Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clear that Britain would not declare war on Russia. Said a Government declaration: "This attack [the Russian invasion of Poland] made upon their ally, at a moment when she is prostrated in the face of overwhelming forces brought against her by Germany, cannot ... be justified by the argument put forward by the Soviet Government. The full implication of these events is not yet apparent. ..." A Government spokesman made it clearer: "His Majesty's Government do not think a declaration of war on Russia follows automatically as a matter of good faith on the invasion of Poland...
...defense in depth; the idea being that an offensive force may crack a narrow wall but will be stopped or bounced back by a series of cushions and springs backing up each other. Colonel Lossberg's new type of front was some two miles deep, divided into forward zone, battle zone, rearward battle zone and two more rearward zones for mobile reserves...
...flagpole of Baltimore's Fort McHenry, men in War of 1812 uniforms raised an American flag with 15 stars. Breasting slowly up the Patapsco River came a Coast Guard picket boat, opened fire with its single small forward gun as cannon from the fort returned rounds of blanks. At battle's end the flag on the fort still waved proudly. Thus re-enacted last week on its 125th anniversary was the episode which inspired Lawyer Francis Scott Key to write The Star-Spangled Banner...
Chamberlain said last summer: "Can we look forward to the future with any confidence? ... I think I should advise you to go and consult Old Moore, because he is quite as likely to be right as I am." Old Moore's Almanack has appeared every year since 1697. Only the author and publishers know who Old Moore is today...
...prayer: "Bless our armed forces on land, sea and air. Bless our actions and labors on the German land and bless and protect our Führer as you have hitherto blessed and preserved him. ..." Excerpt from the proclamation: "Let us ... as good Christians, courageously and trustfully, go forward in the path of obedience which war has ordained...