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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Book 1: Proofs for CSC., 20 Jan 1948 - 25 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/189
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Includes galley proofs of: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 4 "The March to the Sea"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 7 "Back to France"; Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 9 "The French Agony"; Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice"; Chapter 11 "Admiral [Jean] Darlan and the French Fleet. Oran" [Algeria]...
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20 Jan 1948 - 25 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Book 1: Proofs for Sir Edward Marsh., 20 Jan 1948 - 14 Sep 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/187A-D
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Includes galley proofs from: the preface, title pages and contents table for Book 1; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition" (provisionally entitled "The Personal Correspondence"); Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 4 "The March to the Sea"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils" (provisionally entitled "The Personal Correspondence");...
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20 Jan 1948 - 14 Sep 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Book 1: Proofs for William Deakin., 12 Aug 1948 - 29 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/191A-B
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Includes galley proofs of: the preface, title pages and contents table for Book 1; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 4 "The March to the Sea"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils"; Chapter 7 "Back to France"; Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 9 "The French Agony"; Chapter 10 "The...
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12 Aug 1948 - 29 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Book 1: 'Starred final' proofs., 20 Oct 1948 - 17 Feb 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/184
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Includes galley proofs of: the preface, title pages and contents table for Book 1; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 4 "The March to the Sea"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils"; Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 9 "The French Agony"; Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice"; Chapter 11...
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20 Oct 1948 - 17 Feb 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"., 16 Mar 1947 - 18 Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/147A-B
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 1 entitled "The National Coalition", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, Randolph Churchill and Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon].Also includes: galley proofs from Chapter 5 entitled "The Deliverance of Dunkirk", Chapter 6 entitled "The Rush for the Spoils", Chapter 7 entitled "Back to France", Chapter 10 entitled "The Bordeaux Armistice" and...
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16 Mar 1947 - 18 Jan 1950
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"., 07 Feb 1947 - 01 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/148
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 2 entitled "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, 1st Lord Ismay, CSC and Elizabeth Gilliatt, WSC's secretary.
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07 Feb 1947 - 01 Jan 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"., 02 Feb 1947 - 01 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/149
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 3 entitled "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, 1st Lord Ismay and Chips Gemmell, WSC's secretary.
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02 Feb 1947 - 01 Jan 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 4 "The March to the Sea"., 07 Feb 1947 - 21 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/150
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 4 entitled "The March to the Sea" (provisionally entitled "The Deliverance of Dunkirk" [France] and "The Last Week of Dunkirk"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant- General Sir Henry Pownall, Denis Kelly, Randolph Churchill and Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], WSC's secretary.Also includes: extract from Pownall's diary, May - June 1940.
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07 Feb 1947 - 21 Jan 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"., 16 Jan 1947 - 19 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/151
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 5 entitled "The Deliverance of Dunkirk" [France] (provisionally entitled "The Evacuation"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Denis Kelly, and Sir Edward Marsh.
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16 Jan 1947 - 19 Oct 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 7 "Back to France"., 07 Feb 1947 - 01 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/153
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 7 entitled "Back to France" (provisionally entitled "The Battle of France - The Last Phase" and "The Battle of France - June"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, Sir Edward Marsh, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], George [Gordon] Allen, [?] 1st Lord Ismay and Elizabeth...
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07 Feb 1947 - 01 Jan 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 9 "The French Agony"., 26 Feb 1948 - 01 Sep 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/155
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 9 entitled "The French Agony" (provisionally entitled "The Agony of France"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh and [?] 1st Lord Ismay.Also includes: extracts from telegrams from WSC to heads of state including Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and Franklin Roosevelt [President of...
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26 Feb 1948 - 01 Sep 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice"., 16 Jan 1947 - 11 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/156A-B
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 10 entitled "The Bordeaux Armistice" (provisionally entitled "The Fall of France"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Denis Kelly, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] and CSC.Also includes: typescript from Chapter 7 "Back to France" (provisionally entitled "The Fall of France [Fourth Visit to France]"), Chapter 11 "Admiral [Jean] Darlan and the French Fleet. Oran"...
