Key Information
Reference code
LIDDELL HART 15/3/74
Title
War Office press releases about the British Army and the war situation, Dec 1939 - Apr 1940
Date(s)
- 1939 Dec 6 - 1940 Apr 23 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
War Office press releases mainly on the army and war situation, notably army food rations; conditions of service; allowances; uniform; recruitment, voluntary enlistment and conscription; censorship and restrictions on postal communications and parcels to British troops in France and Norway; promotions and appointments to commands, with biographical notes; army expenditure estimates, 1940-1941; public engagements and speeches of the Secretaries of State for War, Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, MP and, from [Jan] 1940, Oliver Frederick George Stanley; war strategy, including details of military situation in Finland and Poland; lists of German U-boat prisoners of war held in Britain. 1 file