Swinton, Lord, 137, 143, 159
committee on defence budget, 293, 319,
320, 328
Syria, 213
tactical air power, 64, 66, 113, 114, 174–5,
204, 268, 345
tactics, 10
see also air weapons and tactics; army
weapons and tactics; naval weapons
tanks, 4, 96
British development of, 58, 122–4, 156,
162, 182–3, 227, 244, 249, 297, 347
British use of, 61–2, 63, 86, 93–4, 123,
180, 181, 208, 211, 345
French, 61, 203
German, 61, 123, 182–3, 203
Italian, 123
production 68, 141–2, 144, 186–7, 190,
257
quality compared with German, 182
tank guns, 124, 182, 244, 297
transport by air, 335
see also armoured divisions; panzer
divisions
Taranto, 176
taxation
and defence expenditure, 36–7, 131–2
and economy, 9, 35, 259, 346
excess profits duty, 72
excess profits tax, 193
income tax 73, 130, 132, 194, 255
national defence contribution, 142
reduced revenue in depression, 128
war finance 73, 194
see also budget
technology, 344
alleged British backwardness, 3, 48,
57–8, 67–8, 96, 115, 122, 345
changes, 2–3, 4–7, 24, 42, 62–3, 110,
111, 184, 325
factor of production, 2, 8
reliance on United States, 184, 343, 345
see also air defence systems; aircraft
industry; artillery, atomic bomb;
electronics; hydrogen bomb; radar;
radio; science
Tedder, Sir Arthur, 169n, 223, 233, 264
Tehran conference, 223
Templer, Sir Gerald, 324, 327
Ten Year Rule, 98, 100, 130, 137
Terraine, John, 59
Territorial Army, 29, 47, 153, 154, 156,
157
expansion (1939), 157
post-1945, 268, 320, 325
Thor missiles, 280, 289, 295, 325
Thorneycroft, Peter, 276, 312, 333
Thucydides, 7
‘Tiger’-class cruisers, 294
Tiger tank, 183
Till, Geoffrey, 122
Tirpitz, Admiral Alfred von, 43
Tirpitz battleship, 178
Tizard, Sir Henry, 13, 210 , 236–7
Tobruk, 212, 215
Tokyo fire-raid, 235
torpedo-craft, 25, 26, 45
torpedoes, 22–3, 24, 26, 56, 57, 79, 82,
119, 176, 200, 291
Townshend, General Sir Charles, 89
trade defence, 43, 56, 179, 210, 228
use of aircraft for, 158
see also Coastal Command; convoys
trade routes, 14, 15, 17, 22, 155, 158, 163,
199, 206, 207, 227, 228, 242, 348
see also sea communications
trade unions, 72, 142, 193, 194
transport
air, 291, 298, 323, 326, 335
motorisation 28, 125
and supply of shells 28, 60
see also railways
Travers, Tim, 93–4, 345
Treasury, 347, 350
and control of expenditure, 22, 23, 35–6,
39, 55, 104, 107, 118, 131, 141, 156,
249, 278
and cost-effectiveness, 13
demands economies post-1945, 247,
253, 254, 265, 326, 335, 339
and East of Suez, 332, 333, 342
and economy, 8, 35, 258, 273, 303
and excess profits tax, 193
and exchange controls, 135
and financial controls, 144
and gold and foreign exchange reserves,
33–4, 135, 253
on Japan and the United States, 101–2
and policymaking, 14–15, 22, 232
in Second World War, 167
and strategy, 1, 11, 104, 155, 159, 162
and super-priority scheme, 256–7
and tank production, 257
and war finance, 73, 193
see also balance of payments;
Chamberlain, Neville; Fisher, Sir
Warren; fourth arm of defence; United
States, financial relations with
Treasury bills, 74, 77, 195
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