Chapter IX
Alarums and Excursions, 1940

Footnotes

1. 23-24 George V, Chap. 21.

2. Report of "Committee on Legal and Constitutional Questions Affecting Canadian Forces Serving Outside of Canada", 26 Oct 39, H.Q.S. 197-30-1, vol. 3.

3. Documents on C.M.H.Q. file 29/Vis Forces/ 1. Proclamations and Orders in Council passed under the Authority of the War Measures Act, I, 165-6.

4. C.G.S. to G.O.C. 1st Div., 7 Dec 39 (with enclosure approved by Minister of National Defence same date), H.Q.C., 8249, vol. 1.

5. Documents in C.M.H.Q. files 1/Formations/1, 1/Formations/1/2 and 1/Comm/1/2.

6. Speech in British House of Commons, 11 Apr 40.

7. Winston S. Churchill, The Second World War: The Gathering Storm [Toronto], (1948), 579.

8. T. K. Derry, The Campaign in Norway ("History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series") (London, 1952), Chap. II.

9. Ibid., pp. 60-61. Cf. Col. A. G. Hingston, "A Territorial Battalion in Norway, 1940" (Army Quarterly, October 1949).

10. Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939 (Admiralty, 1947), 27, 53-9; ibid., 1940, 1517, 22. Fuehrer Directives and Other Top-Level Directives of the German Armed Forces, 1939-1941 (Washington, 1948), 92. Derry, 16-24.

11. Churchill, The Gathering Storm, 610. United Kingdom records.

12. The Gathering Storm, 614-15, 622-3. United Kingdom records.

13. Despatch by Lt.-Gen. H. R. S. Massy (Supplement to London Gazette, 29 May 46), Appendix "C". Derry, Appendix

14. C.I.G.S. to Carton de Wiart, 0020/16 Apr.

15. W.D., Senior Officer, C.M.H.Q., 16 Apr 40.

16. Memorandum, "Proposed Operations of Canadian Forces in Norway", by Lt.-Col. G. R. Turner, 16 Apr 40, C.M.H.Q. file 3/Norway/1.

17. Ibid.

18. D.J.A.G., C.M.H.Q. to J.A.G., N.D.H.Q., 7 Apr 44, H.Q.S. 197-30-1, vol. 9.

19. W.Ds., H.Q. 2nd Inf. Brie. and units, April 1940.

20. The Gathering Storm, 624-8. Date more accurately given in Derry, 75.

21. Ibid., 629-30.

22. Memorandum by Bums and McNaughton, 20 Apr 40, C.M.H.Q. file 3/Norway/1.

23. W.D., H.Q. 2nd Inf. Bde., April 1940.

24. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., May 1940, Appendix XCI.

25. Massy Despatch (above, note 13). Despatch by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cork and Orrery (Supplement to London Gazette, 10 Jul 47).

26. Tel. No. 460, Massey to External, 17 Apr 40: originated 1840 hours, dispatched by code room 2010 hours (C.M.H.Q. file 3/Norway/1).

27. Exchange of telegrams, 18-19 Apr 40, ibid. On Ralston's executing the office of Prime Minister, information from Mr. F. A. McGregor, 4 Nov 52; cf. P.C. 1488, 11 Apr 40.

