Keep Heads Cool, Mouths Shut If Britain Invaded
LONDON, June 6. “Keep your head cool and your mouth shut; stay put and sit tight.” The Chief of the Civil Defence Services (Sir Hugh Elies) said this in a broadcast on “What to Do if Britain is Invaded.” “Germany would like to see our roads thronged with hapless refugees, blocking transport and preventing the advance of our.troops,” General Elies said. “These dangers can be met if everybody is alert and determined not to spread rumours or to become fugitives.” Thousands of Local Defence Volunteers are going to their posts and the Ironsides are rapidly being formed. Their personnel includes men from Flanders who are familiar with the methods of parachute troops.
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Northern Advocate, 7 June 1940, Page 5
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