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Wysłany: Wto 4:26, 01 Mar 2011 Temat postu: winter boots clearance|On the Makaloa Mat LondonJa |
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said he would be proud to shoulder the job. I highly approved
his manly decision.
In Mr. Chamberlain’s day a Civil Defence Committee of the Cabinet had
already been set up. This met regularly every morning to review the whole
situation. In order to make sure that the new Home Secretary was armed with
all the powers of StateI also held a weekly meetingusually on Fridaysof all
authorities concerned. The topics discussed were often far from pleasant.
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Quite soon after the Ministerial movementsa change in the enemy’s method
affected our general policy. Till now the hostile attack had been confined
almost exclusively to high-explosive bombs; but with the full moon of October
15when the heaviest attack of the month fell upon usabout 480 German
aircraft dropped 386 tons of high-explosive and in addition 70000 incendiary
bombs. Hitherto we had encouraged the Londoners to take coverand every
effort was being made to improve their protection. But now “To the
basements” must be replaced by “To the roofs.” It fell to the new Minister of
Home Security to institute this policy. An organisation of fire-watchers and
fire-services on a gigantic scale and covering the whole of London (apart from
measures taken in provincial cities) wa,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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