Harold Gordon Cardozo (1888–1963) was an English journalist, soldier, war correspondent, and author. During the

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, Cardozo enlisted as a private into the Rifle Brigade and on 26 June 1917 was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the

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. In November 1921 he was serving as a temporary Lieutenant in the

Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal County D ...

and was made up to Lieutenant. Cardozo’s main career was as a ''

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'' correspondent. He covered the

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for the newspaper, and

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commented on his reports “ the ''Daily Mail'', amid the cheers of the Catholic clergy, was able to represent Franco as a patriot delivering his country from hordes of fiendish Reds”. In his book ''March of a Nation'' (1937), Cardozo told the story of the war from a point of view supportive of

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. This was chosen as the

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’s book of the month for November 1937. In 1940, Cardozo was the first British journalist allowed to enter France after its capitulation to Germany and reported for the ''Mail'' from

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, quickly publishing a new book, ''France in Chains'', to describe the situation of France. He stated that France had no freedom left and looked forward to Britain returning France to “her former sovereign power”.Cardozo, Harold G., France in chains (London: Hutchinson)
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Books

*''March of a Nation: My Year of Spain's Civil War'' (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937) *''France in Chains'' (London: Hutchinson, 1940)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardozo Harold Gordon 1888 births 1963 deaths 20th-century British journalists British Army personnel of World War I British war correspondents Daily Mail journalists Royal Ulster Rifles officers