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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(Untitled), 11 Jul 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/40/134
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Telegram from Oliver Lyttelton [later Lord Chandos, Minister of State in the Middle East] to WSC with statement of duties of Intendant-General, Middle East [General Sir Robert Haining]: administration of transport; co-ordination of supplies, maintenance of vehicles, and to examine and advise on general administrative reorganisation.
Dates:
11 Jul 1941
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), 11 Jul 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/40/135
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Telegram from Oliver Lyttelton [later Lord Chandos, Minister of State in the Middle East] to WSC advising against appointing Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich] to a ministerial post in the Middle East; suggests instead Walter Monckton at a lower level as Minister of Propaganda to control publicity and censorship.
Dates:
11 Jul 1941
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), 09 Jul 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/40/137
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Telegram from WSC to Oliver Lyttelton [later Lord Chandos, Minister of State in the Middle East] on liaison with Vichy France over Syria. He recites text of message of 5 Jul from Vichy agent, and proposed text of British reply.
Dates:
09 Jul 1941
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), 17 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/149
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] congratulating troops on capture of Halfaya and Sollum [Egypt]; and commenting on the good news from Tobruk [Libya].
Dates:
17 May 1941
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(Untitled), 15 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/150
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC reporting on surprising enemy strength at Sollum [Egypt]; that Habforce has been kept from Baghdad [Iraq] by floods; and on meeting with General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, India].
Dates:
15 May 1941
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(Untitled), 19 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/152
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Telegram from WSC to General William Dobbie [Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta] reporting that Stephenson is sick so a further replacement is being sent as Maynard needs a change.
Dates:
19 May 1941
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(Untitled), 19 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/153
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with congratulations for Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham [Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean] and [?General William] Platt.
Dates:
19 May 1941
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(Untitled), 19 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/154
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East] demanding up to date information on arrival of "Clan Chattan" and deployment of cruisers [Cruiser tanks referred to as tiger cubs] and supplies; asks about instalment of tanks into Tobruk [Libya] at night.
Dates:
19 May 1941
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(Untitled), 19 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/156
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on unforeseen delays due to equipment problems with cruiser tanks.
Dates:
19 May 1941
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(Untitled), 21 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/1-4
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States ] reciting text of message from Wendell Wilkie [see CHAR 20/38/158 ], with cancelled draft reply from WSC to Wilkie responding in detail to Wilkie's comments about munitions and shipping and marked "submitted to President but cancelled", with actual reply from WSC to Wilkie, and with telegram from WSC to Roosevelt expressing anxiety about American position "Whatever happens you...
Dates:
21 May 1941
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), 21 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/5
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Telegram from Chiang Kai-shek [President of China] to WSC thanking him for his goodwill towards China, wishing him success in frustrating aggression in Europe, and expressing his admiration.
Dates:
21 May 1941
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), 21 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/7
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] reporting decision of Defence Committee that nothing in Syria must detract from the importance of winning the battle of Crete [Greece]; permits the mingling of British troops with the Free French who are to enter Syria, and states that Wavell is wrong in supposing that policy of 20th May over Syria arose from representations by the Free French leaders or Major General Edward Spears [Head of British Mission...
Dates:
21 May 1941
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), 21 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/8
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander -in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on difficulties of unloading shipments of tanks.
Dates:
21 May 1941
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), 22 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/11-14
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East] to WSC on impracticality of Free French plans; comments on German airforce established in Syria; expresses fears over Turkish complicity in German entry into Syria; refers to importance of holding Crete [Greece]; and comments on difficulty of holding Egypt against enemy air bases in Greece.
Dates:
22 May 1941
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), 23 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/15
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell asking for further reinforcement of Crete [Greece]; stating that he will support Wavell's views above those of General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] in Syria; expressing hope that a regency will be established in Iraq; and reciting message of support for General Bernard Freyberg [Commander of Allied Forces in Crete].
Dates:
23 May 1941
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), 23 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/16
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East] to WSC on imperial and metric shell sizes used by guns mounted on tanks.
Dates:
23 May 1941
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), 20 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/17-21
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt commenting on the severity of the battle of Crete [Greece] and asking for sightings of German convoy including Bismarck and Prince Eugen recently departed from Bergen [Norway]. With memorandum on US naval patrols and U-Boat action in the Atlantic, with list of ships sunk west of 26 degrees west between 31 March and 20 May 1941.
Dates:
20 May 1941
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), 24 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/23
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Telegram from WSC to Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his message, expressing admiration, and ending: "The cause which inspires both our nations is just. We need not fear the outcome".
Dates:
24 May 1941
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), 24 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/24-25
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Telegram from Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand at Cairo [Egypt],to WSC requesting extra naval and air support for General Bernard Freyberg [Commander Allied Forces in Crete] and New Zealand troops in Crete [Greece]. With attached filing slip, dated 24 October [?1941].
Dates:
24 May 1941
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), 24 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/26
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of New Zealand (Peter Fraser) advising that all possible air and naval support is being provided [for Allied forces in Crete, Greece].
Dates:
24 May 1941
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), 25 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/28
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Telegram from Peter Fraser (Prime Minister of New Zealand, at Cairo [Egypt]) to WSC thanking him for his assurances about support for forces in Crete.
Dates:
25 May 1941
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), 25 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/29
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on Situation in Crete [Greece], his meeting with General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French], flooding in Iraq, and work on tanks ("tiger cubs").
Dates:
25 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/30
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East]: "Hope you are preparing your desert stroke and that Tobruk [Libya] will not be idle".
Dates:
27 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/31
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Commanders-in-Chief, Middle East [via General Sir Archibald Wavell] advising that victory in Crete [Greece] is essential.
Dates:
27 May 1941
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), 27 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/33
Scope and Contents
Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC: reporting that the defence of Crete [Greece] has collapsed and troops must be withdrawn.
Dates:
27 May 1941
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.