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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As a veteran of the Great War, you can see throughout Graham’s entries that he is frustrated and disappointed that another war of huge scale is becoming a closer reality […]
Following on from his previous day’s entry, Thomas turns his attention to pondering the causes of the present situation, and what factors were most to blame for war inevitably breaking […]
Graham’s next diary entry focuses on the subject of Russia and its leader for the first time. His description of the country’s “murderous ruler” clearly conveys his opinion of Joseph […]
In 1939, Liddell Hart was a military correspondent for the ‘The Times’ newspaper. Thomas Graham viewed Hart as far too pessimistic in his outlook on the war due to his […]