Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 26 entitled "Persia and the Middle East" (provisionally entitled "The Persian Campaign" and "Autumn Problems: Persia: the American Transports"). Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, 1st Lord Ismay, and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke].Also includes notes from Kelly; sections of a chapter...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 27 entitled "The Mounting Strength of Britain" (provisionally entitled ""The British Army for 1942", "Our Army for 1942" and "The Enduring Strength of Britain"). Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke].Also includes...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 27 entitled "Closer contacts with Russia". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke].Also includes notes from Deakin.

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 29 entitled "The Path Ahead" (provisionally entitled "Plan 'Orient'" and "Preparations for the Desert Offensive"). Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Randolph Churchill and Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet].Also includes notes from Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 30 "Operation 'Crusader': Ashore, Aloft and Afloat" (provisionally entitled "Crusader", "Challenge in the Mediterranean" and "The Mediterranean- the lowest ebb in our fortunes". [Crusader was the codename for the British North African operation]. Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook,...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript, manuscript and galley proofs of Chapter 31 "Japan". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, [1st Lord] Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Edward Marsh, Randolph Churchill, G F Hudson and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke.Some source material is also present in the file including: correspondence from Allen (2), Deakin (2), Hudson and Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript, manuscript and galley proofs of Chapter 32 entitled "Pearl Harbour!" (provisionally entitled "The sinking of the 'Prince of Wales' and the 'Repulse'" and "After Pearl Harbour"). Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, [1st Lord] Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Edward Marsh and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke.Some source material is also present in the file including:...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 33 entitled "A Voyage amid World War" (provisionally entitled "Christmas at the White House" and "My voyage to Washington [United States]"). Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Edward Marsh and Randolph Churchill.

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 34 entitled "Proposed plan and sequence of the War". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke].Also includes a letter from "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay] with comments on the chapter.

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 35 entitled "Washington and Ottawa". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Randolph Churchill and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke].Also includes sections from a chapter entitled "Christmas at the White House" [finally entitled "A Voyage amid World...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 36 entitled "Anglo American Accords". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh and 1st Lord Ismay.Also includes sections from a chapter entitled "Arcadia and Florida [United States]".

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 37 entitled "Return to Storm" (provisionally entitled "A General Survey" and "Return to Trouble"). Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and 1st Lord Ismay.Also includes notes from Deakin, Kelly and Wood.

Scope and Contents Includes notes and correspondence concerning corrections to be made to Volume 3 of "The Second World War" from various individuals including: Denis Kelly (11), William Deakin, Charles Wood (8), Randolph Churchill (5), Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (5), [George] Gordon Allen (4), Sir William Darling and 1st Lord Reith and members of the public.Also includes printed instructions to the printers detailing corrections and notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries...

Scope and Contents Includes research notes and correspondence on suggested amendments, corrections and facts for Volume 3 of "The Second World War". Correspondents include: Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall on subjects including official telegrams and operations in East Africa (15); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] (5); [George] Gordon Allen (9); [Sir Claude Auchinleck] objecting to WSC's portrayal of events at Tobruk [Libya]; William Deakin (3); Denis Kelly (9); Nina...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of the preface, contents tables and title pages for Volume 3, annotated with notes and comments from various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly and Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz].Also includes: notes of the number of words per chapter; draft chapter headings.

Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by William Deakin of the following chapters: Chapter 1 "The desert and the Balkans", Chapter 2 "The widening war", Chapter 3 "Blitz and Anti Blitz. Hess", Chapter 4 "The Mediterranean War", Chapter 5 "The conquest of the Italian empire", Chapter 6 "Decision to aid Greece", Chapter 7 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941. The western approaches", Chapter 8 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941. American intervention", Chapter 9...

Scope and Contents Includes galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by William Deakin of the following chapters: Chapter 7 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941. The western approaches", Chapter 8 "The Battle of the Atlantic, 1941, American intervention", Chapter 21 "Our Soviet Ally", Chapter 22 "An African pause. Defence of Tobruk [Libya]", Chapter 23 "My meeting with President Roosevelt", Chapter 24 "The Atlantic Charter", Chapter 25 "Aid to Russia [Soviet Union]", Chapter 26 "Persia and the Middle...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of a chapter entitled "The Parliamentary Front" on reaction to WSC's speeches and broadcasts [the chapter was not included in the published book]. Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, CSC, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh and [Sir Norman Brook, later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet].

Scope and Contents Includes source material for Volume 3 of "The Second World War" including: correspondence from [George] Gordon Allen, William Deakin, Ian Montgomery [Private Secretary to Secretary of the Treasury], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Alfred Bavin of the Cabinet Office, and "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay]; notes and transcripts of telegrams on the occupation of France, Operation "Menace" [the code name for the Anglo Free French mission to Dakar, Senegal] and the passage of French cruisers through...

Scope and Contents Include typescript and galley proofs of the appendices to Volume 4 including: Appendix A "List of abbreviations"; Appendix B "List of codenames"; Appendix C "Prime Minister's Personal Minutes, January 1942-May 1943"; Appendix D "Singapore defences, memorandum by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall"; Appendix E "Monthly total of shipping losses for 1942, British Allied and neutral"; Appendix F "Promises about post-war conditions. The Beveridge Report" (on the report by William Beveridge);...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 1 "Australasian anxieties" [provisionally entitled "The Dark Valley"]. Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, [1st Lord] Ismay, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Sir Edward Marsh. Also includes correspondence from various individuals including William Hughes [former Prime Minister of Australia] requesting that a letter should not be published because of political...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 2 "The setback in the desert" with annotations and suggestions by WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, [1st Lord] Ismay, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Sir Edward Marsh.Also includes some source material including: notes from Pownall (3); typed transcripts of telegrams between WSC and General Sir Claude Auchinleck (dating to 1942 when Auchinleck was Commander in Chief of the forces in the Middle East); a supplement to the...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 3 "Penalties in Malaya" [provisionally entitled "Shock at Singapore" and "Retreat in Malaya"] and of Appendix 5 (a memorandum on Singapore defences by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall). Annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Edward Marsh and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 4 "A vote of confidence" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes WSC's outline notes for the chapter, detailing his reasons to call for a vote of confidence in the House of Commons.

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 5 "Cabinet Changes" [provisionally entitled "Political tensions and ministerial changes"] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Norman Broom [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes typed copies of correspondence...