British Joint Staff Mission - Definition and Overview

The British Joint Staff Mission was a body constitued in Washington during World War II to represent British interests on the Combined Chiefs of Staff when the British Chiefs of Staff Committee could not attend meetings of the Combined Chiefs of Staff. The Joint Staff Mission was a triservice organisation and included Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Admiral Sir James Somerville amongst its members during the war.

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