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THE

AUTHOR,

WIN-

CHUR- STON SPENCER CHILL. IN MILITARY UNIFORM. TAKEN DURING ONE OF HIS FREQUENT VISITS THE WAR, FRONTS.

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TO

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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1950.

CHURCHILL'S

MEMOIRS

OF

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Mines were

None returned

They could have gone north- about and tried to reach their own home waters by the Nor- wegian flords. But the one way which seemed impossibly to the general public was

that they could come up, the Channel and through the Straits of Dover.

read

an

fact useless, it was not until course, and by the morning of that we intended to invade to send almost all our torpodu- ›

11.25 am, that the Admiralty the 13th all the German ships Northern Norway at an carly carrying aircraft to protect date. With his powerful one- Egypt against potential over received the news. By then the had reached home.

cruisers and their track incl he uncrificed the seas invasion. But all possible escaping

The nows astonished the air were made Mittering chances in the Atlan- preparations.

and destroyer British public, who could not to powerful tle, And concentrated every watch Brest and to attack any court were within 20 miles

Boulogne.

Soon after noon the understand

what appeared to available surface ship and many cortic with bomb and torpedo Dover batteries opened fire with them, not unnaturally, to be a a precious U-boat in Nor- by air and sea

their heavy guns, and the first a proof of the German mastery **Norway," he

I will therefore wegian waters. Bold, is the zone of destiny in

also laid atong striking force of Ave MT.B. of the English Channel. Very the presumed route both in the immediately

and put to sea

soon, however, wo found out, extract from the Admiralty np- this war."

Channel and near the Dutch attacked.

by our Secret Service, that both preciation which was written The Scharnhorst expected

and It was indeed,

the on Feb. 2, ten days before the as the reader coast. The Admiralty is aware, most Important, but that the passage of the

Dover

Gneisenau had fallen victims to cruisers broke out, and when at this time the German oppor. Strait would be attempted by

our air-laid mines. It was six their exercises and steam trials tunity lay

the arrival of escorting but the German admirat in the

months before the Scharnhorst and vain the admirals argued for a

antic. In night to use

dartiness

Six torpedo-carrying Sword- was capable of service, and the German destroyers showed what naval offensive. Their Fuehrer hour trols when leaving fish aircraft from Manston, in Gneisenau

appeared they had in mind: Brest and adamant,

his

und run ille remained

Dover Kealed by Lieutenant-Com- again in the war. This, how- strategic decision was stre from Brest before midnight on the

batteries in daylight. He sailed mander Esmonde (who had led ever, could not be made public, thened by the shortage of oll

Arst attack on the Bis- and natiboal wrath was vche- fuel. Atrendy in January he had the ith.

nurck), set off without walling ment.

At first sight this passage up sent the Tirpitz, his only Battle- The morning of the 12th was for more than 10 Spitures ship, but the strongest in the

Bercely musty, and when the enemy support. The Swordfish,

To allay complaints un oficial the Channel appears hazardous world, to Trondheim.

ships were spotted the radar of attacked by enemy fighters, dia Inquiry was held, which repor- for the Germans. It is probable, that as their heavy patrolling aircraft broke charged their torpedoes against ted the publishable fasts. View- however, Pritne Minister to General down. Our shore radar also the enemy, but at a heavy coat. ed in the after-light and in its ships are not fully efficient they may; for C.O.S. Committee. fa.led to detect them. At the None returned, and only ave larger aspects the eplaode was would prefer such passage, re- their 25 Jan., 42,

survivors were rescued, highly advantageous to us. Esmonde Was awarded

Prime Minister to President,

at of Tirpitz The presence Trondheim has now been known for three days. The destruction or even the crippling of this ship is the greatest event at sea other at the present time, No

Y the end of 1941 the

U-boat fleet grown to nearly 250.

which

Admi. of Docnitz could report nearly hundred operational. ith a monthly addition of 5. At first our joint de ences,

much although tronger than when we tood alone, proved qual to the

new

кп- assault

don what had now become much larger target. For or seven months the I- boats

American ravaged

vaters almost uncontrolled, And, in fact, almost

brought us to the disaster

f an indefinite prolonga-

lon of the

Our

to

time we thought this on sumous V.C.

