Item HUTTON, TJ 3/1/1 - Copy correspondence, 1941-1942, between General Sir Archibald Wavell and Hutton, and between Wavell and the CIGS

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HUTTON, TJ 3/1/1

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Copy correspondence, 1941-1942, between General Sir Archibald Wavell and Hutton, and between Wavell and the CIGS

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  • 1941 Dec 31 - 1942 Mar 3 (Creation)

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16pp

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Typescript photocopies of correspondence between Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander in Chief, India, and Hutton, used for the compilation of the official history of the Burma Campaign in 1958, including correspondence relating to Hutton's role as General Officer Commanding, Burma, during the operations leading to the fall to Japanese forces of Rangoon, Burma, and correspondence between Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander in Chief, India, and Gen Alan Francis Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, concerning the replacement of Hutton as Commander in Chief, Burma, by Gen Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander. 16pp.

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