Word: disarms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Peace had hit the services like another Pearl Harbor. But, as War Secretary Stimson pointed out, there were "2,250,000 trained Japanese soldiers in the home islands alone, and an equal number" in other Pacific and Asiatic territory. The U.S. must disarm these men, and ships that nose into Japanese islands must be combat-loaded...
Joseph Stalin had repeatedly told the German people that they might have an army and a free government after the war. But he had always conditioned that promise on the early overthrow of Hitler and an early surrender. Now Stalin said with Churchill and Roosevelt : "We are determined to disarm and disband all German armed forces; break up for all time the German General Staff ... remove all ... militarist influences." Political and economic disarmament would be equally complete and rigorous: "....Eliminate or control all German industry that could be used for military production . . . wipe out the Nazi party, Nazi laws, organizations...
...serious matter and not easy to answer. . . . What the Bible really means is: 'Thou shalt do no murder.' A murderer . . . goes out to kill others to gain selfish ends or because of a personal injury he will not forgive. . . . You were called by your country to disarm a dangerous and skillful enemy who [conquers by] torture and murder. . . . I do not call a policeman who must shoot a gangster . . . a murderer any more than the law does. Perhaps in the terrible business of war, murderous thoughts will take possession of us. . . . God, I am sure, will forgive . . . many...
...demonstrating against the Government's ultimatum ordering guerrilla forces to disarm and disband by Dec. 10. A fortnight ago British Lieut. General Ronald MacKenzie Scobie had conferred with the EAM guerrilla leader, leftist General Stephanos Saraphis, and the EDES' leader, rightist General Napoleon Zervas. Zervas agreed to disarm his followers. Saraphis would not. General Scobie warned all Greeks: "I am convinced that in many parts of this country freedom of the people does not exist. ... [I am prepared to] stand by the side of the present constitutional Government until it has a national army under its banners...
...Moscow Pravda attacked the efforts of the French and Belgian Governments to disarm the Resistance groups: "Europe is winning release from a nightmare. Is it not obvious that the most important question facing the liberated country is complete elimination of any remnants of Fascist influence...