Western Europe
Found in 427 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 08 May 1940
Incomplete minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on shipping for the British Expeditionary Force to France.
(Untitled), 07 Nov 1940
Printed parliamentary proceedings of the debate on the loss of HMS Glorious, speakers: Richard Stokes; Austin Hopkinson; A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty]; Commander Robert Bower and 6th Lord Winterton [earlier Lord Turnour].
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1940
Extract from official report of personal explanations made in Parliament by Commander Robert Bower on the evacuation of Narvik [Norway] and the loss of HMS Glorious.
(Untitled), 04 May 1945 - 05 May 1945
Telegram from WSC to CSC [Moscow, Soviet Union] marked "Top Secret" suggesting leaving the Soviet Union on 7 or 8 May; stating that John S Churchill is very ill; and reporting on war events, pointing to international rivalries simmering beneath the surface. Carbon copy. Despatched on 5 May.
(Untitled), 09 Jan 1945
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Top Secret: Personal. Operational Secrecy" thanking him for his message [on a new Soviet offensive]; stating that he has sent it to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; and reporting on the battle in Western Europe. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 09 Jan 1945
(Untitled), 09 Mar 1945
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "personal and Top Secret" congratulating him on the great victory won by the armies under his command [achieving a bridgehead over the Rhine at Remagan, Germany]. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 10 Mar 1945
Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC thanking him for the warmth of his congratulations on the latest advances; and explaining how attracting sizable German formations to meet the attack launched by 21st Army Group has left the Germans vulnerable to attack elsewhere. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1945
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" requesting he give his personal attention to the matter of [repatriating] British prisoners of war rescued by Soviet Armies; giving details of advances against the Germans in Western Europe; and suggesting that Hitler may try to prolong the war after all North Germany has been conquered.
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1945
Telegram from Commander Charles Thompson [Personal Assistant to the Minister of Defence, Straelen, Germany] to Foreign Office passing on "Personal" message from WSC to Marshal Stalin reporting that he is at Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's [Commander 21st Army Group] Headquarters; and that orders have just been given to launch the main battle to force the Rhine on a broad front centering around Wesel [Germany].
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1945 - 31 Mar 1945
(Untitled), 01 Apr 1945 - 30 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 06 Jan 1945
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Top Secret" regretting the course of events over Poland; suggesting that the matter should be discussed at the meeting between the two of them and President Roosevelt in relation to the whole world situation; asking for Stalin's agreement on "Argonaut" as the codename for the meeting; and reporting on the military situation in France and Belgium. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 26 Feb 1945
Telegram from WSC to Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa marked "Top Secret and Personal" summarising the major operational decisions reached at the Malta and Yalta [Soviet Union] Conferences: on the U-boat War; operations in North West Europe; strategy in the Mediterranean; operations in the Pacific Area and South East Asia Command; estimating dates for the end of the war against Germany and Japan; and explaining the shipping position. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 16 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 16 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating a report of a meeting between Arthur Seyss-Inquart [Reich Commissioner for Occupied Holland] and the Dutch Underground Movement, where Seyss-Inquart offered terms of surrender for German forces in the Netherlands.
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1945
Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving details of casualties in the battle for the Rhineland [Germany] and since crossing the Rhine.
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him of the latest plans for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to take Lubeck [Germany]; the advance to Linz [Austria]; and for the Americans to take the region south of Stuttgart [Germany] where the main German "TA" [Tube Alloy, the atomic bomb] research is concentrated. Despatched on 19 April.
(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Private" repeating the text of a statement from Dr Pieter Gerbrandy [Prime Minister of the Netherlands] on the food shortages and other problems in Western Holland and indicating the Netherlands Government's attitude towards military action against the Germans; and WSC's reply stating that he is putting the matter into Eisenhower's hands.
(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 03 Nov 1944
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] marked "Top Secret" requesting casualty figures for the 21st Army Group from the fall of Brussels or Antwerp [both Belgium] if more convenient.
(Untitled), 03 Nov 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting that facilities are provided for Dr Pieter Gerbrandy [Prime Minister of the Netherlands] in the 21st Army Group area.
(Untitled), 04 Nov 1944
Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Personal" giving details of casualties for the 21st Army Group from 4 September to 31 October.
(Untitled), 04 Nov 1944
Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC marked "Personal" stating that "all suitable arrangements" have been made for the Dutch Government in the 21st Army Group area.