Supreme War Council (1939-1940)
URI(s)
Variants
Conseil suprême interallié
France. Conseil suprême interallié
Great Britain. Supreme War Council
Additional Information
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: Bédarida, F. La stratégie secrète de la drôle de guerre, c1979 (subj.)t.p. (Conseil suprême interallié) p. 24, etc. (created to co-ordinate French and British military action; functioned Sept. 1939 to June 12, 1940) p. 541 (similar council functioned 1917-1918)
found: Butler, J.R.M. Grand strategy, 1957-v. 2, p. 9-10 ("There was to be a Supreme War Council on which France and the United Kingdom should each be represented by the Prime Minister and one other Minister ... The Council was to have no executive authority") p. 200 (last meeting 6/12/40)
notfound: Fuller. Milit. hist. of Western world, 1956;Trager. People's chronology, 1978.
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Change Notes
1980-08-10: new
2014-12-08: revised
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