Word: conquered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...took Germany exactly three weeks to conquer Yugoslavia and Greece. To most of Britain, Australia and the U.S., that seemed a matter for profound gloom. But although the campaign had been lost, there were indications that after details of the Battle of Greece became known, the Greek campaign might possibly go down in history as one of the most brilliant tactical operations of British Empire arms. Although Hitler's men have not yet been stopped, this battle showed that if ever Britons confront Germans on anything like equal terms, Britain stands a good chance of winning...
...reiterated his faith in the war's outcome. "In order to win this war [Hitler] must either conquer this island by invasion or he must cut the ocean life line which joins us to the U.S. . . . With every week that passes we grow stronger on the sea." The real battle confronting Britain, he reminded his hearers, was the Battle of the Atlantic. "We have got to win on salt water just as decisively as we had to win the Battle of Britain last August and September in the air." And he paid his respects to Franklin Roosevelt, who last...
...Greeks, observing that the enemy was concentrating supplies in the Monastir sector, announced that their troops were "impatiently awaiting the first opportunity of getting at the Germans." Grimly the Yugoslavs pointed out: "It is one thing to conquer the Komitajis' territory; it is another thing to conquer the Komitaji." This week was Orthodox Holy Week, and devout men like General Simovitch (who was not too devout, however, to divorce his first wife and marry one of the handsomest women in Yugoslavia) threw a religious fervor into their fighting...
...immediate military importance of the Yugoslav overturn is that Germany can hardly attack Greece with ease or comfort without having Yugoslavia secure. If Germany has to conquer Yugoslavia first, she will have at best an ugly little campaign to fight, and afterwards nasty guerrilla warfare that will cost both time...
...social worker, has more understanding of the Bowery bum than respect for her bureaucratic colleagues who speak of the poor as "cases." She has seen the same economic underworld that preoccupied Farrell, Steinbeck, Dos Passes. But it has whetted, not dulled, her faith in man's ability to conquer his environment...