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Tag Archives: Franco
3.7.41
Stalin’s broadcast speech is a direct return to the Popular Front, defence of democracy line, and in effect a complete contradiction of all that he and his followers have been saying for the past two years. It was nevertheless a … Continue reading
18.5.41
Irak, Syria, Morocco, Spain, Darlan, Stalin, Raschid Ali, Franco – sensation of utter helplessness.[1] If there is a wrong thing to do, it will be done, infallibly. One has come to believe in that as if it were a law … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged America, Canaries, Churchill, Dakar, Darlan, France, Franco, human nature, Iraq, morocco, Nazis, newspapers, Parliament, Rashid Ali, socialism, Spain, Stalin, Syria, Tangier
6 Comments
7.2.41
There is now more and more division of opinion – the question is implicit from the start but people have only recently become aware of it – as to whether we are fighting the Nazis or the German people. This … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Africa, British government, Conservatives, France, Franco, Germans, Germany, Gibraltar, Laval, Nazis, Petain, Spain, Vansittart, war aims
5 Comments
22.7.40
No real news for days past. The principal event of the moment is the pan-American conference, now just beginning, and the Russian absorption of the Baltic states, which must be directed against Germany. Cripps’s wife and daughters are going to … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Baltic states, Cripps, Franco, Germany, imports, Moscow, News Chronicle, oil, pan-American conference, Russia, Spain
13 Comments
27.6.40
It appears that the night before last, during the air-raid alarm, many people all over London were woken by the All Clear signal, took that for a warning and went to the shelters and stayed there till morning, waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, all clear, aristocracy, Britain, Churchill, Communism, Falangist, France, Franco, german, Hitler, I.L.P., Italy, L. H. Myers, Madrid, MOI, Munich, Mussolini, New Leader, occupation, Petain, propaganda, Rab Butler, recruiting campaign, ruling class, Russia, Russo-German pact, Samuel Hoare, Spanish, Stalin, Tangier, U.S.S.R.
7 Comments
14.6.40
The Germans are definitely in Paris, one day ahead of schedule. It can be taken as a certainty that Hitler will go to Versailles. Why don’t they mine it and blow it up while he is there? Spanish troops have … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged advertising, British government, Franco, French Morocco, Germans, Hitler, Italians, Negrin, Paris, Spanish, Spanish Morocco, Tangier, Underground, Versailles
26 Comments
24.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. Russo-German Pact signed. Terms given in Berlin (File War etc.)[1] suggest close pact & no “escape” clause. This evening’s radio news gives confirmation in Moscow in same terms. Official statement from Moscow that “enemies of both … Continue reading
10.8.39
Foreign and General 1. Franco assumes more or less full powers of dictator. Daily Telegraph [a] 2. The King inspects Reserve Fleet of 133 warships. Daily Telegraph [b] Social 1. Complaints (not very important) at militia camp in Devon reveal … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged anti-hitler jokes, conscientious objectors, dutch government, eggs, fleet, Franco, I.L.P., labour, london buses, militia, navy, Spain
6 Comments
6.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. Purge of Sudeten leaders taking place, evidently as result of Czech pressure & as a prelude to milder methods. Sunday Times [a] 2. Polish gov.t evidently now ready to allow Russians to use Polish air bases. … Continue reading
29.7.39.
Foreign & General 1. French general election to be postponed by decree for 2 years (ie. until 1942). Daily Telegraph [a] 2. Evidently° that fairly severe struggle is going on in Spain between Axis supporters (Suñer) & Traditionalists (esp. the … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged anti-semitism, Catalonia, Franco, French general election, Humanite, labour, Spain, trooping of the colour
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