Printed books collected by Brooke, 1940-1952

References on this page: ALANBROOKE: 10

ALANBROOKE: 10/13

1940

Praha, book of photographs of Prague by Karel Plicka (Prague, 1940), presented to Brooke by Dr Petr Zenkl, Lord Mayor of the City of Prague, on the occasion of Brooke's visit to Prague, Feb 1946.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/14

1943

Facsimile of section on Poland from vol 1 of the 1680 edition of The English atlas by Moses Pitt (Z Tebinka, New York, 1943), [presented to Brooke by a Polish Army officer, Jan 1944].

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/15

1944

Polish Armed Forces through the ages, compiled by W Dziewanowski and A Minkiewicz, with foreword by Lt Gen M Kukiel and illustrations by K Pacewicz (Orbis Polish Travel Office, London, 1944), signed by Polish Gen K Sosnokowski and presented to Brooke by Kukiel, May 1944.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/16/1-9

1945

Bound history of Allied Force Headquarters, Aug 1942-Jul 1944, compiled by historical sections of Allied Force Headquarters and North African (later Mediterranean) Theater of Operations, United States Army.

9 vols

ALANBROOKE: 10/17

1945

'A collection of Gen (Bernard Law) Montgomery's personal messages to the Eighth Army: El Alamein-Ortona, 23 October 1942-31 December 1943', printed and bound by Printing and Stationery Services, 21 Army Group.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/18

1945

'A collection of FM (Bernard Law) Montgomery's personal messages to 21 Army Group: Normandy to the Baltic, 6 June 1944-8 May 1945', printed and bound by Printing and Stationery Services, 21 Army Group, 1945.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/19

1945

'Ten chapters' by FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, an account of his activities, 1942-1945, mainly facsimiles of notes by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, from Montgomery's autograph book, printed by Printing and Stationary Services, 21 Army Group.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/20

1946

Bound copy of papers issued to Commanders by Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, in preparation for War Office Exercise EVOLUTION, Aug 1946.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/21

[1946]

'The conquest of Sicily', bound copy of despatch FM Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis, on Allied operations in Sicily, 10 Jul-17 Aug 1943

ALANBROOKE: 10/22

1947

Printed report on War Office Exercise SPEARHEAD, May 1947, Staff College, Camberley, sent to Brooke by Montgomery, Sep 1947

ALANBROOKE: 10/23

1951

Cross-Channel attack by Gordon A Harrison (Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, Washington, 1951), part of Official History of United States Army in World War Two, with covering letter from Maj Gen Orlando Ward, Chief of Military History, US Department of the Army.

1 vol

ALANBROOKE: 10/24

1952

Britain's homage to 28 000 American dead (London, The Times Publishing Company, 1952), with covering letter to Brooke from John Astor, Chairman, The Times Publishing Company.

1 vol