War Commentary
| Published date | 01 July 1940 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X4001300301 |
| Date | 01 July 1940 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
POLICE JOURNAL
VOL.
XIII,
NO.3.
JULy-SEPTEMBER,
1940
War
Commentary
WAR
AIMS
IN
the earlier months of the war it was inevitable that from
various quarters the Prime Minister should be urged to
define the war aims of the Government, and not merely the war
aims
but
the aims of the peace when victory has been won.
Mr.
Chamberlain wisely declined to enter into any attempt to
indicate, in preciseterms, the Government's war aims, and with
regard to peace aims, which some urged upon him as of equal
importance, in definition, as the war aims, he pointed out that
victory must first be won before consideration can be given to
the terms of reconstruction which will follow.
Events are proving the wisdom of the Government's policy
in this respect.
Our
sole war aim is victory for the Allied cause
and, victory gained, the aim of the peace will be the main-
tenance of law and order in Europe.
For
the present, the events
of the first nine months have served to impress upon all the
cold fact that the whole weight of the country's resources and
power, in men, machinery, and money, must be brought into
use for the successful and complete defeat of Germany.
The
strength of the German war machine has not been minimised,
and it is well to repeat that the whole of our resources are
necessary to defeat Hitler, and all that he stands for.
CIVIL
DEFENCE
There is evidence that the long period of waiting, almost
for many a period of boredom, which was the outstanding
feature of Civil Defence operations in the first winter of the
war, has now ended. Experience has proved that such a
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