British and Russian wartime ties move to Moscow
In the House of Commons Anthony Eden announced British military and economic missions would be sent to Moscow to coordinate a common effort with Russia to defeat Hitler. He said Moscow welcomed collaboration on mutual plans and noted Turkey and Finland remained aligned with Britain while denying any secret British Russia pact. The report covers allied aims, German raids on Cologne and Dusseldorf, Kiel, Hanover, Bremerhaven, and Wilhelmshaven, and German losses in daylight and night operations.
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Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Moscow
Britain
Russia
Turkey
Finland
Eden
Germany
London
Balkan
Hanover
Bremerhaven
Wilhelmshaven
Channel
Britain’s War Cost Averaged Ten Million Daily
Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that in recent weeks the average daily cost of Britain’s war effort stood at ten and a quarter million pounds. The disclosure underscores the ongoing financial scale of wartime expenditures and the government’s effort to appraise public spending.
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Kingsley Wood
Britain