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Papers principally comprising text of lecture on the outbreak of hostilities between Japan and China in 1937, including a detailed account of the Battle of Shanghai as witnessed from HMS DANAE, 1937; draft of lecture recounting his experiences on board HMS DIDO during the evacuation of Crete, Apr-Jun 1941, [1945].

Army: untitled article by Hanson W Baldwin relating to Middle East oil, Soviet Union and US.

Army air training instruction 1, army air operations' issued by the War Office and Air Ministry (Jul 1943). 1 booklet

Army: 'Army missiles: a new generation' relating to laser guidance systems; 'Army missiles in service and under development' and 'SAM-D: Air defense for the 1980s' by Lt Col Eugene Fox.

Army: 'Army weapons, equipment: looking for a breakthrough'.

Army cadet proficiency' by Capt P E Andrews and Capt C Midgley (A Wheaton and Co, Exeter, 1943). 1 booklet

Typescript papers relating to the Army Commanders' Conference at Delhi, India, 15-19 Oct 1946, including a paper on the administrative reversion of India to peacetime conditions; a letter to Gracey by Lt Col Arthur Smith, Chief of the General Staff India, forwarding a paper on scientific development in relation to the British armed forces; a letter to Gracey by Maj Gen Malcolm Glover, Acting Adjutant General in India, on the standard of Indian clerks employed by the military personnel; a letter to Gracey by Maj B P Sharma, C[ombined] C E T[raining] Centre, Jullundur, India, on the inclusion of the religious sect of the Brahams in the Indian Army and a paper by Lt Gen Reginald Arthur Savory, Adjutant General in India, on religion in the Army. 35pp.

Printed memorandum by the Army Council regarding the supply of men for the Army, reporting that, the strength of the Army in the field cannot be maintained at an adequate level in the event of heavy fighting in April [1917] due to the inadequacy of the numbers of men provided by the Military Service Acts; suggesting the introduction of National Service. 2pp.

Memorandum by the Army Council concerning a memorandum (G174) by the Rt Hon Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, Minister of National Service, on the problem of the maintenance of the armed forces, notably commenting on a proposal for the lowering of the age for service overseas, the effect of the reduction of the numbers of B and C category (medically unfit or wounded) men in the Home Service upon training, the possible employment of Garrison battalions in the line in France, and the availability of skilled men for service. 3pp.

Printed Army Council memorandum entitled 'Supply of men for the Army', notably outlining the comments of FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on the effect of the prospective shortage of men on operations on the Western Front, and the suggestion that the number of battalions in a division should be reduced, and reiterating the Army Council's earlier request that the matter should receive urgent attention from the War Cabinet. 2pp.

Army: 'Dewey Canyon II. Backing the Army, Republic of Vietnam in Lam Son 719'.

Army: 'Duel over Vietnam. Anti-aircraft artillery versus the fighter bomber' by Dr Larry H Addington.

Army education by Thomas Stevens, Research Series No 53 (Victor Gollancz Ltd in conjunction with the Fabian Society, London, 1940) covering the history of army education from 1802, role of the Army Educational Corps, systems in Canada, Soviet Union and Spain, system in Britain in the present war and recommendations for reforms. 1 booklet

Two assignment books relating to the Army Education Third Class Certificate: 'Part 1. Emergency in Malaya', pp 20, and 'Part 2. Malayan background', prepared by the Royal Army Educational Corps. The pamphlets set out the purpose of the British Army's presence in Malaya, and include topics such as the historical relationship between the UK and Malaya, malaria, Malayan customs, Chinese immigrants in Malaya, the rubber trade, pp 32, [1954]. 2 items

Army: Foreign arms sales: 2 sides to the coin'.

Army: 'Heavy responsibilities in "phased withdrawal". A fighting army heads for home' by Lt Gen William J McCaffrey, Deputy Commanding General, US Army Vietnam.

Army: including 'Close air support. The view from the cockpit' by Maj Rudolph F Wacker USAF relating to tactical air support in Vietnam.

Army: 'Lifting the fog of war'.

Army Magazine: 'Watch on the Suez II. Israel weighs the options' by William Beecher.

Army: 'NATO: alliance on a tightrope' by Thomas H Etzold.