Item WINTRINGHAM 5/9 - Papers, 1941-1942, relating to Blitzkrieg by Ferdinand Otto Miksche

Papers relating to a book by Lt Ferdinand Otto Miksche of the Czecho-Slovak army, Blitzkrieg , originally published in Czech, (Tom Wintringham co-translated it into English and wrote an introduction), including summary of part of the book titled 'Defence against Blitzkrieg'; letter from Wintringham to Col [Maurice Somerville] Chilton, Deputy Director of Military Training, Horse Guards, on the importance of Miksche's theories and enclosing a brief outline of the book; draft script for Gerald Bullett, BBC overseas service, promoting Blitzkrieg ; reviews of Blitzkrieg in The Observer , The Manchester Guardian , The Scotsman , Time and Tide , New Statesman and Nation and the Yorkshire Post , 7 Dec 1941-10 Jan 1942; letter from Miksche to Wintringham on a review of Blitzkrieg in Army Quarterly , 27 Feb 1942; letter from Quincy Howe, American journalist to Henry Wise Miller on Blitzkrieg , 6 Mar 1942; signed photograph of Miksche and correspondence between Wintringham and Basil Liddell Hart on the difficulties of working with Miksche, Aug 1942. See also the LHCMA Miksche collection]. 14 items