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... destroyed it . Well within living memory it was common for " the redcoats " to be booed at in the street and for the landlords of respectable public- houses to refuse to allow soldiers on the premises . In peace - time , even when there ...
... destroyed it . Well within living memory it was common for " the redcoats " to be booed at in the street and for the landlords of respectable public- houses to refuse to allow soldiers on the premises . In peace - time , even when there ...
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... destroyed . England must be " exterminated " must be " anni- hilated " , must cease to exist " . Strategically it would be possible for this war to end with Hitler in secure possession of Europe , and with the British Empire intact and ...
... destroyed . England must be " exterminated " must be " anni- hilated " , must cease to exist " . Strategically it would be possible for this war to end with Hitler in secure possession of Europe , and with the British Empire intact and ...
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... destroyed , it will have been destroyed partly by our own act . It could happen that England should introduce the beginnings of Socialism , turn this war into a revolutionary war , and still be defeated . That is at any rate thinkable ...
... destroyed , it will have been destroyed partly by our own act . It could happen that England should introduce the beginnings of Socialism , turn this war into a revolutionary war , and still be defeated . That is at any rate thinkable ...
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