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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Diary, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/15
Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits, including meetings at Alupka, Athens, Cairo, Washington, and San Francisco; Cadogan's role in the Malta Conference, Yalta Conference, and the United Nations Conference on International Organisation; the Allied invasion of Germany; negotiations over the Polish question and Soviet actions in Eastern Europe; reactions to the death of...
Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Potsdam Conference, 1938 - 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LEGT 1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection comprises George Leggett's diary of the Potsdam conference, souvenirs and papers connected with his time in Potsdam, and electronic transcripts of the diary.

Dates: 1938 - 2001
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Record of interview with Lord Attlee and Lord Chandos, 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRNT 6
Scope and Contents

Barnett's manuscript record of the interview held in Attlee's rooms in the Temple about the Second World War. Questions cover a range of subjects including: foreign policy and grand strategy; policy towards Russia, Japan and the Unites States; Winston Churchill; opinions of wartime generals Dill, Alan Brooke, Pound; military operations.

Dates: 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.