28. C.M.H.Q. file 3/Norway/1.

29. Debates, House of Commons, II, 1941, 2049 (1 Apr 41); cf. ibid., 2004-5 (31 Mar 41).

30. McNaughton file CC7/105.

31. Second Despatch of F. M. Lord Gort (Supplement to London Gazette, 17 Oct 41).

32. Fuehrer Directives . 1939-1941, 66-7, 95. Felix Gilbert, ed., Hitler Directs his War (New York, 1950), 170.

33. Gort Second Despatch (above, note 31). Churchill, The Second World War: Their Finest Hour [Toronto], (1949), 27-73. Historical Section of the Netherlands General Staff, Beknopt Overzicht van de Krijgsverrichtingen der Koninklijke Landmacht, 10-19 Mei 1940 (The Hague, 1947). Historical Service of the Belgian Army, The Campaign of May 1940 (Brussels, n.d.). M. Fouillien and J. Bouhon, Mai 1940: La bataille de Belgique (Brussels, n.d.). P. Lyet, "La campagne 1939-1940", Revue historique de l'armée, January-December 1946. Der Feldzug in Frankreich vom 10. Mai bis 25. Juni 1940 (German operational maps reproduced by Historical Division, U.S. Army, 1950). Heinz Guderian, Panzer Leader (London, 1952), Chap. 5. Various authors, "La campagne de France (Mai-Juin 1940)", Revue d'histoire de la deuxieme guerre mondiale, June 1953. Maj. L. F. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders, 1939-1940 ("History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series") (London, 1953).

34. Maj. D. J. L. Fitzgerald, History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War (Aldershot, 1949), 85-99. Maj. L. F. Ellis, Welsh Guards at War (Aldershot, 1946), 96-106. On the general situation, note 33, above.

35. "Memorandum on Proposed Operations Canadian Forces in France, Operation No. 1" (by Lt.-Col. G. R. Turner, 27 May 40), H.Q.S. 8522; also on C.M.H.Q. file 3/1 Div/1 and W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., May 1940.

36. Ibid., Appendices "A" and "B".

37. Interview with Gen. McNaughton, Up Waltham, Sussex, 27 Feb 41.

38. "Memorandum . . . Operation No. 1" (above, note 35).

39. Ibid., Appendices "C" and "CI" (as sent and as received).

40. Churchill, Their Finest Hour, 78-82. E. Linklater, The Defence of Calais (London, 1941). Maj.-Gen. Sir H. Wake and Major W. F. Deedes, Swift and Bold: The Story of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the Second World War, 1939-1945 (Aldershot, 1949), 1-29.

41. "Memorandum . Operation No. 1". Cf. Appendix "F" ("G.S.O. 2's Diary of Events").

42. W.D., Senior Officer, C.M.H.Q., 24 May 40.

43. "Record of Meeting held on 23rd May, 1940", C.M.H.Q. file 3/1 Div/1.

44. Lt.-Gen. E. W. Sansom to the writer, 29 Nov 43, C.M.H.Q. file 24/Narratives/1.

45. "Memorandum . Operation No. 1". Cf. W.D., Senior Officer, C.M.H.Q., 24 May 40.

46. W.D., H.Q. 1st Inf. Bde., 24 May 40.

47. Tel. No. 670, Canmilitry to Defensor, 23 May 40, C.M.H.Q. file 3/1 Div/1.

48. External to Dominion, 23 May 40, M.S. Papers, vol. I. The version (as received) in C.M.H.Q. file 3/1 Div/1 omits several words.

49. War Office Order (S.D. 1(b)/C/25A/40), C.M.H.Q. file 3/1 Div/1.

50. Secretary of State for War to C.-in-C., 0145 hrs 25 May 40.

51. Gort Second Despatch, para. 47.

52. "Proposed Operations in France, Operation No. 2" (Memo by Lt.-Col. Turner, 27 May 40, H.Q.S. 8522, etc., as in note 35 above). W.D., Senior Officer C.M.H.Q., 26 May 40. Lt.-Gen. H.D.G. Crerar to the writer, 8 Jun 44, C.M.H.Q. file 24/Narratives/1.

53. "Proposed Operations in France, Operation No. 2", Appendix "A".

54. "Proposed Operations in France, Operation No. 2".

55. Ibid.

56. Gort to Secretary of State for War, 1725 hrs 26 May 40; to War Office, 2215 hrs same date.

57. "Proposed Operations in France-Operation No. 3" (Memo by Lt.-Col. Turner, 27 May 40, H.Q.S. 8522, etc., as in note 35 above.

