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Tag Archives: french
12.4.41
The idea that the German troops in Libya, or some of them, got there via French ships and French African territory, is readily accepted by everyone that one suggests it to. Absolutely no mention of any such possibility in the … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged fish, fishmonger, french, French Africa, Germany, Libya, perch, press, Vichy France
1 Comment
8.8.40
The Italian attack on Egypt, or rather on British Somaliland, has begun. No real news yet, but the papers hint that Somaliland can’t be held with the troops we have there. The important point is Perim, loss of which would … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Belgians, Bolshevik, british somaliland, Churchill, Egypt, french, H G Wells, Italy, lecture, Lord Swinton, Perim, Red Sea, refugees, War Office, Zouaves
2 Comments
5.7.40
The almost complete lack of British casualties in the action against the French warships at Oran[1] makes it pretty clear that the French seamen must have refused to serve the guns, or at any rate did so without much enthusiasm…. … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged attack, Churchill, fleet, french, german, German radio, Italian, Mers el-Kébir, Oran, submarines, warships
6 Comments
17.6.40
The French have surrendered. This could be foreseen from last night’s broadcast and in fact should have been foreseeable when they failed to defend Paris, the one place where it might have been possible to stop the German tanks. Strategically … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Canada, Canada House, evacuation, french, german, Gwen O’Shaughnessy, medals, navy, newspapers, Paris, patriotism, review, Scottish private, surrender, Underground
9 Comments
12.6.40
E[ileen]. and I last night walked though Soho to see whether the damage to Italian shops etc. was as reported. It seemed to have been exaggerated in the newspapers, but we did see, I think, 3 shops which had had … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Abyssinian war, attacks, British, Eileen, french, Germans, Italian shops, Mussolini, soho, Spanish war, Swiss
3 Comments
2.6.40
Impossible to tell how many men of the B.E.F. have really been repatriated, but statements appearing in various papers suggest that it is about 150,000 and that the number that originally advanced into Belgium was about 300,000. No indication as … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged advertisements, aeroplanes, bef, Belgium, clothes, de Valera, Dunkirk, evacuation, food and drink, french, gambling, Germany, Italy, patent medicines, Sunday papers, The People, tobacco, troops
5 Comments
1.6.40
Last night to Waterloo and Victoria to see whether I could get any news of [Eric][1]. Quite impossible, of course. The men who have been repatriated have orders not to speak to civilians and are in any case removed from … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged bef, belgian, Chatham, french, Laurence O'Shaughnessy, newspapers, refugees, sailors, soldiers, Victoria, Waterloo
4 Comments
30.5.40
The B.E.F. are falling back on Dunkirk. Impossible not only to guess how many may get away, but how many are there. Last night a talk on the radio by a colonel who had come back from Belgium, which unfortunately … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged bef, Belgium, bombs, Borkenau, by-elections, Connolly, Duff-Cooper, Dunkirk, Eileen, England, french, refugees
4 Comments
28.5.40
This is the first day on which newspaper posters are definitely discontinued… Half of the front page of the early Star[1] devoted to news of the Belgian surrender, the other half to news to the effect that the Belgians are … Continue reading
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