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Subject Source: Local sources

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(Untitled), c 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/245/37-100
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Galley proofs reprinting a despatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, [then] Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force, dated November 1944, entitled "Air Operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in [North-West] Europe from November 15, 1943 to September 30, 1944" giving details of the AEEF's structure and the planning and carrying out of operations before, including, and after D Day. [annotated by WSC's office].

Dates: c 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/245/101-106
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Galley proofs reprinting a despatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, [then] Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Coastal Command, RAF, dated 1 November 1944, entitled "Liberation of Europe (Operation 'Overlord'): operations of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force, from May to August 1944".

Dates: c 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Nov 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/245/108
Scope and Contents Letter from Captain A C Beer, Private Secretary to General Sir Hastings Ismay [Additional Secretary (Military) of the Cabinet] (Offices of the Cabinet and Minister of Defence, Great George Street) to Elizabeth Gilliatt [WSC's secretary] stating that Ismay has asked him to assure WSC that there is nothing in an attached despatch [?by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, see CHAR 20/245/37-100] which might cause him trouble and that there is no mention of the "dispute about not...
Dates: 29 Nov 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246/28
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Letter from [Sir Edward] Bridges [Secretary to the Cabinet and Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury] (Treasury Chambers, Great George Street) to WSC commenting on despatches by [General Dwight] Eisenhower [former Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army, see ?CHAR 20/243/50-124] and enclosing proof copies of despatches on operations in East Africa, the Middle East, and North-West Africa, 1940-43 [CHAR 20/246/29-133 and CHAR 20/246/167-182]. [signed].

Dates: 14 Jun 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/253/1
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Biennial report by the Chief of Staff of United States Army, General George Marshall, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson], 1 July 1943 to 30 June 1945, dated 1 September 1945, with sections on the victory in Europe, victory over Japan, occupied territories, weapons, troops, and a supplement "Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in semi-monthly phases" to 15 August 1945. In a presentation binding for WSC.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1944 - 24 Nov 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/254/1
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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.

Dates: 04 Jan 1944 - 24 Nov 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/254/2
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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.

Dates: 27 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Nov 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/254/3
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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.

Dates: 12 Nov 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/256/2-61
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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.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/256/68-71
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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.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 4-6 Aug 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/28/45-51
Scope and Contents Copy of a covering letter from WSC to Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, marked "private" sending on two enclosures and undertaking to support the government on national defence, while reserving the right to criticise the Government on defence spending, and suggesting a recall of Parliament at the end of August.Includes enclosures: A copy of a note by WSC (dated 4 August) suggesting a plan for creating an emergency army for Western Europe, including the need for increased length of service by...
Dates: 4-6 Aug 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/120
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Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" stating that he is pleased that President Roosevelt agrees that the Soviet Union should be accepted as an equal member of the Great Powers; commenting on problems over Poland and his disappointment at the failure at Arnhem [Netherlands].

Dates: 04 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), 03 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/47
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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.

Dates: 03 Nov 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), 03 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/49
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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.

Dates: 03 Nov 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), 04 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/75
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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.

Dates: 04 Nov 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), 04 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/76
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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.

Dates: 04 Nov 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), 05 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/82-83
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that Allied forces have got control of the approaches to Antwerp [Belgium] opening up a northern flank for advance into Germany; detailing substantial Allied casualties in the Netherlands and Belgium, the situation in Italy; stating that he is awaiting the return of Dr Ivan Subasic [Ban of Croatia, Prime Minister of the Royal Yugoslavian Government] from Moscow [Soviet Union] before proceeding any further on...
Dates: 05 Nov 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), 08 Nov 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/111
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Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that following his visit to Paris [France] he would like to visit Eisenhower at his Headquarters near Rheims [France] from 13 to 14 November.

Dates: 08 Nov 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), 07 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/235/13-17
Scope and Contents Minute from [General Sir Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] to WSC marked "Top Secret" reporting the Tripartite military meetings held on 5 and 6 February 1945 [at the Yalta Conference, Soviet Union] at which the following were discussed: the co-ordination of operations on the Western, Eastern and Italian fronts, the war against Japan, co-operation between the Allies and Soviets including over bombing, and the assumed date for the end of the war with Germany....
Dates: 07 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237/3
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Maps and pie-charts setting out relative strengths of Allied "divisions in the West by theatres" [North-West Europe and the Mediterranean].

Dates: [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237/4
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"Table 2" of "divisions in the West by theatres" at approximately 31 May and 28 June 1945, setting out totals for North-West Europe and the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

Dates: Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237/5
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"Table 2A" of "independent brigades in the West by theatres" at approximately 31 May and 28 June 1945, setting out totals for North-West Europe and the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

Dates: Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237/9
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"Table 4" giving numbers of "army battle casualties" for Western Europe, Italy, the Balkans, and Greece of Imperial, United States and other Allied troops from September 1943 to May 1945.

Dates: May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/239/1
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Colour map of the Western Front marked "Top Secret" showing an ?estimate of the total number of German divisions.

Dates: Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/239/5
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Colour map of the Western Front in France and Germany marked "Secret" showing the front line and Allied forces as of 10 September.

Dates: 12 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open