Word: capitulationism
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Capitulation by the University to all the important demands of the A. F. of L. cannot be regarded as a bow to superior force. Although the demands of the Union appeared at first ill-considered and unreasonable, it soon became evident that actually they constituted merely a platform upon which...
That Italy was anything but happy over this British intervention in the war was evident from Italian newspapers, which warned Britain that it was now too late to be nice to Generalissimo Franco. A more direct sign of displeasure came when Rebel bombers raided Port Mahon while the Devonshire was...
Certain that Britain would not tolerate Japanese military operations in the area around the strategic, highly-fortified British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, 100 miles below Canton, Chinese military heads decided not to fortify the city, left it defended by untrained provincial troops. Japanese commanders decided on the South China...
Monseigneur, whom the journalists later toasted in champagne with the cry "To the restoration of France!" handed them a manifesto. It argued that, while for weak France to have tried "to bluff" and refuse to sign the "Munich capitulation" would have been "as criminal as war itself," nevertheless this "humiliation...
The official Communist Party organ Pravda ("Truth") charged: "He [Lindbergh] had an order from English reactionary circles to prove the weakness of Soviet aviation and give Chamberlain an argument for capitulation at Munich in connection with Czechoslovakia. The bribed liar, Lindbergh, fulfilled the order of his masters. That explains everything...