Word: crete
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...knocked out an Italian battleship and sank a half-dozen cruisers and destroyers, Correspond ent Allen got a grandstand view from the bridge of Admiral Cunningham's flagship Warspite. He was with the British squad ron which blasted 5,000 Nazi troops at tempting a surprise landing at Crete...
...This program is addressed to 3,997 men and women on the continent of Europe who were readers of TIME, the Weekly Newsmagazine, until the war came. . . . And all other men of good will-from Norway to Crete, from Belgium to the occupied Ukraine-are also invited to listen...
...group of ships loaded with evacuees was supposed to pick up its R.A.F. escort a few miles off Crete. . . . The R.A.F. escort arrived ... on time, but the ships weren't there and it returned to Egypt. The Navy tried furiously to get the air group back, but it was futile and the ships, completely exposed, were bombed two-thirds of the way to Alexandria...
...Crimea was cracked, but it had proved no Crete. Crete fell in twelve days. After more than a month, the Crimea was almost, but not quite, tuckered...
...growth of discontent in Britain could be measured in figures. A Gallup poll recorded that only 29% of the citizens polled felt that their country was making the most of its opportunities, only 44% were satisfied with the Government's war conduct. (Even after the disaster of Crete 58% were satisfied with the war effort...