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39 ms letters written to Belchem, his BGS (Ops) 21st Army Group 1944 - 1945 and Western Union Commanders-in-Chief Committee Chief of Staff, by Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein between April 1944 and May 1970, while serving as C-in-C Allied Forces, North West Europe until August 1944, Military Governor British Zone Occupied Germany May - September 1945, Chief of the Imperial General Staff June 1946 - October 1948, Chairman of the Western Union Commanders-in-Chief Committee from November 1948 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, NATO between April 1951 and September 1958, dealing mainly with personal matters such as the work Belchem carried out on Montgomery's books EL ALAMEIN TO THE SANGRO and NORMANDY TO THE BALTIC and Belchem's career moves, but also containing interesting comments on his work with NATO in the 1950s; 13 ms and ts letters from other correspondents to Belchem written between June 1942 and January 1980 with interesting comments by Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst on the personalities he encountered during his Second World War service and which are mentioned in Belchem's book ALL IN THE DAY'S MARCH; a series of miscellaneous documents concerning Montgomery and another consisting mostly of files collected by Belchem, concerning the campaigns in Greece, North Africa, Sicily and North West Europe during the Second World War.
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39 ms letters written to Belchem, his BGS (Ops) 21st Army Group 1944 - 1945 and Western Union Commanders-in-Chief Committee Chief of Staff, by Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein between April 1944 and May 1970, while serving as C-in-C Allied Forces, North West Europe until August 1944, Military Governor British Zone Occupied Germany May - September 1945, Chief of the Imperial General Staff June 1946 - October 1948, Chairman of the Western Union Commanders-in-Chief Committee from November 1948 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, NATO between April 1951 and September 1958, dealing mainly with personal matters such as the work Belchem carried out on Montgomery's books EL ALAMEIN TO THE SANGRO and NORMANDY TO THE BALTIC and Belchem's career moves, but also containing interesting comments on his work with NATO in the 1950s; 13 ms and ts letters from other correspondents to Belchem written between June 1942 and January 1980 with interesting comments by Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst on the personalities he encountered during his Second World War service and which are mentioned in Belchem's book ALL IN THE DAY'S MARCH; a series of miscellaneous documents concerning Montgomery and another consisting mostly of files collected by Belchem, concerning the campaigns in Greece, North Africa, Sicily and North West Europe during the Second World War.