Word: commando
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Permit Nationalist commando units to train on the tightly sealed-off Pacific islands of Saipan and Tinian...
There is also the possibility--we should say probability--that Chiang could exert all the force of a gnat against Mao. Kuomintang officials themselves have reckoned that preparations will take a year. But even Chiang's much discussed "commando raids," could do little damage unless supported by American forces. If anything, Eisenhower's order will thus have little significance save balming the torture minds of those who demand action--any action...
...Keep China's Red masters insecure everywhere-"Why shouldn't the Chinese Communists live in fear of a commando raid along any area of their long coast line on any dark night...
When the Germans invade the island in 1940, Major David Niven is assigned to lead a commando raid on Armorel to rescue Venus. Meanwhile the enemy, headed by Commandant George Coulouris, is preparing to ship Venus to Germany. There ensues a tour de force of arms, with a British submarine braving minefields and Luftwaffe to reach Armorel, an artist hastingly camouflaging another cow to look like Venus in order to confound the Germans, and a battle in which a British destroyer sinks a German E-boat with depth charges...
...Nationalists retain both their oppressive policies and their power, native rebellion seems the most likely and perhaps the only possible result. The European population of the Union is infinitesimal. Above all, it is split. The Torch Commando, a rapidly growing and already huge organization dedicated to the preservation of democratic and liberal government, includes both natives and Europeans. It numbers in its ranks six former justices of the Supreme Court, many former high army officers and government officials, and other influential and basically conservative citizens...