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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2742 Collections and/or Records:

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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
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/51-53
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" 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...
Dates: 20 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/59
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Telegram from WSC to British Minister in Sweden [Sir Victor Mallet] informing him of his intention to press Sweden to begin mobilisation and to converse with General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; and emphasising the damaging effect of the continued German naval presence in Norway.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/77-78
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Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] to WSC agreeing with him concerning the importance of the Western Allies taking Lubeck [Germany] and Linz [Austria], and hoping they can take Prague [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; and reporting conversations with General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] in which he emphasised the difficulties of attacking the Japanese mainland. Despatched on 21 April. Copy.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/79
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Telegram from Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, Minister Resident at Allied Force HQ, Mediterranean Command] to WSC marked "Top Secret" hoping that no "political manoeuvres" stand in the way of operations by French forces in the north-west of Italy.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/83
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Top Secret" congratulating him on [taking] Bologna [Italy].

Dates: 21 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/90-91
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a message from Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, Minister Resident at Allied Force HQ, Mediterranean Command] to him hoping that no "political manoeuvres" stand in the way of operations by French forces in the north-west of Italy; and stating that he has told MacMillan that military considerations...
Dates: 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/92
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Telegram from WSC to Harold MacMillan [Minister Resident at Allied Force HQ, Mediterranean Command] marked "Top Secret" stating that he has forwarded his message on French forces operating in Italy to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; and that military considerations should outweigh political ones, indicating ways of reassuring the Italians.

Dates: 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/101
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Top Secret" emphasising that in order to assist the Netherlands [through the neutralisation of the German Army in the Western Netherlands] they must act quickly and send instructions to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army]; and indicating that Eden should try to persuade Edward Stettinius [Secretary of State,...
Dates: 21 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1945 - 22 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/102
Scope and Contents Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that although the Americans initially argued that the Soviet Union should be consulted on responding to a possible truce with the German Army in the Western Netherlands, they have subsequently recommended that General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] be instructed to take the matter...
Dates: 21 Apr 1945 - 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/64
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Message from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [Carbon].

Dates: 15 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/65
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Draft message from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [draft initialled by WSC].

Dates: 15 May [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/66
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Telegram from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] thanking him for his VE-Day message, praising China's stand against Japan, and commenting on Britain's resolve in the war in the East. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 16 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/227A/67-69
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Telegram from Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] to WSC congratulating him on the capitulation of Germany and Britain's stand in the early days of the war. [annotated by John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary].

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/63
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Telegram from General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart [Special Military Representative to Chiang Kai Shek] to WSC marked "Top Secret" stating that Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell [Commander of the United States Army in China, Burma (later Myanmar) and India] has been recalled from command in China.

Dates: 21 Oct 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), 22 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/72
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Telegram from WSC and General Sir Alan Brooke [later Lord Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, Chief of Imperial General Staff] to General Douglas MacArthur [Commander in Chief Phillipines, Supreme Commander South West Pacific] congratulating him on his invasion of Leyte [Philippines].

Dates: 22 Oct 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), 24 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/92
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" proposing lifting the ban on communication between British and Italian diplomats; and suggesting that Italian soldiers interned in Germany should be entitled to prisoner of war treatment.

Dates: 24 Oct 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), 24 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/93
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" commenting on the poor situation in Italy and the need for a head for the Allied Control Commission.

Dates: 24 Oct 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), 24 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/96
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" accepting wording for simultaneous announcement of appointment of Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, British High Commissioner for Italy] as Acting President of the Allied Control Commission in Italy.

Dates: 24 Oct 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), 25 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/97
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Telegram from Foreign Office to [Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean, Liaison Officer with Marshal Tito] passing on messages from WSC to Dr Ivan Subasic [Ban of Croatia, Prime Minister of the Royal Yugoslavian Government] on the liberation of Belgrade [Yugoslavia, later Serbia] and to Tito [Premier of Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] congratulating him on the liberation.

Dates: 25 Oct 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), 25 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/99
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating text of announcement recalling Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell to Washington from his post as Commander of the United States Army Forces in China, Burma [later Myanmar] and India and Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai Shek [President of China].

Dates: 25 Oct 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.