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...opinions of 266 undergraduates who recently viewed "Blitzkrieg in the West" can be taken as a criterion, more than half of Harvard's student body is worried over the consequences of a Hitler victory but does not believe that resistance to the Nazi machine is futile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GERMAN MOVIE ANGERED MOST OF SPECTATORS | 4/29/1941 | See Source »

...LONDON DIARY-Quentin Reynolds-Random House ($2). Uncensored, unedited journal of a top-flight U.S. foreign correspondent during the London Blitzkrieg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Job | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

...become a commonplace. Some of us have seen "Blitzkrieg in Westen," and think we know how crushing modern warfare can be. Others have read the newspapers, listened to radio dispatches, viewed the newsreels, and followed every development from crisis to crisis. We are mentally prepared for any eventuality, and whatever occurs will come as no surprise...

Author: By Paul C. Sheeline, | Title: Harvard in Last War, Hectic Military Camp | 4/26/1941 | See Source »

Greece: Second Phase. In Blitzkrieg, columns which meet resistance turn aside, seeking weakness. More or less stopped at Kachanik Pass, some Germans turned southward to join others who were al ready assaulting the junction of Albania, Yugoslavia and Greece. Here they looked for an opportunity to drive a wedge be tween the main Greek force in Albania and the main British force, established in a circling line from Mount Olympus to Fiorina and Lake Ochrida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BALKAN THEATER: Weakness Defies Strength | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

General Wavell did not invent this technique. Field Marshal The Viscount Allenby, his preceptor, used it. The fiery Confederate cavalry general, James Ewell Brown ("Jeb") Stuart, lost his life using it in the skirmish at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864. The Germans use it in Blitzkrieg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, SOUTHERN THEATER: The Other Way in Libya | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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