611

Landsberg, 668

Lang, Colonel Rudolf, 415

Langres, Plateau de, 85

Laon, 84

Lashio, 236

Latvia, Russian pact with, 43; occupation of, 143; Russians in, 588

Laval, Pierre, and ‘Torch’ landings, 328-9

Lavanskari Island, 43

Le Havre, air raid at, 608

Le Kef, 406-7

League of Nations, Japan withdraws from, 205

Leahy, Fleet Admiral W. D., on Anglo-American landings in N. Africa, 315; and atomic bomb, 692, 695, 697; mentioned, 319

Leeb, Field-Marshal R. von, army group of, in Russia, 148-9, 159, 166; resigns, 169, 245; advises withdrawal to Polish frontier, 244

Leese, Lieut.-General Sir Oliver, at Alamein, 290, 301; at Mareth Line, 417; commands Eighth Army in Italy, 472, 528; plan of, for attack on Gothic Line, 539-40; sent to S.E.A.C., 541, 633

Legaspi, 222

Leghorn. 470-1, 539

Leigh-Mallory, Air Vice-Marshal Trafford, 101-3

Leipzig, 602

LeMay, General Curtis, 690-1

Lend-Lease, 380-1

Leningrad, Russia seeks protection for, 43; advance into Finland from, 44; German attack aimed at, 149, 166; Hitler cancels attack on, 245; plans to attack, 247, 484; Russian offensive for relief of, 480, 576-7

Lentaigne, Major-General W. D. A., 517-18

Lentini, 443

Leopold II, King of the Belgians, 37, 77-8

Les Andalouses, 323-4

Lexington,
U.S.S., 346-7

Leyte Gulf, Battle of, 622-8; ship losses in, 627-8

Leyte Island, 622, 625, 630, 689

Liberators, 364, 381, 389

Libya, Italian Army in, threatens Egypt, 109

Licata, 441

Liddell Hart, Captain B. H. (author), on defeat of Poland and France, 17n.; advises tank attack through Ardennes, 38n.; Dill discusses Hong Kong with, 219n.; on German defeat in Russia, 244n.; on North-west Africa landings, 313n.; Wingate and, 366n.; interrogates German commanders, 645n.

Liebenstein, Colonel F. K. von, 402-3

Liege, 645, 652, 654

‘Lightfoot, Operation’, 297, 301

Lille, French troops cut off at, 79

Lingayen Gulf, 222, 629

Liri, River, 470; valley, 527, 532-5

List, Field-Marshal W. von, army of, in Poland, 29-31; commands army in Balkan campaign, 133, 137; commands drive to Caucasus, 245; army group of, in Russia, 148; replaced, 477

Lithuania, Russian pact with, 43; occupation of, 143; Germans enter, 159; Russians in, 580, 582, 584, 588

Litvinov, Maxim, 13

Liubotin marshes, 491

Liverpool, air raids on, 102, 108; base of Western Approaches Command, 382

Ljubliana Gap, 537

Lloyd George, David, opposes Polish Guarantee, 11, 17

Lodz, 29-30, 666

Loire, River, 86, 547, 557

Loivisto Island, 43

Lombardy, Plain of, 540

London, invasion plan for, 89; anti-aircraft defences of, 96-7, 105-6; first dropping of bombs on, 102, 594; reprisal raids on, 102; daylight raids on, 104-7; night bombing of, 105, 107-8; flying bomb bombardment of, 551; air raids on, in First World War, 589, 593

London Fire Brigade fire-float at Dunkirk, 78

Londonderry, 382

‘Longstop Hill’ (Hill 290), 340-1

Lorient, 375, 392, 557

Lozovaya, 480, 482, 492

Lubeck, air attack on, 597

Lublin, 581

Lucas, Major-General John P., 469, 528-9, 531

Lucht, General W., 653

Luck, 166, 570, 581

Ludlow-Hewitt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar, 593

Lumsden, Lieut.-General Herbert, 301

Luneberg Heath, 680

Lunga, Point, 357, 359; Roads, 359

Lupkov, River, 586

Lutjens, Admiral, 378

Luttwitz, General H. von, 653, 655-7

Lutzow,
the, 371, 384, 387-8

Luxembourg, neutrality of, 32; Germans invade, 69-70; obstructions in Belgian, 73; vulnerable part of Western Front, 565-6; Bradley’s H.Q., 642

Luzon, Japanese capture, 203, 222-4; U.S. decision to hold, 211; U.S. planes destroyed on, 221; U.S. air strike on, 622; recapture of, 629-30; U.S. submarines operating from, 683; mopping-up operations on, 689-90

