[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from March 22.]

In the face of so astonishing a charge it seemed to me that silence was better than a contest in abuse, and on March 24 I minuted to Mr. Eden:

Prime Minister to Foreign Secretary 24 Mar 45

For the moment these negotiations have dropped. They may be reopened in a far more vital area than Italy. In this military and political questions will be intertwined. The Russians may have a legitimate fear of our doing a deal in the West to hold them well back in the East. On the whole it will be well to send no reply [to Molotov] till we have checked up with Washington to whom you should repeat the Russian message.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s sound bites are from BBC coverage of the Allied operation to cross the Rhine. The first two are from Richard Dimbleby and the second two are from W.V. Thomas.

Aboard a glider-towing aircraft (1:11)

Recounting the glider operation (3:43)

Waiting to cross by Buffalo (2:12)

During the crossing (1:22)