The Second World War

By Winston Churchill

https://archive.org/details/secondworldwar0000chur_y7z2

Notes

• 220 - I thus acquired the chief power of the state which I wielded for 5 years and 3 months of world war, at the end of which time all of our enemies have surrendered unconditionally or were about to do so... I was conscious of a profound sense of relief. At last I had the authority to give direction over the whole scene.
• 193 Sweden was neutral and provided iron ore to the German war machine holy s*** what compliance traders bastards. Materialism wins again. There's no such thing as neutrality when you are fueling the enemy wtf
• 192 German war plans for the invasion of Belgium were captured but Belgium did nothing about it and was in denial and they could not be blamed based on all the appeasement of the day
• The human mind except in the condition of extraordinary genius can not surmount the force of the conclusions of the experience in which it was reared
• 188 it is a joke in the United Kingdom that the war office is always preparing for the last war
• 170 - Right after Poland was invaded there was a slight pause. France suggested to Britain that they don't bomb Germany because Germany would retaliate on France by destroying its war factories which were unprotected
• 165 - Churchill slept for at least 1 hour as early in the afternoon as possible and then he would work till 2:00 or so a.m. and wake up at 8:00 or 9 thus he said he had 1.5 days per day
• P161- speak for England Mr prime Minister
• P160 - war was preceded by a barrage of sabotage and murder. Churchill carried a gun
• 158 - Hitler pretended to. Negotiate with Pola d right to the day he invaded, so that England would not join and fight to help Poland, logistical move.
• 103 - england will bring the whole world against you, like last time - Churchill warned Ribbentrop
• 119 - this was the last I saw Herr Ribbentrop before he was hanged