Word: blows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twice before the Allied Command had planned a flanking blow. In mid-September all was ready to strike at Rome with airborne troops. The men were already in their planes when Marshal Pietro Badoglio withdrew pledged support, compelled the Allies to give up the operation...
Island by Island. Whatever the objective of the next major blow in the Pacific, one thing is certain: the Navy has no present hope of drawing the Jap Fleet into conclusive combat, of destroying it and thus ending the Pacific war. In the central Pacific, Admiral Chester Nimitz has settled down to island-hopping...
...recaptured Kirovograd, a woman reverently kissed a Red tank caterpillar. Far to the north, in a small village in White Russia, villagers caught a Nazi setting buildings afire, dragged him to a bleak cemetery, made him run the gantlet. Too late to strike her blow, an old, hobbling woman, dragging a heavy yoke, screamed: "Revive him, revive him! I must pay him back for my man he killed, for my house he burned." When a bucketful of ice water revived the Nazi, she brained...
...Great Britain; a U.S. embargo alone would have little effect. The nub, undoubtedly discussed by Secretary Hull and British Ambassador Lord Halifax, is that the U.S. needs few Argentine products, Great Britain sorely needs them. Even a temporary loss of Argentine beef might be a real blow to the British (and to the millions of Americans now eating in Britain). Loss of Argentine hides and dairy products might also make the British hesitate, as would the probable fate of their enormous investments in Argentina. Thus the great uncertainty is: How far can or will the British...
...Attention, please!" The amplified voice boomed through the loudspeakers to every corner of Boeing's Wichita plant-"Another blow to the Axis has just been dealt by Boeing workers. Another B-29 has just been delivered to the Army. Listen for the bell. Keep it ringing...