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Date(s)
- 1944 Oct 17-1944 Dec 2 (Creation)
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1 file
Scope and content
Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file 6o: telegrams to Brooke from FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief, 21 Army Group, 17 Oct-1 Dec 1944, reporting on the progress of operations in North West Europe, Oct-Dec 1944, notably around Scheldt Estuary and Meuse and Roer Rivers, and on his discussions with US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, Western Europe, regarding the command set-up of Allied forces in Europe; letters to Brooke from Montgomery, 31 Oct 1944, and to Montgomery from Eisenhower, 1 Dec 1944, concerning plans for invasion of Germany; 'Some notes on the conduct of war and the infantry division in battle', pamphlet by Montgomery issued to [21 Army Group], Nov 1944.