BRITAIN ONCE NEAR DEFEAT
NAVAL POSITION IN 1940 (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON. June 12. “Following the fall of France, Britain was nearer defeat than our enemies are ngw,” said the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr A. V. Alexander) in a speech. "When I took oyer at the Admiralty Britain had only three corvettes and 90 destroyers working anfi'7o corvettes and 80 destroyers in dock.”
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23973, 14 June 1943, Page 3
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