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Title
Date(s)
- 1945 - 1951 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2 vols
Scope and content
A general file on the background to Liddell Hart's talks with the German Generals; some notes, and correspondence with officials and friends including Lt Gen Sir Charles (Noel Frank) Broad; Maj Charles Marcus Lefevre Clements; Brig Charles Ernest Richards Hirsch, War Office; Rene Halkett, Control Office for Germany and Austria; Wg Cdr F H Hitch; Gen Sir Richard (Nugent) O'Connor; Wg Cdr Norman Roffey; Reverend Lewis Christmas Simons; Barry S Sullivan; Maj Denis B Topham, including obituary The Times, 19 Sep 1960; Brig Croxton Sillery Vale, War Office; William H Arnott; Capt Brian Bliss; Maj Gen Raymond Briggs; Kay Holt; R H Carlisle; Capt F S Kingston, translator; Gen Sir Frederick (Alfred) Pile Bt; US Brig Gen Paul W Thompson; Gen Sir (Augustus Francis) Andrew (Nicol) Thorne; Michal Vyvyan; J H Engel; with notes by Liddell Hart including 'Report on talks at POW camps,' 12 Jan 1946; and 'German generals' evidence'; with lists of questions and lists of answers by Adm Kurt Assmann; Gen Günther Blumentritt (in German); Dr Walter Görlitz; German V Adm Eberhard Weichold (in German); with newspaper and journal cuttings including '[Denis] Sefton Delmer talks to Hitler's generals in jail' Daily Express, 12 Jun 1950; 'Deutsche generäle ohne uniform' ['German generals out of uniform'] Münchner Illustrierte, 18 Sep 1954 with photographs of generals; including list of addresses of German generals and items contained in food and clothing parcels sent by Liddell Hart.