Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coal situation now is very much better than in 1918, when fuel rationing was so acute that steam had to be turned off in he buildings at 9 o'clock in the evening, and the use of artificial light was cut to a minimum...
...Rommel's seizure of British fuel dumps to supply himself as he went along...
...much. In London, Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton gave figures showing that Vichy's collaboration with Germany had been military, as well as economic and political. He said that in two months Vichy had sent the German forces in Libya cars, lorries, 5,500 tons of motor fuel...
...captives could not ease their material lot by sabotage and slowdowns in factories, by blowing up railroads, bridges, fuel stores and munitions dumps, by ambushing German soldiers. On the contrary, rebellion meant certain punishment-if not for the rebels, then for someone else. But everywhere in Occupied Europe there were people who could not stand the humiliation of the New Order, who had to fight back to keep their souls intact. They also fought to weaken the German war effort in the hope of that eventual help from outside which Winston Churchill recently promised, in high and hopeful words...
...Haas maintained Japan will not need to worry any longer about raw materials or about fuel oil and gasoline. "It is highly probable," he said, "that the accumulated reserves stored up in Japan and Formosa will last her until she can get the full benefit from her conquered territories. It means that we must defeat Japan, within the year. Or at least, we must so cripple her lines of supply that she will not be able to benefit from the sources of supply, she now has acquired...