accident. We have leamt the war that General the chief of the German radat,

Successive waves of bombers hind mode 4 careful plan. The. and torpedo-bombers assailed German jamming, which had the enemy till nightfall, There previously been fairly ineffec- was much bitter and confused

BOOK FOUR: "THE HINGE OF

Chapter 5

FATE"

The War At Sea

U-boat Successes

war. Had we target is comparable to it. She tive, was Invigorated by the fighting with

the German we suffered Gevere losses than the

een forced to suspend, or cannot have ack-ack (anti-air- addition of much new equip fighters, in which

restrict craft] protection comparable to ment, but in order that nothing more ven seriously to

the vital ion for a time, the movement Brest or the German home ports. should be suspicious

If she were even only crippled, day the new janmers were enemy with his superior num- of shipping in the Atlantic.

would be difficult to take her brought into operation gradual- bers. When the German cruisers ll our joint plans would back to Germany.

ly, so that the jamming should were off the Dutch coast dt have been arrested.

No doubt it is better to wait appear only a little more vicious about 3.30 pm. dve destroyers On Dec. 12 at a conference

each day. Our operators there from Harwich pressed home an for moonlight for a night attack,

are not fore did not complain and about 3,000 yards under tremen- attack, firing their torpedoes at with the Fuelurer it was resolved but moonlight attacks

with

day attacks, and nobody suspected anything comparable

entire The

naval situation unusual.

dous are, Nevertheless, un- throughout the world would be By Feb. 12, however, the jam- scathed altered, and the naval command ming had grown so strong that in the Pacific would be regained, our sca-watching radar was in

carry the American coastal waters. many U-boats and several of the est German commanders had been transferred to the Mediter- ancan, and as by Hitler's order Doenitz was also compelled to maintain a strong group in Nor reglan and Arctic waters, only ix U-boats of the larger 740- on type were at first despatched. These left the Biscay ports be- ween Dec. 18 and 30, with

U-boat war Into

The whole strategy of the war turns at this period on this ship, which is holding four times the number of British capital ships paralysed, to say nothing of the two new Ameri- enn battleships retained in the Atlantic.

rders to penetrate the northern Defensive policy

nd of the coustal route bo-

ween Newfoundland and New

York, near the assembly ports

As part of his ' defensive

i the homeward bound policy, Hilter had determined to

onvoya

recall to their home ports the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, which

had

been

Attack spreads in Brest for nearly a

year,

and were, at the same a serious menace to our time, a ocean convoys. This decision Ind caused, at to an incident which

Their success was immediate. By the end of January 31 ships f nearly 200,000 tons had been

the time, so much commotion unk off the United States and Canadian coast. Soon the attack and outery in England that it

requires a

the

bread southward of Hampion Roads and Capo Hatteras, and

Tession here.

of Feb. 11 the twe battle-cruisers, with

the

ence to the coast of Florida. cruiser Prinz Eugen, escaped

a great sea highway teemed from Brest and successfully

defenceless American and inade the passage of the Eng-

Test shipping. Along it the lish Channel to

THOUSANDS OF TONS

nover

17 Feb., 42.

Less risk

lying for their security on destroyers and aircraft, which

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escorts. Their equa ceeding up-Channe

either could also move

It is

on to the Atlantic trade routes Taking all factors into con- or into the Mediterranean. We sideration, it appears that the would far rather have it where German ships can pass cast up than where It was. Our the Channel with much less bomber effort, Instead of being risk than they will incur if they dispersed, can now be concen- attempt an occan trated on Germany.

passago to Norway, and as it la considered Germans will evade danger the until they are fully worked up, the Channel passage appears to be their most probable direction if and when they leave Brest.

two

Secret session

It was not until more than months later that the Secret Session of April 23 en abled me to tell the salient facts to the House of Commons.

This quotation of what the Naval Staff had written before the event made, as I expected, on impression upon the House Most people thought the pass- which no subsequent explana- age of these ships through the tons could ever have done.' very alarming. They could have production, even partially, in any Channel very astonishing and World Copyright reservadd Bar

broken south and perhaps got language, strictly prohibited. either by the Dover into the Mediterranean." They batteries or the torpedo attacks, could have gone out into the the German squadron held is Atlantic as commerce raiders.

