Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...younger brother Wally," testified Noah Beery, "lost $80,000, but my brother also wants Gilbert Beesemyer to be given another chance." The former movie villain had scarcely done talking when he suffered a heart attack; he had to be assisted out of the room. "My doctor told me not to come," he gasped. "But hell, I couldn't let this fellow down...
Greatest Experiment. For better or for worse, so far the British Army and Navy (along with the French) have not undertaken any great decisive action at the front or on the seas (see p. 31). But even if and when they do, even if some great attack should sweep the Germans out of the ocean, some air armada lay Berlin in the dust, some huge offensive run the Reich's soldiers all the way through Prussia and chase Herr Hitler off his cliff at Berchtesgaden, it may well be that these are not the deeds of which Britain will...
...Chinese answer to this drive was a surprise attack on the flimsy Japanese garrison which has patrolled the 22-mile strip of land adjacent to Hong Kong since a landing party seized it in mid-August. The attack had a temporary success, but it was only a diversion. Furthermore, it was a diversion which (along with the news that Britain was removing five gunboats from China waters because of "more pressing needs" elsewhere) only served to remind the Japanese that right now might be a sweet time to take Hong Kong...
After You, Adolf. The economy, the technology, the psychology of A. Hitler & Co.'s war position are all geared for an early, quick, dramatic offensive. Foreign Minister Ribbentrop was reported last week to be urging Hitler to strike at once with a giant pincer attack through Belgium and Switzerland. Air Minister Goring was reported against this, at least until the U. S. should make up its mind about embargoing munitions to the Allies. If the embargo is lifted and U. S. opinion of Germany discounted, then Göring would strike ruthlessly through the air. Meantime, the Berlin correspondent...
...military teachings, but when Leslie Hore-Belisha became Secretary of State for War in 1937, he began to listen to Captain Liddell Hart's advice, began to mechanize the British Army, improve anti-aircraft defense (Britain had fewer anti-aircraft guns than in 1918 when air attack was much less developed), reduce the age and stuffiness of generals...