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Having spotted numerous British transports, and proceeding to bomb many of them in Peiraeus and off Chalchis, the Germans accused the British of planning another Dunkirk. "Pay close attention to your ports," they urged the Greeks, "because when British transports come for a second time-empty-it is high time to capitulate." This week the Germans claimed they had bombed and sunk five British transports which were trying to evacuate troops...
Meanwhile the British Government warned: "In view of the German threat to bomb Athens and Cairo, His Majesty's Government wish it to be understood that if either of these two cities is molested, they will commence a systematic bombing of Rome. Once it has begun it will continue as convenient till the end of the war. The greatest care will be taken not to bomb the Vatican City." Benito ("War Is the Normal State of the People") Mussolini was again on a spot...
...advantage of this situation, risking their fastest surface ships in commerce raiding. Last week the German radio declared that Chief of Staff Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (rhymes with raider) had gone to Brest and pronounced the Scharn-horst and Gneisenau, which the British had had nearly three weeks to bomb, "ready for renewed service in the Battle of the Atlantic...
Then the flares began to float down-long graceful chain flares, star flares, flaming onions, and Molotov chandeliers, which ripple down in long ribbons of fire. From all directions the planes began to dive-bomb, lower than usual, and more than usual. This, the citizenry suddenly realized, was a return visit for the big fire raid the R.A.F. had bestowed on Berlin's Unter den Linden the week before; this would...
Little Fortune was interned at war's beginning, but he was not shipped to Canada on the ill-fated Arandora Star along with most of London's Italian major-domos. Instead he was assigned to the backbreaking work of clearing away bomb debris. Later he volunteered for "special duties...