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...East. The Axis has already divided the world, reserving for itself Europe, Africa and the Near East (TIME, Sept. 30). It now has only to conquer its Living Spaces. Logical strategy of the Axis would be to continue hammering at Britain, simultaneously to drive toward the Near East, where are supplies of oil which Germany and Italy need to fight a long world war. Conquest of the Near East would further two other objectives: 1) force the Suez gateway to the Mediterranean; 2) flank Russia on the south. As Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini and Foreign Ministers Joachim von Ribbentrop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 200th Day | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

Many things happened during the 19 days that Generalissimo Francisco Franco's big-shot brother-in-law, RamÓn Serrano Suner, spent in Berlin and Rome. Japan joined the Axis. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini made grandiose plans to conquer much of the world. The war moved toward the Mediterranean, which Don RamÓn's country bounds on the west (see p. 34). And Don RamÓn Serrano Suner, Minister of Government and leader of Spain's dominant Falangist Party, saw many interesting sights and talked to many important people, including Adolf Hitler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Cunadissimo's Return | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

...desert troops 50 miles along the coast of northwestern Egypt to Sidi Barráni. There he stopped, or was stopped. Ahead of him, along a salt-scarred road-a three-hour run in a fast tank-lay Mersa Matruh, first major objective in Italy's drive to conquer Egypt, a prize the Fascist press at home could shout through the streets as noisily as the populace once roared at slaves in clanking chains. But Graziani waited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Turtle in the Desert | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

...means certain last week that Adolf Hitler would conquer Great Britain before winter, or even that he would try. The Empire was more vulnerable. For the defense of the Isles Britain had drawn on the Empire's defenses; her life line was weak in many places. On one weak place, Egypt, Hitler's Axis partner was whittling already (see p. 27). Others looked equally tempting: Africa, land of gold and diamonds; the Near East, land of oil; even India, the Empire's slightly tarnished jewel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Dividing Up the World | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

Perry in his letter said that Hitler is threatening the United States and that he will turn on us as soon s he can conquer Europe. "Against America Hitler has made the most terrible of all threats namely, to save and protect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RALPH BARTON PERRY URGES SUPPORT OF BRITAIN, STRONG ARMAMENTS FOR U. S. | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

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