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A tribute'

... it is from a German that Lord Wavell received one of his most striking tributes—General Keitel, who just before the Second World War wrote of Wavell : In the British Army there is only one good general, but he is incomparably good. General Wavell may ...

Published: Thursday 25 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 109 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Disappointment

... Disappointment IN the Second World War he war. at first in command of our forces in the Middle East. Armies under his charge in three months drove numerically superior enemy farces from Egypt. Kenya and the Sudan. His strategy also played a great part ...

Published: Thursday 25 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 82 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HANGERS FORD AND FORDSON DEALERS BROMSGROVE & BIRMINGHAM invite farming friends to visit STAND 341 BATH & WEST ..

... earned from the sale of goods in the world market Franc Strong as Dollar in Paris Market For the first time since the second World War the French franc yesterday was as strong as the United States dollar in the Paris money market The black-market dollar ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4244 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

RIVER PLATE HERO DIES

... RIVER PLATE HERO DIES Admi. Sir Henry Harwood, hero of the first major sea battle of the second World War—the battle of the River Plate—has died at Goring-on-Thames. Sir Henry. who was 62. was in command of the cruiser squadron which routed the German ...

Published: Tuesday 13 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 70 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE BIRMINGHAM POST TUESDAY JUNE 13 1950 Hats With a Flair for Gaiety VILLAGERS WANT THEIR COMMON FREED Kempsey Ask

... The death occurred yesterday at Goring-on-Thames of Admiral Sir Henry Harwood hero of the first major sea battle of the second World War the Battle of the River Plate He was 62 A memorial service is planned The battle of the Plate was in December 1939 The ...

Published: Tuesday 13 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5003 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

2 BIRMINGHAM WEEKLY POST FRIDAY JUNE 16 PREMIER S STATEMENT ON SCHUMAN PLAN Atlantic Organisation Felt to be ..

... The death occurred on Monday at Goring-on-Thames of Admiral Sir Henry Harwood hero of the first major sea battle of the second World War the Battle of the River Plate He was 62 then Prime Minister Mr Neville Chamberlain described this victory as one of the ...

Published: Friday 16 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2326 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Japan : what happen now?

... defeated enemies like Germany and Japan with all the horrors they inflicted on humanity, he would have been told It is the second World War we are discussing, not the First. The world will not be had for suckers twice in a lifetime. by M. INWOOD D D eek. ulles ...

Published: Tuesday 20 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 430 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

2 THE BIRMINGHAM POST FRIDAY JUNE 23 1930 announcements Births Deaths must be authenticated by name and address ..

... C V Hancock Other substantial markets Include Australia New Zealand South Africa Canada and South America During the second World War the company made large quantities of anti-tank armour-piercing shot and the In the Country High Summer Bees sipping the ...

Published: Friday 23 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6266 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

12 BIRMINGHAM WEEKLY POST FRIDAY JUNE 23 1950 Watching craftsmen at work nn-tn-rlntp rphirn In the news ..

... She first met her husband while both worked on the cataloguing of the Persian Exhibition at Burlington House before the Second World War Working till three o’clock in the morning tired and probably coal-black” was she feels a good way of getting to knoiv ...

Published: Friday 23 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2096 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

v' THE BIRMINGHAM POST MONDAY JUNE 26 FINANCIAL PAKTNEBSHIPS 11RESSING8 Directorship desired In firm metal ..

... and of their right to exploit the workers They had built up the German army after the first World War and so built up a second World War millions of people had died because of “their” anti-Soviet conduct “they built up Fascism “they” had on “their hands ...

Published: Monday 26 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 8394 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... in Tokyo harbour, standing with hands in khaki slacks and battered, gold-encrusted cap on head. Since the end of the Second World War MacArthur the legendary general has become MacArthur the legendary god. While the once-divine Emperor Hirohito, on M ...

Published: Wednesday 28 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 894 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

4 THE BIRMINGHAM POST FRIDAY JUNE 1950 announcements Births Marriages Deaths authenticated by name and address ..

... required: to make castors and is now one of the world’s foremost specialists in their design and production DURING the second World War the firm with its wide experience in making bearings was soon called upon to design mingham when the hierarchy was restored ...

Published: Friday 30 June 1950
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6612 | Page: 4 | Tags: none