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16 Jan 1947 - 11 Oct 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Comments by 1st Lord Ismay., 22 Feb 1948 - 30 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/194
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Includes notes by 1st Lord Ismay [former Chief of Staff to WSC] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils"; Chapter 7 "Back to France"; WSC's meetings with Paul Reynaud, former Prime Minister of France, and the French High Command, in 1940; the War Cabinet Secretariat,...
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22 Feb 1948 - 30 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Comments by Sir Norman Brook., 28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/193
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Includes notes by Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice"; Chapter 13 "At Bay" (provisionally entitled "Alone"); Chapter 16 "The...
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28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Corrections., 30 Apr 1904 - 04 Jun 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/199
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Includes notes and correspondence on corrections to be made to Volume 2 of "The Second World War" from various individuals including: William Greer, Bishop of Manchester; George [Gordon] Allen (5); Denis Kelly (5); Paul Brooks [Editor-in-Chief], Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers (2); William Deakin on subjects including WSC's account of the surrender of Belgium (3); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (4); Arthur Hayward [Chief Editor], Cassell and Company Limited; Daniel Longwell...
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30 Apr 1904 - 04 Jun 1951
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Miscellanea., 18 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/201A-C
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Includes various typescript and galley proofs from: the title pages, preface and contents table for Volume 2; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils" (provisionally entitled "The Italian Campaign Against France"); Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 9 "The French Agony"; Chapter 12 "The Apparatus of Counter- Attack. 1940"; Chapter 13 "At...
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18 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1950
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Notes and comments by George [Gordon] Allen., 19 Feb 1948 - 09 Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/195
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Includes notes and comments by George [Gordon] Allen on subjects including: the naval campaign against Italy, 1940; the views of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes [former Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet] on the use of the Home Fleet in case of invasion; naval operations in the Mediterranean, June - December 1940; naval operations at Dunkirk [France]; the naval attack on Dakar [Senegal]; the development of amphibious warfare; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 7 "Back to...
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19 Feb 1948 - 09 Jan 1950
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Notes and comments by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall., 02 Mar 1941 - 16 Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/196A-C
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Includes notes and comments by Pownall on subjects including: factual and printing errors throughout Volume 2; the build-up to the German attack on the Soviet Union; the build-up to "Dynamo" [codename for the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk, France]; the British Expedition Force; the meeting between 6th Lord Gort [Commander-in-Chief of British Field Force, earlier John Vereker] and General Maxime Weygand [Commander-in-Chief, French Army], May 1940; British casualties; the defence of...
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02 Mar 1941 - 16 Jun 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Various material., 22 May 1940 - 15 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/198
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Includes: extracts from the Belgian press on the surrender of Belgium in 1940, with comments by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall; issue of the Air Ministry pamphlet "The Battle of Britain"; typescript draft of Chapter 16 "The Battle of Britain" annotated by WSC, Denis Kelly and [?] Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park [former Commander of No 11 Fighter Group]; supplements to the London Gazette on the Battle of Britain and the evacuation from Dunkirk [France], containing despatches from Air...
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22 May 1940 - 15 Jan 1949
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Literary: typescript proofs and draft copies [some annotated by WSC] of WSC's article entitled "One Way to Stop a Third World War"., 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/71
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First published in Collier's magazine, on the aftermath of World War II, the roles of France, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union with regard to Europe, the United Nations, the need for a Council of Europe, and the atomic bomb.
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1946
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Official: Prime Minister: Air Operations in Britain and North-West Europe, 1940-45: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., Jun 1946 - Sep 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/245
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This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
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Jun 1946 - Sep 1948
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Official: Prime Minister: Land Operations in North-West Europe, 1940-45: copy of a published despatch and proofs of reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1941 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/243
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From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
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1941 - 1949
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Official: Prime Minister: papers relating to operations in and around Norway and Sweden., 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/17
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From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
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1940
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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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Official: Prime Minister: "Personnel - Orders of Battle"., May 1945 - Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/237
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Includes tables, charts, and maps, setting out the strengths of imperial and allied armed forces and the level of army battle casualties in North-West Europe, the Mediterranean, and the East, and the estimated distribution of Japanese forces in the East.
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May 1945 - Jun 1945
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Official: Prime Minister: photographic record of the fronts in Europe and Burma [later Myanmar], March-May 1945, as plotted in the Defence Map Room., Mar 1945 - May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/256
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This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
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Mar 1945 - May 1945
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