| Title |
Middle East |
| Reference |
CORB 4 |
| Covering Dates |
Sep 1940-Aug 1942 |
| Extent and Medium |
16 files |
|
| Content and context |
Includes: reports on Corbett's visits to Egypt and the Western Desert; papers on armoured tactics; intelligence reports; Corbett's proposals for reorganization of Armoured Divisions in the 10th Army; correspondence between Corbett and General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; analysis of operations at Cyrenaica [Libya]; Corbett's notes on tank operations in Egypt and Palestine; letters and papers on Corbett's departure from the Middle East. |
| Index Terms |
| Egypt |
| Iran |
| Iraq |
| Military Operations |
| Palestine |
| Second World War (1939-1945) |
| Auchinleck, Sir Claude John Eyre (1884-1981) Knight, Field Marshal |
| Churchill/CORB 4 contains: |
|
1
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Report on visit to Egypt and Western Desert. Report by Corbett on visit to Egypt and Western Desert. 68 pages, with appendices A - S. Includes diagram of suggested armoured lorry driver's cab.
1 file. |
Sept 1940 |
|
2
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Report on visit to Egypt and Western Desert. Report by Corbett on visit to Egypt and Western Desert. 68 pages, with appendices A - S. Includes diagram of suggested armoured lorry driver's cab. As CORB 4/1, but with accompanying note.
1 file. |
Sept 1940 |
|
3
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Papers on tactics for armoured vehicles in the Middle East. Papers on tactics for armoured vehicles in the Middle East, including correspondence and reports.
1 file. |
Oct 1940-Dec 1941 |
|
4
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Correspondence from the Middle East. Correspondence with Corbett from the Middle East; also includes War Cabinet printed document, 'Defence Committee (Operations), A Note by the Minister of Defence'. |
Dec 1940-Oct 1941 |
|
5
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Intelligence report on desert roads to Abdu Kemal. Intelligence report on desert roads to Abdu Kemal, with sketch maps.
1 file. |
1941 |
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6
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Maps and plans of Iraq and Egypt. Maps and plans of Iraq and Egypt, with notes on route from Baghdad to Aleppo and on map-reading difficulties in tank warfare.
1 file. |
1941 |
|
7
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Report on second visit to Middle Eastern theatre of war. Report on second visit to Middle Eastern theatre of war by Corbett and Major W. Loring, General Staff 2nd (Indian) Armoured Division.
1 file. |
07 Oct 1941–08 Nov 1941 |
|
8
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Diary of visit to Persia and Iraq. Corbett's notebook diary of visit to Persia and Iraq on his second visit to the Middle East.
1 file. |
07 Oct 1941–05 Nov 1941 |
|
9
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Proposals for reorganising Armoured Divisions in 10th Army. Corbett's proposals for reorganising Armoured Divisions in 10th Army.
1 file. |
07 Feb 1942 |
|
10
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Appreciation of the training situation in the Middle East. Draft appreciation of the training situation in the Middle East by Director of Military Training, Major A. F. Harding, with accompanying comments and minute.
1 file. |
Feb 1942-Mar 1942 |
|
11
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Plan of organisation for command of 8th Army, with note. Plan of organisation for command of 8th Army, and notes by Brigadier Whiteley on 8th Army operation instruction number 48.
1 file. |
02 Mar 1942–07 Mar 1942 |
|
12
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Correspondence and papers. Correspondence between Corbett and General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief 8th Army and accompanying documents. Also includes talk to officers of the 7th Indian Division and notes for the army commanders' conference.
1 file. |
June 1942-Oct 1942 |
|
13
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Booklet commemorating visit of Czechoslovak Minister of National Defence to the Middle East.
1 item. |
1942 |
|
14
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Lessons from operations: Cyrenaica. Lessons learnt from operations at Cyrenaica, including analysis of command and staff technique by Major-General E. Dorman-Smith.
1 file. |
1942 |
|
15
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Notes on Tank operations in Egypt and Palestine. Corbett's notes on Tank operations in Egypt and Palestine, including notes for Gaza.
1 file. |
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16
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Letters and papers at the time of Corbett's relinquishing his appointment as Chief of the General Staff, General Headquarters Middle East, and return to India. Letters and papers at the time of Corbett's relinquishing his appointment as Chief of the General Staff, General Headquarters Middle East, and return to India. Includes Corbett's personal letter to Auchinleck and his account, for General Sir Alan Brooke, of the Middle East operation, starting with Cyrenaica in May 1942.
1 file. |
August 1942 |
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