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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Herr Hitler also still got some 390,000 tons of Dutch oil, 3.000 tons of tin, large stocks of vegetable oils, whale oil, condensed milk. He appointed his Austrian yes man, Arthur Seyss Inquart, to govern the new prize. He gloated over the new springboard he had for a feat never accomplished, even by Napoleon, since William the Conqueror performed it in 1066: the invasion of Great Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Fall of The Netherlands | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

Emerson's post, originally known as the Bureau of Insular Affairs, was created to coordinate the governments of the colonies. The department of State, the War Department, and the Department of the Navy each govern the possessions under their respective jurisdictions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Rupert Emerson Is Appointed to Dept. of Interior | 5/3/1940 | See Source »

...that the revolt against conservatism which began in 1931 will last until 1947-48. His qualification: this does not necessarily mean Term III, or even continuance of the Democrats in power; but rather that, no matter who is in office, the "political mood known loosely as New Dealism will govern the conduct of the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Trend | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...their sisu (in American: guts). Where the softer Liths and Latvians and Estonians had scared out cheaply, the Finns had once again proven their durability and burnished their national honor. They had incidentally made it plain to the Russians that they would be a very troublesome people to govern, and if any net gain had accrued in putting up a game but hopeless fight instead of selling out for bargain rates to begin with, this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN THEATRE: One War Ends | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

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