compulsory military service, 11
computer hacking, 338, 339, 340
computer programs, 339
computer viruses, 339
concentration camps, 270
CONEX, 332
Confederates, 208–16
Connery, Sean, 262
Conqueror tanks, 7
Conrad I (Conrad of Montferrat), 90, 98, 108
Constantine, Emperor, 66, 71, 138, 139, 141, 143
Constantinople, 71, 72, 74, 82, 134–5, 138–9, 141–4
Corinthia, 19
Coronado, 330
Coronea, Battle of, 37
Corunna, 193, 197–202, 204–5, 207
COSSAC, 279
Cossacks, 266, 267
Couch, Dick, 311
counter-revolutionary operations, 294, 295
Counter Revolutionary Warfare (CRW), 297–8
counter-terrorism, 297, 309, 331
Counterterrorism Center (CTC), 309
cowardice, 22, 173, 267
CQB (close-quarters battle), 298, 299, 311
Crampton’s gap, 208
Cranwell, 230
Craufurd, Maj. Gen. Robert, 197, 199, 200, 202–3
Crawford, Steve, 298, 305
crescent swords, 88
Crimea, 121
Cromwell, Oliver (Lord Protector), 167, 171–81, 182, 183, 186, 207
Cromwell, Richard (Lord Protector), 180
Crusades, 80, 81–97, 98–109, 124, 128–30, 133, 135
CRW, 297–8
CS gas, 303
Cua, River, 203
cuirasses, 88
Culps Hill, 215
Cuman tribe, 120–1
Custom House, 185
cyberwarfare, 338–40
Cyprus, 97
Cyrus the Great, 9–14
Czechoslovakia, 259
D Company (Britain), 280, 282–3, 284, 290
D-Day, 5, 281, 285, 291
D Squadron (SAS), 300
Dagestan, 118
daggers, 13, 32, 75, 103, 104, 107, 108, 136, 161
Daily Telegraph, 340
Dakotas, 285, 286, 287
Damascus, 87, 132
Damietta, 129
Dane axes, 70
Dante, 83
Danube, River, 124
Darius, King, 47
Dark Ages, 67
Dartford, 241
Darya Suf, 315, 317
Dash 1, 333
Dash 2, 334
Davies, Sgt Barry, 297
Dawes, Maj. Rufus, 210, 213
de Ruyter, Michiel, 183, 185, 190, 191
de Witt, Johan, 182, 183, 185, 189
deepfakes, 341
Deligun Hill, 112
Demaratus of Sparta, 19
demigods, see gods and demigods
Dench, Dame Judi, 263
Denmark, 263, 273
Derbend, 118
Derbyshire, 274
dervishes, 136
Detroit, 216
Devereux, Robert (3rd Earl of Essex), 174, 176, 184
Devil’s Brigade, see Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Devonshire men, 168
Dhofar, 7, 25, 67, 101, 104, 296, 314, 319, 321
Didius Julianus, 66
Dieppe, 272, 279
Dingo Jeeps, 7
Diodorus Siculus (Diodorus of Sicily), 31, 45
DNA, 117, 329
Dnieper, River, 121, 124
Doctor Dolittle, 139
Dolman, Thomas, 185–6
Don, River, 121
donativum, 59
Donnington castle, 167
Dorchester Hotel, 68
Dornier bombers, 228, 238, 239
Dostum, Gen. Rashid, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314–25
Dowding, Hugh, 230–2, 234, 242
Dowding system, 231
drones, 338
Drusus Julius Caesar, 60
du Maurier, Daphne, 277
Dundas, Hugh, 234–5
Dunkirk, 189
Dust Hill, 178
Dutch Marine Corps, 181, 182–93
east Africa, 259, 260
East Anglia, 171
Easter 1119 massacre, 83
Ebbinghaus, 259
Eben-Emael fortress, 273
Edgehill, Battle of, 169
Edward II, 164
Edward III, 164
Egypt, 14–17, 19, 61, 63, 81, 87, 105, 127–33, 205
Egyptian Fatimids, 81
Eiger, Mount, 51–2, 53
Eire, 169
EKIA (enemy killed in action), 335
El Alamein, Battle of, 4
Elburz mountains, 99
Elementary Flying School (RAF), 278
Elizabeth II, 36
Ellesmere Island, 70
emperor’s wineskins, 74
Ems, Marx Sittich von, 153
Enderun, 136
English Channel, 234, 235, 237, 241, 251, 279, 285
