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Tag Archives: Italy
24.4.41
No definite news from Greece. All one knows is that a Greek army, or part of a Greek army, or possibly the whole Greek army, has capitulated. No indication as to how many men we have there, what sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged aeroplanes, armistice, Black Sea, blackmail, Crete, Daily Express, Dardanelles, Germany, Greece, hostages, Italy, Russia, Turkey
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28.11.40
Lunching yesterday with C.[1], editor of France. . . To my surprise he was in good spirits and had no grievances. I would have expected a French refugee to be grumbling endlessly about the food, etc. However, C. knows England … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Americans, blitz, Coventry, edward VIII, fascism, France, Italy, Laval, monarchy, Mrs Simpson, pierre comert, Stalin, Vichy
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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
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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.
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20.6.40
Went to the office of the [New Statesman][1] to see what line they are taking about home defence. C.[2], who is now in reality the big noise there, was rather against the “arm the people” line and said that its … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged air raid, arm the people, army, Bevan, bomb, Chamberlain, Churchill, Colonel Blimp, Compton Mackenzie, Dunkirk, George Strauss, German invasion, Glasgow, Hebrides, Hitler, India, intellectuals, Italy, LDV, Lloyd George, Namsos, new statesman, RAF, Rayner Heppenstall, retired colonels, revolutionary war, Richar Crossman, Scotland Yard, Spain, unblimping
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10.6.40
Have just heard, though it is not in the papers, that Italy has declared war…. The Allied troops are withdrawing from Norway, the reason given being that they can be used elsewhere and Narvik after its capture was rendered useless … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Allied troops, fascists, Germans, Italy, Madrid, Narvik, Norway, Paris, Spain, taxi-driver, War Office
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