The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History (61 page)

military expenditure cuts in Mesopotamia,
313
–14

oil interests of Britain,
313

policy to retain British influence,
314
–15

Sykes–Picot agreement,
304

‘Winston’s hiccup’,
302

WSC as one of founding fathers,
301

WSC favours use of gas,
314

WSC offered role as Colonial Secretary,
302
–3

see also
Jews; Palestine

Midland Hotel, Manchester

style,
140
–41

temporary address of WSC,
140
–41

miners

striking,
83
–84

Tonypandy,
36
,
142
,
147

minimum wages,
143

Minister for Munitions, WSC

appointment,
175
–76

media opposition to appointment,
175
–76

staying at the Château Verchocq,
156
–57

strike by armaments workers,
147
–48

supplying British guns with mustard gas,
161
–62

Mitford, Unity,
195
,
214

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact,
10
,
256
,
268

Montagu, Edwin,
89

Montague Browne, Sir Anthony,
300

Morning Post
,
37
,
72
,
175
,
199

Mountbatten, Admiral Louis, 1st Earl,
177

Moyne, Lord
see
Guinness, Walter, 1st Baron Moyne

Munitions Bill,
147
–48

Mussolini, Benito,
10
,
12
–13

mustard gas,
161
–62

National Gallery,
29

naval holidays,
164

Nazis

capture of Russian men and territory,
24
–5

gains in Europe,
4
–5

military development,
28

persecutions, ghettos and deportations,
26

plan for European Reich and client fascist states,
24
–27

racially based murder,
237

seriousness of,
139

WSC warnings about,
28
,
197
,
212
–14

see also
Germany; Hitler, Adolf

Neutrality Act,
223
,
241

New York,
298
–99

New Zealand,
37
,
200
,
204

Nicolson, Sir Harold,
76
,
93
–94,
210

Nigeria,
162
–63

Nobel Prize for Literature: WSC wins,
70
–71

Norman, Montagu,
206

Northcote, Sir Stafford,
47

Omaha Beach,
245

Omdurman, Battle of,
61
–62,
74

Onassis, Aristotle

global superstar guests on
Christina
,
297
–98

invites WSC to dinner on
Christina
,
298
,
300

oratory skills, WSC

acknowledgement of defects,
88
–90

attacking the Tories,
82
–84

comparison to Hitler,
89
–91

comparison with Lord Randolph,
87

critics of,
90
–93

debating at Sandhurst,
85
–86

effort and preparation,
85

greatest public speaker,
85

growing reputation,
82
–83

House of Commons,
82
–84,
86
–87,
88
–89,
91
,
286
–88

humour,
93
–94

inspirational effect on the people,
93

insults
see
witty insults WSC

Iron Curtain speech,
272
–75

lacking natural talent,
85

Lloyd George on WSC’s oratory skills,
89

lost for words,
84
,
88
–89

maiden speech in the House of Commons,
86
–87

Mansion House speech,
299

methods,
86
–91

phrase-making,
76
–78,
93
–96,
134
–35,
137
–38,
268

practising,
49

radio addresses,
91
–92

remembered for,
89
–90

renowned as supernaturally gifted,
85

rhetorical tricks,
95
–97

Schuman Plan speech,
286
–88

speaking from memory,
88
–89

stammers,
86

typewritten notes,
89

war speeches,
92
–97,
240
–41

Packwood, Allen,
99
–100,
132
,
139

Pact of Steel,
10

Palestine

1922 White Paper encouraging immigration,
311
–12

Balfour declaration,
304
–9,
316

Jewish immigration,
310
–12,
314
–15

Palestinian objections to sharing land with Jews,
307
–8

Peel Commission,
312
–14

violence,
311
–12,
314
–15

WSC stresses benefits of land sharing,
307
–8

Pearl Harbor,
242
–43

Pearman, Violet,
104

Peck, John,
261

Peel Commission,
312
–14

People’s Budget,
144
–46

Pétain, Marshal Philippe,
220

Peter the Painter,
36

Philip, Terence,
124
–26

Placentia Bay,
233

ships’ crews jointly singing hymns,
235
–36

Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery (Plugstreet)
see
Plugstreet (Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery)

Plowden, Pamela,
104
,
116
–17

Plugstreet (Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery),
167
–69,
178
–79

fragments of ancient shrapnel,
169

military manoeuvre by WSC,
168
–69

no man’s land,
167
–68

nocturnal prowling by WSC,
167

slaughter of men,
169

see also
tanks

Plumb, Sir John Harold,
70
,
80
–81

Poland,
268

Potsdam

deaths and homelessness,
265
–66

RAF attack on palaces,
265
–66

Potsdam Conference,
261
–62,
264
–65

division of Europe,
267
–68

Stalin secures reparations and war booty,
271

Stalin’s plan for killing Germans,
267

United States reveals atomic bomb capability,
270
–71

WSC leaves empty-handed,
270