Second World War-Game
Douglas Johnson, 22 May 1980
1943: The victory that never was
by John Grigg.
Eyre Methuen, 255 pp., £7.95, April 1980,9780413396105 Show More
by John Grigg.
Eyre Methuen, 255 pp., £7.95, April 1980,
“... diary about ‘the futility of again causing such bloodshed’, or that when the American General Marshall was explaining why a prompt invasion of the Continent was essential. Lord Cherwell, who was very close to Churchill, explained to him: ‘It’s no good, you are arguing against the casualties of the Somme.’ The experience of 1940 had confirmed this ... ”