Key Information
Reference code
DAVIDSON, FHN 4/3
Title
Notes on failures in military intelligence, [1940-1944]
Date(s)
- [1940 - 1944] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Notes on 'High level intelligence', comprising Davidson's views on neglect of Intelligence in the inter-war years; the composition of the Joint Intelligence Committee and the creation of Future Operations Enemy Section in place of Joint Intelligence Committee; accusations of failures of past intelligence in the German offensive of 1940 and the Norway campaign; praise for FM Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell and his command in the campaigns in the Western Desert. Handwritten notes and copies of typescript. 1 file