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51 英国公众在 5 月 13 日之前对敦刻尔克撤退的困难、危急情况和规模都一无所知,见 Juliet Gardiner,Wartime Britain 1939—1945(London,2004),第 172 页。
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52 Birmingham University Library, Neville Chamberlain Papers, NC18/1/1156. 伊斯梅从巴黎回到伦敦的时候,也对“这个人人看上去平静、情绪饱满而坚定的世界”感到惊奇不已(Memoirs,第 129 页)。
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53 Lukacs, Five Days in London,第 27—38 页,总结了各种意见和观点。
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54 但是伊斯梅将军回忆道,乐观主义是短暂的,很快焦虑情绪又抬头了(Memoirs,第 130 页)。
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55 Bell, p. 15; Lukacs, Five Days in London, p. 27.
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56 Christa Schroeder, Er war mein Chef. Aus dem Nachlaß der Sekretärin von Adolf Hitler, ed. Anton Joachimsthaler, Munich/Vienna, 1985, p. 105; Hitlers politisches Testament. Die Bormann Diktate vom Februar und April 1945, Hamburg, 1981,p. 113.
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57 See Ian Kershaw, Hitler, 1936—1945. Nemesis, London, 2000, pp. 295—296 and p. 921 nn. 63 and 66; also Heinz Magenheimer, Hitler’s War. Germany’s Key Strategic Decisions 1940—1945, London, 1998, p. 24.
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58 Churchill, The Second World War, vol. 2, p. 67.
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59 Reynaud, pp. 379 . 英国内阁和丘吉尔一样,直到 5 月 26 日才相信法国的失败不可逆转,而当时英国远征军已经准备从敦刻尔克撤退了(Hill,第 152 页)。
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60 The Churchill War Papers, vol. 2, p. 133 (War Cabinet minutes, 24.5.40).
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61 The Ironside Diaries, 1937—1940, ed. Roderick Macleod and Denis Kelly, London, 1962, p. 331 (23.5.40).
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62 The Ironside Diaries, 1937—1940, p. 332 (25.5.40); and see Esnouf, p. 195.
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63 引自 Reynaud,第 379 页,出自 1940 年 5 月 25 日戈特的政府报告。
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64 Lukacs, Five Days in London, p. 137.
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65 希尔(Hill,第 181 页)认为,“如果英国远征军被歼灭,英国的军事地位就会变得无法挽救”——由此很可能会影响战时内阁对形势的看法。
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66 David Reynolds, “Churchill and the British ‘Decision’ to Fight on in 1940. Right Policy, Wrong Reasons”, in Richard Langhorne (ed.), Diplomacy and Intelligence during the Second World War, Cambridge, 1985, p. 148.
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67 Reynaud, pp. 398—400.
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68 Reynaud, p. 403; Churchill, The Second World War, vol. 2, p. 108. 丘吉尔在 5 月 16 日给墨索里尼的信件的草稿出自 PRO,Prem 4/19/5。
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69 The Diplomatic Diaries of Oliver Harvey, p. 367 (25.5.40).
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70 The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan, p. 289 (24.5.40); Esnouf, p. 204.
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71 Birmingham University Library, Neville Chamberlain Papers, NC2/24A, fols. 108—109 (16.5.40).
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72 Churchill, The Second World War, vol. 2, pp. 23 (15.5.40), 51 (18.5.40).
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73 PRO, Cab 65/7, fol. 172 (27.5.40).
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74 Lukacs, Five Days in London, p. 76.
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75 PRO, Cab 65/7, Frame 266, p. 243 (24.5.40).
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