1940
Editorial – Britain’s Battle Begins
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 August 1940
Britain's Battle Begins
The battle for local air supremacy," an essential preliminary to any" serious attempt...
Editorial – The Spell is Broken
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 August 1940
The Spell is Broken
An important consequence of the brilliant defence against which the air Blitzkrieg...
Editorial – The First Year of Armageddon
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 August 1940
The First Year of Armageddon
And so we come to the end of the first terrible...
Editorial – The Naval Deal
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 September 1940
The Naval Deal
The Naval deal with America is the first clear sign of the turn...
Editorial – “Bloody But Unbowed”
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 September 1940
"Bloody But Unbowed"
In spite of its hideous sadism, the murderous assault on London, described as...
Editorial – Hard Pounding.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 September 1940
Hard Pounding.
"Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let us see who can pound the 'hardest." These words, attributed...
Editorial – Reprisal
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 September 1940
Reprisal
We may be on the eve of decisive events in the Mediterranean, but the Battle of...
Editorial – The Brigands’ Club.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 October 1940
The Brigands' Club.
The formal adhesion of Japan to the Axis alters nothing if its purpose...
Editorial – Keep Far Our Foes
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 October 1940
Keep Far Our Foes
Mr. Churchill is the right type of leader for a nation "suckled...
Editorial – War Aim No. 1
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 October 1940
War Aim No. 1
Answering the fools according to their folly Mr. Churchill informed certain questioners...