Description
Object description
Photocopies of 27 ms letters written by General, later Field Marshal, Alan Brooke to Lord and Lady Brookeborough between 1940 - 1946, with references to the Maginot Line while commanding II Corps, BEF, France (March 1940), his thoughts on the reasons for the collapse of France (July 1940), on being appointed Commander in Chief Home Forces (July 1940), comments on the French Air Co-operation Squadrons (August 1940), thoughts on his first months as CIGS, with the entry of Japan and USA into the war (April 1942), tours of troops in Northern Ireland (May and July 1942), preparations for touring the Middle East and Moscow (July 1942), comments on the 2nd Quebec Conference and visiting Eisenhower in France (October 1944), his visits to Moscow, and to France with Churchill and De Gaulle (October - November 1944), the Yalta Conference (February 1945), watching Airborne Divisions attacking across the Rhine (March 1945), the change of Government and the Potsdam Conference (July 1945), on being made a peer, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, and the effect of defeat of Germany and Japan (August 1945), a visit to Belfast (September 1945), on a World Tour (December 1945), and thoughts of retirement (January 1946), with throughout discussions of family matters.
Content description
Photocopies of 27 ms letters written by General, later Field Marshal, Alan Brooke to Lord and Lady Brookeborough between 1940 - 1946, with references to the Maginot Line while commanding II Corps, BEF, France (March 1940), his thoughts on the reasons for the collapse of France (July 1940), on being appointed Commander in Chief Home Forces (July 1940), comments on the French Air Co-operation Squadrons (August 1940), thoughts on his first months as CIGS, with the entry of Japan and USA into the war (April 1942), tours of troops in Northern Ireland (May and July 1942), preparations for touring the Middle East and Moscow (July 1942), comments on the 2nd Quebec Conference and visiting Eisenhower in France (October 1944), his visits to Moscow, and to France with Churchill and De Gaulle (October - November 1944), the Yalta Conference (February 1945), watching Airborne Divisions attacking across the Rhine (March 1945), the change of Government and the Potsdam Conference (July 1945), on being made a peer, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, and the effect of defeat of Germany and Japan (August 1945), a visit to Belfast (September 1945), on a World Tour (December 1945), and thoughts of retirement (January 1946), with throughout discussions of family matters.
History note
Cataloguer JS
History note
Catalogue date 2005-12-21