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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/160-161

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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (22 St Leonard's Terrace, London) [Conservative MP for Portsmouth] to Clement Attlee [Secretary of State for the Dominions] expressing "despair" at the decision to disperse the Allies' amphibious force. He comments that this decision was a disaster made on the advice of two Joint Commanders with no experience in combined operations and backed by those who had supported the disastrous Norway campaign; and that the prolongation of the Libyan campaign was a result of this disastrous decision. He recommends a Combined Operation in the Mediterranean against the Italians as this would capitalise on Germany's weaknesses.

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  • Creation: 18 Jan 1942

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