Asia-Pacific War, 1941-1945
Found in 671 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 14 Feb 1945
Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" giving details of review of Australian war effort; explaining how their commitments still exceed their manpower resources; and requesting assistance in increasing Australian naval strength. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 04 Jan 1945
Telegram from Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] to WSC marked "Personal" reporting on the situation in Burma [later Myanmar]: that the advance has carried them into Akyab Island [Burma] and Yeu [Burma] has been captured. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 25 Jul 1945
Copy of letter from WSC to the President of the United States of America [Harry Truman] marked "most secret" returning the copy of the Proclamation to Japan by the Heads of Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of China [not attached], stating that he is willing to sign it in its present form but suggesting one minor alteration.
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1945 - 28 Feb 1945
(Untitled), 01 May 1945 - 31 May 1945
(Untitled), 08 Apr 1948
Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] briefly commenting on despatches on "The Battle of the Java Sea" and "Actions against raiders" [CHAR 20/241/212 and CHAR 20/241/213]. [initialled manuscript; annotated by WSC's secretary ?Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford].
(Untitled), c 1947
Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Operations in Ramree Island [Burma, later Myanmar] Area, 19th January to 22nd February, 1945", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Power, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (2 May 1945), Rear-Admiral L C S Martin, Flag Officer Force W (20 March), and Captain Eric Bush, Senior Officer Advanced Force W (22 February), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?WSC's secretary].
(Untitled), 1948
(Untitled), 08 Feb 1945
Minutes of the War Cabinet Chiefs of Staff Committee meeting in which various matters were discussed, including the defence of the Eastern Mediterranean, repatriation of POWs and civilians, co-operation with the Soviet Union, the South-East Asia theatre, strategic bombing, zones of occupation in Germany, and supplying Italy. [flagged "D"].
(Untitled), 07 Feb 1945
(Untitled), [1945]
Map and pie-charts setting out relative strengths of Allied "divisions in the East by theatres" (India and Burma [later Myanmar]).
(Untitled), Jun 1945
"Table 3" setting out the strengths of "divisions and brigades in the East" (India and South East Asia Command) at approximately 1 May and 30 June 1945.
(Untitled), Jun 1945
"Table 4" giving numbers of "army battle casualties" for Burma [later Myanmar] of Imperial, United States and Chinese troops from December 1941 to June 1945.
(Untitled), Jul 1945
Map setting out the estimated distribution of the Japanese Army on 1 July 1945 from MI2 sources.
(Untitled), Jul 1945
"Table 6" giving "estimated distribution of Japanese forces by areas" on 1st July 1945.
(Untitled), c 1946
Typescript copy of a "Secret" despatch on the operations of Malaya [later Malaysia] Command, 8 December 1941 to 15 February 1942, by Major-General [Arthur] Percival, formerly General Officer Commanding Malaya, with sections on the period prior to the outbreak of hostilities with Japan, the operations on the mainland of Malaya, the battle of Singapore, and summary and conclusions, with a foreword by Percival, appendices including contemporary instructions and communications, and maps.
(Untitled), 21 Aug [1947]
Letter from [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry] Pownall (The Lea, Wittersham, Kent) to WSC suggesting that the publication of a despatch by [Field Marshal 1st Lord] Wavell [as Commander-in-Chief, India, see CHAR 20/251/9] is likely to lead to "some controversy", but that WSC should agree and reply to it at a forthcoming stage of his memoirs. [signed].
(Untitled), 13 Aug 1947
(Untitled), 31 Dec 1941 - 01 Jan 1942
(Untitled), 03 Jan 1942
Telegram from the Chiefs of Staff (War Office) to Commander-in-Chief, India, General [Sir Archibald] Wavell marked "Most Secret" sending on the text of a telegram from WSC on the thinking behind the decision for Burma [later Myanmar] to be included in the ABDA area. [post-war copy, flagged "A"].
(Untitled), c 1947
Typescript copy of a despatch by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Wavell [then Commander-in-Chief, India] on operations in Burma [later Myanmar], December 1941 to May 1942, dated 14 July 1942, including contemporary reports by Lieutenant-General [Thomas] Hutton and General [Sir Harold] Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, successive General Officers Commanding, Burma].
(Untitled), c 1947
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1948
Note from [Commodore George Gordon] Allen [to WSC] commenting on a report on air operations during the campaigns in Malaya [later Malaysia] and Netherland [East Indies, later Indonesia] by Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby [see CHAR 20/251/45]. [signed].