1940 Quarter 3
Editorial – Total Defence (audio)
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 ?
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
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 August 1940
Britain's Battle Begins
The battle for local air supremacy," an essential preliminary to any" serious attempt...
Editorial – The Spell is Broken
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 August 1940
The Spell is Broken
An important consequence of the brilliant defence against which the air Blitzkrieg...
Editorial – The First Year of Armageddon
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 August 1940
The First Year of Armageddon
And so we come to the end of the first terrible...
Editorial – The Naval Deal
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 September 1940
The Naval Deal
The Naval deal with America is the first clear sign of the turn...
Editorial – “Bloody But Unbowed”
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 September 1940
"Bloody But Unbowed"
In spite of its hideous sadism, the murderous assault on London, described as...
Editorial – Hard Pounding.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 September 1940
Hard Pounding.
"Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let us see who can pound the 'hardest." These...
Editorial – Reprisal
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 September 1940
Reprisal
We may be on the eve of decisive events in the Mediterranean, but the Battle of...