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...officer who knows them and their meaning better than the lines in his palm is Admiral James Otto Richardson. As a young midshipman, Texas-born "Joe" Richardson got his naval baptism charting the waters around the Philippines; not the least of the qualities which speeded his rise to high command was his thorough knowledge of Pacific oceanography and topography. At 61, homely, unofficious, friendly Joe Richardson is Commander in Chief...
...British Fleet does fall to Hitler, Mr. Lippmann said, the U. S. will be isolated completely. "The question for us is not whether we shall send an army to Europe but whether we shall use our naval, air, economic and political power to prevent Hitler from obtaining command of the Atlantic Ocean...
...minor problem for the British high command when war broke out was what to do about the self-exiled Edward VIII, who still retained a raft of honorary military titles. It was decided that he should be made a simple major general and attached to General Gort's B. E. F. staff to do "liaison work...
Despite Britain's array of power in the Rock, British Military Expert Captain Liddell Hart believes it untenable as a naval base and the German High Command believes it crackable as a fortress...
First Targets. Airfields of the Coastal Command, oil stores along the Thames estuary, aircraft factories, the docks of London, Harwich and Hull were preliminary targets for Nazi night raiders. Incendiary bombs were showered down after demolition charges to start fires. But the impression was that last week's German raids were chiefly to familiarize squadron leaders with the course and to test Britain's defenses. When unrestricted air bombing begins, with destruction raining down by hundreds of tons, last week's raids by comparison will seem like flea bites...