Western Europe
Found in 427 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 04 Jan 1944 - 24 Nov 1945
First report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson], dated 4 January 1944, with sections entitled "Before Pearl Harbor", "Building an Air Force", "Combat Operations", and "The Men". In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Arnold dated 24 November 1945.
(Untitled), 27 Feb 1945
Second report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson] with sections on the air war against Germany and Japan, research, development, and welfare, and a conclusion. In a presentation binding for WSC.
(Untitled), 12 Nov 1945
Third report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Robert Patterson] with sections on the war in Europe and the Pacific and "Air Power and the Future". In a presentation binding for WSC.
(Untitled), 1945
Series of photographs of the Western Front as plotted in the Defence Map Room, with dates from 3 March to 4 May 1945. Reproduced by the Air Ministry Photographic Reproductions Branch.
(Untitled), 1945
Series of photographs of the European Fronts as plotted in the Defence Map Room, with dates from 12 April to 4 May 1945. Reproduced by the Air Ministry Photographic Reproductions Branch.
(Untitled), 25 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a telegram [from the British Minister in Sweden, Sir Victor Mallet] to WSC reporting a meeting between Count Folke Bernadotte [Vice-Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross] and Heinrich Himmler [Head of the SS] in which Himmler offered German surrender in Western Europe while continuing the war against the Soviet Union and asserted that Hitler was "desperately ill".
(Untitled), 03 May 1945
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] marked "Personal and Secret, also Private" stating his pleasure at Montgomery's advance to Lubeck [Germany] and the news that he is to receive the surrender of General Gunther Blumentritt's Army Group.
(Untitled), 05 May 1945
(Untitled), 06 May 1945
Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Personal" reporting that the situation in Denmark is calm; detailing troops and equipment he has sent there; and stating that he believes that Admiral Karl Doenitz [Head of the German Government] will very soon "surrender everything to the Allies".
(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), 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), 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), 20 Apr 1945 - 21 Apr 1945
Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] to WSC agreeing with him concerning the importance of the Western Allies taking Lubeck [Germany] and Linz [Austria], and hoping they can take Prague [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; and reporting conversations with General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] in which he emphasised the difficulties of attacking the Japanese mainland. Despatched on 21 April. Copy.
(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945 - 22 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.