Thomas Graham’s Diary – 16th October 1939
“If you will take my advice you will also NEVER trust men with odd facial hair. Hitler affects a “charkie(sic) Chaplin moustache of repulsive aspect. I never trusted people who […]
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Thomas Graham’s Diary – 14th October 1939
Since his last diary entry only a few days before, two upsetting events had taken place which Thomas discusses immediately, one war related, and one outwith these events. Firstly, the […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 11th October 1939
On this date, Graham, and the rest of the country, were awaiting the response from Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to the recent approach of Hitler to the situation in Europe; […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 10th October 1939
“No sane person wishes this ghastly war to continue one second longer but that isnt the point! In the light of the past few years most people see that there […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 8th October 1939
In this entry, Graham discusses the situation surrounding the “Iroquois” American passenger liner which had recently set sail from Ireland, bound for New York City with over 500 passengers on […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th October 1939
Graham opens this entry discussing the impending address to the Reichstag that Hitler is due to give later that day. Although claiming that he won’t be listening to his “screams” […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 5th October 1939
In amongst the more mundane thoughts, such as reporting on the weather and his ongoing distaste for the BBC war coverage, Graham writes about a new role that he will […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 29th September 1939
The ‘arrangement between Germany and Russia’ referred to here is the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty, signed on the 28th of September. Although Thomas states here that the terms of this agreement […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 27th September 1939
Thomas begins this dairy entry with a reference to Stalin, a man he clearly has no time for, referring to him as ‘a smelly white slug, writhing about in the […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 14th September 1939
“What puzzles me is why Hitler did not force war a year ago, when it was quite evident to everybody that this country was not ready? It is clear now […]