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North Africa (general region)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 296 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1941 - 16 Nov 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/21-22
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Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with a message of confidence from King George VI to all ranks participating in the coming battle [Crusader, codename for major British operation in North Africa]; includes Ministry of Defence note on copying the telegram.

Dates: 15 Nov 1941 - 16 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Nov 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/29-30
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Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] advising that upon success of Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa] an operation could mounted to move 2 and a half divisions into Tunis [Tunisia], Algiers [Algeria] or Morocco at French invitation.

Dates: 18 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Nov 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/32
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC "no definite news of progress" of Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa].

Dates: 18 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Nov 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/37
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC: Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa] satisfactory despite bad weather; they believe Field Marshal Erwin Rommel does not yet appreciate scale of operations.

Dates: 19 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/41-42
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] on state of offensive in Libya; essential to success to retain General Maxime Weygand [Governor-General of Algeria and Delegate-General of Vichy Government in French Africa], or not to have pro-German, as leader of Vichy France in Africa.

Dates: 20 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/47
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Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC congratulating him on success in Libya; advises that Marshal Philippe Petain [Chief of French State] has removed General Maxime Weygand [Governor-General of Algeria and Delegate-General of Vichy Government in French Africa] and French High Military Command North Africa will be administered from Vichy potentially giving Germany diplomatic control.

Dates: 21 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Nov 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/4
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan Desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa].

Dates: 30 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/8
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; Allies advancing but meeting resistance.

Dates: 01 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/10-12
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Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan Desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; advises declaration on change in command be reworded in light of the illness of General Alan Cunningham [former commander of the 8th Army]; retaliation ordered by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has not materialised; acknowledged by WSC.

Dates: 01 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/17-19
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Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC advising all tanks unloaded; on Libyan Desert battle, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; morale good.

Dates: 02 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/23-24
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Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; resuming offensive.

Dates: 04 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/28
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; Italian prisoners, and tanks.

Dates: 06 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1941 - 07 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/30-32
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; enemy manoeuvres; troop deployment.

Dates: 06 Dec 1941 - 07 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/46
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; Allies advancing, New Zealand casualty figures.

Dates: 08 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/60
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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King], the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin], Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] and Prime Minister of South Africa [General Jan Smuts] with statement on the battle of Libya for House of Commons.

Dates: 09 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/63-64
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Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa]; "Enemy is apparently in full retreat towards the west".

Dates: 09 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/95-98
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] and the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] advising that 18th Division has been diverted to Bombay [India] but Crusader, Acrobat and Gymnast [codenames for major British operation in North Africa, the operation against Tripoli, Libya, and for the plans for the British occupation of North West Africa] should continue; General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-...
Dates: 12 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/6
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa].

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Aug 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/52/82
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Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC agreeing to advance start date of Torch [codename of the Allied invasion of North West Africa] and the announcement of General Dwight Eisenhower's command [as Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces in North Africa].

Dates: 08 Aug 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/41/35-36
Scope and Contents Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on meetings with General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French], General de Larminat [Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa (later Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and Gabon)] and Major- General Edward Spears [Head of Spears Mission, Syria and the Lebanon]; Free French reject Syrian armistice terms and threaten to break alliance with Britain then renegotiations end in...
Dates: 22 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Aug 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/41/97-98
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] expressing a high opinion of General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East].

Dates: 04 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Aug 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/41/112
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC requesting transfer of Major- General Alan Cunningham [General Officer Commanding East Africa Forces] from East Africa to Libyan Desert.

Dates: 16 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Aug 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/41/131-132
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of South Africa [General Jan Smuts] to WSC reporting on trip to Middle East with predictions of direction of war in future months.

Dates: 21 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Aug 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/7-8
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Telegram from the British High Commissioner in South Africa [4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore] to WSC on his recent visit to Middle East; more tanks needed in Libyan Desert before Germans return from Soviet front; agrees that Imperial War Cabinet a bad idea.

Dates: 23 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/17
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Telegram from British High Commissioner in South Africa [4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore] to WSC on behalf of General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] suggesting the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East [Major-General Sir Alan Cunningham] attack the Germans in Africa before October.

Dates: 25 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open