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...China's direst crisis, China might still win. But for the little people, there were no bright spots on the pall of disaster...
...Italians, he all but closed the Mediterranean to Allied shipping, forced the costly extension of Allied supply lines, for two critical years pinned down a large proportion of Britain's effective military strength, to that extent delayed any possible invasion of the Continent when Russia was in its direst straits...
...Direst of all were the words of mild-mannered Paul S. Willis, head of the Grocery Manufacturers of America: "The food predicament in this country is worse than terrifying. The Army is taking care of military food needs. The Agriculture Department is taking care of Lend-Lease. But no one is taking care of the 125 million home folks...
...everything we do must be directed toward winning that war. ... All officers must be made to understand that in unwarranted criticism of any ally we are simply playing into the hands of the Axis. In the case of an American officer, he will be subject to the direst punishment I can possibly inflict administratively...
...direst administrative punishments (i.e., short of court-martial) likely to be imposed for unmannerly "criticism": public reprimand, a lowly detail, or ignominious return...