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Editorial – Our Refuge and Strength

25 May 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 May 1940 Our Refuge and Strength The King's call to prayer comes at a grave moment not only...

Editorial – Base Betrayal – Dunkirk – Invasion

1 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1940 Base Betrayal So far the war has brought little but shocks and surprises. The latest and greatest is...

Editorial – Dunkirk Evacuation – De Novo

8 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 8, 1940 De Novo Our immense thankfulness for the substantial rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Flanders mercifully clouded the...

Editorial – Spirit of France is Unconquerable

15 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1940 France's Agony The agony of the crucial battle continues. Hitler has made his supreme bid, and France has...

Editorial – Alas for France – The Bombing Begins

22 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1940 Alas For France Our unhappy Ally has been struck down at our side and we fight on—alone.  Yet not...

Editorial – Pawned By Petain

29 June 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 June 1940 Pawned By Petain Mr. Churchill has said sufficient to indicate that the French capitulation, if not...

Editorial – Total Defence (audio)

20 July 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 20 July 1940 Total Defence In spite of the magnanimity of Mr. Churchill's attitude to the traitors of Vichy,...

Editorial – Blitzkrieg or Attrition ?

3 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 Blitzkrieg or Attrition ? "Behold," says Hitler," I show you a mystery. I shall destroy an Empire...

Editorial – Factors in the Fight

10 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 August 194 Factors in the Fight The "threatenings and slaughter ", breathed backward and forward across the North Sea...

Editorial – Britain’s Battle Begins

17 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 August 1940 Britain's Battle Begins The battle for local air supremacy," an essential preliminary to any" serious attempt...