Word: extended
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...North was not united behind Lincoln, did not agree to fight to free the slaves and plant Northern freedom in the South-but it was determined that slavery should not be extended into fresh territory, and determined that the Union should be preserved. In the summer of 1941 the U.S. is generally agreed that Hitler shall not extend his power into regions that threatened the freedom of the U.S.; the only dispute was over where those regions...
...George Marshall, Chief of Staff and Commander of the U.S. field forces, went hard to work at his most important job: the preservation of the Army of 1,448,500 which his officers were still training, which was not yet fully equipped. Fortnight before, he had asked that Congress extend the one-year terms of service of draftees, National Guard and Reserve officers. He had also laid out the alternative: disbanding the Army before it is a trained field force...
...Russian radio had a good opportunity to plug in Comrade Stalin's newest party line. It devoted an hour to an English-language program, the theme of which was: "The people of the Soviet Union, now fighting a great patriotic war in defense of their country . . . extend their ardent greetings to the American people on the occasion of their glorious national holiday. ... It is altogether fitting on this occasion for the American and Russian people to clasp hands more firmly...
...Japan hinted she would extend Japanese territorial waters if necessary to prevent U.S. supplies reaching Vladivostok...
...Germany victorious over Russia, another aspect of Japan's so delicate situation. Not even a Japanese could foresee last week what the vast U.S.S.R. might look like if its western armies were destroyed by Germany, but there was a grave possibility that Germany's hegemony would extend to the continent of Asia. To be considered then would be probable German encroachment on Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, possible German support of China against Japan, the ultimate possibility that Japan would be reduced to puppetry similar to Italy...