The Cunningham Papers, Volume I, 1939-1942

This first volume deals with the period from when Viscount Cunningham became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, to when he became head of the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington. The documents selected are drawn from Lord Cunningham's papers deposited at the British Library, the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge and the National Maritime Museum and by others of his papers found in the collections of his contemporaries while extensive use has also been made of Admir