The Grand Alliance

Action this day Admiral Admiralty air attack Air Force aircraft airfields American April 41 Armoured Brigade Armoured Division Army arrived Atlantic Auchinleck Australian Balkans battle battleships Belgrade Benghazi bombers bombing Britain British C.O.S. Committee Cabinet Chiefs of Staff command Commander-in-Chief convoys Crete cruisers Cyrenaica decision defence destroyers Egypt enemy escort fighter fighting Fleet French front German German Air Government Greece Greek guns Habbaniya heavy Hitler hope hundred important infantry invasion Iraq Ismay Italian Japan Japanese land Libya Lord Beaverbrook losses Majesty's Government Malta March Mediterranean ment Middle East military Minister to Secretary months Moscow Navy necessary night North Africa offensive officers operations organisation Persia ports possible present President Roosevelt Prime Minister reinforcements Russia Sea Lord sent ships Soviet squadrons Stalin strength supplies Syria tanks telegram thousand tion Tobruk tons transport Tripoli troops Turkey U-boats United Vichy victory Wavell whole Yugoslav Yugoslavia