1942 BRITAIN in the 1st half WWII magazine article, from American viewpoint

Description: Selling is a 1942 magazine article about: Britain, early WWII Title: "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat" Author: HARVEY KLEMMER Subtitled “An American Tells the Story of Britain's War Effort, Summed up in Prime Minister Churchill's Unflinching Words” Quoting the first page “Two years ago the German hosts, drunk with victory, stood on the English Channel and prepared exultantly for the conquest of Britain. The Nazis had swept everything before them-Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Low Countries, France. There remained only a cluster of islands nearly the size of the State of Oregon to complete the subjugation of western Europe. It looked like an easy job. The British had been thrown out of Norway. They had been sent reeling back from the front in France and Belgium, their fighting strength nearly exterminated on the beach at Dunkirk. Italy had come into the fray and Japan hovered expectantly in the background. Perhaps the British, seeing what had happened to their allies, would adopt the course of wisdom and sue for peace. If they didn't, if they persisted in being stubborn-well, the Fuehrer had had an answer for everything so far and he probably had an answer for Britain. The weeks went by. The British didn't sue for peace and Hitler got ready to administer the coup de grace. Long-range guns were mounted on the French coast; invasion barges were assembled; troops were moved into position; supplies were brought up; airfields were made ready for a kind of assault unknown to the Spaniards in the days of the Armada and unknown to Napoleon. With binoculars one could see from Dover the German preparations. Britain braced herself for the blow. There was no thought of surrender, regardless of what the odds might be. Machine guns were mounted by the sea. Coastal areas were closed, barricades erected, tank traps installed. The great weakness, of course, was the lack of equipment. Nearly a thousand cannon had been lost in France. Tanks were few. There were not even enough rifles to go around. The outlook wasn't very bright in Britain that summer, and we who were privileged to be there felt like mourners at the bier of a friend. I met Vincent Sheean one evening in Berkeley Square. "What chance do you give them?" I asked, afraid to hear the reply. "Less than 50 percent," he said, lugubriously. Some set the odds much lower. The Germans massed for the kill. But something happened. The kill didn't come off. The German guns were answered, shell for shell. The invasion barges were dispersed. The Luftwaffe was sent scuttling back to its lair. Britain stood. It was no accident that Hitler failed to take the British Isles. He tried hard enough. He failed because he underestimated the British will to resist and the British capacity to take punishment. Above all, he failed because he underestimated the scope of the British war effort. Hitler is not the only one to err in the latter regard. Again and again, since returning to America, I have been surprised at the lack of understanding here concerning the resources of Britain and the manner in which those resources have been massed to build up the country's military strength. This, in my opinion, is one of the great stories of the war…" 7” x 10”, 26 pages, 19 B&W photos These are pages carefully removed from an actual 1942 magazine. 42H1 Please note the flat-rate shipping for my magazine articles. Please see my other auctions and store items for more old articles, advertising pages and non-fiction books. Click Here To Visit My eBay Store: busybeas books and ads Hundreds of items! Anything I find that looks interesting! Please see my other auctions for more goodies, books and magazines. I’ll combine wins to save on postage Thanks For Looking! Luke 12: 15 relisted Oct 2 2022

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