Key Information
Reference code
ALANBROOKE 6/2/36
Title
Telegrams from FM Sir Bernard Montgomery, Dec 1944 - Jan 1945
Date(s)
- 1944 Dec 19-1945 Jan 23 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file 6q: including telegrams to Brooke from FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief, 21 Army Group, 22 Dec 1944-23 Jan 1945, reporting on progress of operations in North West Europe, Dec 1944-Jan 1945, notably the Ardennes, and on his discussions with Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, Western Europe, regarding the command set-up of Allied forces and the future conduct of the war; SHAEF directive from Eisenhower, 18 Jan 1945, concerning the launch of offensives against the Germans in the Rhineland (Operations VERITABLE and GRENADE).