Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 4/9/7
Title
Copy letter from Ismay to General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Jul 1944, on topics including Allied relations and postwar reconstruction
Date(s)
- 1944 Jul 27 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Copy of letter written by Ismay to Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief India relating to the difficulties associated with greater numbers of allies; visit to Normandy, France and his impressions of 'Mulberry' floating harbours; V1 and V2 weapons; the difficulty of defeating Japan; post war reconstruction plans for UK. Typescript, 3pp