Copy of a letter from WSC to W A J Lawrence [assistant to Sir Arthur Harris], about extracts that Harris had sent for WSC's approval [from 'Bomber Offensive' by Harris] and war-time bombing of munition-making cities in Germany and of Dresden (Germany), 3 Aug 1946

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/28/10-11

Scope and Contents

Stating that he had no objection to the extracts being published but that [Harris] should be careful not to admit "that we ever did anything not justified by the circumstances and the actions of the enemy in the measures we took to bomb Germany". WSC states "I am not quite clear about Dresden. It may be that we were asked to do this as part of some large military combination, but I am afraid that the civilian losses there were unduly heavy."

Dates

Creation: 3 Aug 1946

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s)

Additional Description

Custodial History

On cataloguing this item was attached to a piece of paper annotated "2/150" [CHUR 2/150].

Related Materials

Related to the Churchill Papers [from CHUR 2/150]. Particularly related to CHUR 2/150/88-103, further correspondence relating to extracts from ['Bomber Offensive' by Harris].

Bibliography

An extract of this letter is published in 'Winston S. Churchill' volume VIII 'Never Despair' by Martin Gilbert, p.259 and the full letter is published in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 22 'Leader of the Opposition August 1945 to October 1951' by Martin Gilbert and Larry P Arnn, p.441.