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House is Hostile – 2-4
The International Situation – 4
Holland on Alert – 5
Allied Gains Seen in Narvik Fighting – 6
German Labor’s Cruise Ship Reported Sunk (photo) – 7
Britain’s Air Arm – 8
Ecuador Signs Pact on Spanish Refugees – 8
The Day’s War Communiques – 9
Peace Advocates in Wordy Skirmish – 9
Fleet Will Stay Near Hawaii Indefinitely; Surprise Move Laid to Far East Situation - 9

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Two days until all hell breaks loose...

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/may40/f08may40.htm

Churchill chosen to lead Britain

Wednesday, May 8, 1940 www.onwar.com

In Britain... For a while it seems that Lord Halifax will be the next prime minister. Most of the Conservative majority in Parliament would prefer to have Halifax, and the Labour minority are also ready to support him. The problem is that as a peer he sits in the House of Lords and this is not ideal for a national leader. At the meeting of senior Conservatives Halifax’s own worries about this leave Churchill as the only alternative.

In Moscow... Timoshenko replaces Voroshilov as commissar for defense. Training programs are soon introduced to correct some of the defects which have appeared during the Winter War.