The German air fleet totals only 7,000–8,000 aircraft. The monthly output amounts to about 800 planes.

The British air fleet totals only some 3,000 aircraft, and the monthly output is 250 to 300 planes.

The rearmament of the British armed forces will be completed in approximately 12 months, but the size of the army is not expected to increase.

The anti-aircraft defence could be put in order in the course of six months, but Chamberlain will probably stretch it out for much longer.

In Liddell-Hart’s opinion, Chamberlain does not intend to set about arming properly as (a) he is afraid to annoy Hitler and (b) he has no expectation of enlisting real support from the workers and their trade unions (on account of his present policy), without which serious arming is unthinkable.

Liddell-Hart had been Hore-Belisha’s closest adviser for a whole year, but he parted with him not so long ago. Why? For the same reason. The British government does not want to arm properly, and Liddell-Hart does not want to serve as a tool by which the government can sell to the public those military pseudo-reforms to which it agrees.