Good morning, Whitewater.
The end of the week brings rain, with a high of sixty-one, to town. Sunrise is 5:32 AM and sunset 8:09 PM, for 14h 37m 16s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 47.2% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1940, Churchill declares his resolve:
…as Winston Churchill takes the helm as Great Britain’s new prime minister, he assures Parliament that his new policy will consist of nothing less than “to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.”
Emphasizing that Britain’s aim was simply “victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of terror, victory however long and hard the road may be.” That very evening, Churchill was informed that Britain would need 60 fighter squadrons to defend British soil against German attack. It had 39.
Within a couple of weeks, the conservative, anti-Socialist Churchill, in an effort to make his rally cry of victory a reality, proceeded to place all “persons, their services, and their property at the disposal of the Crown,” thereby granting the government the most all-encompassing emergency powers in modern British history….
On this day in 1864, Wisconsinites defending the Union engage in Georgia:
1864 – (Civil War) Battle of Resaca, Georgia, Opens
The Battle of Resaca was part of the Union’s Atlanta Campaign. From May 13-16, 1864, more than 150,000 soldiers clashed outside Georgia’s capital city, including 10 Wisconsin regiments. On May 13, the Union troops reconnoitered the Confederate lines to prepare for the next day’s combat.
A Google a Day asks a history question: “The general who directed the project responsible for the “Fat Man” graduated from what alma mater in 1918?”