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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed letter signed (“Winston S. Churchill”) to Brig. Gen. J. E. Edmonds (1861-1956), London, 14 October 1926. 1 page, 4to, 11 Downing St. stationery.
“I AM PROBING THESE QUESTIONS OF THE GERMAN CASUALTIES…”
Churchill thanks the Army’s historical service for assisting his research on The World Crisis: “Here is the last chapter. I am so much obliged to you for all the help you are giving me. I wish you would express to your officers my thanks for their assistance. The graph is most instructive. I am probing these questions of the German casualties from several points of view.” Churchill is referring to the appendix of volume three of his World Crisis, 1916-1918, Part I, published in 1927. In it he states the German killed at 789,400, 968,197 missing and prisoner; and 3,088,743 wounded. James Edward Edmonds oversaw the British Army’s massive, 28-volume History of the Great War, 1920-1949, and authored nearly half of the volumes in the series.
“I AM PROBING THESE QUESTIONS OF THE GERMAN CASUALTIES…”
Churchill thanks the Army’s historical service for assisting his research on The World Crisis: “Here is the last chapter. I am so much obliged to you for all the help you are giving me. I wish you would express to your officers my thanks for their assistance. The graph is most instructive. I am probing these questions of the German casualties from several points of view.” Churchill is referring to the appendix of volume three of his World Crisis, 1916-1918, Part I, published in 1927. In it he states the German killed at 789,400, 968,197 missing and prisoner; and 3,088,743 wounded. James Edward Edmonds oversaw the British Army’s massive, 28-volume History of the Great War, 1920-1949, and authored nearly half of the volumes in the series.