Edouard Réquin papers, 1915-1940.

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Edouard Réquin papers, 1915-1940.

Correspondence, military orders, memoranda, and writings, relating to Allied military operations in World War I, particularly Franco-American military cooperation; to proposals for a treaty of mutual assistance under auspices of the League of Nations, 1922-1923; and to operations of the French 4e Armée in 1940.

4 ms. boxes.

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