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(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

Former / Other Reference

T 908 - T 910

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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