Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 1/8/3
Title
Text of speech by Ismay in the House of Lords, Dec 1950, on World War Two
Date(s)
- 1950 Dec 14 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Speech by Ismay in House of Lords covering various subjects related to World War Two including defence; the Washington talks, 1941-1943; Gamelin plan, the plan by French Gen Maurice-Gustave Gamelin for French response to a German invasion; opening of the second front; campaigns in Italy; Allied landings in the South of France, Aug 1944; news of the explosion of the atom bomb reaching US Gen George C Marshall and Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee at the Potsdam conference of Allied leaders, Jul-Aug 1945; control of use of the atomic bomb (part of Hansard, Lords, Vol 169, No 20, Cols. 1032-1034, 1042). Printed