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Authors: Winston S. Churchill
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The Gathering Storm: The Second World War (114 page)
Chapter 6
1
Japan.
Chapter 7
1
The amendment stood in the names of Mr. Churchill, Sir Robert Horne, Mr. Amery, Captain F. E. Guest, Lord Winterton, and Mr. Boothby.
2
The Marquess of Londonderry,
Wings of Destiny
, 1943, page 128.
Chapter 10
1
See also my conversation with Count Grandi. Appendix A, Book I.
Chapter 11
1
Keith Felling,
Life of Neville Chamberlain
.
2
It was actually smitten.
3
This was the reverse of the truth at this time. The signers of the Peace Ballot were at one with me upon armed collective security.
Chapter 12
1
See Appendix C, Book I.
Chapter 13
1
See Appendix D, Book I.
Chapter 14
1
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 338.
2
Ibid.
Chapter 15
1
Schuschnigg,
Ein Requiem in Rot-Weiss-Rot
, page 37 ff.
2
Nuremberg Documents
(H.M. Stationery Office), Part I, page 249.
3
Schuschnigg,
op. cit
., pages 51–52.
4
Hitler’s Speeches
(N. H. Baynes, Editor), volume 2, pages 1407–08.
5
Schuschnigg,
op. cit.,
pages 66–72.
6
Nuremberg Documents,
Part I, page 251.
7
Schuschnigg,
op. cit.,
pages 102–03, and
Nuremberg Documents,
Part I, pages 258–59.
8
Feiling,
op. cit.,
pages 347–48.
9
Lord Chatfield,
It Might Happen Again,
chapter XVIII.
Chapter 16
1
Nuremberg Documents,
Part 2, page 4.
2
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 350.
3
Hitler’s Speeches, op. cit.,
volume 2, page 1571.
4
There is, however, some evidence that Benes’ information had previously been imparted to the Czech police by the Ogpu, who wished it to reach Stalin from a friendly foreign source. This did not detract from Benes’ service to Stalin, and is therefore irrelevant.
5
Nuremberg Documents,
Part 2, page 10.
6
Printed in Georges Bonnet,
De Washington au Quai d’Orsay,
pages 360–61
.
Chapter 17
1
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 367.
2
Quoted in Ripka,
Munich and After,
page 117.
3
Published by Professor Bernard Lavergne, in
L’Année Politique Française et Etrangère
in November, 1938. Quoted in Ripka,
op. cit.,
page 212 ff.
4
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 372.
5
See Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 376.
6
Les lettres secrètes échangés par Hitler et Mussolini.
Introduction de André François-Poncet.
7
Quoted in Paul Reynaud,
La France a sauvé l’Europe,
volume 1, page 561, note.
Chapter 18
1
Livre Jaune Français
, pages 35–37.
2
Ibid.,
pages 43–44.
Chapter 19
1
Ciano,
Diary, 1939–43
(edited by Malcolm Muggeridge), pages 9–10.
2
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 603.
3
Nuremberg Documents, op. cit.,
Part 2, page 106.
4
Ibid.,
page 107.
5
Feiling,
op. cit
., page 406.
Chapter 20
1
Hitler’s Speeches, op. cit.,
volume 2, page 1626.
2
Quoted by Reynaud,
op. cit.,
volume 1, page 585.
3
Ciano,
Diary, op. cit.,
page 90.
4
Hitler was evidently quite ignorant of the facts of Jutland, which was from beginning to end an unsuccessful effort by the British Fleet to bring the Germans to a general action in which the overwhelming gun-fire of the British line of battle would have soon been decisive.
5
Nuremberg Documents, op. cit.,
Part 1, pages 167–68.
6
Nazi-Soviet Relations,
page 15.
Chapter 21
1
This difficulty was, of course, overcome later, but only by very elaborate methods after several years of research.
2
Ciano,
op. cit.,
page 123.
3
Quoted in Reynaud,
op. cit.,
volume 1, page 587.
4
Nazi-Soviet Relations,
page 41.
