Item KIRKE 7/1/21 - Text of a BBC broadcast by Kirke, 7-8 Apr 1944, on operations on the Eastern Front, the Pacific, and in Burma

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KIRKE 7/1/21

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Text of a BBC broadcast by Kirke, 7-8 Apr 1944, on operations on the Eastern Front, the Pacific, and in Burma

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  • 1944 Apr 7 - 8 (Creation)

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3pp

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Text of broadcast by Kirke, 'War Review' broadcast on the BBC and on African, North American, General Overseas, Central Overseas and Pacific Services relating to developments on the Eastern front, capture of the Admiralty Islands in the South West Pacific, the advance on Myitkyina, Burma. Typescript, 3pp

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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)

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