Item THOMPSON 2/2 - Letter from Major General Eric Dorman O'Gowan to Thompson, Jan-Dec 1960, on topics including Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery

Letters from Maj Gen Eric Edward Dorman O'Gowan (formerly Eric Dorman Smith) to Thompson relating to the publication of 'Alexander's own story' in The Sunday Times February 19th 1961 and the extent to which FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein was solely responsible for the plans for the Battle of Alam Halfa, Aug 1942; ARCADIA, the first Washington conference Dec 1941 - Jan 1942; comparisons between 1942 and the summer of 1918; the possible role of Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl of Dwyfor and Rt Hon Lt Col Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart; the significance of events of 1942 in the decline of Britain as a world power; the contents of a letter sent by Rt Hon. Leopold Stennett Amery to FM Sir John Greer Dill relating to intervention from the Middle East in the Balkans and advance into Tripoli, Libya; the impact of the First Battle of El Alemein, Jul 1942; opinions on the career of Montgomery; comments on The Yankee Marlborough (Allen & Unwin, London, 1963). 1 file