Word: feinted
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...Admiralty Albert Victor Alexander announced that Britons had landed on Greek soil (presumably on some Greek islands) and he promised vaguely: "What we can do we will do." What the British could do was not much. In London there was some suspicion that the Greek war was a mere feint, intended to draw British strength from Egypt, paving the way for an Axis drive on vital Suez. The Italian attack was in fact no feint, but the British could take no chances. The Salonika campaign in 1915-18 required 157,000 men, and Britain now could spare nowhere near that...
...speech to his troops warning them to be ready. Benito Mussolini topped off a Sunday of checking up on military preparations by appearing before several hundred Fascist youths demonstrating for war. Italy's day was at hand. Even the plan of attack was outlined (possibly as a feint) by the Fascist review Conquiste d'Impero: "Since an Italian offensive against France would require tremendous effort, it would not be worthwhile. On the other hand, France could not send great forces against Italy, since she is engaged with Germany." Italy's war, said Conquiste d'Impero, would...
...enemies since William have threatened Britain seriously with invasion. The first, Philip II of Spain, built a great armada for the try, but it got wrecked by battle and storm near the British coasts. The second, Napoleon, threatened from Boulogne in 1805, but his inept Navy and his elaborate feint to draw the British Navy off to the West Indies failed miserably. The third, Hitler, last week put out preliminary feelers over southeast England. Some chickens, a pony, a cow and two heifers were the first victims...
...Apprehensive lest they be made the victims of the fanciest sort of diplomatic feint, in London and Paris Lord Halifax and Premier Daladier sat tight, kept their guns trained on one enemy at a time-the Nazis. There would be plenty of time to see if an amazing double cross was the beginning of an entirely different crusade, a fantastically crooked diplomatic square dance with everybody suddenly changing partners...
...large section of the world's diplomats believe that five weeks ago Chancellor Hitler made a feint in Czechoslovakia's direction when he moved 170,000 troops into "summer barracks" nearer the border. He had just Nazified Austria while French and Germans stood by with open mouths. Their mouths were still open when the Reich's soldiers began ominously moving around on their side of the Czechoslovak border. In this crisis the Czechoslovakian Republic, the keystone of democracy in central Europe, marched 400,000 troops up to its side of the border and the first German over...