Tag Archives: Eden

3.9.39. (Greenwich)

Have again been traveling etc. Shall close this diary today, & it will as it stands serve as a diary of events leading up to the war. We have apparently been in a state of war since 11 am. this … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged aeroplanes, air-raid practice, air-raids, balloon barrage, Chruchill, Daladier, Danzig, Eden, evacuation, gas masks, Italy, labour, letters to Reynolds, Military Training Act, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, not much enthusiasm, POland, Polish corridor, public air-raid shelters, raid on Warsaw, start of war, troops, voluntary fire brigades, Waterloo | 18 Comments

2.7.39.

Posted on 2 July by orwelldiaries

Foreign & General 1. Poland states that Danzig will be occupied if Danzig Senate declares for the Reich. Sunday Times [a] 2. N.L.C.[1] of Labour Party broadcast in German in much the same terms as at September crisis. Observer [b] … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged Amery, Burgin, Cripps, Danzig, Eden, N.L.C., Ramsay Muir, Sinclair | 8 Comments

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3.9.39. (Greenwich)

2.7.39.

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