GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 6 - Misc: German Army Documents concerning the shooting of British prisoners of war, May-Jun 1940

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GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 6

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Misc: German Army Documents concerning the shooting of British prisoners of war, May-Jun 1940

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  • 1940 (Creation)

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1 file

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During the retreat and withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from France in May 1940, approximately 100 soldiers from 2 Bn, Royal Norfolk Regt, were taken prisoner when the house in which they were surrounded was overrun by troops of the SS Totenkopf Div. The collection consists of German Army memoranda and witness statements relating to the shooting.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 6 1940 Collection (fonds) 1 file Intelligence Branch, General Staff, German 26 Army Corps; and Col Günther Blumentritt, Senior Operations Officer, German Army Group A, May-Jun 1940
During the retreat and withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from France in May 1940, approximately 100 soldiers from 2 Bn, Royal Norfolk Regt, were taken prisoner when the house in which they were surrounded was overrun by troops of the SS Totenkopf Div. The collection consists of German Army memoranda and witness statements relating to the shooting.

Presented to the Centre in 1978 by the Director of Central Library Services and Goldsmiths' Librarian, University of London

Collection consists of photocopies of a manuscript letter written by Col Günther Blumentritt, Senior Operations Officer, German Army Group A, relating to German operations in France, 25 May 1940; and Intelligence Branch, General Staff, German 26 Army Corps, memoranda and German Army witness statements relating to the killing of approximately 100 British prisoners of war from 2 Bn, Royal Norfolk Regt, at Long Cornet, France, by soldiers of the SS Totenkopf Div during the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 28 May 1940.

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

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 Archive Services
English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Date of compilation: Oct 1999 Armed forces Blumentritt , Günther B , fl 1939-1945 , German General British Army Europe France German Army Humanitarian law International conflicts International relations Military organizations Organizations State security War War crimes Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

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Presented to the Centre in 1978 by the Director of Central Library Services and Goldsmiths' Librarian, University of London

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Collection consists of photocopies of a manuscript letter written by Col Günther Blumentritt, Senior Operations Officer, German Army Group A, relating to German operations in France, 25 May 1940; and Intelligence Branch, General Staff, German 26 Army Corps, memoranda and German Army witness statements relating to the killing of approximately 100 British prisoners of war from 2 Bn, Royal Norfolk Regt, at Long Cornet, France, by soldiers of the SS Totenkopf Div during the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 28 May 1940.

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Arranged chronologically

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

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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 Archive Services

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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  • English

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