Second World War (1939-1945)
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:
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SOE: Balkans, 1941-02 - 1943-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/21
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and rough notes by JA ("A/H.A.") on policy towards the Balkans and South-Eastern Europe, with a covering letter from Leo Amery to 3rd Lord Selborne [Minister of Economic Warfare, earlier Lord Wolmer], [though this probably refers to AMEJ 1/1/20].
Dates:
1941-02 - 1943-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: Bulgaria, 1940-09 - 1943-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/22
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and rough notes by JA ("A/H.A.") and others on policy in Bulgaria.
Dates:
1940-09 - 1943-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: correspondence with Caesar, 1940-10 - 1943-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/26
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between JA ("A/H.A.") and Julius Hanau ("Caesar") on events in the Middle East and the Balkans and JA's employment with SOE.
Dates:
1940-10 - 1943-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: correspondence with D/H2, 1940-11 - 1947-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/29
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between JA ("A/H.A.") and Colonel William Bailey ("D/H2.") on events in the Middle East and the Balkans, Bailey's appointment as a political adviser in the United States on Balkan affairs and on how his personal problems might cause difficulties in working with JA after the war.
Dates:
1940-11 - 1947-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: correspondence with D/H19, 1941-04 - 1942-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/28
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between JA ("A/H.A.") and "Bob" ("D/H19.") on events in the Middle East, the Balkans and in London, including a memorandum by D/H19 on seeking the support of the Communists.
Dates:
1941-04 - 1942-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: correspondence with D/HV, 1941-05 - 1942-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/27
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between JA ("A/H.A.") and [?] James Pearson ("D/H.V.") on events in the Middle East and the Balkans, including a report on the difficulties SOE was facing in the Middle East and on future policy in the Balkans.
Dates:
1941-05 - 1942-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: destruction of Russian goods, 1941-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/25
Scope and Contents
Memoranda by JA ("A/H.A.") on attacking German imports of manganese, cotton and oil from the Soviet Union.
Dates:
1941-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: Middle East, 1941-03 - 1941-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/24
Scope and Contents
Memoranda by JA ("A/H.A.") on policy in the Middle East, particularly Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Palestine.
Dates:
1941-03 - 1941-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: miscellaneous correspondence, 1941-05 - 1942-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/30
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between JA ("A/H.A.") and his SOE colleagues on subjects including the work of the Balkan section in Cairo [Egypt], internal tensions between the office in Istanbul [Turkey] and London, and events in the Balkans generally.
Dates:
1941-05 - 1942-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: political survey of Yugoslavia, 1940-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/20
Scope and Contents
Annotated memoranda by JA ("A/H.A.") for 'D' Section [later the Special Operations Executive] on subjects including: the structure of the state, particularly the Government and Opposition parties, the Church, patriotic organisations and the army; developments in the political situation; the "coup d'etat project"; British policy on Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; intelligence contacts; the situation in Bulgaria. See...
Dates:
1940-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: report on "Concensus" Mission II, Albania, 1944-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/38
Scope and Contents
Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Neil "Billy" McLean, Major David Smiley and JA on their mission with the Albanian resistance.
Dates:
1944-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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SOE: Yugoslavia, 1941-02 - 1942-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/23
Scope and Contents
Memoranda by JA ("A/H.A.") and correspondence on policy in Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], including a draft broadcast on Yugoslavia and a copy of the telegram from [? Sir Ronald Campbell, British Minister at Belgrade] ordering JA to leave the staff of the British Legation.
Dates:
1941-02 - 1942-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
Sub-Series
"Sons of the Eagle: a Study in Guerilla War", 1943 - 1951
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/1
Scope and Contents
Drafts, typescripts, source material and correspondence for JA's account of his work with the Albanian resistance during the Second World War.
Dates:
1943 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Special correspondence: Auchinleck, 1941-06 - 1949-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/1
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Correspondence with Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck on subjects including: what Auchinleck could do following retirement; the end of his time as Commander-in-Chief, India; the press campaign alleging discord between himself and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten [Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia] and its adverse effect on Auchinleck's organisation (1944); his hope of returning to active military command and suggestion that he might take on a civil position in the meantime (1943);...
Dates:
1941-06 - 1949-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Special correspondence: Jan Smuts, 1903-09 - 1950-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Smuts on subjects including: accounts of military operations on the Tugela River [South Africa]; the Irish Convention (1917); the Palestine Campaign; the need for a separate Air Staff; costs of the separate war fronts; peace negotiations following the First World War; migration to South Africa; the Locarno Pact; the Imperial Conference (1926); LSA's Empire Tour; the proposal that Smuts should become High Commissioner of Palestine; the South African flag; the League of...
Dates:
1903-09 - 1950-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Special correspondence: Sir Winston Churchill, 1940-05 - 1955-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Sir Winston Churchill on subjects including: organisation of the War Cabinet; the value of air transport, and LSA's view that the Air Ministry did not give it enough importance; averting famine in India; monetary and commercial policy and the possibility of this causing a split in the Conservative Party; the lifelong friendship between Churchill and LSA; honours for LSA; policy on European Union and India after the war; Army reform; Palestine; the possibility of India...
