The War and Colonel WardenKnopf, 1963 - 422 עמודים An intimate World War II Churchill diary derived from the recollections of Churchill's wartime Aide decamp Tommy Thompson, important as a primary source, including some little-known anecdotes. |
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תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 63
עמוד xxiii
... INVASION SUMMER At the Prime Minister's request Tommy leaves the Ad- miralty to become his Personal Assistant at No. 10 Down- ing Street ... Churchill's foibles ; his dislike of new faces ... Throughout July and August 1940 the Prime ...
... INVASION SUMMER At the Prime Minister's request Tommy leaves the Ad- miralty to become his Personal Assistant at No. 10 Down- ing Street ... Churchill's foibles ; his dislike of new faces ... Throughout July and August 1940 the Prime ...
עמוד 60
... invasion was launched , and his insistence on this point at one of the daily conferences brought a typically Churchillian reproof . Observing that no undue attention should be paid to what the Royal Navy might say they would do in ...
... invasion was launched , and his insistence on this point at one of the daily conferences brought a typically Churchillian reproof . Observing that no undue attention should be paid to what the Royal Navy might say they would do in ...
עמוד 109
... invasion of Russia was no doubt only a prel- ude to invasion of the British Isles , which Hitler- " this bloodthirsty guttersnipe , " he called him - hoped to accomplish before the winter . And when he addressed the House of Commons he ...
... invasion of Russia was no doubt only a prel- ude to invasion of the British Isles , which Hitler- " this bloodthirsty guttersnipe , " he called him - hoped to accomplish before the winter . And when he addressed the House of Commons he ...
תוכן
THIS IS TOMMY | 3 |
A NIGHT ON THE MUD FLATS 20 | 20 |
THE STORM BREAKS | 34 |
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Admiral Cunningham Admiralty afternoon aircraft airfield Alexander Algiers Allied already Ambassador American armoured Army arrived ashore asked attack bomb Brendan Bracken Britain British Cabinet Cairo Captain Chequers Chiefs of Staff Churchill Churchill's Commander Thompson's notes Commander-in-Chief Conference convoy cruiser dinner discussions Downing Street Eisenhower Eisenhower's Embassy enemy England fighting Fleet flying force France French front Gaulle German Gibraltar Government Greece Greek ground guarded Harry Hopkins Hopkins invasion Ismay Italy Jock Colville journey later Leslie Rowan London Lord lunch Map Room Marrakesh Marshal Mediterranean meeting military Molotov Montgomery morning Moscow naval Navy night North Africa officers operation Overlord party President Prime Minister Prime Minister's reached Richard Pim Roosevelt Royal Royal Navy Russian Sea Lord Secretary seemed sent ships signal soon Stalin talks tanks tion told Tommy took train troops Tube Alloys U-boat villa Wavell