Word: conquerors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nothing Hitler threatens to do to the Dutch in the occupied territory causes the Dutch in the free world to think of surrendering. Belgium is an occupied country, her King and her Army are prisoners of war, her people subject to all the indignities and reprisals of the Nazi conqueror. But the Belgian Empire overseas continues to be at war with Hitler...
...last week handed the colony over to Japan (see p. 27). General Catroux hurried to London, tore three of the five stars from his sleeve and reported to De Gaulle (who wears only two stars). It was General Catroux who received De Gaulle's congratulations as the conqueror of Syria last week...
This week, the fifth of Adolf Hitler's invasion, the new conqueror, having won the battle of the border, was heavily engaged in his battle for Moscow...
Russia is a classic battleground. As Adolf Hitler's drive passed its initial phase last week, the new conqueror showed by the routes he chose and the techniques he used that he had studied hard the hard lessons of previous incursions...
Hitler, the conqueror, could say: "I have the continent; you cannot dislodge me." Hitler, the geographical claustrophobe, could say: "The German people now have their living space." Hitler, the crusader, could say: "I have destroyed Communism, the menace." Hitler, the man of peace, could say: "Now let's all live cozily together...