Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1967 (Creation)
- 1940-1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
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
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].
Repository
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.