Word: defend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germans could not defend Berlin, then what could they defend? And if Berlin was no longer worth defending, then what center of German pride and might did not face the same fate...
Swift Repetition. No German spokesman could make such a boast. The Luftwaffe is not yet entirely committed to inaction; it is still believed to have some 1,100 planes assigned to defend North and West Germany...
...this bill was the work and the will of Congress. He could not assent to throwing away 2.3 billion dollars for the reasons raised by the President. If the President persisted in his veto, he, Barkley, would have to stand up on the floor of the Senate and defend his position. Mr. Roosevelt remarked that this was understandable. The conference broke up in strained good humor...
Hitler's Obstinacy. Turning to the second major Anglo-American offensive, Churchill said that progress in Italy had been slowed by two factors, unusually bad weather and a German decision to rush heavy forces to defend a winter line south of Rome. He added...
...Hitler has apparently resolved to defend Rome with the same obstinacy which he showed at Stalingrad...