First World War (1914-1918)
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 1., 05 Jan 1941 - 16 Feb 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/690
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Tank Tactics" on the development of the tank during World War I, its initial rejection, WSC's intervention, and its use in action at the Battles of the Somme and Cambrai [France]; "Crime and Punishment" on WSC's experiences as Home Secretary, penal and prison reform, and new forms of punishment for young offenders; "The King Who Saved England" on the life and reign of King George V, his coming to the throne, changes to the constitution, his...
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05 Jan 1941 - 16 Feb 1941
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 3., Dec 1939
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/649
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The Most Thrilling Days I Have Ever Lived" on his experiences as First Lord of the Admiralty, on board the Enchantress, visiting the British Naval Fleet, his threat to resign, and the decision to order the Fleet to its war stations; "With the Kaiser on Parade" on his experiences as Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, viewing the manoeuvres of the German Army in 1906, WSC's impressions of its strength, and his meeting with Young Turks in...
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Dec 1939
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 3., 13 Apr 1941 - 25 May 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/692
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for (some from a series, "A Great Novel Rewritten as a Short Story"): "'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte"; "'Adam Bede' by George Eliot"; "'Vice Versa' by Anstey [Thomas Guthrie]"; "The truth about the former German colonies" on Germany's claims to have its former colonies returned, giving an historical perspective with reference to [Prince Otto von] Bismarck, and WSC's views on German treatment of native peoples; "Mankind Must Keep Pace with Science"...
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13 Apr 1941 - 25 May 1941
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 4., 26 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/668
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The Other Man Who Thought He Had Us Beaten" on the character of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the peace before World War I, WSC's presence at military manoeuvres in Germany in 1906, Wilhelm's mistakes, and his years of exile following the war; "Another Blow We Thought We Would Never Survive" on WSC's memories of Lord Kitchener during World War I, the fall of Namur [Belgium], the failure of the Dardanelles [Turkey] expedition, and Kitchener's death; "The...
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26 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 5., 07 Jul 1940 - 11 Aug 1940
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/669
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "My American Notebook" on WSC's travels in California [United States], Redwood trees, visiting San Francisco [United States] and the Lick Observatory; "Where the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward VIII] Will Govern", a brief history of the Bahamas, including pirates and wreckers, the American Civil War, the effect of Prohibition, and commenting on the residents and WSC's memories of the islands; "The American Problem" on United States prosperity,...
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07 Jul 1940 - 11 Aug 1940
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 5., 13 Jul 1941 - 29 Aug 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/694
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Sea raiders" on the German ships "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" and their eventual destruction during World War I; "A speech that prevented war" on [David] Lloyd George's speech at the Mansion House [London] on the Agadir [Morocco] Crisis in 1911; "Why I believe in government for the people" on totalitarianism in Germany, ranking the citizen higher than the state, and comparing the constitutions of Britain and the United States; "A People...
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13 Jul 1941 - 29 Aug 1941
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 6., 03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/695
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Sport, the stimulant" on the effect of modern inventions on the average person, watching, playing, and making money from sport, pigeon racing, angling, motor transport, hiking, cycling, theatre, cinema, radio, reading, and moral considerations; "Why the navy runs on oil" on the advantages of oil over coal as a fuel for ships, its adoption by the Royal Navy during WSC's first term as First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Anglo-Persian oil...
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03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 7., 29 Sep 1940 - 10 Nov 1940
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/671
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The British Working Man" on WSC's views on the rights and responsibilities of trade unions, strikes, the role of government in industrial disputes, and the birth of the Labour Party; "A Very Great Englishman" on 1st Lord Baden-Powell, his role at the siege of Mafeking [South Africa] and the founding of the Boy Scouts Movement; "The March of Progress" on scientific developments and their effect on mankind from the Stone Age to the mid-twentieth...
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29 Sep 1940 - 10 Nov 1940
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 7., 12 Oct 1941 - 16 Nov 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/696
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The truth about the Dardanelles [Turkey]", WSC's account of the strategic thinking behind the campaign, and the support it received from the War Council and leading naval figures; "The peril of half-measures and compromise in war" on Lord Fisher's doubts and Lord Kitchener's role in the campaign; "17 sea mines which played a part in history" on the naval bombardment of the Dardanelles' forts, Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden going sick, and...
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12 Oct 1941 - 16 Nov 1941
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Literary: "The Eastern Front" [Volume 5 of "The World Crisis"]., 1931
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/305
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Galley proofs, maps and lists of names and notes in WSC's hand.Filing sheet annotated "Typical example of Mr Churchill's proofs of "The Eastern Front" (to be kept carefully for auction after his death).".
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1931
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Literary: The World Crisis, Vol. 3., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/103
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Appendix: British French and German official casualty returns, 1914-18 typescript.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis, Vol. 3., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/104
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Chapter 12: "At the Ministry of Munitions" "The Offensive Problem by Land and Sea [unpublished] annotated typescript.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/125
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Marked proofs of Chapter 16 "The Channel Ports", with handwritten drafts of three letters from WSC to Sir John French [later Lord Ypres], Oct 1914.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 1., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/126
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Marked proofs of Chapter 17 "The Grand Fleet and the Submarine Alarm".
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis - Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/133
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Marked proofs of Preface and Chapter 1 "The Deadlock in the West", with annotated typescripts.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis - Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/136
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Marked proofs of Chapter 4 "The Origin of Tanks and Smoke".
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/153
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Marked proofs of Chapter 21 "The Battle of Suvla Bay".
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/154
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Marked proofs of Chapter 22 "The Ruin of the Balkans.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/155
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Marked proofs of Chapter 23 "The Abandonment of the Dardanelles".
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/184
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Translations of German Sources: Dardanelles Typescript translations from "Funf Jahre Turkei" [Five Years in Turkey] by Liman von Sanders; The Official German History of the Great War; the despatches of Admiral von Usedon to the Kaiser.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/83
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Chapter XI "The 18th of March" Manuscript and annotated typescript.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/84
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Chapter XIII "The Case for Perseverance and Decision" Annotated typescript.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis, Volume 2., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/85
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Chapter XIV "The First Defeat of the U-Boats" Annotated typescript.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis Volume 3., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/162
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Proofs of Appendix 1 "British French and German Official Casualty Returns" on the Western Front, 1914-1918.
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1923
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Literary: The World Crisis Volume 3., 1923
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/163
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Proofs of Chapter 12 "At the Ministry of Munitions", originally Chapters 13 "At the Ministry of Munitions" and 14 "The Mechanical Battle on Land".
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1923
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