Item ALANBROOKE 6/2/5 - Correspondence, 1941, between Gen Sir John Dill and Gen Sir Archibald Wavell

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ALANBROOKE 6/2/5

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Correspondence, 1941, between Gen Sir John Dill and Gen Sir Archibald Wavell

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  • [1955] (Creation)
  • 1941 Jun 3-1941 Jun 30 (Creation)

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Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file 3b: including Gen Sir John Greer Dill's correspondence with Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, 13 Jun 1941-22 Jun 1941, concerning operations in Western Desert to relieve Tobruk (Operation BATTLEAXE), Jun 1941; telegrams between Wavell and Rt Hon Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, 3 Jun 1941-30 Jun 1941, concerning plans for invasion of Syria (Operation EXPORTER) and transfer of command between Wavell and FM Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, India. With typescript note on content of letters in this file by [Marian C Long, research assistant to Royal Regiment of Artillery and Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, 1955].

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