Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965) The Second World War
Volume IV The Hinge Of Fate (1950) How The Power Of The Grand Alliance Became Preponderant Book II Africa redeemed
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE TORCH IS LIT
...Before two in the morning Darlan, roused from slumber by the urgent message from General Juin, came. On being told of the imminent stroke he turned purple and said, “I have known for a long time that the British were stupid, but I always believed that the Americans were more intelligent. I begin to believe that you make as many mistakes as they do.”
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Later in the day a second Cabinet meeting accepted a formal rupture of diplomatic relations with the United States.
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