Germany
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Subject Source: Othersource
Found in 1120 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/274/12-13
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Copy of a letter from WSC to Eleanor Rathbone MP marked "private" enclosing a paper by Sir Henry Strakosch, explaining the basis for his figures for German expenditure [on rearmament], his use of confidential sources and his efforts "to find out the truth". He concludes "We really are in great danger."Unsigned carbon typescript.
Dates:
13 Apr 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 17 Oct 1938
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/608B/179
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Letter from G D Kirkland (683 West Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Florida [United States]) to WSC in response to his broadcast to the United States. She says that she considers WSC "guiltless" for Great Britain's failure to pay its debts and for [the Duke of Windsor earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] "being driven out as an exile for preferring an American wife [Wallis Simpson]" and that many Americans feel that WSC belongs with them. Signed typescript.
Dates:
17 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Public and political: general
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public abroad, mainly from the United States, on the Munich Crisis, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and other aspects of the international situation; mostly supporting WSC's stance, praising his speeches and broadcasts.
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1938
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/132/94-110
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Draft speaking notes for WSC's broadcast to the United States([United States National Broadcasting Company]) entitled "The defence of freedom and peace" on the need for the democracies, including the United States, to unite against the dictatorships. At the start of the speech WSC says that it may not be possible to broadcast to the US in future because "The stations are closing down; the lights are going out". Issues covered include: the consequences of the "abandonment" of Czechoslovakia...
Dates:
16 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 16 Oct 1938
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/132/114-119
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Printed proofs of WSC's broadcast to the United States (16 October 1938, [United States National Broadcasting Company]) entitled "The defence of freedom and peace" on the need for the democracies, including the United States, to unite against the dictatorships. At the start of the speech WSC says that it may not be possible to broadcast to the US in future because "The stations are closing down; the lights are going out". Issues covered include: the consequences of the "abandonment" of...
Dates:
16 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 02 Aug 1939
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/135A/113-124
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Speaking notes for WSC's speech supporting the early recall of Parliament from its summer adjournment, pointing to the dangers to European security posed by Germany, and commenting on the historical importance of the House of Commons.Partially handwritten by WSC, partially carbon typescript laid out in "psalm" form. Filing note present.
Dates:
02 Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1945
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/167/87-95
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Hansard report of WSC's speech on the War Situation: subjects covered include fighting in the Ardennes, the Soviet advance in Germany, the campaign in Burma [later Myanmar] and particularly the Civil War in Greece. Annotated in blue crayon.
Dates:
18 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/235/71-78
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Translated copy of a letter from Adolf Hitler (Berlin [Germany]) to 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth], on his commitment to an Anglo-German understanding, and the cost to Germany and Britain of the First World War, which "left behind a legacy of prejudice and passion" which threatens to sabotage the future consolidation of Europe. He describes an Anglo-German understanding, which he has worked for over the last 15 years, as "the most decisive contribution to the...
Dates:
03 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/235/79-86
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Copy of a letter from Adolf Hitler (Berlin [Germany]) to 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth], on his commitment to an Anglo-German understanding, and the cost to Germany and Britain of the First World War, which left behind a legacy of prejudice which threatens to sabotage the future consolidation of Europe. He describes an Anglo-German understanding, which he has worked for over the last 15 years, as the most decisive contribution to the pacification of the world, especially...
Dates:
03 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/235/90
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth], thanking him for sending a copy of a letter from Adolf Hitler, commenting that an understanding with Germany to dominate Europe would be contrary to the whole of British history, and comparing this with the fable of the jackal who went hunting with the tiger. WSC adds that "a reasonable answer to Hitler would be that his plans of an Anglo-German understanding would be most agreeable provided they included France and gave...
Dates:
12 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 08 Aug 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/29/102-106
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Note of conversation between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Captain Wilfred Henderson [former Naval Attache to Berlin] on anti-British feeling in Germany, the treatment of British nationals in Germany, and the departure of the British Embassy. [Carbon].