LOSSES BY U-BOAT JAN- JULY 1942

WITHIN U.S. AND CANADIAN SEA FRONTIERS

(300MILES FROM COASTS OF AMERICA)

4. 5.

BRITISH

500

OTHERS

400

300

200

regain

tho

100

ports.

cious tanker: fleet moved in shelter of their home broken procession to and from Owing to the very serious losses he oil ports of Venezuela and we had suffered in the Mediter fexico, The interruption of ranean during the winter and his traffic would affect our the temporary disablement of whole war economy and all our whole Eastern Fleet,

had been forced, ghting plans.

аб

whe have

*In the Caribbean Sen, stated in the previous volume, mid a wealth of targets, the

J-boats chose to prey chiefly on o tankern. Neutrals of all Inds were assalted equally with led chips. Week by week o scale of this massacre grew. February the U-boat losses the Atlantic rose to 71 chips, 384,000 tons, all but two of ich were sunk in the Amen- zond. This was the highest of loss which we had so far

Bred throughout the war. It is pươn to be surpassed.

Hitler obsessed

All this

destruction,

far

the catastrophic figures of the

By

LWO

years of

of "the advance of American

000

JAN FEB MAR APR

MAY JUN.

1942

UNTAMABLE STAFFORD 'FINISHED?

was buy

But

BEFORE

(MORE TOMORROW)

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

TOTAL

MILLIONS OF TONS

US, AND CANADIAN

SEA FRONTIERS

US. STRATEGIC

ZONE,

BRITISH!

STRATEGIC. ZONE

TAN - JUL.

HAS

JAN-JULY

BEEN

By TREVOR EVANS

the strain

of

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382, Nathan Road Eqwibon MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

Cripps was.. relentlessly be appealed against his expul- happy private life of Sir Staford. I came into this" party as I am, fiwill close at 10.a. on the 1st Day and at1it amni on the 2nşlar;

20.

This time, it was over blo sald, he had never deviated a year as leader at the Bar- 7HEN the Prime Minis- the "Iron Chancellor," the dic-

had turned Socialist. WH

ter announced that Sir tator of Britain's economic life. Popular Front campaign. His from fundamental Bocialism."

in- In the period of postwar rendammatory speeches

reborn, Cripps,

WOB very Promptly and simply t Members and guests-aro runninded, that they and their ladie Stafford Cripps was going covery. The author of the cluded such remarks as:-

the different... from

viclent answered. "Because...of my MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout thất The man who out of public life he added wage treeze.

"We shall have to overcome tub-thumper who had stumped religion.

I recall hearing him discuss Meeting... that perhaps it was 'only ved on carrots and lettuce..

Buckingham out in 1939. This time he was

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADUD WILL-SE ADMITTED 201 opposition from Mr Austerity.

authoritative, roof,

that when he THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE the

Bell the compladas" down to his for a year. It is easy to un-

And In recent years he look- Palace."axton and Harry sasured statesman. He showed invited

"James

Badges admitting Indles not. In puppesion of Broochen p xceeding anything known inderstand Mr Attlee's hope, ed the part... Every time he fila war, though not reaching

Member Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day incíviain); Cripps has been "Anished" milled it seemed an effort. It Pollitt should be the lenders of these rather forbidding quali country estate of Fiking,

by dressing for...

For dintier. fortable worst period of 1917, was caused Physically and politically-be- fare many of us. an uncom- the Labour movement today Be In his two years at the Gloucestershire, he embarrassed Season, ickets and gentlemen non-membaw of the Ghou

Every possible effort should Board of Trade, warning of health

be made to stop recruiting for to the public raze until dressed for dinner himself.

