§ 45. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Prime Minister what official historians have been appointed to write the history of the Second World War; and what subjects have been allocated to them.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI have been asked to reply.
The following is the reply:
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CIVIL HISTORIES Introductory Volumes British War Economy … … W. K. Hancock M. M. Gowing Problems of Social Policy … … R. M. Titmuss Statistical Digest of the War … … (Central Statistical Office) British War Production … … M. M. Postan Volumes on General Subjects Coal … … W. H. B. Court Food … … R. J. Hammond Volume I Volume II Volume III Economic Blockade … … W. N. Medlicott Volume I: 1939–41 Volume II: 1941–45 Works and Buildings … … C. M. Kohan Civil Industry and Trade … … E. L. Hargreaves M. M. Gowing Studies in the Social Services … … S. M. Ferguson H. Fitzgerald Civil Defence … … T. H. O'Brien Agriculture … … Keith A. H. Murray Merchant Shipping and the Demands of War … … C. B. A. Behrens Financial Policy … … R. S. Sayers Inland Transport … … C. I. Savage Manpower … … H. M. D. Parker Education … … S. Weitzman Oil … … D. J. Payton-Smith Foreign Policy during the War … … L. Woodward Volumes on War Production Contracts and Finance … … W. Ashworth Control of Raw Materials … … J. Hurstfield North American Supply … … H. Duncan Hall Administration of War Production … … J. Scott R. Hughes Studies of Overseas Supply … … H. Duncan Hall C. C. Wrigley Factories and Plant … … W. C. Hornby Labour in the Munitions Industries … … P. Inman 66W
MILITARY HISTORIES Volumes on Grand Strategy Volume I: Pre-war Preparations … … N. H. Gibbs Volume II: September, 1939–June, 1941 … … J. R. M. Butler Volume III: June, 1941–September, 1942 … … J. M. A. Gwyer Volume IV: September, 1942–August, 1943 … … M. Howard Volume V: August, 1943–September, 1944 … … John Ehrman Volume VI: October, 1944–August, 1945 … … John Ehrman Volumes on Operations Mediterranean and Middle East (6 Vols.) … … Major-Gen. I. S. 0. Playfair Captain F. C. Flynn, R.N. Brigadier C. J. C. Molony Group-Captain T. P. Gleave War against Japan (5 Vols.) … … Major-Gen. S. W. Kirby Captain C. T. Addis, R.N. Air Vice-Marshal N. L. Desoer Brigadier M. R. Roberts Colonel G. T. Wards Victory in the West (2 Vols.) … … Major L. F. Ellis Allen, R.N. Captain G. R. G. Air Chief-Marshal Sir James Robb Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Warhurst Campaign in Norway … … T. K. Derry War in France and Flanders … … Major L. F. Ellis Defence of the United Kingdom … … Basil Collier War at Sea (3 Vols.) … … Captain S. W. Roskill, R.N. Strategic Air Offensive (2 Vols.) … … C. Webster A. N. Frankland Volumes on Civil Affairs and Military Government Far East … … F. S. V. Donnison Italy … … C. R. S. Harris North-West Europe … … F. S. V. Donnison General Principles … … F. S. V. Donnison