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Monday, June 15, 2015

Duke of Windsor in 1940 Wanted England Bombed to Encourage Readiness for Peace

Duke of Windsor in 1940 Wanted England Bombed to Encourage Readiness for Peace, Archive Report Shows

The Duke of Windsor, who is widely regarded as a Nazi sympathiser, once argued that bombing England could bring peace by ending WWII, it has emerged. Correspondence kept in the Royal Archives between the British royal family and their German relatives in the run up to WWII remains confidential. However, information pieced together from open archives across 30 countries, including Germany, Spain and Russia, has revealed the close relationship some members of the European aristocracy had with the Nazis ... The Duke of Windsor told Don Javier Bermejillo, his old friend and Spanish diplomat, that the British royal blamed "the Jews, the Reds and the Foreign Office for the war". Writing for The Conversation, Dr Urbach explained how Windsor told Bermejillo on 25 June 1940 that "if one bombed England effectively this could bring peace.
Former King Detested Warmongers and Wanted Anglo-German Peace, Archive Records Suggest

King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate in 1936, and soon took the title of the Duke of Windsor. He has always been known for his pro-Nazi sympathies ... Intelligence reports and German, Spanish and Russian documents show members of the British royal family were indeed far closer to Nazi Germany than has previously been recognised ... In June 1940 Don Javier Bermejillo, a Spanish diplomat and old friend of Windsor - he had known him since the 1920s - reported a conversation he had had with the Duke to his superiors. Bermejillo reported that the Duke of Windsor blamed "the Jews, the Reds and the Foreign Office for the war". Windsor added that he would like to put Anthony Eden and other British politicians "up against a wall".
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