[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The International Situation – 1
Incidents in European Conflict – 2
Germans Angered – 2-3
Coordinating Group on Refugees Formed – 3
Reich Army Victor Over Navy on Strategy; Greater Nazi Air Activity Expected in West – 4*
Roosevelt Warns Our Sea Frontier Expands With Need – 5-6
West Front Active Near Luxembourg – 7-8
Finns Are Ready For Russian Talks – 8
Nazi Scout Planes Fly Over Scotland – 9
British Peace Group Under Surveillance – 9
Last Russian Troops Are Now in Estonia – 11
Britain Relaxes Control Of Gas and Electricity – 11

*Also on #4, more on the strange affair of Unity Mitford.

[BroJoeK]

Churchill’s request here for special-built anti-aircraft “tortoise” ships sounds odd to me. Did anything ever come of it? I’m thinking it probably was not realistic, and there must have been a certain amount of muttering about all the stuff that “crazy old man” kept asking for. ;-)

[GeronL]

It occurs to me that the world was just not prepared for this war. If the Germans had waited another year to start their territorial acquisitions they might have had such a huge advantage they could have rolled all the way to Moscow and the Ukraine.

Assuming the world didn’t catch on.

just saying.

[Colonel_Flagg]

This is, and remains, fascinating reading. Thank you for performing this daily historical service.