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Army

 Organization

Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), May 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237/9
Scope and Contents

"Table 4" giving numbers of "army battle casualties" for Western Europe, Italy, the Balkans, and Greece of Imperial, United States and other Allied troops from September 1943 to May 1945.

Dates: May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jul 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237/11
Scope and Contents

Map setting out the estimated distribution of the Japanese Army on 1 July 1945 from MI2 sources.

Dates: Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jul 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237/12
Scope and Contents

"Table 6" giving "estimated distribution of Japanese forces by areas" on 1st July 1945.

Dates: Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jul 1941 - 10 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/248-250
Scope and Contents Series of minutes [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on: 1. the "New Aircraft Programme" and a possible shortage in heavy bombers; 2. attaching a draft of a note to the Minister of Aircraft Production [John Moore-Brabazon, later 1st Lord Brabazon of Tara] on the lack of increase in aircraft output; 3. the size of the Army, referring to "W.P. (G) (41) 63"; 4. giving the Russians specifications for the sticky bomb; 5. increased imports...
Dates: 09 Jul 1941 - 10 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Oct 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/232/89-90
Scope and Contents

Memorandum from the Commander in Chief, Middle East Forces [General Sir Bernard Paget] (General Headquarters, Middle East Forces) marked "Top Secret" on manpower levels in the Middle East Base, prepared on WSC's verbal instructions, with an appendix table setting out the relevant figures.

Dates: 27 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/146
Scope and Contents Proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Transportation to and Evacuation of the Army from Greece", March to April 1941, reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (11 December and 7 July 1941), Rear Admiral [Harold] Baillie-Grohman, Flag Officer Attached Middle East (15 May), and Vice-Admiral [Henry] Pridham-Whippel [Second in Command Mediterranean Fleet] (5 May), with later Admiralty footnotes....
Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jul 1946 - Aug 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/167-182
Scope and Contents

Page proofs for a supplement of the London Gazette entitled "Operations in North West Africa 8th November 1942 to 13th May 1943" reprinting a contemporary despatch by Lieutenant-General [Kenneth] Anderson, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 1st Army, (7 June 1943) with later War Office preface and footnotes. [annotated].

Dates: Jul 1946 - Aug 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Dec 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/191-207
Scope and Contents

Pamphlet entitled "The New Zealand Division in Egypt and Libya, operations 'Lightfoot' and 'Supercharge' [code names for plans for the second battle of El Alamein, Egypt]. Part II Maps and Diagrams" with an index. [for Part I, see CHAR 20/246/166].

Dates: Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249A/101-150
Scope and Contents Uncorrected page proofs of a contemporary report by the Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean, Field Marshal [Sir Henry] Wilson, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, on the Operations in Southern France, August 1944, covering planning, landing craft, the "one-division" assault, the Italian campaign, negotiations with the French, co-ordination with General [Dwight] Eisenhower [Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army], the assault landings, Toulon and...
Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1946]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249A/4-45
Scope and Contents Long galley proofs of a contemporary despatch by General Sir Henry Wilson, [then] Commander-in-Chief, the Middle East Forces, on the period 16 February 1943 to 8 January 1944, commenting on Tunisia, Cyrenaica [Libya], Sicily [Italy], mainland Italy, operations in the Aegean, the Middle East base and training, politics and internal security, garrisons and lines of command, and a new directive, with later footnotes and an appendix on the order of battle, 14 February 1943. [annotated by WSC and...
Dates: [1946]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1950 - 12 Jun 1950

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249A/46-55
Scope and Contents Supplement dated 12 June to the London Gazette of 6 June entitled "The Allied Armies in Italy from 3rd September, 1943, to 12th December, 1944" reprinting a despatch by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Alexander of Tunis, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 15th Army Group, dated 19 April 1947, including sections on preliminary planning and the assault, the Winter Campaign, the capture of Rome and the advance to the Arno, and the Gothic Line battles, with a preface by the War Office,...
Dates: 06 Jun 1950 - 12 Jun 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249A/56-100
Scope and Contents

Uncorrected page proofs of a contemporary report by the Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean, Field Marshal [Sir Henry] Wilson, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, on the Italian Campaign, 8 January 1944 to 10 May 1944, covering planning and preparations, landing craft, the Anzio landings, the second battle at Cassino and the counter-attack at Anzio, a review of strategy, and the winter campaign final phase. [printed by HMSO].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1947

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249B/192-238
Scope and Contents

Photostat copy of a "Revised draft" of a "Secret" despatch by [former] Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Theatre, General [Sir Henry] Wilson, on the Greek Campaign, 8 January 1944 to 12 December 1944, covering background, Greek politics, plans, the German evacuation, the landings, and the Civil War.

