Combined Chiefs of Staff papers, 1943-1951

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ALANBROOKE: 6/1/1

1943

'Casablanca Conference, January 1943', edited and printed in the Office of the US Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes papers and minutes of meetings of Casablanca Conference (SYMBOL Conference), attended by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, and Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes details of discussions on development of North African campaign; allocation of resources between European and Far Eastern theatres; plans for operations in South East Asia and for invasions of Sicily and France.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 6/1/2

1943

'TRIDENT Conference, May 1943', edited and printed in the Office of the US Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes papers and minutes of meetings of TRIDENT Conference (second Washington Conference), attended by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, and Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes details of discussions on strategy in Europe and the Far East; plans for operations in South East Asia and for invasions of Sicily, Italy and France.

1 vol

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1943

'QUADRANT Conference, August 1943', edited and printed in the Office of the US Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes papers and minutes of meetings of QUADRANT Conference (first Quebec Conference), attended by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, and Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes details of discussions on development of the Italian campaign; plans for operations in South East Asia and for the invasion of France.

1 vol

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1943

'SEXTANT Conference, November-December 1943', edited and printed in the Office of the US Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes papers and minutes of meetings of SEXTANT Conference (Cairo Conference), attended by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese President, and Combined Chiefs of Staff; papers and minutes of meetings of EUREKA Conference (Teheran Conference), attended by Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Soviet Prime Minister, and Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes details of discussions on strategy in the Far East; plans for the invasion of France.

1 vol

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1944

'OCTAGON Conference, September 1944', edited and printed in the Office of US Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes minutes of Combined Chiefs of Staff meetings in London, Jun 1944; papers and minutes of meetings, OCTAGON Conference (second Quebec Conference), Sep 1944, attended by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, and Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes details of discussions on strategy in the Far East; development of operations in the Pacific, South East Asia, North West Europe and the Mediterranean.

1 vol

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1945

'ARGONAUT Conference, January-February 1945', edited and printed in the Office of US Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes papers and minutes of meetings of ARGONAUT Conference (Yalta Conference), attended by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, Stalin, Soviet Prime Minister, and Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes details of discussions on strategy in North West Europe and the Mediterranean; plans for Allied occupation of Germany; development of operations in the Pacific and South East Asia; coordination between Russian and Anglo-American offensives against Germany.

1 vol

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1945

'TERMINAL Conference, July 1945', edited and printed in the Office of US Secretary to the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes papers and minutes of meetings of TERMINAL Conference (Potsdam Conference), attended by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister (until 26 Jul 1945), Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, British Prime Minister (from 28 Jul 1945), Harry S Truman, US President, Stalin, Soviet Prime Minister, and Combined Chiefs of Staff. Includes details of discussions on British and Soviet participation in the war against Japan; development of operations in the Pacific and South East Asia.

1 vol

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[1946]

Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944-8 May 1945, by US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, published [by War Department, US Government]. Covers Normandy landings, Jun 1944; Battle of Falaise Gap, Aug 1944; advance to the Seine, Aug 1944; advance from the Seine to the German border, Aug-Sep 1944; Operation MARKET GARDEN, Sep 1944; German Ardennes offensive, Dec 1944-Jan 1945; advance to the Rhine, Jan-Mar 1945; crossing of the Rhine, Mar 1945; envelopment of the Ruhr and junction with the Russians, Mar-May 1945; German surrender, May 1945.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 6/1/9

[1946]

Biennial report: the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War, July 1 1943 to June 30 1945, by US Gen George Catlett Marshall, published [by War Department, US Government]. Covers Italian campaign, 1943-1945; campaign in North West Europe, 1944-1945; Burma campaign, 1943-1945; operations in the Pacific, 1943-1945.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 6/1/10

1947

'Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, 1943-1946', by R Adm Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a preliminary edition of Mountbatten's Report of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, 1943-1945 (HMSO, London, 1951) (see 6/1/11), [printed by HMSO] and inscribed to Brooke by Mountbatten. Covers strategy and operations in South East Asia, 1943-1945; civil affairs in Burma, 1944-1945; civil and military administration in South East Asia Command following Japanese surrender, Aug 1945. With covering letter, 2 Oct 1947, from Mountbatten to Brooke.

ALANBROOKE: 6/1/11

1951

Report of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, 1943-1945, by V Adm Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (HMSO, London, 1951), inscribed to Brooke by Mountbatten (see 6/1/10 for preliminary edition). Covers strategy and operations in South East Asia, 1943-1945; civil affairs in Burma, 1944-1945. With covering letter, 26 Jan 1951, from Mountbatten to Brooke.

1 vol