LONDON AREA BOMBED IN RUSH HOUR, MANY DEAD; NAZIS SEE WORSE TO COME, CLAIM AIR CONTROL (8/17/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 8/17/40 | James B. Reston, C. Brooks Peters, W.F. Leysmith, Joseph M. Levy, Vincent Sheean

[CougarGA7]

Very cool site. That one is worth bookmarking, thanks. For those playing the home game, you can tell planes that belong to the Polish contingent of the Allied effort by the little red and white checkerboard on the equipment, like on the nose of this Spitfire Mk.IX.

There were many nations the operated out of England and by the time the Allies were marching through France, there were regiments from a score of nations making the effort of Eisenhower in keeping this coalition together that much more impressive.

Thanks again for pointing me to this site.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Pretty dark days for the Brits.... They must have been worried.

THANKS a MILLION, Homer! I don’t post that much on here... but, I read (at least the headlines) every day. I really feel it’s given me a better appreciation of how this all progressed. I really had NO IDEA that the war was raging for this long, at this level before Pearl Harbor.

I mean... you read the dates, you know it was a while... but, when you read the headlines every day, for such a long time... it’s a different perspective.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Thanks for checking in. I figure a lot of people read the threads regularly but I don't have any actual evidence aside from replies. The FR page view counting feature hasn't been working for over two months now.

I find it intriguing to try to get an idea of how Americans were reacting to this incredible news of the war coming to them every day. I suspect that one builds up a tolerance after a while and it takes more and more to keep your attention.

[SomeCallMeTim]

yes... it is VERY interesting to see how life in America seemed to be just plodding along...

Extraordinary events seem impossible to conceive, at times... I think, people living through them don’t even realize how dramatic things are....

Sadly, I think we’re in the middle of such times again. And, things are about to get much worse.

[BroJoeK]

"Sadly, I think we’re in the middle of such times again. And, things are about to get much worse."

If all the tea-leaf readings are true, then the American electorate is about to deliver a powerful message to Washington:

"We like racial tolerance, that's why we elected Obama president.
But you Dems can take your stinkin' socialism and shove it where the sun don't shine -- now get out of town!"