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Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm
To my untrained military eye the “plan” looks like everyone charge the line and beat the c**p out of ‘em.
Texas training is on horseback??
Say what?
I want some of those Dianna Deane Exceptional Chocolates.
Too bad about the government taking all the wool in the UK
Did the Flint sail or not? Inquiring minds want to know.
War Diary and War Standing Orders of Commander in Chief, Submarines (Admiral Doenitz_)
Naval War Staff has ordered that passenger ships in enemy convoy be attacked.
U 33 sailed for a minelaying operation north of the Foreland.
U 25 and U 34 were ordered to make a situation report. I must know whether the French Admiralty’s claim concerns one of these boats. It might of course be U 40, but she could not answer, as presumably her transmitter is out of order (see 22.10).
After going into the question of keeping losses down again, I have decided only to order the boats to keep a sufficient distance in gun actions, and not to go all out. I do not think it necessary or justifiable to restrict the use of guns further, e.g.
a) to order the boats to avoid all gun actions, i.e. to leave the enemy as soon as opposition is encountered, or
b) to renounce the use of guns altogether.
Commanding officers must be required not to go all out for the enemy, but to keep at a range which makes it impossible for the enemy to use his guns effectively, or to break off the action if they are faced with superior guns.
U 31 reported: “Operation carried out”. (Loch Ewe). U 37’s report of experiences off Gibraltar received:
1) Patrol by Q ships, motor vessels and a/c. Cooperation between these.
2) Air patrol in the area Cape Spartel, Trafalgar, St. Vincent Larache. Hunts apparently only with hydrophones, no location.
3) Traffic: ships making 9 knots and over are routed independently, more than 10 miles south of the usual steamer routes.
This report gives valuable information for the operation of U 25, U 26 and U 53, which are to pass through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean.
A conference was held between B.d.U. and the General Staff of the G.A.F. on the problem of getting more information on the Channel.The G.A.F. agreed to fly an extensive photographic reconnaissance of the whole Dover-Calais area. It remains to be seen whether pictures taken of the surface of the sea from such a height can provide any practical clues as to mines and net barrages and other details of navigational importance. The only experiences are of much smaller sea areas.
I am of the opinion however, that every means of reconnaissance must be used. Even if the results cannot be analyzed accurately from a navigational standpoint, they will still be of great value.
Aircraft Loss:
Date: 29-OCT-1939
Type: Gloster Gladiator Mk.I
Operator: RAF 607 Sqn.
Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 5 miles W of Acklington, Northumberland
Narrative:
Stalled while doing aerobatics & spun into ground.
Pilot:F/O Alan Otho Glover RAF killed.