Geneva

City

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhone exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. While the municipality itself (city centre ville de Genève) has a population (as of December 2010) of 191,415, the canton of Geneva ...

Read more at Wikipedia

Documents about Geneva

Thursday 23rd May 1940

Meeting minutes

extract King Leopold of Belgium warns that withdrawal of British Expeditionary Force will force “capitulation” of Belgian army
extract Churchill: “Little grounds for confidence”. “No choice” but to follow General Weygand's plan
extract Chiefs of Staff: If BEF fall back “unlikely that more than a small part of the force could be got away”
extract German troops reported three miles from Calais by British tank regiment. Warning ammunition position “serious”
extract PM Churchill: “Best for the BEF to fall back on the Channel ports”. Warns of “catastrophic situation” at Boulogne
extract General Weygand reports he has taken Amiens, Albert and Peronne. "Only solution" to continue this maneouvre
person John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
person Maxime Weygand
person Winston Churchill
place Geneva
place Paris
place Calais
place Berlin
organisation Belgian Land Component
 

Sunday 23rd June 1940

German Armistice Terms to France.

extract Halifax circulates full text of draft armistice terms between Germany and France. Unclear if Germany accepted all terms
place Great Britain
place Madagascar
place Geneva
place Paris
organisation French Army
 

German and Italian Armistice Terms to France.

extract Lord Halifax circulates full text of signed German and Italian armistice terms to France
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
place Great Britain
place Somaliland
place Geneva
place Syria
place Rome
place Libya
organisation Luftwaffe
organisation French Navy
 

Wednesday 31st July 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Intelligence from Geneva: Relations between Vichy ministers “very strained”, may lead to fall of government "at any time”
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person Maxime Weygand
person Clement Attlee
person Robert Craigie (diplomat)
place Great Britain
place Belgrade
place Moscow
place Geneva
place Turkey
place Istanbul
place Tokyo
 

Monday 16th December 1940

Reports on the effectiveness of Royal Air Force Bombing Operations.

extract Air Secretary: But US sources in Berlin call UK attacks "far too light", "negligible". Others suggest many bombs "duds"
extract Air Secretary: "Conflicting" testimony of effectiveness of UK bombing. "All secret reports" from Hamburg confirm accuracy
place Hamburg
place Madrid
place Geneva
place Malta
place Europe
place Bulgaria
place Vienna
place Iran
organisation Royal Air Force