Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There are powerful groups who hope to take advantage of the President's concentration on the war effort to destroy everything he has accomplished on the domestic front. . . . Inevitably [they will] be exposed to the public...
...citizens of Rome: You have already been warned that military objectives in the vicinity of Rome are liable to be bombed by the Allied air force. When this occurs the Fascist Government . . . will pretend that we are trying to destroy those cultural monuments which are the glory not only of Rome but the civilized world. It is possible, moreover . . . that the Fascist Government or their German associates will themselves arrange that bombs will be dropped on the center of Rome or even on Vatican City...
...into the territory of your country. This is the direct consequence of the shameful leadership to which you have been subjected by Mussolini and his Fascist regime. . . . Mussolini plunged you into this war, which he thought Hitler had already won. The forces now opposed to you are pledged to destroy the power of Nazi Germany. . . . The sole hope for Italy's survival lies in honorable capitulation to the overwhelming power of the military forces of the United Nations. If you continue to tolerate the Fascist regime, which serves the evil power of the Nazis, you must suffer the consequences...
...take no satisfaction in invading Italian soil. . . . But we are determined to destroy the false leaders and their doctrines, which have brought Italy to her present position. . . . The time has now come for you, the Italian people, to consult your own self-respect and your own interest and your own desire for a restoration of national dignity, security and peace. The time has come for you to decide whether Italians shall die for Mussolini and Hitler-or live for Italy and for civilization...
Back in Tokyo from a fortnight's flight through Greater East Asia, Premier Hideki Tojo last week announced that the entire Co-Prosperity Sphere "understands Nippon's true intentions and is concentrating full efforts to destroy the Anglo-American powers...