English Civil War, 167–81
Epaminondas of Thebes, 31–41, 43, 46
Esla, River, 200
Essex, Earl of, see Devereux, Robert
Essex Regiment, 250
Estonia, 76
Eton, 1, 20–1, 50
Eurypontid dynasty, 19
Evans, Private, 276
Everest, Mount, 51
‘everyman’s wife’, 149
Excalibur, 92
executions, 16, 31, 61, 63–6, 96, 101, 126, 150, 155, 178, 180, 181, 262, 267, 268, 314
executive orders (EOs) (US), 342
Fabergstolsbre Glacier, 119, 277
Facebook, 340
Fairfax, Lord, 175
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 175–8
fake faces, 340–1
fake photographs, 340–1
Fallschirmjäger, 273
Fatimids, 81, 82, 87
Federal Reserve (‘the Fed’), 341
Feldmarshalskiy, 266
feudal Japan, 156, 157–66
fida’iyin, 101, 102, 107
field guns, 220, 224
Fields, Nic, 22
Fiennes, William (1st Viscount of Saye and Sele) (Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire), 180
Fiennes, Audrey Joan (née Newson), 4, 7, 19, 137–9, 283
Fiennes, Eustace, 82
Fiennes, James (2nd Viscount of Saye and Sele), 169
Fiennes, John (Col.), 179
Fiennes, John (Crusader), 91
Fiennes, John Eustace, 217, 283
Fiennes, John (MP), 169
Fiennes, Louise (née Millington), 16, 283
Fiennes, Lt Col. Sir Eustace Edward, 283, 314
Fiennes, Nathaniel, 169
Fiennes, Ralph, 6, 263
Fiennes, Sir Ingelram, 91
Fiennes, Sir Ranulph, 3
‘Baronet Bomber’ incident, 138–9
childhood of, 20, 182
education of, 1, 20–1, 50
Eiger conquered by, 51–3
Everest climbed by, 51
expedition problems experienced by, 119–20
fair treatment belief of, 35
fear of heights experienced by, 51, 276–7
ill heath of, 119–20, 149
as James Bond 007, 262–3
1970 glacier expedition, 119
North Pole expedition of, 198–9
in Oman, 7, 25, 34–5, 66–8, 83, 101, 210–11
in SAS, 138, 139, 276, 295–7
solo Antarctic crossing of, 149
in South Africa, 182
Transglobe Expedition of, 48, 119, 293
vertigo suffered by, 51, 53
Fiennes, Sir Ranulph (Sr), 6, 137, 283, 342
‘Colonel Lugs’ sobriquet of, 1, 5
death of, 7
in Royal Scots Greys, 1–7
in Second World War, 2–5, 6, 7, 8
Fiennes surname, pronunciation of, 6
Fiennes, Tougebrand, 91
Fiennes, Virginia Frances (‘Ginny’) (née Pepper), 119, 139, 283, 293
Polar Medal awarded to, 35–6
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Fighter Command (Britain), 230–2, 238, 241–2
Finsbury Square, 91
fireships, 186, 187
First World War, 2, 225, 228, 230, 258
Firth of Forth, 250
flamethrower platoons, 220, 221, 222, 224, 288
Fleet Street, 233
Fletcher, C. R. L., 190
floggings, 20–1
Florida, 209
folk tales, 76–7
Folkersam, Lt Adrian von (‘Arik’), 265–70
Footbiter, 74
‘foreign boys’, defined, 136
‘forlorn hope’, 145–8
Fort Benning, 331
Fort Bragg, 310
Fort Campbell, 312
Fortescue, Sir John, 207
Four Days’ Battle, 183, 184
Fox, Col. William F., 216
Fox’s Gap, 208
Fra’ Garnier de Nablus, 91
France, 5, 81, 91, 129, 151–2, 155, 167, 194, 206, 229, 230, 251, 272, 280, 283, 291
1199 siege of, 96–7
Francis I of France, 151, 154–5
Franks, 95
Frederick, 208
Frederick I (Frederico Barbarossa), 90
Fredericksburg, 214
Free Press, 216
Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, 305
French Cavalry, 200, 203
French Revolution, 207
Friemann, 150
Frundsberg, Georg von, 146–55 passim
Frundsberg, Kaspar von, 151, 154
