William Robert Robertson2 November 1917
Opposes political interference in military command during council creation.
Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Opposes political interference in military command during council creation.
Helps establish the Allied Supreme War Council after the Caporetto crisis.
Promotes creation of the Supreme War Council to coordinate Allied strategy.
Supports a permanent Allied body to coordinate operations on common fronts.
Becomes involved in the permanent machinery of Allied war coordination.
Faces new Allied scrutiny through the council's strategic reviews.
Represents British headquarters concerns in Allied planning debates.
Serves as British military representative at Versailles.
Uses council meetings to press for unified Allied strategy.
Advises British ministers during Supreme War Council debates.
Participates in Allied political oversight as Germany seeks an armistice.
Supports British diplomatic work following the wartime council.
Reports on military demobilisation after the armistice.
Moves from wartime council work into peace conference diplomacy.
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