Word: fates
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before Budapest's fate was sealed, the month and a half battle for it had also become the battle for the Kisalföld, the triangular "Little Plain" of western Hungary, with Vienna, in Austria, as its apex. By this week the Russians had won a series of battles for the Kisalföld's approaches, stood upon it on both sides of the Danube. Vienna, the inner gate to Germany's back door, was now the German worry...
...recent reconstruction of the State Department, the name of Sumner Welles was not mentioned. In fighting for truth and honesty in international relations he seems to have brought upon himself oblivion. Is this to be the fate of all such...
...were gathered in a room, beside a sand-table model of the target beaches. After the commanders had spoken in turn, piecing together the total picture of the operation, Winston Churchill stalked on to the platform, clutching his lapels. He said: "I have confidence in you, my commanders. The fate of the world is in your hands...
...critics, Winston Churchill might well have answered: what else could I do? Britain had come to terms with Russia on the fate of Germany and spheres of influence in Europe. The terms were hard. Poland was the sacrifice...
From Stockholm this week came a plausible rumor about Hitler's fate. It was reported to have been told by Chief Groupleader Friedrich Brückner, Hitler's former adjutant, at a Berlin dinner party where Brückner had drunk too much...