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...program one night last month was heard the voice of a Colonel Britton. There is a Colonel Reginald Brittan in England, a 76-year-old retired Colonel of the Sherwood Foresters, but BBC made its Colonel Britton a mystery man. He spoke polished English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Norwegian...
...Spain the Naziphile Falange began recruiting "volunteers" (while Generalissimo Francisco Franco promised Great Britain to punish Falangist hoodlums who attacked the British Embassy). Denmark broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, closed its only Communist paper, rounded up Reds. German propaganda announced that the Regiment Nordland, composed of Danish and Norwegian Nazis, was fighting on the Finnish Front. There was also a Regiment Westland, made up of Dutch and Belgian Nazis, in Finland, said the Nazis. Vichy broke off relations with Russia. Sweden granted Germany the right to transport troops from Norway to Finland...
...went into action: Lieut. General Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall. Sir James is one of the most versatile men in the British Army. He started as an artilleryman. He was largely responsible for training the British Intelligence Corps in the last war. He speaks French, German, Italian, Turkish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, Greek and a smattering of other tongues. He has been on enough military missions to know how a score of potential allies would operate. He is a particular expert on Turkey and on Thrace. But last, as first, he is an artilleryman...
Aerial reconnaissance warned the British last Thursday that the Bismarck and her escort, the 10,000-ton cruiser Prinz Eugen, had left the Norwegian port of Bergen for a dash for the open sea to raid the Atlantic convoys. Powerful units were at once mobilized to intercept them. At dawn Saturday, she was engaged by the Hood and the Prince of Wales. The Hood was destroyed "with very few survivors" by a lucky hit on her powder magazine at a range of more than 13 miles. But in the battle the Bismarck was slowed down...
...longer a competitor for the world's seaborne freight. Gone from their normal trade routes are the ten British ships formerly operated between North and South America, the 25 operated from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to the Far East, countless others. Most of the Free Dutch and Norwegian ships are also in war service in the North Atlantic...