Fuller, J. F. C., 195
Furūsiyya, 128
Gaddafi, Col. Muammar, 332
Gainesville, 210
Gale, Gen. Richard, 280
Galicia, Prince of, 121
Galilee, 88
Garth-king, 74
Gate of Saint Stephen, 82
Gawler, Col. George, 206–7
Gaza, 129
Gemonian Stairs, 61
Genghis Khan, 110–15, 131
death of, 123
Genoa, 82, 140, 151
genocide, 115, 161, 164
Geoffrey de Vinisauf, 93
George the Brilliant (George V of Georgia), 117–18
Georgia, 73, 117–18, 266, 331
Georgia, US, 331
German High Command, 223, 259
German Landsknechts, 151, 153, 154
Germanicus, 60
Germany, 82, 90, 146, 189, 218, 225, 227–42 passim, 243–4, 258–71, 272, 274, 314
Hitler assassination plot, 270–1
panzer divisions, 2, 4, 265, 268, 269, 270, 279
protection force (Schutztruppe), 259
special forces, 260, 261
Gerusalemme Liberata (Tasso), 83
Gettysburg, Battle of, 214–16
Ghent, Joseph Baron van, see van Ghent, Joseph Baron
Gibbon, Capt. John, 208, 209–14
Gibraltar, 251, 256
glaciers, 119, 277
gladiator shows, 61
Glider Pilot Regiment (Britain), 278
gliders, 228, 263, 273, 278, 280–1, 283–4, 286–8
Godfrey de Bouillon, 82, 83
gods and demigods, 23, 24, 41, 45, 63
Goemon, Ishikawa, 162–4
Goering, Hermann, 228, 229, 241
Gold Beach, 279
Golden Horn, 140
Google Maps, 339
Gordon Highlanders, 217
Gorgidas of Thebes, 31, 33, 34
GPS, 318, 320
Graham, Maj. Gen., 6
Granicus River, Battle of the, 47
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., 216
Grant tanks, 4
Gray, Billy, 282
Gray, Dusty, 300
Great Fire of London, 184, 189, 228
Great Khan, see Genghis Khan
Great Lakes, 330
Great Outer Sea, 47
Great Palace, Constantinople, 72
Great War, see First World War
‘Greatest Raid of All Time’, 242
Greco-Persian Wars, 29
Greece, 15–23, 26–9, 30–42, 43–9, 71–4, 76–7
Green Belt Ridge, 263
Green Berets (US), 308–27
grenades, 3, 220, 222–3, 269, 283, 284, 289, 298, 300, 303–6, 315, 324, 325
Groscurth, Helmuth, 260
Grozny oilfields, 264
Guantanamo Bay, 328
Guards Rifles Battalion (Germany), 219
guerrillas/ guerrilla warfare, 158, 225, 245, 259, 295, 310, 311, 314, 329
Guinness Book of Records, 149
gunpowder, 77, 135, 137, 143, 144, 164, 204–5
Guy of Lusignan (King Guy), 88, 89, 90, 98
hacking/hackers, 338, 339, 340
Haddenham, 278
Hagia Sophia, 74, 143
Haji Bektash Veli, 136
Halberstadt, Hans, 330
Halbtarnung, 262
Halifax bombers, 283, 285
Hamilton, Lt Col. Charles Apthorpe, 210
‘Hammer’ code word, 282, 289
hand-to-hand combat, 221, 338
Handel, Georg Friedrich, 83
hanged, drawn and quartered, 164
Hanzo, Hattori (‘Demon’), 159–66
Hanzomon Station, 166
Hanzomon subway, 165–6
Hanzo’s Gate, 165
Harald III (Harald Hardrada), 75–6, 77–9, 80, 138
Hardee dress hat, 210
Hardrada, Harald (Harald III), see Harald III
Hardwick Hall, 274, 275
Harpagus (soldier), 9, 10
Hartsmannsweilerkopf, 222
Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility, 331
Harwood, Sir Edward, 168
Hasan Sabbah, 99–106
Hashishi, 104, 105 (see also Assassins)
Hattin, 88, 89–92, 95
hazardous service, 246
Heckler & Koch, 333
‘hedgehog’ formation, 148
helicopters, 311, 313, 332–4, 336
Hell Week, 330
Henrietta Maria of France, 169, 178
Henrikson, Alf, 72
Henry II, 91
Hephaestion of Macedonia, 45
