Western Desert campaign (1940-1943)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1941-09, 1941-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/30
Scope and Contents
Letter from Churchill to Clementine begun in December 1941 while he was at sea aboard HMS Duke of York and ended from the White House, while he was visiting President Franklin Roosevelt after the United States entered the war. Subjects include: the difficulty of the journey; bad news from Hong Kong and Malaya [later Malaysia], with Allied forces retreating to defend Singapore; the sinking of a number of U-boats off Gibraltar; the successful advance of General Sir Claude Auchinleck...
Dates:
1941-09; 1941-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1942-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/31
Scope and Contents
Top copy and carbon copy of a letter from Churchill to Clementine from the British Embassy, Cairo [Egypt] on subjects including: the need for new commanders in the Middle East; Churchill's gratitude to Field Marshal Jan Smuts for his support and his distress at the death of Lieutenant-General William Gott; his view of Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery; bad appointments made by General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief Middle East]; Churchill's visits to see the armoured brigades;...
Dates:
1942-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.