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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2725 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 21 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/70
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; praises Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Coningham [Commanding Air Forces in the Western Desert].

Dates: 21 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/75
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Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on the refusal of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Blamey [General Officer Commanding, 1st Australian Corps] to obey Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East]; proposes Laverack as replacement.

Dates: 22 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/76
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert.

Dates: 22 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [23 Dec 1941]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/78
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC promising Australian personnel to operate light tanks in Malaya [later Malaysia]; requires transport and adequate air support for additional force.

Dates: [23 Dec 1941]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/83-84
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; bad weather has blocked communications; enemy reported to be destroying own aircraft at Sidi-Magrun.

Dates: 23 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/85-86
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Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC on Japanese threat to the Pacific which must be countered by United States Navy.

Dates: 24 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/88
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Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; prisoner of war figures (T 1067); Royal Dragoons occupied Benghazi (T 1068); Indian forces have occupied Barce [later Al Marj] (T 1069); Churchill tanks rusted in transit, need refitting (T 1070).

Dates: 25 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/93-96
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Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] asking him to spare United States tanks and aeroplanes from Acrobat [codename for the operation against Tripoli, Libya], to defend Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore; United States will send troops to Northern Ireland, bomb Germany from Britain, and support Gymnast [codename for the plans for the British occupation of North West Africa].

Dates: 27 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/97-99
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Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] on defence of Malaya [later Malaysia], Singapore and Philippines; "it would be quite impossible ... to make a bargain with Stalin involving forcible transferring of large populations ... into communist spheres". [See CHAR 20/47/120-121 for Curtin's reply].

Dates: 27 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/100-101
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Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; Germans near Agedabia [Ajdabiyah], Italians near Ghemines.

Dates: 26 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/106
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert.

Dates: 28 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/114-115
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; enemy defence of Agedabia [Ajdabiyah]; lists equipment and troops which could be spared for defence of Far East.

Dates: 29 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/116-117
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell appointing him Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, South West Pacific; with agreement with the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] on the war aims of Britain and the United States, structure of command and areas of influence.

Dates: 30 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/118-119
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Telegram from Government of New Zealand to WSC expressing confidence in General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, South West Pacific]; feels proposals need greater emphasis on naval power to succeed against Japanese; asked for clarification on protection of New Zealand.

Dates: 30 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/123
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC with message from Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [Commander of 8th Army] on battle in Libyan desert; recent tank encounters; enemy will stand at Agedabia [Ajdabiyah].

Dates: 30 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/126-131
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Telegram from William Bullitt [Special representative of Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, in the Near East] and the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC and Roosevelt debating invasion of Tunisia following discussions with General Georges Catroux [Commander-in-Chief, Free French in the Levant].

Dates: 31 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/47/132
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC noting tank casualties and a request by Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [Commander of 8th Army] for reinforcements.

Dates: 21 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/104
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Telegram from [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Resident Cabinet Minister at Singapore for Far Eastern affairs, later 1st Lord Norwich] to WSC expressing dissatisfaction with waging of land campaign in Singapore; cites reasons for Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham's removal [as Commander-in-Chief, Far East].

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/106
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Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC with limited news of battle.

Dates: 12 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/107
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon, in Moscow, Soviet Union] suggesting recent Soviet success may make Stalin willing to declare war on Japan.

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/110
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Telegram from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to WSC deploring Japanese treachery and hailing Britain and the United States as allies.

Dates: 10 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Dec 1941 - 13 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/112-113
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Telegrams from WSC to Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon, in Moscow, Soviet Union] with [? Chiefs of Staff] views on "whether it would be to our advantage if Russia declared war on Japan"; asking whether Soviet government would lend part of Far Eastern Submarine fleet and crew to sail under British flag.

Dates: 12 Dec 1941 - 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/117-118
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Telegrams from Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon, in Moscow, Soviet Union] to WSC asking opinion on the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan; will explain to Stalin importance of Libyan campaign, Crusader [codename for major British operation in North Africa].

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/119
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Telegram from WSC to [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Resident Cabinet Minister at Singapore for Far Eastern affairs, later 1st Lord Norwich] advising that Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall's appointment as Commander-in-Chief, Far East should not yet be announced; transfer of troops to Eastern theatre; German defeat at hands of Soviet Union.

Dates: 14 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/120
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Telegram from WSC to the Governor-General of Burma [Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith] advising that General Sir Archibald Wavell has been appointed Commander-in-Chief, Burma [later Myanmar]; extra troops will be transferred following decisive success in Libya.

Dates: 13 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open