58. Ibid.

59. Ibid.

60. Despatch by Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (Supplement to London Gazette, 17 Jul 47). A.D. Divine, Dunkirk (New York, 1948).

61. Copies in W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., May 1940, Appendix LXV, and in C.M.H.Q. file 3/1 Div/1.

62. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., May 1940. Documents on C.M.H.Q. file 3/1 Div/1.

63. 1st Div. Operation Order No. 2, 29 May 40, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., May 1940, Appendix LXXXIV.

64. 1st Div. Operation Order No. 4, 4 Jun 40, ibid., June 1940, Appendix XIV. Other documents on same diary.

65. W.Ds., various units.

66. Their Finest Hour, 140-41.

67. Canmilitry to Defensor, M.S. Papers.

68. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940. Documents on C.M.H.Q. file 3/CAOS FR/ 1.

69. W.D., 3rd Field Regt. R.C.A., 8 Jun 40.

70. Their Finest Hour, 106-7.

71. E. Linklater, The Highland Division (London, 1942). Maj.-Gen. R. Evans, "The 1st Armoured Division in France", Army Quarterly, November 1942-May 1943.

72. W.D., A. & Q., H.Q. 52nd Div., June 1940.

73. United Kingdom records.

74. Their Finest Hour, 147.

75. Commandant J. Weygand, The Role of General Weygand: Conversations with his Son (London, 1948), 90.

76. Their Finest Hour, 154, 258. Despatch by Air Chief Marshal Dowding, Supplement to London Gazette, 11 Sep 46, para. 40. Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Spears, Assignment to Catastrophe (2 vols., London, 1954), I, 306. United Kingdom records.

77. The Role of General Weygand, 94. Cf. Gen. M. Weygand, Recalled to Service (London, 1952), 115-17.

78. Their Finest Hour, 87-9. Cf. Capt. S. W. Roskill, The War at Sea, 1939-1945, I (London, 1954), 250.

79. Despatch by Lt.-Gen. Brooke (22 Jun 40), Supplement to London Gazette, 22 May 46.

80. Interview with Brig. M. A. Pope (B.G.S., C.M.H.Q.), 3 Feb 41.

81. Documents in M.S. Papers [vol. I] and C.M.H.Q. file 3/CAOS-FR/1.

82. C.M.H.Q. file 29/Vis Forces/5.

83. Documents on W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940.

84. Eden to Brooke, 10 Jun 40.

85. P. Lyet, "La campagne 1939-1940: la bataille de France" (Revue historique de l'armée, December 1946).

86. The Role of General Weygand, 88-9 and P. Lyet, "La campagne 1939-1940: la bataille de France" (Revue historique de l'armée, December 1946). Appendix II. Cf. Recalled to Service, 108-9, 140, 148.

87. The Role of General Weygand, 141.

88. Their Finest Hour, 109-13. The Private Diaries . . . of Paul Baudouin . . . (London, 1948), 68-74. Spears, Assignment to Catastrophe, I, 294-317.

89. Their Finest Hour, 192. Cf. Assignment to Catastrophe, II, 154-5, 158.

90. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940, Appendix LXI.

91. "WT Movement Instruction 6/2", 7 Jun 40, C.M.H.Q. file 3/CAOS-FR/1.

92. W.D., 1st Field Regt., R.C.H.A., June 1940.

93. Enclosure to Brig. A. A. Smith to Director Historical Section, 15 Dec 43, H.Q.C. 1453-2, vol. 4.

94. W.D., H.Q. Brest Garrison, June 1940. Cf. Gen. McNaughton's memo. of discussion with Maj.-Gen. T. R. Eastwood, 4 Aug 40, McNaughton Papers, P.A. 69-C4.

95. Report by Lt. A. F. Macpherson, 20 Jun 40, W.D., 1st Inf. Anti-Tank Coy., June 1940. W.D., 1st Field Coy. R.C.E., June 1940, Appendix I.

