Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...want her to be victorious in the trial of brute strength. ... To win the war Britain must adopt with greater thoroughness the same work of destruction as the Germans, which would be an undignified competition. . . . Let Hitler and Mussolini take possession of your beautiful island, your homes, and allow yourselves to be slaughtered, but refuse to owe allegiance to them. . . . Whatever happens my love for Britain will not diminish. This appeal is prompted by that love. ... In God's name...
...place itself beyond Axis reach, the Royal Navy had been ordered to act decisively. Had the French Fleet surrendered, the Axis Navy-of German, Italian and French ships-would have been more than a match for the British Fleet. As her life depended on it, Britain could not allow that to happen...
...Foreign Office soon handed gentle M. Arsene-Henry demands that French authorities: 1) give the Japanese a detailed inventory of gasoline, trucks, railway stocks in French Indo-China; 2) allow Japanese customs officers periodically to examine these stocks; 3) let Japanese troops supervise transportation across the border into China...
...Iron and coal enough to allow for considerable export surplus...
...isolationism. If, on the other hand, the Allies lose, our security against the aggressor will no longer lie with the British Navy and the French Army, but only with a greater U. S. armament program than we ever have known before. The Allies are fighting our war. If we allow' them to lose, we will face the dictators alone...