(Untitled), 01 Dec 1941
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/10-12
Scope and Contents
Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan Desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; advises declaration on change in command be reworded in light of the illness of General Alan Cunningham [former commander of the 8th Army]; retaliation ordered by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has not materialised; acknowledged by WSC.
Dates
- Creation: 01 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access
From the File:
Open
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T 908 - T 910
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk