Subseries LIDDELL HART 15/13 - Papers, chiefly 1940-1945, of Colonel Karol Lubinski (1890-1972), chiefly relating to military intelligence

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LIDDELL HART 15/13

Title

Papers, chiefly 1940-1945, of Colonel Karol Lubinski (1890-1972), chiefly relating to military intelligence

Date(s)

  • 1967 (Creation)
  • 1940-1945 (Creation)

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Extent

1 box

Scope and content

German air-dropped propaganda leaflets, 1940-1944; Military Intelligence Research Section intelligence appreciations on German military units, organisation and equipment, Sep 1943-Jun 1944; Military Intelligence Research Section special tactical studies on aspects of German training, tactics and methods, Jul 1944-Apr 1945; correspondence with Liddell Hart, May-Jun 1967.

System of arrangement

The collection forms section 15/13 of the papers of Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart.

General Information

Name of creator

(1890-1972)

Biographical history

Born in Germany in 1890; commissioned into the German Army, 1910; served as company commander, staff officer and battalion commander, France, World War One, 1914-1918; civilian in Weimar Germany, 1920-1933; rejoined German Army, 1934; served as staff officer and regimental commanding officer, 1934-1936; denounced by Nazi Party as an 'enemy of the Fuehrer', 1936; absconded to Poland and became a naturalised Polish citizen, 1936; served as a Maj in the Polish Army, World War Two, 1939-1945; attached to War Office, Military Intelligence Research Section, Apr 1943-1945; granted UK citizenship, 1949; vindicated for wartime career by Federal German government, 2 Oct 1957; retired as Col, 1957; died in [1972].

Custodial history

The collection forms section 15/13 of the papers of Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart which were purchased by the Centre in 1973.

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Related materials

Liddell Hart papers include correspondence, Dec 1966-Feb 1968 (Ref: GB99 KCLMA LIDDELL HART 2/L/154/1-19).

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