MADE BY THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
Statement.in Home of Commons
MOTION OF THANKS TO ARMED FORCES AND TO THOSE WHO LABOUR AT HOME <• (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Dav. 11.10 a.m.) RUGBY, April 9. Ths motion upon which the British Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) made his promised statement on the war situation in the House of Commons before the Parliamentary recess invited the House, on the occasion cf the recent victories by sea, land, and air in North Africa, Greece and the Mediterranean to record with gratitude its high appreciation of the services cf all ranks of his Maesty’s forces in these brilliant operations, and also of those who by their labours and fortitude at home, furnished the means which made these successes possible. A similar motion was moved by Lord Moyne in the House of Lords. In the course of his statement, Mr Churchill said the British and Imperial troops in the Balkans had not yet engaged the enemy. This was repeated this evening, in official quarters, cn the basis of the latest reports. It was also stated that none cf these troops were in the sector east of the Vardar. Mr Churchill reviewed the position in Africa and the Mediterranean, discussed the German campaign in the Balkans, dealt with the attitude of Vichy and spoke optimistically of our growing air strength and soberly of the vital Battle of the Atlantic. His account of the Balkans situation contained an announcement that the Germans entered Salonika at 4 a.m? on Wednesday, thus reaching one of the direct objectives of their diplomatic manoeuvres and troop concentrations,' the progress of which had been watched in London with growing concern for many months.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 April 1941, Page 6
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280MADE BY THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 April 1941, Page 6
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