Royal Navy
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments on volume 4 ("The Hinge of Fate") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Oct 1950 - Aug 1961
Literary: correspondence with consultants and others on WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War", mainly volumes 1 to 4), A-B., Sep 1945 - Jun 1950
Official: Prime Minister: Far East theatre, 1941-42: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1947 - 1948
Official: War Cabinet: Prime Minister's Directives., 18 Dec 1941 - 30 Dec 1942
Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, N-Q., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence I - K., 26 Nov 1945 - 08 Jul 1949
Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 08 Oct 1940 - 19 Dec 1940
Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 21 Oct 1941 - 11 Dec 1941
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 27 Jan 1942 - 13 Apr 1942
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 23 Apr 1942 - 02 Jun 1942
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 19 Jul 1944 - 08 Aug 1944
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 28 Aug 1944 - 18 Oct 1944
(Untitled), 17 Oct 1941
Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] urging that re-disposition of first class units to eastern hemisphere will include a modern capital ship to deter Japan.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1942 - 28 May 1942
(Untitled), 02 Apr 1941
Telegram [from WSC] to [Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] (Moscow) with a message for Yosuke Matsuoka [Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs] of "sincerity and goodwill": warning him of the possible consequences if Japan and the combined British and American "naval superiority" should come into conflict.
(Untitled), 20 Oct 1942
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1939
Memorandum by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, for the War Cabinet entitled "Australian Naval Defence (Winter 1939)"; suggests that Japan will reserve its strength for controlling China and not attempt to attack Singapore or Australia, therefore the Australian army can be dispatched wherever necessary. [expanded to produce CHAR 20/15/11].
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1939
Memorandum by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, for the War Cabinet entitled "Australian and New Zealand Naval Defence (Winter 1939)". [expands on content of CHAR 20/15/10].
(Untitled), 12 Mar 1940
Printed note by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, for the War Cabinet entitled "Comparison of British and Japanese Fleets"; discusses capacity of British Fleet which can be spared for the Far East, assuming the French Fleet will command Home Waters, with tables showing projected Capital Ship strengths in 1942, with dates of completion of ships.
(Untitled), 05 May 1942
(Untitled), 15 May 1942
(Untitled), 13 Jun 1942
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1942
Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] on subjects including: denying personal responsibility for lack of preparation for war; relating the threat in the Middle East to European and Japanese campaigns; the development of military strategy; details of ships lost and the future build-up of naval power in the Indian Ocean and Pacific.