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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2738 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 17 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/46
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] asking him to report if and when "Jubilee" [Codename for raid on Dieppe, France] takes place.

Dates: 17 Aug 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), 17 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/49
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "most secret and personal" proposing that the appointments of General Harold Alexander as Commander in Chief Middle East and General Bernard Montgomery as General Officer Commanding Eighth Army be announced tomorrow (18 Aug) Annotated.

Dates: 17 Aug 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), 18 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/51
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "most secret and personal" regarding the announcement of the changes in command in the Middle East and stating that General Claude Auchinleck is proceeding on leave.

Dates: 18 Aug 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), 18 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/52
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "most secret and personal" reciting the text of the announcement regarding the changes in command in the Middle East : Refers to the appointment of General Harold Alexander as Commander in Chief Middle East in succession to General Claude Auchinleck; the appointment of Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery as General Officer Commanding Eighth Army in succession to Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie; the...
Dates: 18 Aug 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), 18 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/53
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "most secret and personal" regarding the arrangements for the announcement of the changes in command in the Middle East.

Dates: 18 Aug 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), 18 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/55
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on the contents and wording of the announcement relating to the changes in command in the Middle East Annotated.

Dates: 18 Aug 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), 18 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/56
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "most secret and personal" regarding the publication of press releases relating to his first visit to Cairo and to the appointment of Major-General Richard McCreery as Chief of General Staff Middle East, but urging that no reference should be made to his second visit and stating that misleading rumours are already being put out that he has reached Khartoum [Sudan] Annotated.

Dates: 18 Aug 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), 18 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/58
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] marked "most secret and personal" asking for reports on developments in the Solomon Islands and on U-Boat sinkings Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.

Dates: 18 Aug 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), 19 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/59-60
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee], Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon], General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] and the Chief of the Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] regarding the long-term policy of placing an Anglo-American air force on the Russian southern flank in the Caucasus Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.

Dates: 19 Aug 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), 19 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/87/61
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Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to the Chief of the Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] marked "most secret and personal" regarding heavy night bombing raids on Berlin [Germany] Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.

Dates: 19 Aug 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), 06 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/83
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Telegram from General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" commenting on the advance of the Eighth Army in Libya.

Dates: 06 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/84
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" agreeing that the British and American representatives in Moscow [Soviet Union] should mark time in relation to "Velvet" [Codename for Anglo-American air force for Russian southern flank in the Caucasus] but stating that he does not wish to give them the authority to call the enterprise off.

Dates: 06 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/85
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" agreeing with his telegram no. 227 [see CHAR 20/84/84].

Dates: 06 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/86-87
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Telegram from WSC to General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "most urgent personal and secret" commenting on the military and political situation in North Africa.

Dates: 07 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/88
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Telegram from WSC to General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] marked "most secret and personal": "I am sure you are watching them like a cat does a mouse. It is a great help to me in my work when you keep in touch.".

Dates: 07 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/89
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Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "most secret" thanking him for the kindness of his statement and commenting on the fighting in Tunisia.

Dates: 07 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/90
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" reciting the text of his message to Peter Fraser [Prime Minister of New Zealand] thanking him for his decision to leave the New Zealand Division in the Middle East.

Dates: 06 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/91
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Telegram from Premier Stalin to WSC marked "personal and secret" welcoming the idea of a meeting between the Heads of Governments but regretting that he will not be able to leave the Soviet Union and asking for a reply about the establishment of a second front in Western Europe and commenting on military operations within the Soviet Union.

Dates: 06 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/92
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" reciting text of telegram of 6 Dec 1942 from Premier Stalin to WSC [see CHAR /20/84/91].

Dates: 07 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/95
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] to WSC marked "personal" proposing "to go slow in selling this idea to Americans" and stating that "When we can get them to regard Round-Up [Codename for the invasion of France] as a probability next summer, the rest should be easy.".

Dates: 07 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/98
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "most secret and personal" suggesting that they should send their representatives in Moscow [Soviet Union] the instructions proposed by the Combined Chiefs of Staff regarding "Velvet" [Codename for Anglo-American air force for Russian southern flank in the Caucasus] and reciting the proposed instructions which oppose Soviet proposals to send only aircraft or aircraft and crews.

Dates: 08 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/100
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Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding the return of the Australian 9th Division from the Middle East: Comments on the campaign in New Guinea [later Papua New Guinea and part of Indonesia] and its implications for Australian manpower; lists essential equipment which should be shipped back to Australia with the troops; comments on communication with President Roosevelt.

Dates: 08 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/103
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" expressing his full agreement with WSC's telegram on the subject of "Velvet" [Codename for Anglo-american air force for Russian southern flank in the Caucasus] and confirming that the American representative in Moscow [Soviet Union] will be guided by the instructions contained therein [see CHAR 20/84/98].

Dates: 09 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/107-108
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" expressing his concerns about conditions in French Morocco and Algeria, where an inability to exercise control over the local French authorities has led to a resurgence of Fascist activity, and suggesting that such "good friends" as Generals Emile Bethouard and Charles Mast are appointed to high military commands.

Dates: 09 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/84/109
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on the arrangements to return the 9th Division to Australia from the Middle East and on plans to make two more aircraft carriers available in the Pacific.

Dates: 10 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open