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Poland which with hyena appetite only six months before, joined in the pillage and destruction <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Czechoslovak state." - Winston Churchill, <strong>The</strong> Second World War, Vol.1, pp. 311/312<br />

THE WARMONGERS<br />

"Uneasiness ruled in the House <strong>of</strong> Commons. A delegate <strong>of</strong> the Labour Party met with the British<br />

Foreign Minister Halifax on September, 2nd, (1939) in the lobby <strong>of</strong> Parliament. 'Do you still have<br />

hope?' he asked. 'If you mean hope for war,' answered Halifax, 'then your hope will be fulfilled<br />

tomorrow.'<br />

'God be thanked!' replied the representative <strong>of</strong> the British Labour Party." - Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Michael Freund<br />

"For Churchill himself had, in the heat <strong>of</strong> the moment, supported Chamberlain's pressing <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>of</strong><br />

Britain's guarantee to Poland. It is only too evident that in 1939 he, like most <strong>of</strong> Britain's leaders,<br />

acted on hot-headed impulse - instead <strong>of</strong> with cool-headed judgement, that was once characteristic <strong>of</strong><br />

British statesmanship." - Sir. Basil Liddell Hart, History <strong>of</strong> the Second World War<br />

"We entered the war <strong>of</strong> our own free will, without ourselves being directly assaulted."<br />

- Winston Churchill, Guild Hall Speech, July 1943<br />

"One <strong>of</strong> the most unwise decisions ever made by a British government." - Lord Arnold<br />

WHO WERE THE REAL AGGRESSORS?<br />

"Germany is too strong. We must destroy her." Winston Churchill Nov 1936. Poland occupying<br />

German territory stolen in 1914 invades Czechoslovakia (March 1939) Numerous violations <strong>of</strong><br />

German borders. Germany retaliates, Sept, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany, 3rd<br />

Sept 1939. Germany retaliates. 10th May 1940. British and French Troops routed. Russia<br />

invades Finland, Nov 30th, 1939. Britain and France invade Norway's neutrality, 8th, April, 1940.<br />

Germany retaliates. 9th, April. 2,000 German troops rout 13,000 British troops. Canada declares<br />

war on Germany, 10th, Sept 1939. Russia invades Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Rumania, June,<br />

1940. Britain declares war on Finland, Rumania and Hungary 7th Dec 1941. British backed coup<br />

overthrows Yugoslav government, 27th March 1941, British troops enter Greece 6th April 1941.<br />

Germany retaliates - Britain retreats. Britain prepares to invade neutral Portugal, June 1940.<br />

Germany retaliates. 'Neutral' America attacks German shipping, Aug 1941. Germany retaliates.<br />

"<strong>The</strong>re can be no doubt that he (Hitler) broadened the war in 1941 only on preventive<br />

grounds." A.J.P Taylor, British Historian.<br />

BRITAIN'S UNPREPAREDNESS<br />

Little or no thought was given to Britain's inability to provide a military guarantee <strong>of</strong> Poland's<br />

independence. "Unless we know the duration <strong>of</strong> the war and its intensity, we can form no estimate <strong>of</strong><br />

what will be the state <strong>of</strong> Europe when victory is won." -<br />

- <strong>The</strong> British Foreign Secretary, 2nd November 1939<br />

"It was surely a chastening thought that we were now alive as a British Commonwealth and Empire<br />

more by the mistakes which the enemy made in 1940 than by any foresight or preparation which we<br />

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