Key Information
Reference code
ALANBROOKE 6/2/17
Title
Correspondence, 1942-1943, with Gen Sir Harold Alexander
Date(s)
- 1942 Nov 10-1943 Jul 23 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file 5a: including Brooke's correspondence with Gen Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, 29 Nov 1942-22 Jul 1943, concerning operations in North Africa, Feb-Apr 1942, the planning of invasion of Sicily (Operation HUSKY), Apr 1943, and Alexander's refusal to allow Canadian Gen Andrew George Latta McNaughton, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 1 Canadian Army, to visit Canadian troops in Sicily, Jul 1943; telegram from Alexander to Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, 22 Jul 1943, describing military situation in Sicily.