Word: daylight
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This Tuesday morning at daylight or shortly after daylight the Bismarck was attacked by British pursuing battleships, including the Prince of Wales. Even in her crippled condition, the British battleships apparently had trouble sinking her with shell fire, for it was not until some 7 or 8 hours later that the coup de grace was delivered. If (as was at first reported) this was given by a torpedo plane, the Bismarck was the first modern battleship sunk from...
...Greek divisions and an improvised division of his own New Zealanders with a sprinkling of British and Australians. All during the day this force rounded up German parties, disposing of all except the one threatening Malemi. The transports and gliders kept coming, at higher cost: in the daylight they were easier targets, and in their reckless disregard of expense, the Germans crash-landed many planes. As the day ended, the British claimed they had killed or captured 1,800 of the first 3,000 who landed...
...London Daily Telegraph's air correspondent made a significant observation last week: "In daylight enemy activity has consisted almost entirely of reconnaissance, which would seem to indicate that a resumption of large-scale day raiding may be expected shortly." Or invasion...
...other hand, if a British pilot had seen him, he, too, could have downed the Messerschmidt. The long period of daylight in Scotland would have enabled the R.A.F. flyer to catch and down the defenseless German...
...Before the declaration of war, when the nation and the President thought there was still a chance of peace, the seven men devised a system of purchasing war supplies, planned a press censorship, designed a system of food control (even selected Herbert Hoover as its director), determined on daylight saving (then revolutionary), discussed the draft, and in effect, revised the Government...