Invasion of Britain Seen Hazardous Amid Allied Prep
Renewed reports claim Germany plans for invading Britain clash with air strategy. The piece argues air offensives and bombings should precede landings, notes Britain's growing coastal defense and the arrival of Allied destroyers, and concludes a successful invasion would be extremely risky given Britain's resolve and readiness.
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Britain
Laméon
Germany
Great Britain
London
Channel
English
Three Converted Liners Join Royal Canadian Navy For Auxiliaries
Munitions Minister C D Howe announced three passenger liners Prince Robert Prince David and North Star will be converted this fall into auxiliary cruisers for Canada’s navy. The cost totals about 62 million with shipyards on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and the St Lawrence river busy to year end 1941.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Prince Robert
Prince David
North Star
C D. Howe
Canada
Pacific
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Mr. Howe
Admiralty
Churchill Defiant as Nazi Threat to Britain Grows
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned Britain of an imminent invasion by Hitler, calling Nazi bombings of London part of a larger plan. He noted large Nazi fleets massed from Norway to the Bay of Biscay and urged resolve as the nation braces for potential assault.
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London
Hitler
British Isles
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Channel
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Britain
Europe
Syrians warned to align with free France or face Axis
General de Larminat, governor of French Equatorial Africa, and his free French committee in London warned Syrians that failure to support free France would invite German or Italian occupation.
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Cairo
France
de Larminat
French Equatorial Africa
Vichy
Charles de Gaulle
Longon
Frederiction
N.B
Vichy Ministers Target Emigres in National Security Move
In a post reorganizational council meeting under Marshal Petain the ministers ordered expulsion from France of foreigners and Jews deemed dangerous. Public and private bodies must remove members shown as unable to serve under the current regime. Citizenship be revoked for those who left between May 10 and June 30 without permission.
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Vichy
France
Council of Ministers
Marshal Petain
Petain
Canadian ex-Servicemen's Association names honoraries
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton and Major General G R Pearkes of Canada's overseas forces accept honorary presidencies of the Canadian ex-Servicemen's Association of Great Britain. The group formed after the first Great War by veterans of the Canadian expeditionary forces.
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London
A. G L. MceNaughton
G. R Pearkes
Canada
Canadian ex-Servicemen’s Association of
Great Britain
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Nazi Broadcast C Canadians Warned To Place No Reliance
Ottawa cautions Canadians that lists of prisoners of war broadcast by German wireless stations are unreliable. Relatives abroad should not rely on them as official notices. The War Office memorandum says efforts are underway to trace missing personnel.
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Ottawa
War Office
London
National Defence Department
RAF to bomb only military targets in Germany
London reports Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert stating the Royal Air Force will avoid bombing civilians and focus on military objectives. He cited Berlin Hamburg Bremen and Ruhr towns as targets, and warned winter raids will continue while Britain repels any invasion plot.
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London
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Philip Joubert
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
Berlin
Bremen
Hamburg
Ruhr
Germany
Sir Phillip
France
Sir Philip
Italy
England
Philip
Hitler
English Channel
Invasion plan unlikely due to Channel winds
The writer argues that 20 to 30 mph winds would stir the Channel, hindering any invasion by boat. Hitler’s parachute bridgehead idea would require air superiority Germany lacks, and the speaker asserts Britain is ready to repel any Nazi assault, with the public awaiting invasion with confidence.
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Hitler
England
Germany
Ottawa Considers Unified War Services Fund Drive
War Services Minister Gardiner chaired a conference with Canadian charitable groups to discuss reducing public appeals and promoting a united drive for war services. The Red Cross already underway complicates an immediate joint effort, with a possible cutoff date to launch a single appeal under review before Sept. 18.
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United War Services Campaign
War Services
Gardiner
Red Cross
Germany fortifies for possible Soviet coup and British invasion
Washington reports indicate Germany has placed over a million troops in areas facing Russia and fortified northern Norway. Diplomats say troops near Tromso could block any push toward the Atlantic and Finland. Germany also guaranteed Romania's frontiers against Soviet threats along the Black Sea.
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Germany
Washington
Hitler
Norway
Tromso
Sweden
Atlantic
Romania
Black Sea
Bomb Hits Near Goebbels Residence in Berlin
A Berlin air raid report states a 15 pound incendiary bomb landed close to Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels' official residence. It destroyed only a bed of roses in the minister's garden and left a crater in the garden.
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Berlin
Goebbels
Minster
British Youths Train in Canada Under Air Plan Expansion
The air training program expands rapidly in Canada with British and other empire trainees at 29 schools nationwide. By year end 48 schools are planned, with 16 000 personnel involved, including pilots observers and technicians, as Canadians and Britons train in mixed classes. The first fully trained air crew graduates late this month.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Eglinton Hunt Club
Toronto
United Kingdom
Air Force
Canada
Large Task for Medical Men as Examiners
Canada orders all licensed doctors to aid the national war services in selecting 29 730 physical fit men for a 30 day compulsory training. Examiners will review about 40 000 volunteers at 39 centres with three days to report. Fees are set at 1 dollar per examination and a 25 percent rejection rate is expected.
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Ottawa
Canada
National War Services Department
J. G. Gardiner
National War Services
Dominion
L. R. LaFieche
National Defence Department
LaFleche
Gen. la Fleche
Canadian Medical Association
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