Churchill's Mediterranean Gamble Shapes World War II
The article analyzes Winston Churchill's 1946 decision to keep fighting Britain to the end while exporting war production to reinforce the Mediterranean and North Africa. It contrasts British resolve with Mussolini and Mussolini's misjudgments, citing Allied air and sea feats, and the odds faced by British and Dominion forces against Axis power in 1940–1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Churchill
Britain
British Isles
Mediterranean
France
England
I.A.F
Luftwaffe
Great Britain
Russia
America
Mussolini
Rome
Gibraltar
Suez
Italy
Malta
Ansaldo
Egypt
Cunningham
Libya
East Africa
Abyssinia
Palestine
Cape
Mediterranean Air Force
Sudan
Port Sudan
Khartoum
Port Suda
Red Sea
Platt
Africa
Benghazi
Wavell
Melrose Court Fines Farce for Whisky Sale Violation
Frederick Howard Pitman, licensee of Mount Remarkable Hotel Melrose, pleaded guilty at Melrose Police Court to unlawfully possessing for sale Corio Special Whisky not in compliance with bottle particulars under the Food and Drugs Act 1908 1935. He was fined £1 plus costs or £11 8s 10d total, with a similar gin charge withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
W. C. Gillespie
S.M
Frederick Howard Pitman
Mount Remarkable Hotel
Thomas Les He Gepp
Watch This Space for Further Trips to Your District
A brief notice announces upcoming district trips and invites readers to stay tuned for details on future visits and schedules by local officials and organizers.
Cheap Advertising From A Penny Per Word Telegrams
An advertisement message costs the same as a telegram but reaches hundreds of readers and prospective buyers. For postings about buying selling or losing items like an overcoat, consider the cheaper wide reach to surrounding towns and districts.
Gibson and J H Vanstone Dentists Surgeries Schedule
Wirrabara on Wednesday from 9 to 12 February 10. Booleroo Centre Wednesday afternoon February 10. Laura Thursday 9 to 3 February 11. Georgetown Thursday 9 30 to 6 February 11. Adelaide Surgeries First Floor Shell House North Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirrabara
Booleroo Centre
Laura
Georgetown
Adelaide
Shell House
North Terrace
Stocks of Paints and Oils Available in District
Stocks of paints oils and related materials are available for use in the district. Work can be undertaken anywhere within the district to apply coatings and finish surfaces using diverse products.
James town Institute adds new library titles
Additions to the library are made regularly with suggestions invited. If approved, books will be procured by the committee from titles listed including Westward the Course and Gold from the Sea. A suggestion book is available in the library and subscriptions are six shillings per quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul McGuire
Halliday Sutherland
Quentin Reynolds
James Taylor
Keen
Bernard O'Reilly
Ethleen Norris
D. L. Murray
Jocelyn Playfair
Gentle Knight
Philips Lindsay
Agatha Christie
Paul Trent
Botany Bay
Lordhoff J. Hall
Simon Dare
Max Brand
J. D. Punshon
John Rhode
Anne Duffield
Emilie Morrison
Malta
Fowler Wright
Maisie Grieg
Louis Bromfield
Gladstone Rainfall Data Through Early 20th Century
A historical rainfall record for Gladstone lists annual totals from 1893 to 1942 with many figures in inches. The table shows variable precipitation across years, including notable low values in 1938 and fluctuating totals in the 1900s and 1910s.
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Onkaparinga
Matthews Emporium
Gladstone
James Smith
General Commission
Caltowie
H. V. McKay-Massey-Harris Farm Machinery
Waymouth Motor Coy. Ltd
Standard, Healing
Louis Dreyfus and Company
Cooper’s Shearing Plant
Texaco Products
Goldsbrogh, Mort & CO. Ltd
H.C
Big E Harvester
Holt
S.H
Imperial Motor Cycle
H.p. Lucerne
H.S.T
Forgan’s
Forgan
J. & R. Forgan Limited
Crystal Brook
Port Pirie
A. C. Masters
BAKER
Confectioner & Pastrycook
Quality Jura
National Library of Australia
Melrose Police Court
Marmalade
P. R. McCallum
Walter
Germany
Taubman & Pank Ltd
Gawler Place
R. G
Gibson
J. H
Vanstone Dentists
W. Baldock & Son
Jamestown Institute
Axminster
Cudunda Farmers Co-Op. Society Td
G. W. Skinner
Subway
Main Street
R. J. Cooke
Laura. Box
The
Northern Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting Association
A. C. Read
Oxy
H. V. McKay
Massey Harrys Pty. Ltd
General Motors
Holdens Ltd
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