The Archive · 1940

His Majesty Warns Empire

*Defeat Will Mean Destruction of Our World and Darkness on Its Ruins"; Life and Death Issue

London, May 25, ET no one be mistaken, it is no more territorial conquest our enemies are seeking; it is the overthrow, complete and final, of the Empire and everything for which it stands, and after that, the conquest of the world," declared King George last night when he broadcast an Empire Day message to the nation, "If their will prevails,' he added "they will bring to its accomplishment all the hatred and cruelty they have already displayed. It was not easy for us to believe that designs so evil could find place in the human mind, but the time for doubt is long past. To all of us in the Empire, to all men of vision and good will throughout the world, the issue is now plain." i Ee in been taking place for several days in the north, particularly in the of Cambrai and Arras, and extended as far as to the of St Omer and Boulogne, Nazis Drive More Wedges

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