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War Office: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force: Military Headquarters...
Catalogue reference: WO 219
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WO 219
Papers of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, covering the invasion of Northern Europe (Operation Overlord), 1944 to 1945.The records in this series, with some exceptions, are microprint copies of the original papers held in...
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- WO 219
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force: Military Headquarters Papers, Second World War
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, covering the invasion of Northern Europe (Operation Overlord), 1944 to 1945.
The records in this series, with some exceptions, are microprint copies of the original papers held in Washington. In general the papers are in good order but in some cases the order has been disturbed during filming.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Headquarters papers of the British 21st Army Group, which formed the tactical command for the Normandy operations, see WO 205
For war diaries for the British units engaged in the operations see WO 171
Mulberry Harbour photographs are in WO 240
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5336 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1973 Ministry of Defence
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Allied forces under command of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary landed in France in June 1944 to liberate enemy occupied Europe and to conquer Germany. The Headquarters of the British 21st Army Group formed the tactical headquarters for the cross-Channel move and for the land operation immediately following.
In January, 1943, even before the Supreme Allied Commander was appointed, his Chief of Staff organisation was set up to plan the cross-Channel invasion.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14425/
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