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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:

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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", miscellaneous., May 1948 - Mar 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/251A-D
Scope and Contents Includes research notes and correspondence on suggested amendments, corrections and facts for Volume 3 of "The Second World War". Correspondents include: Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall on subjects including official telegrams and operations in East Africa (15); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] (5); [George] Gordon Allen (9); [Sir Claude Auchinleck] objecting to WSC's portrayal of events at Tobruk [Libya]; William Deakin (3); Denis Kelly (9); Nina...
Dates: May 1948 - Mar 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: "The Second World War": Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance": Preface and contents tables., 07 Feb 1948 - 21 Feb 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/202
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of the preface, contents tables and title pages for Volume 3, annotated with notes and comments from various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly and Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz].Also includes: notes of the number of words per chapter; draft chapter headings.

Dates: 07 Feb 1948 - 21 Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", proofs sent to William Deakin., Mar 1948 - Oct 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/245A-I
Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by William Deakin of the following chapters: Chapter 1 "The desert and the Balkans", Chapter 2 "The widening war", Chapter 3 "Blitz and Anti Blitz. Hess", Chapter 4 "The Mediterranean War", Chapter 5 "The conquest of the Italian empire", Chapter 6 "Decision to aid Greece", Chapter 7 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941. The western approaches", Chapter 8 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941. American intervention", Chapter 9...
Dates: Mar 1948 - Oct 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", proofs sent to William Deakin., Dec 1948 - Dec 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/246A-F
Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by William Deakin of the following chapters: Chapter 7 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941. The western approaches", Chapter 8 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941, American intervention", Chapter 21 "Our Soviet Ally", Chapter 22 "An African pause. Defence of Tobruk [Libya]", Chapter 23 "My meeting with President Roosevelt", Chapter 24 "The Atlantic Charter", Chapter 25 "Aid to Russia [Soviet Union]", Chapter 26 "Persia and the Middle...
Dates: Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", "The Parliamentary Front"., Jul 1948 - May 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/239
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of a chapter entitled "The Parliamentary Front" on reaction to WSC's speeches and broadcasts [the chapter was not included in the published book]. Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, CSC, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh and [Sir Norman Brook, later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet].

Dates: Jul 1948 - May 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", various material., Jul 1939 - Sep 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/248
Scope and Contents Includes source material for Volume 3 of "The Second World War" including: correspondence from [George] Gordon Allen, William Deakin, Ian Montgomery [Private Secretary to Secretary of the Treasury], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Alfred Bavin of the Cabinet Office, and "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay]; notes and transcripts of telegrams on the occupation of France, Operation "Menace" [the code name for the Anglo Free French mission to Dakar, Senegal] and the passage of French cruisers through...
Dates: Jul 1939 - Sep 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Appendices., Oct 1947 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/297A-F
Scope and Contents Include typescript and galley proofs of the appendices to Volume 4 including: Appendix A "List of abbreviations"; Appendix B "List of codenames"; Appendix C "Prime Minister's Personal Minutes, January 1942-May 1943"; Appendix D "Singapore defences, memorandum by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall"; Appendix E "Monthly total of shipping losses for 1942, British Allied and neutral"; Appendix F "Promises about post-war conditions. The Beveridge Report" (on the report by William Beveridge);...
Dates: Oct 1947 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 1 "Australasian Anxieties"., Jan 1949 - Mar 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/253A-B
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 1 "Australasian anxieties" [provisionally entitled "The Dark Valley"]. Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, [1st Lord] Ismay, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Sir Edward Marsh. Also includes correspondence from various individuals including William Hughes [former Prime Minister of Australia] requesting that a letter should not be published because of political...
Dates: Jan 1949 - Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 2 "The setback in the desert"., 1941 - Mar 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/254A-B
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 2 "The setback in the desert" with annotations and suggestions by WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, [1st Lord] Ismay, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Sir Edward Marsh.Also includes some source material including: notes from Pownall (3); typed transcripts of telegrams between WSC and General Sir Claude Auchinleck (dating to 1942 when Auchinleck was Commander in Chief of the forces in the Middle East); a supplement to the...
Dates: 1941 - Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 3 "Penalties in Malaya [later Malaysia]"., Nov 1941 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/255A-B
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 3 "Penalties in Malaya" [provisionally entitled "Shock at Singapore" and "Retreat in Malaya"] and of Appendix 5 (a memorandum on Singapore defences by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall). Annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal...
Dates: Nov 1941 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 4 "A vote of confidence."., Feb 1949 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/256
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 4 "A vote of confidence" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes WSC's outline notes for the chapter, detailing his reasons to call for a vote of confidence in the House of Commons.

