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Date(s)
- 1944 Dec - 1945 Aug (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers relating to Chater's service as Director of Combined Operations, India and South-East Asia, including typescript directive to Chater from Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, General Officer Commanding India, 12 Dec 1944, outlining Chater's responsibilities as Director of Combined Operations; typescript notes by Chater on types of amphibious assaults possible in South-East Asia; typescript flowchart of organisation of Directorate of Combined Operations, India and South-East Asia; typescript note on Combined Operation training of Allied forces for Operation ZIPPER (Allied operation to capture Port Swettenham, Malaya, and Port Dickson, Malaya), 18 Aug 1945; and typescript notes by Chater on Operation LIGHTNING (Allied assault on Akyab Island, Burma), 3 Jan 1945. 1 file.