Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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- Existence: 1874 - 1965
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Appendices etc.: Proofs for and notes by [George] Gordon Allen., 06 Nov 1947 - 25 Mar 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/139A-B
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by [George] Gordon Allen of the following appendices to volume 1: Appendix A "A Conversation with Count [Dino] Grandi" [Italian Ambassador to Britain]; Appendix B "A Note on the Fleet Air Arm"; Appendix C "Memorandum on Supply Organisation"; Appendix D "My Statement on the Occasion of the Deputation of Conservative Members of Both Houses to the Prime Minister, July 28 1936"; Appendix F "Tables of Naval Strength,...
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06 Nov 1947 - 25 Mar 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Book 1: Master copy proofs., 30 Jan 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/119
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Includes galley proofs of: Chapter 1 "The Follies of the Victors, 1919 - 1929"; Chapter 2 "Peace at its Zenith, 1922 - 1931"; Chapter 3 "Lurking Dangers"; Chapter 4 "Adolf Hitler"; Chapter 5 "The Locust Years, 1931 - 1935"; Chapter 6 "The Darkening Scene, 1934"; Chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost, 1934 - 1935"; Chapter 8 "Challenge and Response, 1935"; Chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea, 1935 - 1939"; Chapter 10 "Sanctions Against Italy, 1935"; Chapter 11 "Hitler Strikes, 1936"; Chapter 12 "The...
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30 Jan 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Book 1: Proofs for and notes by [George] Gordon Allen., 01 Oct 1947 - 04 Apr 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/135
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by [George] Gordon Allen of the following chapters: Chapter 8 "Challenge and Response, 1935"; Chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea, 1935 - 1939" (provisionally entitled "Battleship Policy and the Fleet Air Arm" and "The Rebuilding of the Fleet"). Also annotated by various individuals including WSC, William Deakin and Denis Kelly.Also includes: galley proofs of unpublished letters on naval construction and Appendix B...
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01 Oct 1947 - 04 Apr 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Book 1: 'Various proofs'., 16 Jan 1947 - 16 Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/124A-B
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Includes galley proofs from: Chapter 2 "Peace at its Zenith, 1922 - 1931" (provisionally entitled "Mr [Stanley] Baldwin's Second Administration" and "The Economic Blizzard"); Chapter 3 "Lurking Dangers" (provisionally entitled "Germany Arms"); Chapter 4 "Adolf Hitler"; Chapter 5 "The Locust Years, 1931 - 1935"; Chapter 6 "The Darkening Scene, 1934"; Chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost, 1934 - 1935"; Chapter 8 "Challenge and Response"; Chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea" (provisionally entitled "Air...
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16 Jan 1947 - 16 Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Book 2 appendices: 'Returned empties'., 09 Jan 1948 - 05 Apr 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/118A-B
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Includes galley proofs of the appendices to Volume 1 including: Appendix F "Tables of Naval Strength, September 3 1939"; Appendix G "Minute of September 12 1939, Plan 'Catherine'"; Appendix H "New Construction and Reconstruction, October 8 and 21 1939"; Appendix I "New Construction Programmes, 1939 - 1940"; Appendix J "Fleet Bases, November 1 1939"; Appendix K "Naval Aid to Turkey, November 1 1939"; Appendix L "The Black-Out, November 20 1939"; Appendix M "The Magnetic Mine, 1939 - 1940";...
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09 Jan 1948 - 05 Apr 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Book 2: Master copy proofs., 26 Mar 1948 - 21 Jul 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/120
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Includes galley proofs of: Chapter 22 "War"; Chapter 23 "The Admiralty Task"; Chapter 24 "The Ruin of Poland"; Chapter 25 "War Cabinet Problems"; Chapter 26 "The Front in France"; Chapter 27 "The Combat Deepens"; Chapter 28 "The Magnetic Mine"; Chapter 29 "The Action off the River Plate"; Chapter 30 "Scandinavia. Finland"; Chapter 31 "A Dark New Year"; Chapter 32 "Before the Storm"; Chapter 33 "The Clash at Sea" (provisionally entitled "The Clash of the Fleets"); Chapter 34 "Narvik"; Chapter...
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26 Mar 1948 - 21 Jul 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 1 "The Follies of the Victors, 1919-1929": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/75
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments by various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Between the Wars, 1919-1934", "Germany Disarmed", and "British Armaments, 1935-1939"; other early draft material.
