Key Information
Reference code
LIDDELL HART 15/15/26
Title
Papers, [1945-1948], relating to preparations for Operation Overlord, for the Allied invasion of North West Europe in 1944
Date(s)
- [1945 - 1948] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers relating to preparations for Operation OVERLORD during 1944, including notes from SHAEF Intelligence (G-2) and RAF reports on Allied bombing of railways, bridges and German coastal radar stations in northern France; notes of an interview in Mar 1948 with MRAF Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, including his views of ACM Sir Arthur Travers Harris, Commander in Chief RAF, Bomber Command; notes on Operation FORTITUDE, preliminary deceptions to convince the OKW of an initial assault in the Pas de Calais; notes from interrogations and records of (German) 155 Flak Regt on V1 production and offensives. 1 file