But they

blossom This, he sold was not true, but tax, for ladies or gentlemen are Abdable through the Secretar did not

1008, rue that he usually or be responsible for all visitors grogued by him, and 194 DAY

on the written or personal introduction of a member, such member no more than twelve to fore.

troubles ahead.

the Armed Forces," afteen-boats working in the More than 30 years ago, he Yet many people gained, t

The more orthodox Socialiat he took over from Hugh Dal-

FIG added: "I always havement of all chits etc. area at one time. The protection collapsed through overwork in vague sense of assurance by

were ton at the Treasury in 1947. done, and to change my habits Hadges admitting to Mmmborg Falcioruro Will NOT be on rupt afforded by the United States running a Government culphu kaving a man like Cripps at leaders of the thirties

Stafford That the Cripps frame would have implied" that I was at the RACE COURSE, Norry was for several months rie neid plant pear Chester, the Treasury. Brains, personat convinced then, that

and a

why endured so long of was untamable. That la deep sense

The Branch Omées and the Treasurers' Compradore Oficis inadequate. hopebuialy

It is Doctors said there was no hope probity, surpriding indeed that during for him.

moral

values all, are his.........

they turned Cripps down when oflea is a tribute to the Jelly, playing down to other peopic.

and I stay that way

Day. The Secretary's Office will:clopé'ät jothak, the lat Day chc at 11.45 am, on the 2nd Day. The disparungs' Compendoro a politician. Until the war, odd- sion to the Socialist Party con- and Lady Cripps. They married

His clan ly

ho had enough,

a reputa ference, at Southport in 1939. when he was 22 and she was.

Ho had to decide on a career:

car tion inside his own party

of.

It wa "toss

up" between being a bad politician.

#cinco and the law. The law CIR STAFFORD, „never had a It was freely said that Sir

won, though's Bir Stafford had reputation and internal

.ព ago he was Stafford did not understand the IS returned the party been practising only

intriguer, But Bo working classes.

helped

very shortly before the conference when he tools and political

greatly in creating. quired, the 50 old destroydra cialist Party för. his, deflanco unlons had little indica

form of "Inc-up and the 10 American Revenue in demanding a Popular, Front because he was an intellectual. at Blackpool an the eve of the to Franco, så roma-

It was there that he contracted which a stinctive feature of Ernest Bavin encouraged this triumphant 1940 election

an embarrassing-busingsa the intestitul trouble which the Bociales Administration

The price of admissimi-io-di bour Party members and Com-

for falling to back up, munists:

system, wilere betilor days inchating Socialist Party executivo do the leaders on the platform petardest to become art is, what might be called the was cleion

But the Left Wing consti naked Crippa one how he Ministern command, the affeqionable at the cube, sanctions Pearl Hot the two years--and be was

"against Italy: That was in the middle tuency delegatos gave him scion of an old landed family and loyalty of Dri- pressed heavily on the

irties.

warm welcome because, they and reputedly earning £500 Junior Minister:

Thar den den Staffords; has both -- a. maigtity tain's Ambassador in Moscow, N mited States Navy.

"MEALS AND clan chici. At one time or an- Although that Interludo, was, ni legatar

other he has commanded the THE probably the least successful

**11*, speeches : \}†

support of at least six reigning FUN the

Ministers Aneuring, Burian and Choces Stuns among.........them Garvan Certainly whis Burnerton a can

otal war towards the

Continent more

In two years: he had again... provinian

not been mado against this

..

His defiance onalatight. Under the

dint's policy of all ald to

Britain abort of war much had LEVEN years. been done for us. We had ne-

cutters. In exchango we

bad

expelled

from the

1...

But His return

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tiven 12 tho ́Invaluable Hidwèké / of Socialists Independent impression by attacking. Cr Sir. Statford--and for mor of compelled him to become It Ja"

indian kaded. But the

were now sadly missed by our His critica ·Bald ho Ally.

Onished politically.

with

thejs information - they had] L.

about the protective measures

Another

ve had adopted, both before Shapter, of his PURA Binia the Socialist Party started' to..

and Suring the tragic, it in led-Cripps back to the remarkable that no plans had terial status bo kept until last ogen hade for "cinstal.conveys month

and for multiplyinky talk TALE

Stafford, scientist,

rehabilitate, - hin | by recuiiing

weithas had the Canal-TALK O'er politician, and Minister Machohaki's. Invasion to the u Defende, been developed flowing and a front ranker in them all National Government vin: 1981, Sonight have been bure managed more than anys and had rented the minem Freater had the Germanent other Socialist leader to keep (d), the Ga

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