Papers of George Sherwin Simonds, 1918-1932.

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Papers of George Sherwin Simonds, 1918-1932.

Correspondence, memoranda, and other records pertaining to the operation of the II Corps with the British Armies during the Ypres-Lys (Ieper) and Somme offensives of 1918, the operation of the LeMans Embarkation Center in France, and the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva, Switzerland (1932-1934), national defense, army maneuvers, etc.

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Simonds, George Sherwin, 1874-1938

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Army officer. From the description of Papers of George Sherwin Simonds, 1918-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448058 ...

LeMans Embarkation Center (France)

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United States. Army. Army Corps, 2nd.

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Great Britain. Army

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...

Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (1932-1934 : Geneva, Switzerland)

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The Conference was initiated by the League of Nations, partly as a result of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, which had condemned the use of force to resolve disputes. The Conference discussed the question of universal reduction and limitation of all types of armaments. More than 60 governments sent representatives. After long negotiations and many proposals, the conference was dissolved in deadlock. (C.f. World Encyclopedia of Peace, entry for World Disarmament Conference). Although formally calle...