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Other basic faults in organization-well-known to many & many a Briton-hamper the British Army. One of the gravest is in Britain's armored divisions, whose auxiliary units of infantry and artillery are merely "attached" to the main forces and may be detached at any time. In the German and U.S. Armies, armored divisions are firmly welded units, with tanks, artillery, infantry and even aviation permanently under the same command. The British Army's tenacious hold upon its ancient & honorable distinctions goes deep into British character; but it is no help at beating the Germans...
...crack shot, Finucane got his start as a unit commander when he took over a squadron of unruly Australians, adjusted himself to their helter-skelter ways as no Briton had ever been able to do. Few R.A.F. men doubted that, as lead man in a wing (two or more squadrons), Paddy Finucane could still make his elders hop to his command...
...Briton-in-the-street was as mad as a blitzed Briton, and Winston Churchill was in for more trouble the moment he got back from the U.S. The British remembered General Sir Claude Auchinleck's order of the day issued in the battle's first week: "Well done indeed, Eighth Army. Stick it. Hang on to him. Never leave him. . . . Give him no rest...
...names in the King's long Birthday List of honors last week. Some called it the most democratic Birthday List in Britain's history. All noted that rewards for loyal service to Great Britain had specially showered on those responsible for its waxing air power. Only one Briton was elevated to the peerage...
...Navy man. By blood and marriage, he is also related to many of Europe's royal families, including dethroned ones. His mother was Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Hesse. His father was Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, a German who became a naturalized Briton in 1868, served 51 years in the Royal Navy and was First Sea Lord when World War I began. The name of Battenberg was too much for warring Britons: late in 1914, just a year after 14-year-old Lord Louis had become a naval cadet, Prince Louis resigned from the Admiralty...