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Tag Archives: I purred like six cats
This week in the War, 9–15 December 1940: “I purred like six cats.”
“I purred like six cats,” Churchill writes in his autobiographical The Second World War. He was describing his reaction to General Wavell’s plans for a North African offensive. Archibald Wavell was C-in-C for the Middle East and then some—from Iraq … Continue reading →
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