Thomas Graham’s Diary – 30th April 1939
In the May of 1939, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain announced a bill to be passed by Parliament introducing military conscription for all single men aged between 20 and […]
Month: April 2019
Thomas Graham’s diary – 28th April 1939
In this short diary entry, Thomas refers to a speech that Adolf Hitler gave to the German parliament or Reichstag on the 28th April 1928, this must have been publicised […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 17th and 18th April 1939
This short entry in Thomas Graham’s diary again refers to the attitude of the United States of America to the growing threat of war in Europe. Many of the people […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 13th April 1939
In this diary entry, Thomas Graham refers to the man who would become Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Thomas was a great supporter of Churchill and approved of his […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 9th & 10th April 1939
‘I simply could NOT read this book. It is like a peculiarly dull sermon’. In his next entry, Thomas spends his Easter weekend reading ‘Mein Kampf’. In 1925, Adolf Hitler […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 7th & 8th April 1939
In his next diary entry, Thomas makes reference to a brief but important military campaign that would push Europe closer to full scale war. On 7th April 1939, Italy invaded […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th April 1939
Thomas Graham’s dairy entry for the 6th April makes a reference to the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938. Thomas took a keen interest in current affairs and […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 1st – 4th April 1939
As we enter April 1939, Hitler and his threat to democracy is the focus of Thomas Graham’s next diary entry. Thomas is consistently critical of dictatorships in his diary and […]
Civil Defence Services and the threat from the air in WW2
The document of the month for April looks at records from our Perth County Council collection which focus on the air threat posed to communities across the country during World […]