Item PYMAN 5/6 - Diary of Pyman's meetings and conferences, 16 Jan - 8 Jun 1945, with related papers

Manuscript diary outlining meetings and conferences attended by Pyman and action taken, relating to Operation PLUNDER, the northern crossing of the Rhine at Rheinberg, Xanten and Rees by 21 Army Group, 24 Mar 1945, Operation VERITABLE, the 1 Canadian Army attack from Nijmegen area Feb-Mar 1945, Operation BLACKCOCK, the attack by the British 12 Corps in Roermond triangle, north of Aachen, Jan 1945, the Battle of the Rhine, Mar 1945 including interleaved memoranda, notes and other papers relating to the planning of operations. With letters from (acting) Maj Alan Jolly and FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Baron Alanbrooke of Brookeborough; and paper relating to the nomination of FM Bernard Law Montgomery as a new Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment and the request for those currently in office to be replaced due to their lack of operational command in World War Two. 1 file