A file of miscellaneous reports, memoranda, and meeting minutes from 1945. Subjects covered in this file include liaison with the United States of America and the Soviet Union to coordinate the occupation of Germany, including messages from Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower; the capture of Heinrich Himmler; German U-boat losses; plans for the invasion of Germany; the liberation of Denmark; a possible case of treachery from a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent; the German surrender, and the subsequent victory banquet; research into German topography, economic conditions, and the effects of the bombing of Germany; the treatment of German war criminals; military situation reports in Europe and Asia; estimations of Japanese military strength in Burma; estimated manpower requirements for the continuation of the Pacific War; and a report by a Foreign Office official of his observations during a visit to occupied Germany.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Australia Austria Austria-Hungary Belgium Bulgaria Burma China Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Holland Hungary India Indochina Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Malaya Malta Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Siam Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States of America West Germany Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/191/2
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/191
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0191.002
- Keywords
- Topographical Intelligence Photographic Reconnaissance Nazi Leadership German U-boats German Archives War Criminals War Crimes Surrender Effects Of Bombing Economic Intelligence Intelligence Services Responsibilities Operations Planning Military Situation Reports German Army German Navy German Air Force Japanese Navy Warships Pacific War Allied Strategy Intelligence Gathering Manpower Liaison Anglo-soviet Relations Occupation Arrangements Agents Treachery Anglo-american Relations Assessing Enemy Strength Post-war Planning
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany) Joint Planning Staff Joint Staff Mission Ministry of Economic Warfare Political Warfare Executive Security Service South-East Asia Command United Nations Inter-Services Topographical Department Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 147
- Persons Discussed
- John Anderson Alan Brooke Alexander Cadogan Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Karl Dönitz Dwight Eisenhower Charles de Gaulle Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Leslie Hollis Francis Inglis Edward King-Salter Ivone Kirkpatrick Stewart Menzies Bernard Montgomery Joachim von Ribbentrop Franklin Delano Roosevelt Edmund Rushbrooke Orme Sargent John Sinclair Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence Surveillance International Relations
