Thanks for taking the time to read my comments and for correcting my errors. There is no reason to be concerned with my dementia yet: I still remember Richard in The Thurn Birds, Montecristo, Wallenberg, All the Winters That Have Been, and others, though not chronologically. I think I did not confuse my list of actors. Chamberlain was a …
Thanks for taking the time to read my comments and for correcting my errors. There is no reason to be concerned with my dementia yet: I still remember Richard in The Thurn Birds, Montecristo, Wallenberg, All the Winters That Have Been, and others, though not chronologically. I think I did not confuse my list of actors. Chamberlain was a coward and committed a tragic error. Perhaps his intentions were good, even if he wished to turn his face to avoid the fast approaching fumes of war. Yet, in the fearful eyes of many the war was already inevitable: Hitler was not a reasonable man. He was neither trustable nor could he care less for the blood bath he was about to climax on. His obsession with «MAKING GERMANY GREAT AGAIN» was too strong, and Schadenfreude had taken over him. Hitler wished to invade not another country (for which he had rearmed sufficiently) but also Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary, and soon thereafter, France, Britain, and the Scandinavian countries. By the end of the last meeting with Hitler, Chamberlain knew it. At any rate, Chamberlain was out, Halifax was in, and Britain, France, and Europe were left alone waiting for the Valkyries who were already marching on. Halifax must have reproached Chamberlain for it. How could he not? Forgive me if I am exaggerating. Churchill had reasons to feel horribly embarrased, did he not?
Thank you for your response, and please pardon my irritability -- it's a habitual shortcoming. I, too, live in a country where I'm an immigrant and speak my second language most of the day. While I feel that I've mastered it for most uses most of the time, it still throws me for a loop once in a while, so I identify. I believe that it was Churchill who did the reproaching (although quite gently, all things considered) and Halifax who had reason to be embarrassed, but other than that, I think that your summary is spot on.
Thanks for taking the time to read my comments and for correcting my errors. There is no reason to be concerned with my dementia yet: I still remember Richard in The Thurn Birds, Montecristo, Wallenberg, All the Winters That Have Been, and others, though not chronologically. I think I did not confuse my list of actors. Chamberlain was a coward and committed a tragic error. Perhaps his intentions were good, even if he wished to turn his face to avoid the fast approaching fumes of war. Yet, in the fearful eyes of many the war was already inevitable: Hitler was not a reasonable man. He was neither trustable nor could he care less for the blood bath he was about to climax on. His obsession with «MAKING GERMANY GREAT AGAIN» was too strong, and Schadenfreude had taken over him. Hitler wished to invade not another country (for which he had rearmed sufficiently) but also Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary, and soon thereafter, France, Britain, and the Scandinavian countries. By the end of the last meeting with Hitler, Chamberlain knew it. At any rate, Chamberlain was out, Halifax was in, and Britain, France, and Europe were left alone waiting for the Valkyries who were already marching on. Halifax must have reproached Chamberlain for it. How could he not? Forgive me if I am exaggerating. Churchill had reasons to feel horribly embarrased, did he not?
Thank you for your response, and please pardon my irritability -- it's a habitual shortcoming. I, too, live in a country where I'm an immigrant and speak my second language most of the day. While I feel that I've mastered it for most uses most of the time, it still throws me for a loop once in a while, so I identify. I believe that it was Churchill who did the reproaching (although quite gently, all things considered) and Halifax who had reason to be embarrassed, but other than that, I think that your summary is spot on.