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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1940,

WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS: THE SECOND BOOK

MY

THEIR FINEST HOUR

In this instalment, which concludes the first book of

Germans Lose Heart

By Winston Churchill

en-

wax

more

common

Ing of the battle. Two other of supreme consequence

Good Morning!

So Molotov has at last been veloeil,

woman." No, по

looking at the wrong

"Pinched

You're page.

1

Our woman's page editor wrote

other day,

Command and the British Chiefs of Staff, and also between the Fuehrer and the author of this new volume, Mr.

book, became

definitely Churchill shows how Ger-

pronounced. If we could have

And Leighton Hill is falling man enthusiasm for "Opera-

agreed equally well about other tion Sealion" (the invasion

matters, there. need have been down. At least superficially. That no WRE.

wry grlu you saw from non-civil of Britain) waned between

It Wuse of course,

aervants was merely a cheerful July and September, 1940. elther by bombing or bad weather. held the imagination of the Ger-·

wide man leaders as it had done in the ground between us that all design that all is well with the tax- This was the source of a

payers. THESE were great days for spread rumour that the Germans halcyon days following the fall pentted upon the battle in the air.

had attempted an invasion and of France.

The question was how this would Nazi Germany. Hitler had had suffered very heavy Ionses During the futeful months of end between the combatants; and August We kee the In addition the Germans WOR- danced his. jig of joy before either by drowning or by being July ant

Mea coverci Naval Commander, Roeder, dered whether the British people enforcing the humiliation of burnt in

in patches of the French Armistice at Com-with flaming oil. We took no steps denvouring to teach his military would stand up to the air bomb-date, is wasn't the rape case.

much tales, which and air colleagues about the Briment, the effect of which in piegne. The German Army to contradlet

greatly exag- marched triumphantly spread freely through the occupied grave difficulties altending large--these days

in a wildly

scale amphibious exaggerated

war. Ile

re-gerated, or whether they would countries through the Arc de Triomphe

form

alised his own weakness and the crumple and force his Majesty's much encourage- and gaye

Hong Kong, agent 10 young and down the Champs mest to the oppressed populations, lack of time for adequate pre- Government to capitulate. About

Goering had couple, after a flat: "Yes, I do With customary unlöfn Frysees. Wint was there they

men's bathing suits,limis, on the APätratose p

Balder fo::. Jänding During June and

and early July, and no key money. Would you the leaders of the various could not do? Why hesitate exhibited

Immense forces simultaneously 1940, the German Air Force te-like to come out and see the European Communist Parties to play out a winning hand? marked "For Channel swimming" vanced by

over a while front,

vived and regrouped its for building is still stonding?" fand the American branch) Thus each of the three ser-

Captured Spies Meanwhile Goering with soar-matians and established itself on have come out with declara-vices involved in the opera- tions that, in the event of ation "Sealion" worked upon On September 7 the information in ambition was delermined to all the French and Belgian air-

nebleve spectacular victory with helds from which the assault One of our contemporaries was war which brought Russian the hopeful factors in their before us showed that the Westerly his Air Force alone and was diss had to be launched, and by re-ordering a new comic strip the trops

countries. own theme and left the ugly and Southerly movement of bargemeined to play the humbler role connaissance and tentative 10 their

and small ships to posts between of working to combined plant sought to measure the character day, mul told the syndicate representatives; "We want some- members of their largh parties side to their companions..

Uxtend and Havre was in prezr93- for the systematic reduction of and scale of the opposition which thing with some red meat in it. the rally to help would

As the days passed doubts anci

and as these asembly harbours

opposing sea and ale force in the would be encountered. 11 was it isn't for nambie-pambies. It's No doubl "liberators."

the delnys appeared and multipled.

were under heavy British air at invasion area.

hot until July 10 that the first for blodthirsty children.” Hitler's order of July 16 had laid

nek, I WAS not kely the shipm

this tiring of the declarations was

beavy onslaught began, brought to them watil

Not A Team (French: flown that all preparations were to tactical.