Dates: Feb 1949 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 5 "Cabinet Changes."., 1942 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/257
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 5 "Cabinet Changes" [provisionally entitled "Political tensions and ministerial changes"] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Norman Broom [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes typed copies of correspondence...
Dates: 1942 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 6 "The fall of Singapore."., Jan 1942 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/258
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 6 "The fall of Singapore" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, ?General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: 3 notes by Pownall on the defence of Singapore and on defence policy with maps; outline notes for the chapter by William Deakin and WSC, galley...
Dates: Jan 1942 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise."., Sep 1949 - Mar 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/259
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise" [provisionally entitled "The U Boat mastered"] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: notes from Wood and Allen; notes on the escape of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from Brest [France]; and tables of losses of...
Dates: Sep 1949 - Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 8 "The loss of the Dutch East Indies."., Jan 1942 - Oct 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/260
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 8 "The loss of the Dutch East Indies" [later Indonesia] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: a map of the Australian, British, Dutch and Australasian command (ABDA) operations; some galley proofs of...
Dates: Jan 1942 - Oct 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 9 "The invasion of Burma"., Feb 1949 - Aug 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/261
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 9 "The invasion of Burma" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], 1st Lord Wavell and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall. Also includes some source material including: notes from Deakin; notes...
Dates: Feb 1949 - Aug 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 10 "Ceylon [later Sri Lanka] and the Bay of Bengal."., Aug 1949 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/262
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 10 "Ceylon and the Bay of Bengal " (provisionally entitled "Japanese raid on the Bay of Bengal") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan...
Dates: Aug 1949 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 11 "The shipping stranglehold"., 1941 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/263
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 11 "The shipping stranglehold" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz].Also includes source material: sections of Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise"; a...
Dates: 1941 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 12 "India: the Cripps mission."., Jul 1949 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/264
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 12 "India: the Cripps mission" (on Sir Stafford Cripps' unsuccessful mission to India in 1942 to obtain Indian political support for the war) annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also...
Dates: Jul 1949 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 13 "Madagascar"., 1942 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/265
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 13 "Madagascar" (provisionally entitled "The Bay of Bengal. Madagascar") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material...
Dates: 1942 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 14 "American naval victories. The Coral Sea and Midway Island."., Mar 1949 - Aug 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/266
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 14 "American naval victories. The Coral Sea and Midway Island." (provisionally entitled "The Pacific Theatre") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes source material...
Dates: Mar 1949 - Aug 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 15 "The Arctic Convoys"., Jan 1947 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/267
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 15 "The Arctic Convoys" (provisionally entitled "Convoys to the Soviet Union") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], 1st Lord Ismay, and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes source material including: correspondence...
Dates: Jan 1947 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 16 "The offensive in the Aether."., Jul 1948 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/268
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 16 "The offensive in the Aether" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier Frederick Lindemann], Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Professor R V Jones [former Director of Intelligence Research at the Air Ministry], and...
Dates: Jul 1948 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 17 "Malta and the Desert."., Jan 1949 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/269A-B
Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 17 "Malta and the Desert" (provisionally entitled "Desert delays and Malta") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, and 1st Lord Ismay.Some source material is also...
Dates: Jan 1949 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 18 "Second Front Now!"., Jan 1949 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/270
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 18 "Second front now!" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material also present in the file including galley proofs of minutes from WSC.

Dates: Jan 1949 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open