SZ/BBSU/56/50-52 - [Minute, Arthur Harris to Winston Churchill, 28/8/42]

Reference code

SZ/BBSU/56/50-52

Level of description

Item

Title

[Minute, Arthur Harris to Winston Churchill, 28/8/42]

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Creator

Harris, Arthur,

Creator

Churchill, Winston S.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Harris insists that the war will be decided by air. An allied land invasion, even against a partly-defeated Germany defending only her own borders would be difficult. When it becomes possible to defeat Germany on land they will already have been broken. The only answer lies in the bomber plan, "Continental landings [will] become mere police operations to clear up the mess". Harris urges the Prime Minister to put the bomber offensive into operation.

Three copies. [SZ/BBSU/56/50] annotated by SZ: "Harris' memo to PM before revision by Stafford Cripps."

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/BBSU - British Bombing Survey Unit
  - SZ/BBSU/56 - [BBSU. Air Ministry files. Documents used in the BBSU overall report I]
    - SZ/BBSU/56/50-52 - [Minute, Arthur Harris to Winston Churchill, 28/8/42]

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