SZ/OEMU/51/3/11-12 - Points arising out of conversation with Brigadier Hassell, C.O. of the 69th Brigade of the 50th Division, 29/8/42

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/51/3/11-12

Level of description

Item

Title

Points arising out of conversation with Brigadier Hassell, C.O. of the 69th Brigade of the 50th Division, 29/8/42

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Personal name

Hassell, [---?], (CO, 69th Brigade, 50th Division)

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Air raid casualties.
Explosions -- Psychological effect
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Scope and content

Brigadier Hassell was in Libya and had experience of desert warfare in Palestine. His brigade was also in the southern section held by the 50th Division at Gazala. His experiences of bombing in Tobruk are referred to. The effect of bombing on transport columns is explained, the conditioning of troops to bombing, and their vulnerability to low machine-gun straffing. The inefficient liaison between forward Army troops and the Air in the British forces is described.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/51 - [Army air cooperation. War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army, 1940-1943]
    - SZ/OEMU/51/3 - [War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army: Documents, 1940-1942]
      - SZ/OEMU/51/3/11-12 - Points arising out of conversation with Brigadier Hassell, C.O. of the 69th Brigade of the 50th Division, 29/8/42

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