Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1945 — Page 15

- FRIDAY, MAY %, 1945 :

BRITONS REVEAL INVASION PERIL

{Had Only One Division ©. Miter Dunkerque.

E By EDWARD V. ROBERTS 8 United Press Staff Correspondeft LONDON, May 25.—The British | Isles were so close to invasion and defeat in the summer of 1940 that | the cabinet met secretly to consider, flight to Canada. Prime Minister Churchill prepared

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