The Phoney Victory: The World War II Delusion

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Even the threat of a German invasion was never a reality, more a convenient idea which suited the propaganda purposes of Hitler and Churchill. What began as a phoney war led in the end to a phoney victory, in which the real winners were Washington and Moscow, not us – and an unsatisfactory, uncomfortable and unhappy peace. Ministers accused of a cover up as it is revealed shadowy army unit DID spy on British critics of Covid... Omid Scobie rips into 'hot-headed' Prince William in extraordinary interview and accuses him of being in...

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