Lwow, Germans and Russians meet at, 31; salient in Russian front, 159, 166; German front E. of (1944), 574; Russian offensive expected at, 578; captured, 581

Lyme Bay, 89-90

Lympne airfield, 99-100

Lysa Gora hills, 665

Maas, River.
See
Meuse, River

Maastricht, 559, 649; ‘Appendix’, 68

MacArthur, General Douglas, Commanding General in Far East, 211; and defence of Philippines, 221-2; goes to Australia, 223, 346; Allied Commander-in-Chief, S.W. Pacific area, 346, 355-7; seeks to exploit Midway victory, 356; redistribution of zone of, 357, 502; arguments of, for attacking Japan through his area, 499; in strategic command of New Guinea and Solomons area, 502, 505-8, 613; forces under, 502; and reconquest of New Guinea, 613-17; exploits by-passing method, 613, 615-16, 687; and conquest of Philippines, 620, 622, 629

McAuliffe, Brigadier Anthony C., 655-6

McCain, Admiral John, 626

McClusky, Lieut.-Commander Clarence W., 351

McCreery, General R. L., at Salerno, 460, 463; in Italy, 527, 671; replaces Leese, 541

Mackay, Major-General L. G., 114

Mackensen, General E. von, 528, 530-1

Mackesy, General P. J., 63

Madagascar, 238, 319

Madang, 506, 508, 613, 615

Maggiore, Monte, 472

Maginot Line, plans for outflanking, 35, 69; extension of, 39; gap between British front and, 41; ‘complex’ of French High Command, 70; divisions to hold, 84; cut off by German advance, 85; function intended for, 241

Magnuszev, 665

Mahares, Tunisia, 415

Maikop, 252-3

Maiori, 461

Maison Blanche airfield, 325

Majuro Island, 512

Makin Island, 510-11

Maknassy, 415-16

Malay Archipelago, 203

Malay Peninsula, Japanese landings on, 202, 225; British retreat down, 227-8; defence line in S., 230

Malaya, source of rubber and tin, 207; British and Allied troops in, 208-9, 224; timetable for capture of, 210, 213; Japanese conquest of, 224-8, 343; reinforcements to garrison of, 230-1; neglected defences of, 231-2; Japanese defence of, 633

Malcolm,
H.M.S., 326

Maldive Islands, 237

Maleme airfield, 136, 138

Malinovsky, General, in summer offensive (1943), 492; recaptures Nikopol and Krivoi Rog, 570, 572; advance of, 572, 574, 584; in Hungary, attacks Budapest, 586-7

Malmedy, 650, 655

Malta, Hitler fails to attack, 137, 139, 227; Sicily convoys off, 441; Italian fleet surrenders at, 466-7

Mamison Pass, 255

Manchukuo, 205

Manchuria, Japanese occupation of, 199, 205; Japanese clash with Russia in West, 206; Japanese divisions held in, 507; Russian aims in, 693; Russia invades, 696

Mandalay, British forced to leave, 235-6; Slim’s plan to recover, 633, 635; Japan hopes to hold, 634; capture of, 636

‘Manhattan District Project’, 697-8

Manhay, 658

Manila, Japanese take, 203, 221-2; Japanese forces at, 621; recapture of, 629-30; regaining water-supply of, 689

Manipur State, 235

Mannerheim, Marshal K. G., 46-7

Mannerheim Line, 43-7

Mannheim, 601, 678

Manstein, General Erich von, plan of, for invasion of West, 37-40, 707; commands panzer corps in E. Prussia, 134; Army Group of, in East, 148; 11th Army of, in Crimea, 249; attempts relief of Paulus, 263; covers flank of Kleist’s escape-corridor, 478; Stalingrad sacrifice saves forces of, 479; successful counterstroke of, 482; in charge of Kursk offensive, 485, 490; withdraws troops within Dnieper bend, 494; has no reserves, 495; launches counteroffensive, 495, 570; forbidden by Hitler to retreat, 569; dismissal of, 571; successor to, 574; caustic manner of, 583

Manston airfield, 95, 99, 102

Manteuffel, General Hasso von, division of, in N. Africa, 411, 424; in Russia, 495, 575; given tanks by Hitler, 495-6; checks advance on E. Prussia, and opens retreat of Northern Army Group, 584; part played by, in Ardennes offensive, 644, 647-51, 653-7; not allowed to withdraw, 658