Dates:
08 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [Sep 1913]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/144-146
Scope and Contents
Retyped minute on projections for the German War Fleet of 1920. [Carbon].
Dates:
[Sep 1913]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [Sep 1913]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/147-151
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Part of minute [by WSC] on projections for the German Fleet in 1920. [Carbon].
Dates:
[Sep 1913]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 20 Sep [1913]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/152-153
Scope and Contents
Minute from WSC to the Director of the Intelligence Division, Admiralty [Captain (William) Reginald Hall] on projections for dreadnought and cruiser strength in the German War Fleet of 1920. [Carbon].
Dates:
20 Sep [1913]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [1913]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/199-200
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], with a comparison of British and German naval expenditure and construction, 1908-15. [Carbon copy, with hand-written annotations by WSC].
Dates:
[1913]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [1914]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/205
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on retaining 60 per cent superiority over Germany in Dreadnoughts. [Carbon].
Dates:
[1914]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [1913]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6A/215
Scope and Contents
Statistics on changes on military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].
Dates:
[1913]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 21 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/67-69
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt relaying details of discussions in Moscow: between Stanislaw Mikolajczyk [Prime Minister of Poland in exile] and Boleslaw Bierut [President of Polish Committee of National Liberation]; between Mikolajczyk and Marshal Stalin; suggesting that the composition of the Polish Government will not be "an insuperable obstacle"; that Mikolajczyk will urge the Polish Government in exile [London] to accept the Curzon Line [line recommended by the Supreme Council...
Dates:
21 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/3
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Major-General Leslie Hollis and Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of...
Dates:
01 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/4
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris [Commander in Chief Bomber Command]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the...
Dates:
01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1944 - 30 Nov 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/5
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; the Chiefs of Staff; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military...
Dates:
01 Nov 1944 - 30 Nov 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [03] Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198B/165-167
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Letter from Captain Paul Maze to WSC (Springfields) stating that he is "on this side" for 10 days before returning to Germany where he has been working for Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris [Air Officer Commander in chief, Bomber Command], expresses "great concern with the general approach to things in Germany at the moment", urges WSC to hear General [?Frederick] Morgan, and offers to give WSC his "humble impressions".
Dates:
[03] Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open, with the exception of folios 63 and 202 which have been closed on the instructions of the Cabinet Office under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act but are available in 'sanitised' form. Review 2021.
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(Untitled), [03] Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198B/168-169
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Letter from Captain Paul Maze to WSC (Springfields) stating that he is "on this side" for 10 days before returning to Germany where he has been working for Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris [Air Officer Commander in chief, Bomber Command], expresses "great concern with the general approach to things in Germany at the moment", urges WSC to hear General [?Frederick] Morgan, and offers to give WSC his "humble impressions". [Typescript copy].
Dates:
[03] Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open, with the exception of folios 63 and 202 which have been closed on the instructions of the Cabinet Office under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act but are available in 'sanitised' form. Review 2021.
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(Untitled), 06 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/201/71
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Letter from Major-General Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet] to Brigadier George Harvie Watt [Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary] marked "confidential" stating that he has studied the letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Wise [Conservative MP for Smethwick, Staffordshire] and has spoken to Colonel Capel Dunn [Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Committee] "an organisation which will be closely interested in the efficiency of counter intelligence in...
Dates:
06 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/201/74-76
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Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Wise [Conservative MP for Smethwick, Staffordshire] (Headquarters, South Eastern Command, Reigate [Surrey]) to Brigadier George Harvie Watt [Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary] commenting on the occupation of Germany, which he assumes will last not less than twenty years, and on the difficult nature of the job because of the threat posed by an underground movement "which will make all those run by our friends look like amateur rehearsals"....
Dates:
02 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1945 - 29 Jan 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/209/1
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, January 1945.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Colonel Ian Jacob and Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; Sir Desmond Morton...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 29 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open with the exception of minutes M293/5, M301/5, M497/5 and C42/5 which have been closed on Cabinet Office instructions under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act. Review 2032.