Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Chapters 11 - 21: 'Returned empties'., 29 Dec 1947 - 12 Feb 1948
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of: Chapter 11 "Hitler Strikes, 1936"; Chapter 12 "The Loaded Pause - Spain 1936 - 1937); Chapter 13 "Germany Armed, 1936 - 1938"; Chapter 14 "Mr [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] at the Foreign Office and His Resignation"; Chapter 15 "The Rape of Austria, February 1938"; Chapter 16 "Czechoslovakia"; Chapter 17 "The Tragedy of Munich" [Germany]; Chapter 18 "Munich Winter"; Chapter 19 "Prague, Albania and the Polish Guarantee"; Chapter 20 "The Soviet Enigma"; Chapter 21 "On the Verge". Annotated with comments and suggestions by various individuals including WSC and William Deakin.
Dates
- Creation: 29 Dec 1947 - 12 Feb 1948
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
11 file(s) (11 files (485 loose folios in all, each file paginated separately))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Subject
- Foreign Office (Organization)
- Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian) (Person)
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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