Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 6 "The fall of Singapore" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, ?General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: 3 notes by Pownall on the defence of Singapore and on defence policy with maps; outline notes for the chapter by William Deakin and WSC, galley...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise" [provisionally entitled "The U Boat mastered"] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: notes from Wood and Allen; notes on the escape of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from Brest [France]; and tables of losses of...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 8 "The loss of the Dutch East Indies" [later Indonesia] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: a map of the Australian, British, Dutch and Australasian command (ABDA) operations; some galley proofs of...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 9 "The invasion of Burma" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], 1st Lord Wavell and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall. Also includes some source material including: notes from Deakin; notes...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 10 "Ceylon and the Bay of Bengal " (provisionally entitled "Japanese raid on the Bay of Bengal") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 11 "The shipping stranglehold" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz].Also includes source material: sections of Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise"; a...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 12 "India: the Cripps mission" (on Sir Stafford Cripps' unsuccessful mission to India in 1942 to obtain Indian political support for the war) annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 13 "Madagascar" (provisionally entitled "The Bay of Bengal. Madagascar") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 14 "American naval victories. The Coral Sea and Midway Island." (provisionally entitled "The Pacific Theatre") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes source material...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 15 "The Arctic Convoys" (provisionally entitled "Convoys to the Soviet Union") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], 1st Lord Ismay, and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes source material including: correspondence...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 16 "The offensive in the Aether" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier Frederick Lindemann], Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Professor R V Jones [former Director of Intelligence Research at the Air Ministry], and...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 17 "Malta and the Desert" (provisionally entitled "Desert delays and Malta") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, and 1st Lord Ismay.Some source material is also...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 18 "Second front now!" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material also present in the file including galley proofs of minutes from WSC.

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 19 "The visit of Molotov" [on the visit by Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Union Foreign Minister, to London in May 1942] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes: copies of telegrams from WSC to Houghton Mifflin...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 20 "Strategic Natural Selection" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 21 "Rommel attacks" [on Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's offensive in Libya and Egypt] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes a note from Pownall.

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 22 "My second visit to Washington" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], [George] Gordon Allen, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material also present including: notes by Ismay on WSC's visit to...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 23 "The vote of censure" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 24 "The 8th Army at bay" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material also present including: notes from Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford, Secretary to WSC], Denis Kelly, Allen and four notes from Pownall on subjects...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 25 "Decision for 'Torch'" ['Torch' was the codename of the Allied invasion of North West Africa] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: WSC's notes for a meeting...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 26 "My Journey to Cairo. Changes in Command" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: copies of telegrams from WSC on subjects...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 27 "Moscow. The First Meeting" and Chapter 28 "Moscow. A relationship established" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, CSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes: outline notes by WSC for the...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 29 "Return to Cairo" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material also present including: a file of papers on the assault on Dieppe [France] on 19 August 1942 including a paper by Lord...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 30 "The final shaping of 'Torch'" ['Torch' was the codename of the Allied invasion of North West Africa] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes a letter from WSC to Harry Hopkins (dated to September 1942) on the changes in policy made by the United States Chiefs of Staff.Most...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 31 "Suspense and Strain" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay and Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet].Some source material also present in the file including: a note from Kelly and a copy of a note by Sir Stafford Cripps [then Lord Privy Seal] on the war situation and copies of correspondence between...