Word: furthers
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Actually, the Mukden Incident of 1931 was not the first time Japan's Kwantung army had tried to seize Manchuria. In 1928 the army assassinated the Chinese warlord who ruled the region in hopes of grabbing the territory outright. But the Japanese government squashed any further moves and hushed up...
Almost alone among the upper military echelon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto counseled against being dragged further into war, especially against the U.S. In the first months of such a conflict, he said, "I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues, I have no expectation...
A worried Chamberlain telephoned French Premier Edouard Daladier and said Britain could not wait 48 hours; Daladier said it must. Halifax called Bonnet and proposed that an ultimatum be delivered at 8 a.m. Sunday, to expire at noon. Bonnet insisted on no ultimatum before noon. Halifax said the House was...
On Sept. 6, Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz, the supposed strongman who had insisted on Poland's forward strategy, evacuated his military headquarters from Warsaw and kept retreating until he crossed into Rumania. After Sept. 16, no further general orders went out from either the marshal or his headquarters. Local units...
These forests are the last untouched remnants of the great woods that once blanketed enormous areas of North America. Only 15% of the country's old- growth forests are left, but some of their ancient trees have survived for 1,000 years. Millions of acres of these forests are protected...