Tag Archives: Humanite

28.8.39.

Have been travelling etc. during the past days & therefore unable to keep up the diary in ordinary way. The main developments have been as follow: Hitler has proposed some or other kind of plan which was flown across by … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged A.Bevan, bargaining, Cecil Wilson, Chamberlain, Ellen Wilkinson, Emergency Powers Act, evacuation, Gallacher, Humanite, I.L.P., Italy, Lansbury, Maxton, N. Henderson, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, P.P.U., public opinion, railway stations, reservists, sandbagging, Spain, Stalin, travelling, Trotskyist, Turkey, U.S.S.R., wealthy class | 8 Comments

29.7.39.

Posted on 29 July by orwelldiaries

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 | Leave a comment

20.7.39.

Posted on 20 July by orwelldiaries

Foreign & General 1. Public Information Leaflet no.3 (evacuation) issued today. Never less than 4 searchlights visible at night from this village. [No reference] 2. News from Danzig seems to indicate that all there expect Danzig to fall into German … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged Anglo-Russian pact, Danzig, Humanite, public information leaflet, searchlights, War Office | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Humanite

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