96. W.Ds., H.Q. 1st Inf. Bde. and units, June 1940. Smith to D.H.S., 15 Dec 43, note 93 above.

97. Note 79 above.

98. The Role of General Weygand, 135-41, 128-9. Recalled to Service, 157-8.

99. Printed in The Role of General Weygand, Appendix VII, and in Brooke's Despatch, Appendix A; partially reproduced by Lyet, above, note 85.

100. Brooke Despatch, paras. 7-8.

101. Ibid., paras. 16, 28-32.

102. W.Ds., No. 1 Provost Coy. (R.C.M.P.) and 1st Div. Petrol Coy. R.C.A.S.C., 1415 Jun 40.

103. W.D., 1st Field Regt. R.C.H.A., June 1940.

104. Operation Instruction No. 1, H.Q. B.E.F., 16 Jun 40.

105. Copy, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940, Appendix CXLIV.

106. W.D., 1st Field Regt., June 1940. Interview with Maj.-Gen. J. H. Roberts, 13 Nov 43.

107. W.Ds., Hastings and Prince Edward Regt. and Royal Canadian Regt., 15-17 Jun 40.

108. Interview with Brig. E. W. Haldenby, Avellino, Italy, 28 Mar 44.

109. W.D., 48th Highlanders, 15 Jun 40.

110. Ibid., 16 Jun 40.

111. "Memorandum of Activities, Adv. H.Q. 1 Cdn Div" by Col. G. R. Turner, C.M.H.Q. file 3/CAOS-FR/1 and W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940.

112. Evans, "The 1st Armoured Division in France", Army Quarterly, May 1943.

113. Brooke Despatch, Appendix B.

114. Evans in Army Quarterly, May 1943.

115. Tel. GS 632, Canmilitry to Defensor, C.M.H.Q. file 3/CAOS-FR/1.

116. Information from Casualty Section, Canadian Overseas Records Office, 1944. Personal files.

117. Returns on C.M.H.Q. file 3/CAOS-FR/1. W.D., Hastings and Prince Edward Regt., 19 Jun 40.

118. Tel. GS 632, note 115 above.

119. McNaughton Papers, P.A. 6-9-C4,

120. Their Finest Hour, 256.

121. Ibid., 255.

122. United Kingdom records.

123. United Kingdom records. Memo by Gen. Crerar, 6 Jun 40, C.M.H.Q. file 3/CAOS FR/ 1.

124. United Kingdom records.

125. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940, Appendix XCII.

126. Ibid., Appendix LXXIII (Memorandum, "Home Defence", 19 Jun 40).

127. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., 18 Jun 40.

128. Canadian Force Operation Order No. 7, 22 Jun 40, ibid., Appendix XCIX.

129. W.D., H.Q. 1st Inf. Bde., July 1940.

130. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940, Appendix CXVIII.

131. Memorandum of discussion, ibid., Appendix CXXV.

132. Memorandum of meeting at H.Q. Aldershot Command, 29 Jun 40, ibid., Appendix B.

133. Copy, First Cdn Army file CC7/1.

134. Documents on ibid. Overseas R.O. 206, 24 Jul 40.

135. List of officers as of 7 Aug 40, First Cdn Army file CC7/1.

136. "Summary of Activities of Major-Gen. McNaughton and Col. Turner", W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., June 1940, Appendix CLI. Movement order from Home Forces, ibid., Appendix CLIII.

137. Various reports, etc., on H.Q.S. 8522, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, July 1940, and First Cdn Army file CC7/14.

