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KIRKE 7/1/18
Title
Text of a BBC broadcast by Kirke, 25-26 Feb 1944, on Allied operations in Italy and Burma, and German operations in the USSR
Date(s)
- 1944 Feb 25 - 26 (Creation)
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3pp
Scope and content
Text of broadcast by Kirke, 'War Review' broadcast on the BBC and on African, North American, General Overseas and Pacific Services relating to operations in Nettuno and Salerno, Italy, the German escape from the pincer movement around Luga, USSR, Allied progress in the Hukwang valley and Arakan front, Burma. Typescript, 3pp
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Existence and location of originals
The original version of Kirke's autobiographical notes, an edited version of which was reproduced in _Army Quarterly and Defence Journal _of Oct 85 Jan 86 and Apr 86 is located at the Imperial War Museum, London, (Ref 84/14/1)