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Copy first page of instructions for GOC MEF, 1915, with related correspondence, 1966

Photocopy of first page of typescript 'Instructions for General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force', produced by FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, and outlining the strategic objectives of the Dardanelles Campaign, with manuscript amendments by Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of General Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF). 1p (Original is in The National Archives). With associated correspondence between Mary Forbes Shield and Daphne H Gifford, Public Record Office, 11-12 Mar 1966.

Copy German papers [1947], relating to the Battle of Britain and planned Operation Sealion for the German invasion of Britain in 1940

Papers from German sources relating to the Battle of Britain and Operation SEA-LION in 1940, including transcripts of directives and orders issued by Adolf Hitler, FM Wilhelm Keitel, Gen Alfred Jodl and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, Jun-Oct 1940, and proposals by Gen Schmid of the German Air Force Operations Staff (Intelligence) for the conduct of air warfare against Britain, dated 22 Nov 1939; extracts from OKW's directives for military administration of Britain, 1940; analysis of an interview in Jun 1945 with Gen Erhard Milch, former Director-General of Aircraft Production, and Gen Adolf Galland, former Commander in Chief Luftwaffe Fighter Arm. 1 file

Copy German papers [1947], relating to World War Two at sea

Papers from German sources relating to the war at sea, including transcripts of essays written by captured senior German naval officers at the end of World War Two and published in 1947; 'The Conduct of the War at Sea' by Grand Adm Karl Dönitz, and 'The War at Sea in the Mediterranean' by V Adm Weichold, Chief German Naval Liaison Officer at Rome and Flag officer, German Naval Command, Italy, 1940-1943. 1 file

Copy German papers, [1945-1948], relating to Luftwaffe operations during World War Two

Papers from German sources relating to the Luftwaffe during World War Two, including a semi-autobiographical account obtained in 1945 from POW Gen Adolf Galland, former Commander in Chief Luftwaffe Fighter Arm, entitled 'The Birth, Life and Death of the German Day Fighter Arm'; transcripts of OKL and German Air Historical Branch surveys of German and Allied air operations, 1940-1944; text of a lecture by Capt Otto Bechtle given at Berlin-Gatow containing details of the proposed invasion of Britain and statistics of 'blitz' attacks on British cities, dated 2 Feb 1944. 1 file

Copy German papers, [1945-1948], relating to the German response to Operation Overlord

Papers from German sources relating to German naval defensive actions prior to Operation OVERLORD and the German military response following invasion, 6 Jun 1944, including transcripts of situation reports by German Army commanders in Normandy, 15 May-11 Oct 1944; extracts from the War Diary of Naval Operational Staff, 5 Jun 1944-13 Feb 1945; notes from war diary of Naval Group Command West, under V Adm Theodor Krancke. 1 file

Copy German papers, [1945-1952], relating to the Battle of the Atlantic and submarine warfare in World War Two

Papers mainly from German sources relating to the Battle of the Atlantic and submarine warfare, 1939-1945, including extracts from diaries of Grand Adm Karl Dönitz, 1939-1944; notes on the Führer Naval Conference minutes, 1939-1945; extracts from Adolf Hitler-Dönitz conference minutes, 1944; extracts from U-boat log books, notably U-100, Aug 1940-Mar 1941, U-99, Nov 1940, U-570, Aug 1941 and U-123, Jan 1942. 1 file

Copy German papers, [1945-1952], relating to the German response to the Allied invasion of Normandy, Jun 1944

Papers relating to the German military response to Operation OVERLORD, mainly extracts from the telephone log of 7 German Army HQ, 6 Jun-16 Aug 1944, captured by the Allies at Falaise on 18 Aug 1944 and recording conversations between commanders, reports of ground troops and orders from Adolf Hitler and FM Erwin Rommel. 1 file

Copy incomplete letters, 1884, about the campaign in Egypt

Miniature photographs. Rough notes: 6 items. Photographically reduced letters, found in envelope marked: 'Communications from Gordon' and [in another hand] 'Abdel Kadi el Sourieri Effundi Con Mudir of Dougola' The letters, written between Jan & Jun 1884 are not all complete, and partly illegible. At least 4 appear to be addressed to Frank Power, Correspondent of the "Times" who was murdered on his return from Khartoum. [The Mudir of Dougola (native Governor of Dougola) apparantly received information from Gordon on 23 June, reporting that Khartoum was still holding out and asking about the expedition from Cairo. Abdel-Kader- Egyptian Minister of War, previously Gov Gen of Sudan.] Photographic enlargements of these letters have been made by King's College.

Copy instructions, with admendments, for GOC MEF, Mar 1915, outlining the objectives for the Gallipoli campaign

Typed copy of later version of 'Instructions for General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force', produced by FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, and outlining the strategic objectives of the Dardanelles Campaign, with manuscript amendments by Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of General Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 4pp

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