Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson

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ALANBROOKE: 6/2/53

1942 Nov 16-1943 Jul 12

Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file 13a: including Brooke's correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 1 Army, North Africa, 16 Nov 1942-Dec 25 1942, concerning progress of operations in North Africa, Nov-Dec 1942, the command organisation of Allied forces in North Africa, and the importance of maintaining good relations with air force commanders and British and US staff officers; telegrams between Adm Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham and AF Sir (Alfred) Dudley (Pickman Rogers) Pound, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, 19-22 Dec 1942, concerning lack of cooperation between military and air commands in North Africa; letter from US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, Western Europe, 3 Jul 1943, commenting on Anderson's personality.

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ALANBROOKE: 6/2/54

1944 Jan 21, 1944 Apr 3

Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file 13b: including letter to Brooke from Lt Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 2 Army, 21 Jan 1944, asking permission to visit battle fronts in Italy after giving up command of 2 Army; typescript notes by Anderson, 3 Apr 1944, [on visit to battle fronts in Italy, Mar 1944], mainly concerning the use of heavy bombers.

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1944 Mar 7-1944 Jul 18

Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file 13c: letters to Brooke from Lt Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, East Africa, reporting on his visits to East African troops in South East Asia Command, Mar 1945, to British and Italian Somalilands and Ethiopia, Apr 1945, and to Madagascar, Jul 1945.

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