date is usually taken as the open- Thorez

shortly before the actual attempt, Communist leader) and Tog- mapleted by the middle of would fr

All three services w The striking strength of the Ger Angust, Tinti (Italian Communist

Amster- It is apparent from the records) dates that this was impossible. And atte the end of July Hitler accepted an Air Force between Anner that the German High Command stand out, August 15 and Sep-a correspondent the

and it wasn't until the letter was been increased and Brest had icader) probably bad their eyes on the progress of the September 16 as the earliest D-by the transfer of 100 bomber air. were very far from being a co-tember

There were also three successive sent off that she noticed that the rend: "Al- dag, reserving his decision for by

craft from Norway; and short-ordinated team working together Atlantic Pact and wished to

action unli) the results of the pro-

with a common purpose and will but overlapping phases in the Cer-carbon copy actually dive-bomber units were

attack. First, from July 10 to though I get hundreds of letters proper understanding of each man shake American confidence injected intensified air battle could barrved on the forward airtelds other's capabilities and nita- August 18, the harrying of British and telephone calls each week, I

Western the stability

he known. 30 the

In the Pas de Calais ΣΑΓΕΙ,

tions. Each wished

be the convoys in the Channel and of our fake a personal interest in every Four

Germans captured u few

Southern brightest star in the Armament. Europe as a defensive unit.

from Dover to

to one." reported that owing to British Such tactles are not likely to

dns r

earlier after landing from a Friction was apparent from the Plymouth; whereby our Air Force counter-action against the invasion

notion rowing-boat on the South East nutset, and so long S Halder should be tested, drawn into battle, An 80-year-oll British he successful, for the declara-

const had confessed to being aples, could thrust responsibility on to and depleted; whereby also damage grant hos arrived in Australia, At tions only bring out into the feet, preparations could

completed by September 15.

were to be Raedier he did little to bring his should be done to those Renaldo Looks like the publicity depart- pen, thoughts and plans their request 1-day was postponed and aid that they

at any time during the next own plans into line with practical town marked as objectives for the which were assumed to be

the forthcoming invasion. lo Stmtember 21, with a proviso oright to report the movement onsibilities. Intervention by 10 days previous warning. This of British reserve formations in Fuckrer. сля necessary. harboured. Support for the powers of democracy is likely nd to be issued on September 11. Oxford. Moon and thie

meant that the preliminary order

the area Ipawick-Londone relations between

seems to have little to improve to be given all the more

On September 10 the Naval Staff between the 8th and 19th Sep- vices

to September 27, a way to Lonilon "Your small minds are muscle- strongly. What the declara- again reported their various dil tomber were favourable for inva- In Germany, the prestige of the was to be forced by the elimination bound," Danny Kaye tells his re- tions do is to clear away allauitles from the weather, which sien on the South East coast. On

and the of the Royal Air Force and its in- Intives. "That's because the only Army was paramount doubt about the attitude of, always

from this the Chiefs of Staff concluded military leaders regarded

stallations, leading to the violent exercise they get is jumping to their that the possibility of invasion had naval colleagues with some con- and continuous bombing of the conclusions." at any rate, the Communis: British counter-bombing.

become Imminent and that the descension.

It is impossible to capital. This would also cut com- lenders. To the hard core of

defence forces should standby at resist the

the threatened conclusion that the manications with the faithful they will not

Immediate noticè.

German Army was

But in Goering's view reluctant to

to shores. come as news, They are only

They pointed out that although

place itself in the hands of its there was good reason to believe from logical deduction

the necessary naval preparations

sister service in a major opera-} ***,

that a greater prize was here in but their

no less than throwing the Marxist premises and from could in fact be completed by the

tion. When questioned after theid's largest city into confusion policy pursued by West Euro-21st, the stipulated operational There was, however, al that war about these plans, General

colds People with

spread the pean Communists for many

of undisputed air

air super-time no machinery at G.H.Q. Home Jodl impatiently remarked: "Our and paralysis, the cowing of tho over the Channel had not Forces by which the existing eight arrangements

the much

Government and the people, and germs by using telephones, saya have but they must years

consequent submission to the doctor. So lift the receiver at shocked a numerous section of the rank and file who have not read Marx and Lenin and embrace Communism as the contemporary expression of the Jacobin tradition of re- volutionary patriotism.

