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Includes galley proofs of Chapter 32 "Soviet 'Thank you'" (provisionally entitled "The second Russian winter") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, 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 33 "The battle of Alamein" 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] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material also present in the file including: 4 notes from Pownall on the battle of El Alamein with hand drawn maps of the battle and of Singapore and the Malay peninsula and outline notes...

Scope and Contents Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 34 "The Torch is lit" ['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, 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.Some source material...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 35 "The Darlan episode" [on the assassination of Admiral Jean Darlan] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 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.

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 36 "Problems about victory" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], 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 37 "Our need to meet" (on the need for a conference between Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] and Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet].

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 39 "Adana and Tripoli" [on the Adana meeting between WSC and Sukru Saracoglu, the Turkish Prime Minister in Turkey and on the occupation of Tripoli, Libya] 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...

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Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 40 "Home to trouble" [and of a chapter entitled "An enforced Interlude"] 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] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 41 "Russia and the Western Allies" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] and 1st Lord Ismay.Some source material also present including a file on the massacre of Polish officers and troops in Katyn [Soviet Union] which includes: a copy of a despatch from Sir Owen O'Malley (dating to February 1944) then British Ambassador to...

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 42 "Victory at Tunis [Tunisia]" (provisionally entitled "Alexander's victory at Tunis" on the successes of General Harold Alexander, then Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre) 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...

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 43 "My third visit to Washington" (provisionally entitled "My Third Visit to the White House") 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.Some source material also present in the file...

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 44 "Problems of War and Peace" (provisionally entitled "Trident" ['Trident' was the codename for the United States-British conference in Washington in May 1943]) 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...

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 45 "Italy the goal" (provisionally entitled "Decisions in North Africa") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material also present in the file including: notes from...

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Typescript and galley proofs of a chapter entitled "Second Russian Winter" (not used) annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, and "N S" ["Jo" Sturdee, later Lady Onslow].

Scope and Contents Includes notes and correspondence relating to corrections to be made to Volume 4 of the Second World War from individuals including: William Deakin (9); Denis Kelly (15); Renee Harmer of Time Life International with queries on the serialised version published in Life Magazine (9); [George] Gordon Allen (10); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (9); Nina Holton of Houghton Mifflin Company on the United States edition of the book (13); Robert Marshall, Private Secretary to Sir Norman Brook...

Scope and Contents Includes notes and correspondence from individuals including: Charles Wood (5); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall on various subjects including the Japanese assault on the Philippines and on tanks (20); Renee Harmer of Time Life International (3); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook], Secretary to the Cabinet on the publication of official documents and suggesting amendments to the text (7); William Deakin (23); 1st Lord Ismay with notes on the text (8); George Mallaby, Under...

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Includes typescript and galley proofs of the preface, acknowledgements, table of contents (with indications of the number of words in each chapter) and chapter introductions of Volume 4 of the Second World War. Annotated with suggested corrections and amendments by WSC, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, and William Deakin.

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence on corrections to be made to Volume 4 of "The Second World War" from individuals including: Denis Kelly (5); Charles Wood; WSC on a reference to [?Reginald] Dorman Smith; Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet]; 1st Lord Ismay on the need to amend a reference to Gandhi taking glucose during his fast; the Visconde de Meirelles on the use of 'neutral' planes during the war; [George] Gordon Allen; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (2);...

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Appendices, annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, Charles Wood, and William Deakin: Appendix A "List of Abbreviations" Appendix B "List of Code Names" Appendix C "Prime Minister's Personal Minutes and Telegrams, June 1943-May 1944 Appendix D "Monthly totals of Shipping Losses, British Allied and Neutral, Jan 1943 - May 1944 Appendix E "Summary Order of Battle, German and Italian Divisions, on...

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Various proofs, including Table of Contents, Preface, Acknowledgements, Chapter 35 "On the Eve" Chapter 18 "Cairo", Chapter 19 "Teheran: The Opening", Chapter 24 "In Carthage Ruins. Anzio" and Chapter 14 "Deadlock on the Third Front", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood and Lt-General Sir Henry Pownall.

Scope and Contents Source material for Volume 5, mainly annotated proofs and typescripts of documents (including telegrams and minutes by WSC) on the Anzio landings (Operation "Shingle") many not used by Denis Kelly in draft of Chapter 27 "The Anzio Stroke"; note on the Landing Ship (Tank) (L.S.T.) of the Anzio Landings, by Commodore [George] Gordon Allen, Oct 1950; Note by the official Historical Section on the development of "Mulberry" Harbours for use in the Normandy Landings, 1945, with covering Note By...

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Corrections: comments and queries on First Edition and proofs of Volume 5, including notes and letters from Denis Kelly, John Creswell, Charles Wood, and Commodore [George] Gordon Allen, Lord Ismay, [ ] Caturani, Life Magazine, New York, and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, correspondence between WSC and Pownall, on comment from Field Marshal Sir William Slim that the Fourteenth Army was not mentioned by name in Volume 5.

Scope and Contents Miscellanea including proofs of WSC's personal minutes, Jan-Mar 1944; notes and reports by Commodore [George] Gordon Allen (5), Denis Kelly (passim), William Deakin (3), Lord Ismay (3) Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (8); proofs of summary of Air Operations, Jan-Apr 1944; typescripts, annotated by WSC of account of Pacific strategy, 1944, and of the Teheran Conference; letters from Sir Norman Brook (later Lord Normanbrook), Cabinet Secretary (5), on...

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Master Copy proof of Volume 5 Book 1, annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, Lt-General Sir Henry Pownall, Lord Ismay, and Commodore [George] Gordon Allen, with covering note by Charles Wood.Chapters 13-15 "Hitler's Secret Weapon", "Deadlock on the Western Front" and "Arctic Convoys Again" missing.

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"Final" proof of Volume 5 "Closing the Ring" Book 1 "Italy Won", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly and Charles Wood With handwritten note by WSC on the form of the Acknowledgements, and annotated typescript of the Preface, signed and dated by WSC.