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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), 06 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/2
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Personal" reporting that the situation in Denmark is calm; detailing troops and equipment he has sent there; and stating that he believes that Admiral Karl Doenitz [Head of the German Government] will very soon "surrender everything to the Allies".

Dates: 06 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 05 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227B/140-141
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Telegram from [Admiral] P Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece, (Athens) to WSC (10 Downing Street) congratulating the armies under the command of Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] on behalf of the people of Greece on the Allied victory in Italy and commenting on Greece's involvement.

Dates: 05 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227B/144
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Telegram from [Admiral] P Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece, to WSC (10 Downing Street) congratulating the armies under the command of Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] on behalf of the people of Greece on the Allied victory in Italy and commenting on Greece's involvement. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 05 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227B/226-228
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Telegram from George Kyriakos, a member of the Academy of Athens [Greece], to WSC congratulating him on victory in Europe and commenting on Greece's role in the conflict against Germany and Italy. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227B/251
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Letter from Maximilian Lobkowicz [Czechoslovakian Ambassador to Great Britain] (Czechoslovak Embassy, 8 Grosvenor Place [London]) to WSC conveying a delayed message from [Dr Eduard] Benes [President of Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia] on the victory of the Allied Armies in Italy. [signed].

Dates: 11 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/30-35
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa marked "Top Secret and Personal" summarising the major operational decisions reached at the Malta and Yalta [Soviet Union] Conferences: on the U-boat War; operations in North West Europe; strategy in the Mediterranean; operations in the Pacific Area and South East Asia Command; estimating dates for the end of the war against Germany and Japan; and explaining the shipping position. Photocopy.

Dates: 26 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/86
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Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "personal and Top Secret" congratulating him on the great victory won by the armies under his command [achieving a bridgehead over the Rhine at Remagan, Germany]. Photocopy.

Dates: 09 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/92
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Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC thanking him for the warmth of his congratulations on the latest advances; and explaining how attracting sizable German formations to meet the attack launched by 21st Army Group has left the Germans vulnerable to attack elsewhere. Photocopy.

Dates: 10 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/136
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" hoping a conflict over responsibilities in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam] between Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] and Major General Albert Wedemeyer [Commander United States Forces in the China Theatre] can be cleared up: stating that Mountbatten has a vital interest in this sphere and has received an oral understanding from Chiang Kai...
Dates: 17 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/213A/8
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] marked "Personal and Top Secret" hoping he will agree that the British and Canadian Bomber Force accept an offer from the American Air Force of a suitable area in the valley of the Cagayan in Northern Luzon [Philippines] as a base for operations against the Japanese.

Dates: 20 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/213A/14-15
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" requesting he give his personal attention to the matter of [repatriating] British prisoners of war rescued by Soviet Armies; giving details of advances against the Germans in Western Europe; and suggesting that Hitler may try to prolong the war after all North Germany has been conquered.

Dates: 21 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/213A/17
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] congratulating him and his "gallant Army" on the recapture of Mandalay [Burma, later Myanmar]; and emphasising that progress has been made in spite of the lack of reinforcements originally intended to have come from Europe.

Dates: 21 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/33-37
Scope and Contents Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Secret and Personal" asserting that neither Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Union Foreign Minister] or he had any intention of defaming anyone in their communications over the negotiations [between representatives of the British and American Armies and the German Army] in Switzerland; emphasising the importance of being able to communicate "frankly" without being considered "offensive"; enclosing a copy of a "Personal and Secret" message from him to...
Dates: 07 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 11 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/62-63
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a telegram he proposes to send to Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] on co-ordinating operations in Indo-China with Major General Albert Wedemeyer [Commander United States Forces in the China Theatre]; and arguing that they should fully support French forces fighting the Japanese in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam].

Dates: 11 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/105
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" reluctantly agreeing [to the possible use of pilotless bombers against German cities]; but emphasising the limited value of such action at such a late stage in the war and the effect of retaliation on London, indicating the level of losses to the Greater London area during the course of the war.

Dates: 14 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/114-115
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" reporting arrangements agreed between Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] and Major General Albert Wedemeyer [Commander United States Forces in the China Theatre], and giving his views on WSC's proposed telegram to Mountbatten on co-ordinating operations in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam].

Dates: 14 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 17 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/144
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that the "project concerning war-weary, explosive ladened aircraft" should not be taken further.Typescript.

Dates: 17 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/3-4
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" reporting that Arthur Seyss-Inquart [Reich Commissioner for Occupied Holland] has been in contact with the Dutch Underground Movement offering terms of surrender for German forces in the Netherlands; requesting Eden ascertains the American view on this; if they agree, consults the Soviet Union Foreign Minister [Vyacheslav Molotov]; and indicating that he is...
Dates: 16 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/5-6
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating a report of a meeting between Arthur Seyss-Inquart [Reich Commissioner for Occupied Holland] and the Dutch Underground Movement, where Seyss-Inquart offered terms of surrender for German forces in the Netherlands.

Dates: 16 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/13
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving details of casualties in the battle for the Rhineland [Germany] and since crossing the Rhine.

Dates: 17 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/14-15
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving details of the German position and recent Allied operations in Italy, indicating Allied casualties and assessing the German will to resist.

Dates: 17 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/27
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Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him of the latest plans for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to take Lubeck [Germany]; the advance to Linz [Austria]; and for the Americans to take the region south of Stuttgart [Germany] where the main German "TA" [Tube Alloy, the atomic bomb] research is concentrated. Despatched on 19 April.

Dates: 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/28
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving details of latest advances and casualties in Italy.

Dates: 18 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/40-41
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] and Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" on several matters which require "very quick handling": the need for a decision to be taken on the situation in the Netherlands; the issuing of a warning to the Germans on their treatment of prisoners of war; Eisenhower's invitation to British and American politicians and the press to view...
Dates: 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/46-49
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Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Private" repeating the text of a statement from Dr Pieter Gerbrandy [Prime Minister of the Netherlands] on the food shortages and other problems in Western Holland and indicating the Netherlands Government's attitude towards military action against the Germans; and WSC's reply stating that he is putting the matter into Eisenhower's hands.

Dates: 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open