Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Book 2: Proofs for CSC., 01 Mar 1948 - 29 Nov 1948
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs of: contents tables for Book 2; Chapter 16 "The Battle of Britain"; Chapter 17 "The Blitz"; Chapter 18 "'London Can Take It'"; Chapter 19 "The Wizard War"; Chapter 20 "United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases"; Chapter 21 "Egypt and the Middle East"; Chapter 23 "September Tensions"; Chapter 24 "Dakar" [Senegal]; Chapter 25 "Mr Eden's Mission" [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War]; Chapter 26 "Relations with Vichy [France] and Spain" (provisionally entitled "Personal Correspondence, 1940. The French Fleet: Spain"); Chapter 27 [Benito] "Mussolini Attacks Greece"; Chapter 28 "Lend-Lease"; Chapter 29 "Germany and Russia" [Soviet Union]; Chapter 30 "Ocean Peril" (provisionally entitled "The Air and the U-boats", including proofs from Volume 3, Chapter 3 "Blitz and Anti-Blitz. [Rudolf] Hess", provisionally intended to feature in Chapter 30); Chapter 31 "Desert Victory". The proofs are annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: CSC, WSC, William Deakin, Denis Kelly, George [Gordon] Allen and Randolph Churchill.
Dates
- 01 Mar 1948 - 29 Nov 1948
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
2 file(s) (2 files (332 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
- Air warfare
- Armed forces
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
- Economic conditions
- Economic policy
- Egypt
- France
- Germany
- Italy (nation)
- Literature
- London
- Royal Air Force
- Royal Navy
- Science
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Soviet Union
- United States (nation)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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