Evening star., 1942-11-11
Churchill PLEDGES
Eventual Attack
Over Channel
(Tert OF King Georges Message
on Page B-10)

(Tert OF King Georges Message
on Page B-1O.)
b. the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. IA second
front in Europe was promised by
Prime Minister Churchill today,
addressing Commons as the Ger
mans overran all of France.
IAN attack will be made in due
course across the Channel or the
North Sea-" he declared.
OF the epochal events changing
the whole military and political
complexion of the war on two con-
tinents, even as he spoke, Mr..
Churchill declared:
To-day news reaches us that Hit
ler has decided to overrun all of
France, thus breaking the armistice
to which the Vichy government had
kept such pitiful and perverted fidel-
ity at the horrible cost even Of
sacrificing their ships and sailors in
firing on American rescue ships.
"They have been struck down by
their German masters
Here is the moment when all
Frenchmen should sink personal
views and rivalries and think, as
Gen. De Gaulle is thinking, only of
the liberation Of their native land"
Facilities to Bomb Italy.
Mr.. Churchill periodically gave re-
ports of the progress of the war in
North Africa-he told Commons the
news of Cacablanca's capitulation
had come just as he entered the
chamber-and made this predic-
ton:
'"The House may be sure that
many things are going to happen in
the next few days and I should be
merely presuming if attempted to
give digested opinion on the sit
uation which will develop in North
Africa, in France, or in Italy, ex-
cept that we shall shortly have far
greater facilities for bombing Italy"
OF an invasion of Northern
Europe, he said:
"Such an attack requires an i'm
mense degsee of preparation, vast
numbers of special landing craft
and a great army trained division by
division in amphibious warfare.
time"
However, said the Prime Minister,
Should the enemy become demor-
allied at any moment. the same
careful preparations would not be
needed"
risks would be run on a large
SCALE" he declared, "but this Ger
tainly is not the case at the present
time"
Invasion Plans "Greatly Advanced"
The Prime Minister said the Ger
man Army in France was "as large,
apart from the CBritish) home guard
as ours in Britain. It is not so
we'll equipped as the British and
American troops, but contains many
veterans ="
Invasion preparations "have been
greatly advanced he said and:
Enormous installations have been
oAAA al " NSAAA0 4AAOO ShAOtCAASC
at all our suitable ports.
But no one would have been
justified nor would it have been
physically possible to have made an
effective invasion of the continent
during the summer or autumn
months Of 1912"
Many joyous Highlights.
The Prime Minister'S report con-
tanned many joyous highlights,
among them:
His assurance that the Russians
have borne the disappointment of
no second front "and now they have
reached the winter successfully"
His grim prediction that Italy will
come now to a much fuller and
bitter realization of the realities
and horrors of war.
4. His disclosure that Nazi Field
Marshal RommePs army has suf-
fered a mortal blow" in Egypt with
the loss of at least $4,000 of its men,
500 of its tanks and 1000 of its guns
of all types.
Mr.. Churchill disclosed that he
had instructed the chiefs of staff
to disregard public clamor" in plan
ming future operations.
Stain Informed of Proposal.
II have been asked why did you
allow false hopes to be raised in
Russian breasts?" he continued.
"Why did you agree with the United
States and Russia to communique
which spoke of a second front in
Europe in 1912?
II must say quite frankly that I
hold it perfectly justif1able to de-
ceive the enemy even If, at the same
time, our own people are for a time
misled. -"
But there is one thing, however.
which you must never do-that is,
to mislead your Allies. You must
never make a promise which you do
not fulfill. I hope that we shall
show that we have lived up to that
standard"
The Prime Minister disclosed that
he informed Stain on his last visit
of the difficulties of a Channel
(See CHURCHILL, Page A-4O