When war broke out in September 1939, some men volunteered to join the armed services, but Britain could still only raise 875,000 men. Other European countries had kept conscription between the wars and were able to raise much larger armies than Britain. In October 1939 the British government ...
In late 1941, Dahl was sent from the war back to his home in Britain. He was invalided home after beginning to get severe headaches that caused him to blackout. In 1942, Roald Dahl became a British diplomat. He was appointed as assistant air attaché at the British Embassy in Washington...