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2007-11-01 -Obits-

Elizabeth Nel - Wartime secretary to Winston Churchill

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Posted by mrp 2007-11-01 09:48|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Which reminds me - I just finished reading for the 2nd time, John Lukacs "5 Days in London, May 1940" in which those days of decision making during the evacuvation of Dunkirk, Churchill's new role as PM, his rivalry with Lord Halifax (another bloody appeasing diplomat) and Hitler's intentions as to invasion mark the real man in history. Best damn book on going or not going to war to defend your country and its ideals I have ever read. I'll bet Bush read it before March of 2003 and if he didn't he got lucky.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-11-01 13:28|| 2007-11-01 13:28|| Front Page Top

#2 If any non Brits ever have the chance, go to the War Room in London. The amazing thing to me was the fact that the entire English war team operated in the square footage of a typical American house (2000 square ft maybe?). That included the executive staffs of the Royal Navy, Air Force, Army as well as the very manual logistics tracking of all merchant ships around the world. The administrative staff shared 4 typewriters for everyone.
While the new renovations to the museum have been sexxed up with graphics and displays for the MTV genereation, I was simply overwelmed with the spartan surroundings of original war rooms. Don't forget the war room could have been knocked out with one bomb down a ventilation shaft.

Posted by Capsu78 2007-11-01 14:01|| 2007-11-01 14:01|| Front Page Top

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