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I Do Not Believe There Is The Slightest Chance Of War With Japan In Our Lifetime. The Japanese Are Our Allies.... Japan Is At The Other End Of The World. She Cannot Menace Our Vital Security In Any Way.... War With Japan Is Not A Possibility Which Any Reasonable Government Need Take Into Account.

Civilisation Will Not Last, Freedom Will Not Survive, Peace Will Not Be Kept, Unless A Very Large Majority Of Mankind Unite Together To Defend Them And Show Themselves Possessed Of A Constabulary Power Before Which Barbaric And Atavistic Forces Will Stand In Awe.

Thus, Then, On The Night Of The Tenth Of May, At The Outset Of This Mighty Battle, I Acquired The Chief Power In The State, Which Henceforth I Wielded In Ever-growing Measure For Five Years And Three Months Of World War, At The End Of Which Time, All Our Enemies Having Surrendered Unconditionally Or Being About To Do So, I Was Immediately Dismissed By The British Electorate From All Further Conduct Of Their Affairs.

Painting A Picture Is Like Trying To Fight A Battle.

Now At Last The Slowly Gathered, Long-pent-up Fury Of The Storm Broke Upon Us. Four Or Five Millions Of Men Met Each Other In The First Shock Of The Most Merciless Of All The Wars Of Which Record Has Been Kept.