Posted on 07/16/2009 5:25:09 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Britain Posts Warnings For the Nazis to Read – 3 to 5*
Soviet and Britain on Better Terms - 6
Hungary Warned of Nazi Tie - 7
Balkans Feeling Pressure of Axis - 8
Birth Rate Worries France – 9 & 10**
*Meanwhile British bombers, which are now coming from the factories rapidly, have taken to the air over the soil of an ally to show that they can fly as far as Bordeaux and back, or a similar distance in a more northerly direction, between lunch and dinner without half trying.
When AA and fighter cover are introduced into the exercise a little more effort may be required.
** Following the method that governments always adopt, it is being proposed to give credits to young people who get married, to reduce the taxation of those who have large families, to reward those who are most industrious whatever kind of offspring they may have.
Take that Freeriders.
Dr. Lajos’ book sounds interesting for the times, and I find it even more so in that for as right as he is on the manpower and materials issues, he is very woefully incorrect from there.
The German army will soon show that it’s not a paper tiger, and Hungary will fall into the fold albeit more through Finlandization than anything else. Oh, and those Ploetsi oil fields will prove a little harder to take out overall.
I wonder if I can find a translated version of that book.
It did find the actual title of the book:
Germany’s War Chances: As Pictured in German Official Literature
Amazon actually has several copies listed if you do an advanced search on author Ivan Lajos
By now, Hitler's armies are in full preparation to invade Poland, but most in the west are still quite unclear about what will soon happen.
The British bomber force of 100 planes, for example, a tiny fraction of the many thousands which will eventually swarm over Germany. Hitler apparently unimpressed.
And Chamberlain finally talking tough, but not nearly tough enough to effect Hitler's plans.
And in the US? "Neutrality" is still the strong shield by which our isolationists hope to protect America from another World War. A flimsy shield -- no stronger than a piece of paper, like the one Chamberlain waved in 1938: "peace in our time."
Americans in 1939 sincerely want to stay out of another "foreign war," but they also don't like the idea of Hitler's Nazis dominating Europe. Besides, selling arms to Britain and France is good business, and who could oppose that?
So many Americans are conflicted about it. President Roosevelt, of course, is not. He will do whatever he can to help the allies.
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