a

گری

The Communist speakers declared that war could come only if the U.S.A. were to at- tack the Soviet Union. Their instructions to their followers were ostensibly based solely on that hypothesis. But, in fact, they were basing their arguments on the dogma of Soviet infallibility. As Thorez put it, "a country of Socialism cannot by definition pursue a policy of aggression and war, which is a peculiarity of the imperialist powers." In other words, actions which, when done by capitalist powers would constitute aggression, are not aggressive when done by the Soviet Union; or, in still simpler language, Soviet aggression is always justified. All the speakers made clear that they accept the theory that the international Com- munist Party is a true repre- sentative of the people's cause all over the world and as such has prior claim on the loyalty of all working class move- ments. For practical purposes they correctly identify inter- national Communism with the Soviet Union. This plainly puts the Communists in an extraordinary position in re- lation to their compatriots.

*

TROUBLE IN BANGKOK

The prompt suppression of the outbreak in Bangkok shows that Marshal Pibul Songgram's

administration

still has the backing of the armed forces. It was rivalry between the Army and Navy which was exploited by the Popular Party in a renewed attempt to carry out the kind, of coup d'etat that was foiled last October. The Popular Party, which contains left wing elements who came to prominence in the resistance movement against the Japan esc, does not command sut- ficient following to enable it to regain power. At present the strong rule of Marshal

Un

tiresome,

Naval Staff

ard

Postponed

range

Code Warning

were

to

ки but

the ser-

13.

poris

Second Phase

In the second phase, August 24

their

Chi-

ment has been overdoing that Land of Opportunity shif

•

Women's styles may change.

designs remain

the

same.

been achieved. On the 11th there bouts' notice for foldiness could be same as those of Julius Caesar."erman will. The Navy and Army arm's length and replace it im- fore Hiller postponed the prelimin- brought to "readiness for Immedi. Here 'speaks the authentic Ger- staffs devoutly hoped that Goering mediately if it sneezes.

relation

on

A defended)

An the situation, de-

three days, thus alc ary order by

to the action" Intermediate

by

man soldier in stages. setting back the earliest Delay to The code-word "Cromwell," which sca affair, having little concep- was right the 24th: on the 14th he further meant "invasion imminent," was tion of the problems involved in veloped, they saw that the R.A.F

large was not being eliminated, and therefore issued by Home Forces landing and deploying

meanwhile their put it off.

own urgent needs On the 14th Admiral Haeder ex-

at 8 p.m. September 7, to the military forces pressed the view that:

Eastern and Southern Comusauds, const exposed to all the hazards for the "Sealion" adventure were neglected for the sake of destruc- implying action stations for the of the sen

tion In London, forward coastal division. It was

And

then,

when

all were dis- also sent to all formations in the

appointed, when invasion was inde- London area and to the 4th And 7th

British Tradition

vital need, air supremacy, there

The hope of daylight victory had

faded, the Royal Air Force remain-

ed

vexatiously alive, and Goering

and the centres of Industrial pro- in October rosigned himself to the indiscriminate bombing of London

3duction.

In the quality of the fighter air- *9* | craft there was little to choose.

(A) The present air situation does not provide conditions, for carrying out the operation, or the risk is still too great.

corps in G.H.Q. Reserve. It In Britain, whatever our short-nitely postponed for lack of the (b) If the "Sealion" operation

fails, this will mean a great gain was repeated for information to comings, we understood the followed the third and last phase. in prestige for the British; and all other commands in the United affair very thoroughy. For cen- the powerful effect of our at Kingdom.

turles it has been in our blood, tacks will thus bo annulled.

