Word: betting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other hand were signs that Vichy might be reflecting that the Allies were growing too strong to warrant a total bet on Adolf Hitler. Vichy dared to protest when the Nazis announced that, in reprisal for attacks on German soldiers, they would fine the Jews of Occupied France a billion francs ($20,000,000), would execute 100 "Jews, Communists and anarchists...
...Sooner or later America will be at war with Japan. And the moment she is the same people will start the same yap, I bet...
...Chicago has ever had any trouble getting down a bet on the horses, finding a crap game, or getting a seat at a public poker session...
Blocking Moves. Fighting next settled down to a duel of attrition. The British stuck by their original bet-that if they could isolate the Germans east of Tobruk, they would eventually wear them down. The German tactic was to join all forces into one phalanx of machinery (south of Gambut) and take on the smaller British units one by one. Because the British were trying to maintain an encirclement, they necessarily had to scatter their forces. This gave the Germans, concentrating the remnants of one Italian and two German mechanized divisions, the advantage of being able to attack a brigade...
...rubber treads, characteristic of U.S. tanks, lasted between 2,000 and 2,500 miles in desert tests, against a maximum of 800 for the best track Europe produces. Some reporters wrote that the British thought all-metal treads were better than rubber. The Ordnance Department was ready to bet that the British would soon change their minds...