"The aim of this operation is to eliminate the English Motherland as a base from which the war against Germany can be continued, and, if necessary, to occupy the country completely."
-Adolf Hitler in Führer Directive No. 16, July 16, 1940 (Rose 17) |
“[the] fact that the British Empire stands invincible, and that Nazidom is still being resisted, will kindle again the spark of hope in the breasts of hundreds of millions of down-trodden or despairing men and women throughout Europe, and far beyond its bounds, and that from these sparks there will presently come cleansing and devouring flame.”
-Winston Churchill, August 20, 1940 (Stafford 26) |
“It is urgent and indispensable that every effort should be made to obtain secretly the best possible information about the German forces in various countries and to establish intimate contacts with local people and to plant our agents among them.”
-Winston Churchill, 1940 (Thomas and Lewis ix)
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