Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 3/4/12
Title
Text of lecture by Ismay given at the Imperial Defence College, 1949, on cooperation between defence services and between politicians and military strategists
Date(s)
- 1949 Oct (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
18pp
Scope and content
Lecture by Ismay to the Imperial Defence College describing the growth of machinery for co-operation between services and between politics and strategy since 1904, including reflections of execution of plan for the Dardanelles campaign, 1915; Committee of Imperial Defence, first War Cabinet, Chiefs of Staff Committee; Minister for Co-operation of Defence; Joint Planning Committee; Minister of Defence; effect of bombing raids by V1 missiles and V2 rockets; his own role on Chief of Staff Committee. Typescript 18pp