Winston's War_ Churchill, 1940-1945 - Max Hastings [320]
202 “the narrowest, most ignorant”: Colville, p. 406, June 22, 1941.
CHAPTER FIVE: GREEK FIRE
203 saw no prospect beyond stalemate: See Bond, pp. 119–59.
204 “sit tight and defend ourselves”: Dalton, p. 87.
205 “They say no one knows”: Lee, p. 54, September 12, 1940.
206 “in a month’s time”: Ibid., p. 10, July 3, 1940.
207 “If Hitler were to postpone invasion”: Nicolson, p. 103, July 20, 1940.
208 “I have heard a good many members”: Diary, November 14, 1940, quoted in Garfield, p. 18.
209 “At our weekly meeting last night”: CAC, Bevin Papers, letter from F. Price, BEVN6/59, September 22, 1940. 100
210 “Winston, why don’t we land a million men”: CAC, Eade Papers, 2/2, March 6, 1941.
211 “We will go easy at first”: Gibb, pp. 40–41.
212 “the discharge of bombs is pitifully small”: BNA, PREM3/21/1.
213 “No more than anyone else did he see clearly”: Pownall, 2:8, November 2, 1940.
214 “As the PM said goodnight to the Air Marshals”: Colville, p. 266, October 13, 1940.
215 “He was always, in effect”: Attlee to New York City press conference, February 1, 1946.
216 “These military men v[er]y often fail”: Soames, ed., Speaking, p. 23, May 30, 1909.
217 “The book is full of abuse of politicians”: Ibid., p. 357, February 19, 1932.
218 “A series of absurd conventions became established”: Churchill, World Crisis, vol. 2, part 3, chapter 10, pp. 1131, 1134–35.
219 “I am so glad you were able to find the means”: Churchill to Tovey, April 7, 1941.
220 “by 300 determined men”: Colville, p. 286, November 3, 1940.
221 “He lay there in his four-post bed”: Ibid., p. 285, November 3, 1940.
222 “as if it were the only source of information”: Nicolson, p. 121, October 17, 1940.
223 “‘How are you?’”: Ibid.
224 “You should not telegraph at Government expense”: Gilbert, Finest Hour, pp. 905–6.
225 “I purred like six cats”: Churchill, Second World War, 2:480.
226 “At long last we are going to throw off”: Ismay, p. 195.
227 “If, with the situation as it is”: BNA, PREM3/288/1.
228 “Off we went across the unknown country”: Barnett, Desert Generals, pp. 37–65.
229 “For the first time the possibility”: Harvey diary, p. 149, February 22, 1941.
230 “Mr. Churchill’s speech has rather sobered me”: Hodgson, pp. 122–23, February 11, 1941.
231 “We cannot, from Middle East resources”: Eden, p. 168.
232 “The weakness of our policy”: Ibid., p. 170, November 3, 1940.
233 “We were near the edge of the precipice”: Kennedy diary, LHA, January 26 and February 11, 1941.
234 “He thinks Greece is lost”: Sherwood, White House Papers, 1:239–40.
235 “Found Wavell waiting for me at 9am”: Eden, p. 131, August 13, 1940.
236 Churchill and his generals failed to perceive: Hinsley, et al., 1:260.
237 “I hope, Jack”: Eden, p. 240.
238 “General Wavell should regain unit ascendancy”: BNA, CAB120/10, April 14, 1941.
239 “I think it is desperate”: Kennedy diary, LHA, April 10, 1941.
240 “CIGS is miserable”: Ibid., April 11, 1941.
241 “Chiefs of staff overawed & influenced”: Ibid.
242 “I am afraid of a disaster”: Menzies, p. 120.
243 “Aren’t you going to listen to Winston Churchill?”: Broad and Fleming, eds., p. 133, April 27, 1941.
244 “All that the country really wants”: Nicolson, p. 162, April 13, 1941.
245 “He himself took a depressed view”: Roskill, Hankey, 3:506, May 13, 1941.
246 “We hold our breath”: Hodgson, p. 177, May 25, 1941.
247 “The difference between the capability”: IWM, 92/12/1, Belsey Papers.
248 Churchill, a few months later: Colville, p. 443, September 28, 1941.
249 “Once more Germany gives the impression”: Sebastian, p. 343, April 9, 1941.
250 “You’ve lost the game”: Pauli, p. 137.
251 “the utter darkness”: Brooke, p. 379, February 4, 1943.
252 “The PM in conversation will steep himself”: Menzies, p. 169, March 1, 1941.
253 Churchill observed crossly: CAC, Eade Papers, 2/2, July 24, 1941.
254 “was right when he asserted”: Potsdam Institute, 3:555.
255 “As far as I can make out”: BNA, PREM4/17/2, March 20, 1941.
256 “He said some very harsh things