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Tag Archives: Germany
11.6.42
[The Germans announce over the wireless that as the inhabitant of a Czech village called Ladice° (about 1200 inhabitants) were guilty of harbouring the assassins of Heydrich they have shot all the males in the village, sent all the women … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged bbc, China, czech republic, Germany, gramaphone, Japan, propaganda, radio
3 Comments
22.3.42
Empson tells me that there is a strict ban by the Foreign Office on any suggestion that Japan is going to attack the USSR. So this subject is being studiously avoided in the Far Eastern broadcasts while being pushed all … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged communists, foreign office, Germany, Japan, kipling, refugees, Stalin, Trotskyist, U.S.S.R., ukraine
3 Comments
14.3.42
I reopen this diary after an interval of about 6 months, the war being once again in a new phase. The actual date of Cripp’s departure for India was not given out, [1] but presumably he has gone by this … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Beaverbrook, Churchill, Cripps, Germany, India, Russia, war
8 Comments
28.8.41
I am now definitely an employee of the B.B.C. The line on the eastern front, in so far as there is a line, now runs roughly Tallinn, Gomel, Smolensk, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson. The Germans have occupied an area which must … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged bbc, Caucasus, Churchill, Dnepropetrovsk, Germany, Gomel, Iran, Kherson, Kiev, Middle East, occupation, Roosevelt, Russia, Smolensk, Tallinn, U.S.A., U.S.S.R.
23 Comments
6.7.41
Several of the papers are growing very restive because we are not doing more to help the U.S.S.R. I do not know whether any action, other than air-raids, is really intended, but if nothing is attempted, quite apart from the … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air-raids, Beaverbrook, Beresina, Catholic, Churchill, communists, England, Germany, Government, Hitler, invasion, Ireland, neutrality, New York, newspapers, People's Convention, planes, Pruth, Russia, tanks, Truth, U.S.A., U.S.S.R.
24 Comments
30.6.41
No real news of the Russo-German campaign. Extravagant claims by both sides, all through the week, about the number of enemy tanks, etc., destroyed. All one can really believe in is captures of towns, etc., and the German claims so … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Abyssinia, Germany, Internationale, Lemberg, Lithuania, Minsk, national anthem, Russia, tanks, U.S.S.R.
8 Comments
23.6.41
Churchill’s speech in my opinion very good. It will not please the Left, but they forget that he has to speak to the whole world, e.g. to middle-western Americans, airmen and naval officers, disgruntled shop-keepers and farmers, and also the … Continue reading
22.6.41
The Germans invaded the U.S.S.R. this morning. Everyone greatly excited. It is universally assumed that this development is to our advantage. It is only so, however, if the Russians actually intend to fight back and can put up a serious … Continue reading
19.6.41
Non-aggression pact between Germany and Turkey. This is our reward for not mopping up Syria quickly. From now on the Turkish press will be turned against us, and this will have its effect on the Arab peoples. The Derby was … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Arab peoples, Daily Express, Derby, Eastern Europe, Evening Standard, Finland, Germany, Hitler, invasion, navicerts, Newmarket, non-aggression pact, Petsamo, Russia, Syria, Turkey
4 Comments
14.6.41
Complete mystery, about which no one has any real news, surrounds the state of affairs between Russia and Germany. Cannot yet make contact with anyone who has seen Cripps since his return.[1] One can only judge by general probabilities, and … Continue reading
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