5
Reynaud,
op. cit
, volume 1, page 588.
6
Nuremberg Documents,
Part 1, page 210 ff.
7
Nuremberg Documents,
Part 1, page 173.
8
Ibid.,
Part 2, pages 157-58.
9
Ibid.,
page 158.
10
Ibid.,
page 166.
11
Hitler-Mussolini Letters and Documents,
page 7.
12
Ibid.,
page 10.
13
Ciano,
op. cit.,
page 136.
14
Nuremberg Documents,
Part 2, page 172.
Book Two
Chapter 1
1
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 420.
Chapter 2
1
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 424.
2
See also
Nuremberg Documents, op. cit.,
Part 4, page 267.
3
German Submarines
4
This submarine was commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Bickford, who was specially promoted for his numerous exploits, but was soon afterwards lost with his vessel.
5
This referred to a criminal act unconnected with the war.
6
The following are the corrected figures:
British Merchant Shipping Losses by Enemy Action September,
1939
In addition there were losses in neutral and Allied shipping amounting to 15 ships of 33,527 tons.
7
We now know that only two U-boats were sunk in September, 1939.
Chapter 3
1
Feiling,
op. cit.,
page 425.
Chapter 4
1
See Appendix B, Book II.
Chapter 5
1
Advanced parties of the British Expeditionary Force began to land in France on September 4. The First Corps were ashore by September 19, and the Second Corps by October 3. General Headquarters (G.H.Q.) was set up initially at Le Mans on September 15. The principal movement of troops was made through Cherbourg, with vehicles and stores through Brest and Nantes, and assembly-points at Le Mans and Laval.
2
See map.
3
Actually the German bomber strength at that date was 1546.
Chapter 6
1
See Appendix E, Book II.
2
Alas, these hopeful reports are not confirmed by the post-war analysis.
3
See Appendix I, Book II.
Chapter 10
1
See Appendix J, Book II.
2
See Chapter 5.
Chapter 11
1
September 29, 1939. First Lord calls attention of the Cabinet to the value of Swedish iron ore to the German economy.
November 27, 1939. First Lord addresses a minute to the First Sea Lord asking for examination of proposal to mine the Leads.
December 15, 1939. First Lord raises in Cabinet the question of iron-ore shipments to Germany.
December 16, 1939. Circulation of detailed memorandum on the subject to the Cabinet.
December 22, 1939. Memorandum considered by the Cabinet.
February 5, 1940. Detailed discussion of issue in connection with aid to Fin land at Supreme War Council in Paris (W.S.C. present).
February 19, 1940. Renewed discussion of mining of Leads in British Cabinet. Admiralty authorised to make preparations.
February 29, 1940. Authorisation cancelled.
March 28, 1940. Resolution of Supreme War Council that minefields should be laid.
April 3, 1940. Final decision taken by British Cabinet.
April 8, 1940. The minefields laid.
2
See Appendix J, Book II.
Chapter 15
1
The landing at Tanga, near Zanzibar, in 1917.
Chapter 16
1
Temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant H. J. Stammers, R.N.V.R.
Appendix M, Book II
1
The
Fiji
class mounted 6-inch guns. None the less, the 6-inch cruisers
Ajax
and
Achilles
later fought a successful and glorious action with the
Graf Spee
mounting 11-inch guns.
2
The
Argus
was commissioned and performed valuable service training pilots for the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean.
3
Many practical difficulties were encountered in the development of these nets. The early trials were unsuccessful, and it was not until 1942 that the equipment was perfected. Thereafter it was fitted in over 750 ships with varying success. Ten ships are known to have been saved by this device.
4
This refers to an incident on September 26 when the Home Fleet was attacked by aircraft in the North Sea, without suffering damage. It was on this occasion that the
Ark Royal
was singled out for special attention. The Germans claimed that she had been sunk and the pilot who made the claim was decorated. For weeks afterwards the German wireless reiterated daily the question, “Where is the
Ark Royal?
”