Heracles, 23, 24
Hercules of Thebes, 34, 45, 48, 63
Hereford, 295, 296, 298, 300
Herfurth, Wolfgang, 265–6
Herodotus, 9, 10, 11, 14–17, 24
hetairai, 32
Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival, 1
Hindu Kush, 313
Hindu Kush region, 55, 313
hinterlands, 95, 158
Hippel, Dr Theodor von, 260–1
Hitler, Adolf, 227–9, 232, 236–8, 241, 258–71, 273
Hohenzollern, Graf Eitelfritz von, 153
Holland, 169, 176, 182–92, 227, 263, 273
Holmes, Ray, 239
Holy Grail, 85
holy lands, 81–96 passim, 98, 105, 144
Holy Roman Empire, see Roman Empire
holy shrines, 84
Home Commands, 246
homosexuality:
Spartan, 21
Templar, 96
Theban, 33–4
Hood, HMS, 243
Hooker, Gen. Joseph, 214
hoplites, 21, 22, 44
Horn of Africa, 312
Horsa gliders, 278, 280
Horse, Lieutenant General of the, 177
horse-riding, 135
Hospital of Saint John, 85–6
Hospitallers, 81–97, 133, 136
House of Commons, 171, 173–4, 175, 229
House of Lords, 174, 175
House of the Lanterns, 74
Howard, Maj. John, 280, 283
‘Hugh’ code word, 282
Hugues de Payens, 84
Humphreys, Stephen, 129
Hu
ngary, 121, 124, 138
hunter-killer samurais, 165
Hurricanes, 232, 233, 236, 238–40
Hutier, Gen. Oskar von, see von Hutier, Gen. Oskar
Hydarnes I, 11
Hydarnes II, 11
Hydaspes, Battle of the, 55
Hyde Park, 227
‘Hyde Park’ code word, 302
Hypates of Thebes, 31
Hyperanthes, 28
Hyphasis, River, 55
Ieyasu, Tokugawa, 157–8, 159, 161, 165–6
Iga, 158–9, 161–5
Iga Ninja, see Ninja
Igel, 148
Illinois, 330
Illyria, 44, 45
Imad ad-Din, 88–9
Imagawa clan, 157
Immortals, 11–17, 19, 25, 27
Imperial Palace, Tokyo, 165
incest, 62
India, 19, 48–9, 55, 234, 263
Indiana, 209, 216
‘inner (service) boys’, defined, 135
Innocent IV, Pope, 129
Insha’Allah, 84, 319
Inuvik, 70
Iran, 11, 292–3, 305, 340
Iranian Embassy siege, 292, 300–6
Iraq, 87, 337–8
Ireland, 169
Irish Catholicism, 168–9
Iron Brigade, 208–16
Ironsides, 172, 175, 177, 179
Irregular Warfare School, 248
ISIS, 102
Isle of Grain, 186
Isle of Sheppey, 186
Isle of Wight, 285
Ismailism, 98–109, 125
Israel, 297
Issus, Battle of the, 47
Istanbul, 135
Italy, 5, 6, 59, 71, 73, 81, 146, 151–2, 154–5, 222
Ivory Coast, 48
Jackson, PVT Richard, 200
Jacques de Molay, 96
Jaffa, 90, 92–3, 133
Jamaica, 234
James Bond (007) films, 262–3
James I/James IV, 182
Jamieson, Kathleen Hall, 340
Janissaries, 134–44
Japan, 110, 156, 157–66, 329
Jarchigudai, 111–12
javelins, 135
Jebe, 115, 123
Jedburgh teams, 310
Jeeps, 7, 278, 287
Jelme, 111–13
Jerusalem, 81–97 passim, 98, 108, 128–30, 132
jihad, 314
John, Son of Rags, Son of the Thorntree, 35
Judea, 11
Julia Drusilla, 65
Julius Caesar, 57, 128
jump school, 331
Juno Beach, 279
Juvayni, Ata-Malik, 99, 101
Kabul, 314, 319, 324
Kalahari San, 183
Kalka River, Battle of, 122–3
Kallidromo, Mount, 24, 47
Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī, 105, 107
Kaminogo Castle, 157, 159, 161, 163
Kampfschule Quenzgut, 262
kaşıklık, 136
Kennedy, John F., 329
Kent, 194
Kentucky, 208, 312
Kerkoporta, 142
Keyes, ADM Sir Roger, 245
Khan, Genghis, see Genghis Khan
Khan, Hulegu, 131
Khan, Mongke, 125
Khan, Ögedei, 114, 123, 124
Kheshig, 110–25, 338
Khorassan, 115
Khwarazmian dynasty, 115, 128
kidnappings, 133, 144
Kiel Canal, 191