Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"The President and Prime Minister and their combined staffs, having completed their plans for the offensive campaigns of 1943, have now separated in order to put them into active and concerted execution."
"Uncle Joe" was puzzled as his car rolled down the driveway. In the courtyard of his Chungking headquarters the entire staff of his China-Burma-India Command stood stiffly at attention. As Uncle Joe stepped out Colonel William ("Zamboanga Bill") Bergin stepped forward and shook his hand. "What is this...
Their commander, Lieut. General Robert Lawrence Eichelberger, and eleven other U.S. and Australian officers were awarded the D.S.C. for "marked efficiency and precise execution of operations during the Papuan campaign." General Eichelberger, Far Eastern expert and onetime Superintendent of West Point, had last been heard of in October when he...
The Big Shots. The Supreme Command of the Red Army not only plans Soviet campaigns, but directs their execution. Its representatives have responsibility for "general leadership" of the field commanders. Listed first among these representatives was General Zhukov (with Colonel Generals Alexander Vassilevsky and N. N. Voronov). Soviet airmen also...
The omens are good. The final plans cannot satisfy all educators, but what previews have leaked in official statements show sober thought and sound planning. Washington is apparently ready to delay the execution while it perfects the blueprints. We may guess that the same sobriety will be shown in details...