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90 x 119 mm. Showing a member of the Pope's Swiss bodyguard standing in a room in the Vatican.

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95 x 66 mm.

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348 x 168 mm. Copy of an engraving.

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146 x 93 mm.

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88 x 126 mm. Copy of an engraving.

Scope and Contents Subjects include: an attack on a German convoy off La Rochelle [France], led by HMS Mauritius, Aug 1944; Operation Neptune [the D-Day landings], June 1944; how the war was run and the future conduct of the war after the capture of Sicily; the Allied landings in Sicily [Operation Husky], July 1943, Operation Baytown (landings on the Italian mainland] and Operation Avalanche (landings at Salerno), Sept 1943; flaws in strategy in the Mediterranean and Italy; Mauritius's ship's company; concerns...

Scope and Contents A collection of albums containing prints, in addition to a further 4 albums of photographs and postcards of World War I not listed here. The majority of the photographs are stuck in the albums, but there are also 69 loose ones. Many of these are Redwood's own enlargements from his smaller photographs, and have been removed from passe-partout framing and, in most cases, inserted in the album containing the smaller versions. There are some captions, but these vary in detail and it has been...

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98 x 138 mm.

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278 x 231 mm.

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87 x 114 mm. Copy of an engraving.

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Subjects include: a stay in Rome [March 1926]; receiving a signed photograph of Benito Mussolini [Prime Minister of Italy]; a stay at Grantully Castle, Perthshire [Scotland], September 1926, with Jacques Balsan and Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo Vanderbilt and Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough]; Churchill's negotiations in the miners' strike; the annulment of Consuelo’s marriage to 9th Duke of Marlborough; meeting Mussolini, March 1926.

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193 x 93 mm. Copy of an engraving.

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Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "The Infernal Twins" on similarities between Nazism and Communism, Benito Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin; "England's 'No' Man" on the career of Neville Chamberlain; "Can America Keep Out of War?" on the growing chances of war in Europe and whether the United States can stay neutral.Also includes: letters from Adam Marshall Diston on drafting articles for WSC.

Scope and Contents Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Defending the Empire" on the issue of Commonwealth defence, especially air and naval power; "America looks at Europe" on the good relations between the United States, Britain and France, American neutrality, Britain's war debt, and the American role in keeping gold prices stable; "The Rome-Berlin Axis" on relations between Italy and Germany, and Italy and Britain; "Vive la France!" on the fall of Leon Blum's Government...

Scope and Contents Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Friendship with Germany" on his own and Britain's attitude to Germany; "A Forward Step" on the improved outlook for peace in the Mediterranean, Yugoslavia and Spain, and the disappearance of [Italian] pirate submarines from the Mediterranean; "War is not Imminent" on the need to avoid unnecessary alarmism, the situation in the Far East depending upon the actions of the United States, the tension between Italy and France...

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Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "This Age of Government by Great Dictators" on the rise of Benito Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and Mustapha Kemal Ataturk; "Will Japan Decide to Accept the Olive Branch?" on divisions between moderate and war parties in Japan, Japanese expansion and the need to protect Western trading interests in the Far East; "Japan's Swift Rise to Her Place in the Sun" on the rise of modern Japan.

Scope and Contents Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Big Navy" on the possibilities of war between Japan and China, or Japan and the United States; "A King is Crowned" on the relationship between the Crown and the Empire, George VI and past coronations; "The Better Way" on the similarities between Nazism and Communism, Benito Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler; "Menace Over Europe" on the threat of war arising from the economic strains in Germany, Italy and Japan; "Jellicoe" on...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: ?Robert Chapman; Michael Wilford and Frederick Leishman [Assistant Private Secretaries to Foreign Secretary]; Francis Fisher on confusion between Monte Camino and Monte Cassino [Italy]; Oswald Frewen on the role of "gooseberries" in artificial harbours; Ross Geddes on supplying petrol from Britain to France; Charles Wood [WSC's proof reader] on Admiral Sir Max Horton's role; Randolph Churchill (2) and 2nd Lord Jellicoe on the SAS' (Special Air Service) role; French...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann] on the atomic bomb; R V Jones; Sir Laurence Collier [British Ambassador to Norway]; William Deakin (12); Ian Colvin (4) including (2) on his book on [General Paul] von Kleist; Robert Sherwood; Sir Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] (2); Sir Stafford Cripps sending on extracts from his diary for summer 1939; [George Gordon] Allen (2); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (3) including (2) on sending draft chapters to...

Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs of: Chapter 1 "The Follies of the Victors, 1919 - 1929"; Chapter 2 "Peace at its Zenith, 1922 - 1931"; Chapter 3 "Lurking Dangers"; Chapter 4 "Adolf Hitler"; Chapter 5 "The Locust Years, 1931 - 1935"; Chapter 6 "The Darkening Scene, 1934"; Chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost, 1934 - 1935"; Chapter 8 "Challenge and Response, 1935"; Chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea, 1935 - 1939"; Chapter 10 "Sanctions Against Italy, 1935"; Chapter 11 "Hitler Strikes, 1936"; Chapter 12 "The...

Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs from: Chapter 2 "Peace at its Zenith, 1922 - 1931" (provisionally entitled "Mr [Stanley] Baldwin's Second Administration" and "The Economic Blizzard"); Chapter 3 "Lurking Dangers" (provisionally entitled "Germany Arms"); Chapter 4 "Adolf Hitler"; Chapter 5 "The Locust Years, 1931 - 1935"; Chapter 6 "The Darkening Scene, 1934"; Chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost, 1934 - 1935"; Chapter 8 "Challenge and Response"; Chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea" (provisionally entitled "Air...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], WSC, [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], "Van" [1st Lord Vansittart], and "O S" [Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].Also includes: typescript and galley proofs ("superseded proofs") of contemporary letters from WSC, Lord Cranborne [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil,...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript, galley, and manuscript proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Isaiah] Berlin, and "H R P", Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes: proofs of contemporary letters from WSC for incorporation into the chapter; sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Air Defence Research" and "After Munich [Germany]", and...

Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs of: Chapter 1 "The Follies of the Victors, 1919 - 1929" (provisionally entitled "Germany Disarmed"; Chapter 2 "Peace at its Zenith, 1922 - 1931" (provisionally entitled "Domestic Interlude - Mr [Stanley] Baldwin" and "Locarno: the Economic Blizzard, 1925 - 1931"); Chapter 3 "Lurking Dangers"; Chapter 4 "Adolf Hitler"; Chapter 5 "The Locust Years, 1931 - 1935"; Chapter 6 "The Darkening Scene, 1934"; Chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost, 1934 - 1935"; Chapter 8 "Challenge and...

Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by Sir Edward Marsh of the following chapters: Chapter 6 "The Darkening Scene, 1934"; Chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost, 1934 - 1935"; Chapter 8 "Challenge and Response, 1935"; Chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea, 1935 - 1939" (provisionally entitled "Air Defence Research, 1935 - 1939" and "The Rebuilding of the Fleet"); Chapter 10 "Sanctions Against Italy, 1935" (provisionally entitled "Italy and the League, 1935"). Also annotated with...