BRITISH SELF-DEPRECIATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 28 October 1941, Page 1

BRITISH SELF-DEPRECIATION

‘We are a curious race, we British; we are always ready to belittle and decry our own efforts and abilities, yet ever ready to laud up to the skies the efforts of other nations, and their ability to wage war,” said a group captain of the Fighter Command, R A.F., in a broadcast talk. "For instance, we always think of the German as a pastmaster of organising ability; in every action, every campaign he fights, or purposes to fight, we credit him with remarkable foresight and ability to plan and to arrange each action and battle l ight down to the minutest detail, to a 1 precise timetable, and with a thorough- ! ness tnat inspires success. Believe it | or not, that virtue is not the sole prerogative of the Hun. If deep thought. I careful planning, thoroughness, inspire I -uccess, then these fighter-bomber | operations of ours, far into France in ! broad daylight, also deserve the sucI cess they are achieving."