Warnings And Predictions By Rothermere

Rothermere had no reservations in sharing his complaints through editorials in his newspapers and his own written works. In his book Warnings and Predictions, Rothermere lists his concerns with regards to military weakness, the problems with Versailles, the pitfalls of pacifism, and the need to unite nationally as Germany did in order to mount a defense and save the peace. Not unlike the aristocracy at-large, Rothermere did not feel comfortable in his place within Britain and Britain’s within the world. One of his largest complaints comes partially from his love of aviation, having served as President of the Air Council briefly in World War I, the Empire had fallen far behind the continental nations, particularly Germany in terms of its air force and capacity for self-defense. Writing in 1939 and looking back on the frailty of the nation’s air force Rothermere remarked, “had Britain in 1933 been set seriously to work to provide herself with [a 5,000 machine] air fleet, the whole course of history would have been changed.” This was of course a particular point of pride for him to make as he had published an article in November of 1933 remarking on the need for the production of a five-thousand machine air fleet. Rothermere did devote nearly the entirety of the work to arguing this point and made …show more content…
Not to ascribe undue motive, but given the reputation of German sympathizers in 1939 it is likely that Rothermere would continually have to point out his reasoning for holding sympathy for the nation. He wrote that “Germany, with justice, felt that she had been tricked at Versailles.” With his dissatisfaction with the status quo, even in 1939 after the outbreak of war, Rothermere continued his argument of the justification of the remilitarization and aggression among the fascist