England Calls Men to Armed Forces

Oct. 2, 1939, Cover

Oct. 2, 1939: Hitler plans to abdicate now that his work his done. Or maybe not. Winston Churchill calls Russia's next move "a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma." I wonder if this is the earliest occurrence of that phrase.


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