Word: clined
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...England, Cline saw no bombings, but plenty of preparation for Hitler's total war with trenches in London and barbed wire around Whitehall. After a six weeks' bicycle tour of England, Cline summed up his impressions: "No shrapnel in my hair, I was very disappointed as a matter of fact...
...beginning the English did not think the Germans would put up a fight. They discussed what the settlement was going to be and there was much talk about a federal union of Europe," Cline explained. But these ideas proved to be only "the pious hope of the time...
...Cline was impressed by the British character and described the English as "a tough bunch to lick...
Although the English have an income tax of 42 per cent, Cline pointed out, they were complaining that the government should do more for preparation even if it meant a further increase in taxes. The English would not stop fighting even if they were bombed out of London...
...English would like the United States to declare war on Germany for moral support, but what they really want from us, according to Cline, is financial and material aid of the sort we have been recently giving them...