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Minutes of the British-French Supreme Council, presenting Chamberlain's proposal for the bombing of the industrial targets in the Ruhr basin, including the civilian casualties, German retaliation, and neutral parties' reactions, and Daladier's response, including the severe losses, Germany's anti-aircraft defenses, the limits of France's air force, and his preference to let Germany bear responsibility for initiating attacks on civilian targets
Authors
Neville Chamberlain (prime minister, Great Britain)
Neville Chamberlain
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940
- Born: 1869-03-18 (Birmingham)
- Died: 1940-11-09 (Reading)
- Country of citizenship: United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation: businessperson; politician
- Member of political party: Conservative Party
- Member of: Royal Society
- Military branch: Royal Air Force
- Position held: Chancellor of the Exchequer (member of cabinet: First Baldwin ministry; period: 1923-08-27 through 1924-01-22, 1931-11-05 through 1937-05-28; replaced by: John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden); Leader of the Conservative Party (period: 1937-05-27 through 1940-10-09; replaced by: Winston Churchill; replaces: Stanley Baldwin); Leader of the House of Commons (period: 1937-05-28 through 1940-05-10; replaced by: Winston Churchill; replaces: Stanley Baldwin); Lord Mayor of Birmingham (period: 1915-01-01 through 1917-01-01; replaced by: David Brooks; replaces: William Henry Bowater)
Edouard Daladier (French premier (1938-40))
Edouard Daladier
French politician (1884-1970)
- Born: 1884-06-18 (Carpentras)
- Died: 1970-10-10 (Paris)
- Country of citizenship: France
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: Radical Party; Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party
- Member of: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Position held: Mayor of Avignon (period: 1953-05-03 through 1958-12-08); President of the Council (period: 1933-01-31 through 1933-10-26, 1934-01-30 through 1934-02-07, 1938-04-10 through 1940-03-20; replaced by: Albert Sarraut, Gaston Doumergue, Paul Reynaud; replaces: Camille Chautemps, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Léon Blum); Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (period: 1951-11-26 through 1955-10-27; represents: France); member of the French National Assembly (electoral district: Vaucluse; period: 1919-11-16 through 1942-05-31, 1946-06-02 through 1958-12-08)
- Place of detention: Buchenwald concentration camp; Dachau concentration camp
White Book 8 Documents on the guilt of England for the bombing war
Supreme Council (British and French prime ministers and military commanders) (1939)
Date: 17 November 1939
Literal Title: Copy from White-Book No. 8 of the "Documents on the Sole Guilt of England for the Bombing War against the Civilian Population." No. 60 Summary of the Meeting of the Supreme Council in London. 17. November 1939.
Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 10
Language of Text: English
HLSL Item No.: 454215