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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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War Office: Allied Forces, Mediterranean Theatre: Military Headquarters Papers, Second...
Catalogue reference: WO 228
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WO 228
This series contains microfilm copies of documents originating with the Headquarters of the US Fifth Army and British Eighth Army in Italy, 1943-1945, and HQ Allied Commission, Allied Military Government, Italy.Original papers of Allied Forces...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 228
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Allied Forces, Mediterranean Theatre: Military Headquarters Papers, Second World War
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains microfilm copies of documents originating with the Headquarters of the US Fifth Army and British Eighth Army in Italy, 1943-1945, and HQ Allied Commission, Allied Military Government, Italy.
Original papers of Allied Forces Headquarters are in WO 204 although the microfilm in WO 228 contain some papers that did not survive as originals.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Allied (Control) Commission, Italy, 1943-1947
- British 8th Army, Headquarters, Italy, 1943-1945
- US Fifth Army, Headquarters, Italy, 1943-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 27 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 Ministry of Defence
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Microfilm was made of the Allied Forces Headquarters records at the end of the war at the direction of the Combined Chiefs of Staffs prior to the distribution of the original records between allied authorities. The microfilm in this series were identified as containing material which had not survived in original form and were reviewed in 1996.
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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 US Fifth Army, which had British and French Forces under its command for much of 1943 and 1944, fought on the western side of the Italian Peninsula, while the British Eighth Army fought on the Adriatic side until it advanced into Austria and was redesignated HQ British Troops Austria (BTA) in July 1945.
Allied Military Government (AMG or AMGOT) was imposed by the allied authorities upon such parts of Italy as were deemed necessary for military reasons until such time it became appropriate to hand over to another body. Its officers and units had landed with the invading armies in Sicily and followed them throughout the ensuing campaign in Italy. It was formally absorbed into the Allied (Control) Commission.
The Allied (Control) Commission was an integrated British-American body set up in September 1943 under the Supreme Allied Commander to enforce the Italian Armistice and to act as the body through which the allied powers conducted business with the Italian government. The commission took over responsibility for military government when it absorbed AMGOT in January 1944. Later that year the word 'Control' was dropped from its title, reflecting the amount of civil affairs being returned to the Italian administration. Allied military government came to an end in December 1945 with the exception of the disputed northern territory of Venezia Giulia and the commission was abolished in March 1947 with allied troops being withdrawn in December of that year.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14434/
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