Second World War (1939-1945)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 27 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/133
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" suggesting two changes to the President's proposed press release regarding "Torch" [codename for Anglo American occupation of French North West Africa].
Dates:
27 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/134
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Telegram from General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff [General Sir Alan Brooke, later Lord Alanbrooke] and WSC marked "private" stating that he and General Bernard Montgomery [General Officer Commanding Eighth Army] are "fully agreed that utmost pressure of our offensive must be maintained" and announcing intention to put in a large scale attack with infantry and tanks to break a way through for the...
Dates:
30 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/2
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Telegram from WSC to Air Marshal Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East] marked "most secret" congratulating him on the success of attacks against the enemy and asking him to compliment [Air Marshal Arthur] Coningham [Commander Desert Air Force]. WSC recalls his visit to [the Western Desert] "I was sure then that great days lay ahead. Those days have come, and you are all playing a glorious part in them." Typescript.
Dates:
30 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/3
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Telegram from [General Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "personal" in which he passes on reports from the Western Desert that there is great satisfaction with Sherman [tanks] as the position of their guns permits them to be concealed and that they are successfully destroying enemy tanks at a range of 2,000 yards. He adds that 105mm "S P" guns have also "done well". Typescript.
Dates:
30 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/4
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Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" in which he relays a message from [General Harold Alexander, later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] with reports from the Western Desert that there is great satisfaction with Sherman [tanks] as the position of their guns permits them to be concealed and that they are successfully destroying enemy tanks at a range of 2,000 yards and that 105mm "S P" guns have also "done well"....
Dates:
31 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/7
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Telegram from General [Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "personal" thanking him for his encouraging message and commenting "Enemy is fighting desperately but we are hitting him hard and continuously and boring into him without mercy [a reference to the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt]." Typescript.
Dates:
31 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/9
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Telegram from [Air Marshal Arthur] Tedder [Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "secret and personal" thanking him for his inspiring message and reporting "We are all at full throttle and determined to make a job of it" [a reference to the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt]. Typescript.
Dates:
31 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/13
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Telegram from [General Harold Alexander, later Lord Alexander of Tunis] Commander in Chief Middle East to WSC marked "personal" reporting casualties [in the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt] including 695 officers and 9,435 soldiers of other ranks killed, wounded or missing and reporting that 213 wounded tanks have also been recovered. Typescript.
Dates:
01 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 03 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/18
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" in which he says that reports from Egypt confirm his confidence in a decisive victory [a reference to the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt] and that it will be difficult for [Field Marshal Erwin] Rommel to disengage his army to the south. He also expresses pleasure at news from the Solomon Islands and New Guineau. Carbon typescript signed with initials.
Dates:
03 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 03 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/20-21
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Telegram from Minister of State, Mideast [?Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" on the difficulty of the 9th Australian Division returning to Australia. He points out that this will create manpower problems in the Middle East theatre, may lead to the New Zealand government requesting the recall of New Zealand divisions, and that it would be difficult to transport another United Kingdom division to the Middle East; suggests that WSC should ask President [Roosevelt] to send...
Dates:
03 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/25
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Telegram from [General Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "most immediate" reporting successes against the enemy [in the Second Battle of El Alamein] in Egypt. He notes that the 8th Army has inflicted a severe defeat on [Field Marshal Erwin] Rommel 's German and Italian forces and that the enemy is retreating. Typescript.
Dates:
04 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/26
Scope and Contents
Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" relaying the contents of a telegram from [General Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] reporting successes against the enemy [in the Second Battle of Alamein] in Egypt [see CHAR 20/82/25]. Typescript.
Dates:
04 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/82/27
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Telegram from WSC to General [Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] marked "immediate" congratulating him and his "brilliant lieutenant" [General Sir Bernard] Montgomery [General Officer Commanding the Eighth Army] on the 8th Army's victory [in the Second Battle of Alamein, Egypt]. WSC feels that the victory will shape the future course of World War [II] and would like to "ring the bells all over Britain for the first time this war". He urges...
Dates:
04 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Jun] 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/146A/3
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Ibn Saud [King of Saudi Arabia] to WSC congratulating him on the fall of Rome [Italy]. Signature in typescript.
Dates:
[Jun] 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Jun] 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/146A/4
Scope and Contents
Telegram from King Ibn Saud [of Saudi Arabia] to WSC congratulating him on the liberation of Rome [Italy]. Signature in typescript.
Dates:
[Jun] 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1944 - 31 Jan 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/1
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, January 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Henry Wilson [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre]; Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the...
Dates:
02 Jan 1944 - 31 Jan 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Feb 1944 - 29 Feb 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/2
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, February 1944. Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne, Chairman of the Conservative Party];...
Dates:
01 Feb 1944 - 29 Feb 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Mar 1944 - 31 Mar 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/3
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, March 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant...
Dates:
01 Mar 1944 - 31 Mar 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1944 - 30 Apr 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/4
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; General Sir Bernard Montgomery [General Officer Commanding the Eighth Army]; Director of Military Intelligence [Major-General Francis...
Dates:
01 Apr 1944 - 30 Apr 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/5
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the...
Dates:
01 May 1944 - 31 May 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1944 - 30 Jun 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/6
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, June 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chiefs of Staff; Major-General Leslie Hollis and Colonel Ian Jacob...
Dates:
01 Jun 1944 - 30 Jun 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1944 - 30 Jul 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/1
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service]; Major General Robert Laycock [Chief...
Dates:
01 Jul 1944 - 30 Jul 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1944 - 31 Aug 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/2
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, August 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include: British naval activity in Western Europe;...
Dates:
01 Aug 1944 - 31 Aug 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/3
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Major-General Leslie Hollis and Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of...
Dates:
01 Sep 1944 - 30 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/153/4
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris [Commander in Chief Bomber Command]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the...
Dates:
01 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open