Dates: c 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1948]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/250A/3-48
Scope and Contents Long galley proofs of a contemporary despatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham [former Commander-in-Chief, Far East] covering the period 17 October 1940 to 27 December 1941, with sections on: the formation, problems, and work of General Headquarters, Far East; factors affecting the defence of Malaya and Borneo [later Malaysia], Burma [later Myanmar], and Hong Kong; neighbouring countries; the development of the British Air Forces in the Far East; army strength and requirements...
Dates: [1948]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/250A/51-77
Scope and Contents

Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] reprinting a despatch on operations in Hong Kong, 8 to 25 December 1941, by Major-General [Michael] Maltby, late General Officer Commanding, British Troops in China, dated 21 November 1945, with appendices giving a narrative of events and approximate casualty figures, and explanatory footnotes. [annotated by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Oct 1941 - 17 Oct 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/243/2
Scope and Contents

Supplement dated 17 October to the London Gazette of 10 October reprinting despatches from [6th] Lord Gort, [earlier John Vereker, former] Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force, dated 25 April and 25 July 1940, with explanatory notes. [later annotations by WSC and his staff].

Dates: 10 Oct 1941 - 17 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/243/8-49
Scope and Contents

Printed despatch marked "Secret" entitled "Operations in North-West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 5 May 1945" by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Montgomery of Alamein [then Commander 21st Army Group]. [typescript copy; cover has some minor annotations].

Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/243/50-124
Scope and Contents

Long "uncorrected" galley proofs of a report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. [printed by HMSO; minor annotations by individuals including ?Ronald Fraser of the Cabinet Office and WSC].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c [1946]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/244/1
Scope and Contents

Report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. [soft-bound, printed by the US Government Printing Office].

Dates: c [1946]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1945] - Jan 1950

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/244/2
Scope and Contents

Report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Eisenhower and a note [by WSC's secretary] indicating that the gift was acknowledged on 23 January 1950.

Dates: [1945] - Jan 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/1-9
Scope and Contents

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Somaliland Protectorate [later Somalia], 1939-40", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, with a later War Office preface and an appendix consisting of notes by Air Vice Marshal [Ranald] Reid, Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Aden [later Yemen] (22 August 1940), and Major-General [Alfred] Godwin-Austen. [annotated].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/10-19
Scope and Contents

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Middle East from August, 1939, to November, 1940", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East (10 December 1940) covering Egypt, Somaliland [later Somalia], Sudan and Greece, with appendices consisting of Army Council instructions to Wavell (24 July 1939) and information on Allied co-operation. [annotated].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/20-27
Scope and Contents

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Western Desert from December 7, 1940, to February 7, 1941", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East (21 June 1941), covering the Battle of Sidi Barrani [Egypt], Bardia to Tobruk, and Agedabia [Libya]. [annotated].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/29-101
Scope and Contents Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in East Africa, November 1940 - July 1941", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East (21 May 1942), Lieutenant-General Sir William Platt, on the operations in Eritrea and Abyssinia [Ethiopia] (11 September 1941) and Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Cunningham on East Africa Force Operations (6 June 1941 and 22 July 1941) with various appendices and...
Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/112-133
Scope and Contents

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Middle East from 7th February, 1941, to 15th July, 1941", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, (5 September 1941) including coverage of the situation in Libya, Greece, and the Western Desert. [annotated].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open

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Air warfare 53
Western Europe 49
Armed forces 46
Asia-Pacific War, 1941-1945 45
North Africa (general region) 40