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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Continued from August 28.

Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers

6 posted on 08/30/2014 4:31:45 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

At this time I received some pregnant messages from Smuts, now back at the Cape. He had always agreed wholeheartedly with my views on “Dragoon”, “but,” he now wrote (August 30) “please do not let strategy absorb all your attention to the damage of the greater issue now looming up.

From now on it would be wise to keep a very close eye on all matters bearing on the future settlement of Europe. This is the crucial issue on which the future of the world for generations will depend. In its solution your vision, experience, and great influence may prove a main factor.” *

* My italics.-W.S.C.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

7 posted on 08/30/2014 4:33:51 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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