Word: defiant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Down on merchantmen, trawlers, fishermen, lightships they swooped. The British Isles were indeed snowbound-but the Royal Air Force wasn't. The German press claimed frightful tonnage sunk, admitted losing three bombers. The British ridiculed Berlin's claims and announced a new pursuit plane called the Defiant with speed enough and ample fire-power to cut down Germany's new 315-m.p.h. Junkers bombers (Ju88). Berlin claimed the week's raids proved the British Isles "vulnerable." The British claimed their defense had proved itself ample to cope with a spring Blitzkrieg...
Small nations, some fear-ridden, some defiant and cocksure, boasted of preparedness. The Netherlands, Rumania warned aggressors away. Hungary edged closer to Italy. Least was said in Scandinavia, which was most squarely on the spot...