On this, in some parts of the and is traditions stir not only attacks

on England,

pat-{ country, the Home Guard Com- our sailors but the whole race. (e) Air

ticularly on London, must con.manders, acting on the Guard which enabled us to regard the in It was this above all things tinue without interruption. If itiative, called out the fome the weather is favourable an by ringing the church bells. This menance of invasion with intensification of the attacks is led to rumours of enemy par-steady gaze. The system of con- to be aimed at without regard chutist landings and also that trol of operations by the three to "Sealion." The attacks mast German E-boats were approaching Chiefs of Staff concerted under The Germans were faster, with a havet decisive outcome. the coast. Neither I nor the Chiefs Minister of Defence produced a better rate of elimb; ours more

of Staff

wcze AWATC that the standard of team-work, mutual mana

manoeuvrable, better armed. Their (d) "Sealion." however, must not

yet he cancelled, as the anxiety decisive code word "Cromwell had understanding,

airmen, well aware of their of the British must be kept up: been used, and the next morning operation unrivalled in the past um

numbers, were also the proud If cancellation became known to instructions were given to devise When in course of time our victor of Poland,

to undertako Low Countries, France; ours had Norway, the the outside world, this would be intermediate stages by which opportunity came

vigilance could be increased great invasions from the sea it 4 great relief to the British,

of solid supreme confidence in themselves On the 17th the postponement future occasions without declaring

upon a foundation became Indefinite

for as individuals and that determina- and for good an invasion imminent,

achievement in preparation Even on

tion which the British race dis- reason, in their view as in oura. receipt of the code-word "Crom the task and with a full under player fullest

the Raeder continues:

measure when in technical needs to be called out except for special of well" the Home Guard were not standing of

vast and hazardous supreme adversity. One important strategical advantage the Germans tasks; and also church belly were

Germans 1940 well-trained forces were deployed on many and enjoyed and skilfully used: their whence they strengths and with feinte and do-

Invasion Rumours

tho German

on

was

and ready

such

kings. Had the

'in

to be rung only by order of amphibious forces equipped with Homo Guard who had himmelt seon

as many as 25 parachutists land- all the ing, and not because

Fateful Months

apparatus of

widely-spread bases modern

greater

the

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The preparations for a landing on the Channel coast are exten- sively known to the enemy, who had been heard or for any other still have been a forlorn hope, deceptions as to the true points of other belts amphibious war, their task would could concentrate upon us in great In increasingly taking counter-

the face of our sea and air power. attack. measures. Symptoms are, for cason.

In fact, they hnd neither the tools 1150 of hia example, operational

nor the training, aircraft for attacks and recon-

We have seen how our many naissances over

anxieties. and self-questionings operational harbour, frequent As may be imagined, the in- led to a steady Increase

in the Appearance of destroyers of the clent caused a great deal of talk confidence with which from the South coast of England, in the and stit, but no mention of it was beginning we had viewed the S'raits of DOVOT

and on the made in the newspapers or Par- Invasion project. On the other France-Belgian coast, stationing llament. It served as a useful tonic band the more the German High

patrol vessels off the and rehearsal for all concerned, of his patrol

Command and the Fuelrer look- North coast of France, Chur Having traced the German in-ed at the venture, the less they chill's last speech,' &c.

vasion preparations stently liked it. We could not of course The main units of the Home Fleet mounting to a climax we have know each other's moods andi are being held in readiness toseen how the early mood of valuations; but with every week repel the landing, though the triumph changed gradually to from the middle of July to the majority of the unite are still in one of doubt and finally to com- middle of September the un- Western buses.

plete loss of confidence in the known identity of views upon Already a large number of dea-fact already destroyed in 1940 the problem between the Gar-

have been and despite the revival troyers (over 30)

of the man and British Admiralties, he-

the never again tween located by air reconnaissance in protect in 1941, It

the Southern and South Eastern harbours,

All available information Indicates that the enemy's naval forces

are solely occupied with this DO YOU

- theatre of operations.

During August the corpses of about 40 German soldiers were washed up at scattered points along the coast between the Isle Wight and Cornwall, The Ger- of mans had been practising embar- French coast, Some of these barges kations in the barges along the

put out to sea in order to escape

British bombing and were sunk,

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