Includes notes by 1st Lord Ismay [former Chief of Staff to WSC] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils"; Chapter 7 "Back to France"; WSC's meetings with Paul Reynaud, former Prime Minister of France, and the French High Command, in 1940; the War Cabinet Secretariat, especially Sir Edward Bridges, former Secretary to the Cabinet.Also includes: covering letters from Ismay; notes by Ismay of printing errors; notes and annotations by WSC, William Deakin, Denis Kelly, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Elizabeth Gilliatt, WSC's secretary; galley proofs of Chapter 1 "The National Coalition", Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin", Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand", Chapter 4 "The March to the Sea", Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk", Chapter 7 "Back to France", Chapter 9 "The French Agony", Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice", Chapter 11 "Admiral [Jean] Darlan and the French Fleet. Oran" [Algeria] (provisionally entitled "The French Fleet"), Chapter 13 "At Bay" (provisionally entitled "Alone"). The proofs are annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including Ismay, WSC and William Deakin.