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Jan 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 2 [finally entitled "Peace at its Zenith, 1922-1931"]: copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/76A-B
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments by various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], secretaries [Elizabeth Gilliatt] and Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry] Pownall, and [Isaiah Berlin].Also includes: provisional chapter proofs entitled "Mr [Stanley] Baldwin's Second Administration and the Treaty of Locarno [Switzerland]" and sections provisionally intended to...
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Jan 1947 - Jul 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 3 "Lurking Dangers": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/77
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments by various people including: WSC, [Sir Edward Marsh], [William] Deakin [literary assistant], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry] Pownall, [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and [Isaiah Berlin].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Germany Rearms" (also called "German Rearmament", "Germany Arms", "Germany evades Versailles [France]", and "Germany prepares to arm"),...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 4 "Adolf Hitler": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/78
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and "Prof" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Germany Rearms", "The Locust Years" and "Challenge and Response".
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Jan 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 5 "The Locust Years [1931-1935]": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/79
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "E R" [Emery Reves, earlier Imre Revesz], WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], "Prof" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [Isaiah Berlin].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "My Corner Seat", "Challenge and...
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Jan 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 6 "The Darkening Scene, 1934": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/80
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "Prof" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann], [secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt and ?Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [Isaiah Berlin].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Challenge and Response" and "Italy...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost, 1934-1935": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Jan 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/81
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], [secretary] Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and "Prof" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "British Armaments, 1935-1939" and "Germany Rearms".
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Jan 1947 - Jan 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 8 "Challenge and Response, 1935": copy and provisional proofs., Jul 1935 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/82
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Germany Rearms" and "Air Defence Research"; a table of comparative French and German conscription figures for incorporation into the chapter;...
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Jul 1935 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea [1935-1939]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/83
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "C" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [1st Lord] Portal [of Hungerford, earlier Sir Charles Portal], [secretaries] "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford], [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], and "E G" [Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also...
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[Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 10 "Sanctions against Italy [1935]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/84
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Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], WSC, [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], "Van" [1st Lord Vansittart], and "O S" [Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].Also includes: typescript and galley proofs ("superseded proofs") of contemporary letters from WSC, Lord Cranborne [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil,...
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[Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 11 "[Adolf] Hitler Strikes [1936]": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Jul 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/85
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "Gen P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: file notes by WSC, [Denis Kelly, literary assistant], and ?[Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford]; sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "The consequences of submission" and...
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Jan 1947 - Jul 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 12 "The Loaded Pause [Spain, 1936-1937]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/86
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Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "K H" [secretary Kathleen Hill], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and Isaiah Berlin.Also includes: proofs of WSC's speeches at the Albert Hall [London] (3 December 1936) and to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons (30 March...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 13 "Germany Armed [1936-1938]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/87
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Includes manuscript, typescript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and [Isaiah Berlin].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "The Darkening Scene", "The Loaded Pause", and "Air Defence Research";...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 14 "Mr [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] at the Foreign Office: his resignation": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/88
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: copies of contemporary letters from WSC for incorporation into the chapter; file notes by [secretaries] "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford] and "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow]; sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters...
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[Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 15 "The Rape of Austria [February 1938]": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/89
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and [Sir] Alexander Cadogan.Also includes: notes on [Sir] Oliver Harvey's [later 1st Lord Harvey of Tasburgh] diary for 1937; sections provisionally intended to feature in the chapter entitled "The Tragedy of Munich [Germany]".
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Jan 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 16 "Czechoslovakia": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/90
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Col D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and Isaiah Berlin.Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "The Tragedy of Munich [Germany]" and "Mr [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] at the Foreign Office"; copies and proofs of contemporary letters from...
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[Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 17 "The Tragedy of Munich [Germany]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/91
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Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E R" [Emery Reves, earlier Imre Revesz], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [Isaiah] Berlin, "Van" [1st Lord Vansittart], and "O S" [Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 18 "Munich Winter [Germany]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/92
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Mr D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh].Also includes: provisional chapter proofs entitled "After Munich"; note from Pownall on army size; proofs of contemporary letters from WSC, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], and Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich], for incorporation...
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[Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 19 "Prague [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia], Albania, and the Polish Guarantee": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/93
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Mr D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [Isaiah] Berlin, and "O S" [Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].Also includes: provisional chapter proofs entitled "After Munich"; proofs and copies of contemporary letters from WSC and Oliver Stanley for...
Dates:
[Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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