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Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
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Works Sections: 333 Sec.
Catalogue reference: WO 170/1570
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This record is about the Works Sections: 333 Sec. dating from 1944 Jan.- Dec in the series War Office: Central Mediterranean Forces, (British Element): War Diaries, Second.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 170/1570
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- 1944 Jan.- Dec
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Works Sections: 333 Sec.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Closed Until 1996
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- Open Document, Open Description
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WO 170
War Office: Central Mediterranean Forces, (British Element): War Diaries, Second...
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