138. First Cdn Army file CC7/7, and W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, August 1940, Appendix XLIV.

139. Documents on H.Q. 1st Cdn Corps file 1/56(G).

140. W.Ds., No. 1 Tunnelling Coy. R.C.E., June-July 1940, and 1st Pioneer Bn. R.C.E., 1 and 10 Jul 40.

141. W.D., No. 2 Road Construction Coy. R.C.E., September-October 1940.

142. Documents on First Cdn Army file 1/ 201/G. W.Ds., "X" and "Y" SuperHeavy Batteries R.C.A., September 1940.

143. Summary on C.M.H.Q. file 1/Re-Org/1.

144. Documents on C.M.H.Q. file 1/Reconn/1.

145. To Senior Officer, C.M.H.Q., C.M.H.Q. file 1/Release Equip/1.

146. General Report for week ending 24 Aug 40, C.M.H.Q. file 4/Progress/2. W.Ds. of units.

147. Documents on C.M.H.Q. files 3/A.D.G.B. /1 and 3/1 AA Bde/1/2. Overseas R.O. 1217, Amendment No. 11. W.D., 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. R.C.A., 7 Feb 42.

148. Memorandum, "Home Defence", 19 Jun 40, above, note 126,

149. Their Finest Hour, 284-96.

150. Ibid., 296-300.

151. Front Line, 1940-41. The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain (London, 1942), 6. W.D., No. 2 Army Field Workshop, 6 Jul 40.

152. Directive from Hitler's Headquarters, I Aug 40, Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1940 (Admiralty, 1947), 81.

153. Dowding Despatch, note 76 above. Denis Richards, Royal Air Force 1939-1945: Vol. I, The Fight at Odds (London, 1953), Chap. VI. Cf. Gen. Sir F. Pile, Ack-Ack: Britain's Defence Against Air Attack During the Second World War (London, 1949), Chap. XI.

154. Statement by Mr. P. Noel-Baker in the British House of Commons, 14 May 47. Their Finest Hour, 338-40.

155. Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1940, 978.

156. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, August 1940, Appendix CII.

157. "German Preparations for Invasion in 1940" (written answer by Mr. Attlee in the British House of Commons, 18 Nov 46).

158. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, 8 Sep 40.

159. Randolph S. Churchill, ed., Into Battle. Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill (London, 1941), 273.

160. 7th Corps Sitrep, 21 Sep 40 (reporting movements seen 20 Sep), W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, September 1940, Appendix C.

161. See particularly "German Preparations for Invasion" (above, note 157); Their Finest Hour, 301-16, 337; Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1940 (published in Brassey's Naval Annual, 1948).

162. Hitler's "Directive No. 6 for the Conduct of the War", 9 Oct 39, Fuehrer Directive . . . 1939-1941, 66-7, Cf. Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939 (Admiralty, 1947), 49.

163. "German Preparations for Invasion".

164. Special Interrogation Report, General Guenther Blumentritt, C.M.H.Q., 22 May 46. Cf. Blumentritt's book Von Rundstedt, The Soldier and the Man (London, 1952), 84-7.

165. "German Preparations for Invasion".

166. Memorandum of discussion with Brig. J. G. Swayne, 16 Sep 40, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, September 1940, Appendix LXXVIII. Operation Instruction No. 13, 1st Cdn Div., W.D., G.S., H.Q. 1st Div., October 1940, Appendix LXXX.

167. W.Ds., H.Qs. 3rd Inf. Bde., October 1940, 4th Inf. Bde., December 1940, and 5th Inf. Bde., January 1941.

168. "2nd Cdn. Div. Instructions for Action in Case of Emergency", 20 Aug 40, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 2nd Div., August 1940, Appendix 31; 2nd Div. Operation Instruction No. 2, 6 Sep 40, ibid., September 1940, Appendix 12.

169. Memorandum of discussion, 7 Sep 40, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, September 1940, Appendix XXVIII, 2nd Div. Operation Instruction No. 3, 14 Sep 40, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 2nd Div., September 1940, Appendix 36.

170. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 7th Corps, September 1940, text 5 Sep and Appendix XXVII.

171. Canadian Corps Operation Instruction No. 14, 31 Dec 40, W.D., G.S., H.Q. Cdn Corps, December 1940, Appendix XCII.

172. Canadian Corps Operation Instruction No. 13, 29 Dec 40, ibid., Appendix LXXXV.



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