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...Franklin, great explorers, had perished trying to do what Larsen had done. The only man to make the east-west passage before him was Roald Amundsen. Larsen, too, was a Norwegian, born some nine miles from Amundsen's birthplace in Borge, Norway. As Amundsen's ambition to conquer the Arctic had been fired by Franklin's exploits, so Larsen had been kindled by what Amundsen had done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: THE ARCTIC: Northwest Passage, 1944 | 10/30/1944 | See Source »

...great scientific achievements of World War II is: 1) The jet-propulsion engine. 2) The robot submarine. 3) A better explosive than TNT. 4) An insecticide that promises to conquer mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches, flies. 5) A wonder drug twice as effective as penicillin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 23, 1944 | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

...explanation for the military success of the Japs in China, which was achieved despite the fact that Japan's general military and international situation is worse, while the international situation has changed favorably for China?" Answer: the "doubled-edged methods of political war whereby the Japanese plan to conquer China with the hands of the Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Bear's Paw | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

With bloodstained flag of Rising Sun I'd like to conquer the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Look Out, Chicago | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

...nature of the Partisan warfare makes proper medication impossible, with all the Allied help. The basic principle of the Partisan strategy is never to defend a certain area at all costs, but to retreat when the enemy pressure reaches a certain point and conquer new territories else where. This means constant movement of the improvised hospitals and the wounded; therefore, there is no permanent hospital or rest for anybody when the pokret (movement) is ordered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Partisan Medicine | 6/12/1944 | See Source »

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