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...home islands. They attempted to lodge their armies deep in southern Siberia, so far north of China and Manchuria that the Russians could never strike through that area at a sphere which Japan held to be its own, or at Japan itself. Thus did the Japs justify this outrageous grab...
...drilling for riot formations, they are trained in the best methods of breaking through crowds and breaking up mobs. Forming in a V shaped wedge, they are taught to rush through the mob and grab the leaders. The formation is very similar to the "flying wedge" once used in football...
...grab for railroads was part of a great imperial scheme. Temptingly within reach of the Japanese is the chance to establish a continuous rail line from Shanghai 3,800 miles southwest to Singapore...
Three German armies, spearheaded by 2000 tanks, stormed a 100-mile stretch of the Don River Thursday and the Russians met them head-on in probably the greatest armored battle in history which may decide the future course of Hitler's grab for the Caucasus oil lands...
...keeping track of the materials for which it had issued priorities. Some plants are believed to have stockpiled steel they will not need until 1943. Hereafter manufacturers with high priority ratings will no longer have a blank check for as much steel as they can grab...