BBC Home and Forces Program – October 1st, 1952
October 1st, 1952
BBC Home and Forces Program
"This is the BBC home and forces program. This is Bruce Belfrage. The British military withdrawal is now in full swing. In areas along the entire European front, British military units have begun disengaging and pulling back. The RAF made its final appearance over German skies yesterday before re-basing back in Britain. Many suspect that the British withdrawal is the precursor to a full withdrawal from the war, which would mean peace with Germany and its allies."
"American, Canadian, and Spanish soldiers have acted with disgust. British divisions pulling out of the main lines were pelted with waste, stones, and were not treated with any respect. American diplomats have been trying over the past few days to change the British course of action, but it is well accepted by many now that the situation will not change. America and the remaining countries in the Allied pact will be fighting this war alone."
"In Europe, the main battle seems to be focused around the German city of Dresden. As many would recall, this was the key focus of many battles through 1948 and 1949. Again, this region has become the key point in the battle between the Allied and Axis armies. Little remains of this stretch of land, with hundreds of square kilometers razed and in ruin. Despite its ruin, its significance lies in its location in the dead center between the largest concentrations of troops deployed in the war. In Africa, Allied advances are minor and have not resulted in any significant gains against Axis forces."
"Dissent in the southern American states continues to grow. Two politicians, Richard Leche and Earl Long, delivered a speech to a crowd of several thousand in the American city of Richmond. Here is a brief excerpt of the speech that was given."
"Our young men are bleeding and dying by the million fold on foreign lands and shores, and are doing so for foreign goals and benefits. While they burn in the fires of Europe and Asia for empires that are already dead in the dust our children, our old and our women starve on rations cut to the bone. For what reason do we send our boys to fight, other than to die? For what reason do millions only return as cold still bodies in coffins if the mourners are lucky? What is to America who rules the lands of wrecked and ruined Europe? What is to us who rules the wastes of sinful old Asia?"
"Meanwhile, do our factories produce clothes for the cold? Medicine for the sick? Do we rebuild our ruined cities? No! They produce only the implements of death! Every bullet made, every tanks, rifle, jet and bomb represent a thief from us! It means a mouth unfed! A back uncovered! A loved one uncared for! For over a decade we have bleed and died! We have strung our children on a Cross of Iron for the protection of foreign empires and kings! It feeds the ambition of a new class, of hardened generals and cold eyed business men. Men who care not the suffering their power brings. If we care for our freedom, we must end this war. If we care for our children, we must end this war. If we care for ourselves, we must end this war!"
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