Item THOMPSON 1/1 - Letter from Major Sir Desmond Morton to Thompson, 1943-1960, about books by Thompson, with comments on Sir Winston Churchill

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THOMPSON 1/1

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Letter from Major Sir Desmond Morton to Thompson, 1943-1960, about books by Thompson, with comments on Sir Winston Churchill

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  • 1943 Jul 6 - 1960 Dec 20 (Creation)

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Letters from Maj Sir Desmond John Falkiner Morton to Thompson relating to Devil at my heels [the record of a journey through Europe from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea in the aftermath of war](MacDonald London, 1947), Cry Korea, (Hamilton London, 1956) Dieppe at Dawn (White Lion, London, 1956), The 85 days, the battle of the Scheldt (Hutchison, London, 1957), The price of victory (Constable, London, 1960), The Yankee Marlborough (Allen & Unwin, London 1963) all by Thompson, including Morton's comments on Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill's character and attitude to his family, his working relationships with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the USA and ACM Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet. 1 file.

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