Misc: Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 81
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: Misc: Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs
Date(s)	: 1944, 1947
Level of description	: collection level
Extent	: one file or 0.01m3
Name of creator(s)	: The Admiralty

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

British and American Intelligence Officers captured a collection of documents, known as the "Fuehrer Conferences", at Tambach, Germany during World War Two. These comprise minutes of staff meetings between Adolf Hitler and various commanders of the German Forces.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs (Admiralty, 1947) comprise minutes of meetings between Hitler and Admiral Karl Doenitz (Dönitz), the Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, 1944. Topics discussed include the Normandy landings, anti-invasion preparations, the failed attempt by General Ludwig Beck to assassinate Hitler, 20 July 1944, and the deteriorating naval situation, Oct-Dec 1944.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One file as above.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management.

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line.

Archival Information

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Katharine Higgon.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Sept 2007