Over the world's short waves, Winston Churchill gave another of his full-dress oratorical performances, launched the first big broadside in a new war of nerves against Italy.
In his last radio performance, in May, Britain's Prime Minister had done his best to sound resolute in the face of threatened Nazi gas attacks, discouraging war communiqués and mounting hostility at home. Last week his resolution was unbridled, his humility as forthright as a sock on the jaw. For his resolution, he had good reason. November's war had fared well. In Britain a Gallup poll...
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