Word: denmark
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the U.S. had an area slightly larger than that of Mexico today, a population equal to that of Denmark, the world's smallest army, the least impressive fleet that sailed the seven seas and the longest defenseless coastline in the civilized world, John Adams, who was considered conservative, rushed to Europe to assert the superiority of American institutions he had helped create. When Hitler wanted to impress the Germans he told them their victories would last 1,000 years. Adams was less cautious. He told Europe the institu-[tions America had already built before 1800 "will not wholly...
Submarines and convettes guarded the first legs of the convey's to Iceland, through the Denmark Straits where the Bismarck went down, and out from Iceland toward northern England. There the convey split into two parts, for England and Russia, with most of the escorting vessels accompanying the England-bound section...
...Caucasus campaign for more oil. Meanwhile wartime traffic limps on carbon monoxide made in portable charcoal burners (TIME, Sept. 7). Last week a new ersatz fuel appeared in the news: liquefied methane gas in pressure tanks. This fuel is obtained by "bottling" natural gas in Italy, Hungary and Denmark, and also as a byproduct in the production of gasoline from coal. Recently Berlin Gasworks Co. prepared to extract methane from the city gas supply, hopes to convert 10% into motor fuel...
Gravely ill at a hospital in Copenhagen lay 72-year-old King Christian X of Denmark, thrown from his horse during his regular morning ride (TIME, Oct. 26). Back from a hunting trip in Scotland, 16-year-old Princess Elizabeth gleefully reported she had bagged three deer in one day's stalking. Mother and father received a visitor...