Tag Archives: evacuation

1.6.41

We are clearing out of Crete. Mention of 13,000 men being evacuated. [1] No mention yet of the total number involved. The most frightful impression will be created if we remove the British troops and leave the Greeks behind, though … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged air raid, Baghdad, Britain, censorship, Crete, Damascus, Duke of Hamilton, evacuation, Hansard, Hess, Iraq, MOI, newspapers, oil, Parliament | 5 Comments

3.5.41

Posted on 3 May by orwelldiaries

The number evacuated from Greece is now estimated at 41-43,000 but it is stated that we had less men there than had been supposed, probably about 55,000. Casualties supposed to be 3,000, and prisoners presumably 7 or 8 thousand, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged Australia, British government, evacuation, Germany, Greece, Iraq, oil wells, scruples, Spender, Turkey | 6 Comments

1.3.41

Posted on 1 March by orwelldiaries

The B.s, who only came up to London a few weeks ago and have seen nothing of the blitz, say that they find Londoners very much changed, everyone very hysterical, talking in much louder tones, etc., etc. If this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged air-raids, blitz, Cheltenham, evacuation, London, Tube | 4 Comments

25.7.40

Posted on 25 July by orwelldiaries

No news, really. . . . Various people who have sent their children to Canada are already regretting it[1]. . . . Casualties, i.e. fatal ones, from air-raids for last month were given out as about 340. If true, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged air-raids, Canada, casualties, evacuation, Home Guard, LDV, Lloyd George, machine-gun nests, NCOs, Petain | 7 Comments

17.6.40

Posted on 17 June by orwelldiaries

The French have surrendered. This could be foreseen from last night’s broadcast and in fact should have been foreseeable when they failed to defend Paris, the one place where it might have been possible to stop the German tanks. Strategically … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged Canada, Canada House, evacuation, french, german, Gwen O’Shaughnessy, medals, navy, newspapers, Paris, patriotism, review, Scottish private, surrender, Underground | 9 Comments

2.6.40

Posted on 2 June by orwelldiaries

Impossible to tell how many men of the B.E.F. have really been repatriated, but statements appearing in various papers suggest that it is about 150,000 and that the number that originally advanced into Belgium was about 300,000. No indication as … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged advertisements, aeroplanes, bef, Belgium, clothes, de Valera, Dunkirk, evacuation, food and drink, french, gambling, Germany, Italy, patent medicines, Sunday papers, The People, tobacco, troops | 5 Comments

3.9.39. (Greenwich)

Posted on 3 September by orwelldiaries

Have again been traveling etc. Shall close this diary today, & it will as it stands serve as a diary of events leading up to the war. We have apparently been in a state of war since 11 am. this … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged aeroplanes, air-raid practice, air-raids, balloon barrage, Chruchill, Daladier, Danzig, Eden, evacuation, gas masks, Italy, labour, letters to Reynolds, Military Training Act, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, not much enthusiasm, POland, Polish corridor, public air-raid shelters, raid on Warsaw, start of war, troops, voluntary fire brigades, Waterloo | 18 Comments

1.9.39.

Posted on 1 September by orwelldiaries

Invasion of Poland began this morning. Warsaw bombed. General mobilization proclaimed in England, ditto in France plus martial law. [Radio] Foreign & General 1. Hitler’s terms to Poland boil down to return of Danzig & plebiscite in the corridor, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged bombing, Danzig, evacuation, France, invasion of Poland, martial law, mobilization, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, plebiscite, Polish corridor, reservists, Voroshilov, Warsaw | 34 Comments

31.8.39.

Posted on 31 August by orwelldiaries

Foreign & General 1. No definite news. Poland has called up more reserves but this does not yet amount to full mobilization. German occupation of Slovakia continues & 300, 000 men said to be now at strategic points on Polish … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged A.E.U., Anderson shelters, Bevan, children, Emergency Powers Act, evacuation, Gallacher, German occupation of Slovakia, German persecution of Jews, Hitler, Hyde Park speakers, Lansbury Wilson, London, Maxton, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, New York world fair, Paris, POland, reserves, Ribbentrop, Sir J. Anderson, Ted Bramley, Voroshilov, Wilkinson | 4 Comments

29.8.39.

Posted on 29 August by orwelldiaries

Foreign & General 1. N. Henderson has returned to Berlin with Brit. Gov.t’s reply & Parliament meets this afternoon when presumably the affair will be elucidated. 2. E[mergency].P[owers]. Act coming into force. Admiralty has not only assumed control of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged Admiralty, Emergency Powers Act, evacuation, Japanese, Labour Party, Mosley, N. Henderson, petrol, sado-masochism | 7 Comments