Dates:
1940-05 - 1955-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speech to the Joint Session of Congress, 26 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/153/29-45
Scope and Contents
Notes for WSC's speech (Washington) on his American ancestry; his democratic convictions ("I am a child of the House of Commons"); the resources available to the United States and Britain and the production of munitions; relations between the Unites States and Britain; his observations of morale and "Olympian fortitude" in the United States; the north African campaign, and the war with Japan in the Far East.Typescript speaking notes with manuscript annotations by WSC.
Dates:
26 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches, 1943 - 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/44
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Annotated texts of speeches and broadcasts by Clementine, with related correspondence, including: speech to the Nottingham Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (with some annotations by Churchill), March 1943; speech on the opening of the English-Speaking Union's new canteen for American and Dominion visitors, October 1943; presentation to the Hospital Savings Association, June 1944; broadcast with Eleanor Roosevelt and Elinor Morgenthau to the United States on the Fifth War Loan...
Dates:
1943 - 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches and broadcasts, 1940-05 - 1948-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 8/2/17
Scope and Contents
Mainly broadcasts made by Duff Cooper as Minister of Information, on subjects including: Winston Churchill; counteracting rumours; the war in France; Italy’s entry into the war; the fall of France; German propaganda; the role of the Empire; victory in Libya; Joan of Arc; the Atlantic Charter; avoiding the mistakes made after the First World War; survey of the Munich Crisis, 1948 (see also 8/1/20); Westminster Abbey.
Dates:
1940-05 - 1948-08
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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Speeches: House of Commons., 20 Jan 1942 - 24 Feb 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/154A-B
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Cutting from "Hansard", statement on the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, 20 Jan 1942 Published Complete Speeches VI, pp.6552-53.Typescript speaking notes [with handwritten annotations by WSC and others], and extract from "Hansard" for speech on the War Situation, [in Vote of Confidence Debate], particularly on North Africa and the Far East 27 Jan 1942 [with covering note stating that the speaking notes were "far from being correct"] Published Complete Speeches VI,...
Dates:
20 Jan 1942 - 24 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes., 08 Sep 1942 - 10 Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/156
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Typescript speech notes [with handwritten annotations by WSC and others], extract from Hansard and cutting from the Times, for WSC's speech (8 Sept 1942) entitled "The War Situation" on subjects including success in Vote of Censure debate, success of Malta convoy, the Dieppe [France] Raid, the war in the Pacific, the bombing campaign againt Germany, the Battle of the Atlantic, the condition of the Eighth Army in the Western Desert, and the appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard...
Dates:
08 Sep 1942 - 10 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and Hansard., 11 Feb 1943 - 27 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/159
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Typescript speaking notes [with handwritten annotations by WSC], "Hansard" and press cuttings for WSC's speech (11 Feb 1943) on the War Situation, including the Casablanca Conference, the Battle of the Atlantic, War in the Far East, North Africa, (praising General Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander, Eighth Army]). Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 6742 - 55.Extract from "Hansard" on WSC's short statement (24 Mar 1943) on the Tunisian Campaign. Published: Complete Speeches VII, p...
Dates:
11 Feb 1943 - 27 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 23 May 1940 - 04 Jul 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/140A-B
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Statement by WSC (23 May) on fighting in France. Also includes relevant extract from Hansard. Published: Complete Speeches VI p 6223.Hansard copy of statement by WSC (28 May) on the fall of Belgium. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 6223-4.Notes for WSC's speech (4 June) entitled "Wars are not won by evacuations" on the fall of Belgium, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk [France] and the successes of the RAF. Speech includes the phrase "We shall fight on the...
Dates:
23 May 1940 - 04 Jul 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 30 Jul 1940 - 17 Sep 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/141A-B
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Statement by WSC (30 July) on making the remainder of the day's sitting a secret session. Also includes relevant extract from Hansard.Statement by WSC (17 September, secret session) on the danger to the Houses of Parliament posed by air raids and possible changes to House of Commons procedures as a consequence of this threat. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 6280-3.Hansard copy of WSC's statement (13 August) on an aeroplane disaster involving Australian ministers and military...
Dates:
30 Jul 1940 - 17 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 08 Oct 1940 - 19 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/142A-B
Scope and Contents
Notes for WSC's speech (8 October) on the Battle of Britain, the Home Guard and the Home Front, Hitler's threat to invade Britain, events at Dakar [Senegal], the desertion of Vichy France, the Burma road [between Burma, later Myanmar, and China] and events in Spain. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6284-94.Notes for WSC's statement (17 October) on Robert Boothby [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food] and Czechoslovak claims.Notes for WSC's speech (5 November) on the war situation,...
Dates:
08 Oct 1940 - 19 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open