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GRAHAM, MWAP 2/2
Title
Diary, 30 Jun – 27 Dec 1943
Date(s)
- 1943 Jun 30 - Dec 27 (Creation)
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1 vol
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Manuscript diary of service as Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Eighth Army, 1943, including: Operation Husky, for the Allied invasion of Sicily, 9-10 Jul 1943, and the progress of subsequent operations, Jul-Aug 1943; criticism of Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, Jul 1943; the resignation of Benito Mussolini, Jul 1943; the Allied invasion of Italy, Sep, and the surrender of Italian forces; pressures put on supplies by the speed of the Allied advance, Sep; planning conferences and the Allied progress northwards, Sep-Dec. Written in a Stationery Office printed notebook.
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