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Prime Minister W. Churchill appears before the House of Commons to defend the government's handling of the failed defense of Crete. He has testy exchanges with former Secretary of State for War Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893/1957), a frequent adversary, who notes correctly that, "For the first time in history an island has been captured by an airborne attack."
Churchill lamely claims that the German capture of Crete was a good learning experience and diverts the focus to British triumphs instead:
"I have not heard that Herr Hitler had to attend the Reichstag and say why he sent the Bismarck on her disastrous cruise. I have not heard that Signor Mussolini has made a statement about losing the greater part of his African Empire".
Churchill expresses irritation that the House is interfering with his conduct of the war.
Churchill lamely claims that the German capture of Crete was a good learning experience and diverts the focus to British triumphs instead:
"I have not heard that Herr Hitler had to attend the Reichstag and say why he sent the Bismarck on her disastrous cruise. I have not heard that Signor Mussolini has made a statement about losing the greater part of his African Empire".
Churchill expresses irritation that the House is interfering with his conduct of the war.