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Tag Archives: german
1.8.42
If the figures given are correct, the Germans have lost about 10 per cent of their strength in each of the last raids. According to Peter Masefield this isn’t anything to do with the new guns but has all been … Continue reading
15.6.42
No question now that the second front has been decided on. All the papers talk of it as a certainty and Moscow is publicising it widely. Whether it is really feasible remains to be seen, of course. Cutting from BBC … Continue reading
13.6.42
The most impressive fact about the Molotov visit is that the Germans knew nothing about it. Not a word on the radio about Molotov’s presence in London till the signature of the treaty was officially announced, although all the while … Continue reading
22.5.42
It is said that Molotov is not only in London but that the new Anglo-Russian treaty is already signed. [1] This however comes from Warburg, who is alternately over-optimistic and over-pessimistic – at any rate, always believes in the imminence … Continue reading
15.9.40
This morning, for the first time, saw an aeroplane shot down. It fell slowly out of the clouds, nose foremost, just like a snipe that has been shot high overhead. Terrific jubilation among the people watching, punctuated every now and … Continue reading
23.8.40
This morning an air-raid warning about 3 a.m. Got up, looked at the time, then felt unable to do anything and promptly went back to sleep again. They are talking of rearranging the alarm system, and they will have to … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, alarm system, blimp, communists, Flanders, german, Home Guard, lecture, Notebook, Osterley Park, planes, Russia, Samuel Butler, Trotsky
8 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
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
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
8.6.40
In the middle of a fearful battle in which, I suppose, thousands of men are being killed every day, one has the impression that there is no news. The evening papers are the same as the morning ones, the morning … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Beaverbrook, Bolshevik, Borkenau, British, cabinet, german, Germany, Italy, newspapers, pacifists, Popular Front, press, Russia purges, Spain, Stafford Cripps, stephen spender, Winston Churchill
10 Comments
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