Word: grave
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Never? The argument for some Allied counterattack in Europe this year was simply that the risks of doing nothing outweighed the grave risks of doing something. Another Dunkirk? Russia's defeat would be immeasurably worse. Shipping short? With a German fleet in being already poised on the profile of Europe, it might be shorter yet, another year. Could Britain afford to weaken its home defenses for continental adventure? Britain could not afford to lose the war this year, as it might be lost, if Russia fell...
...victory would be viewed as a victory for himself and the Government, jumped right into the middle of the campaign with a message to Sir James-a message which was calculated to erase his indiscreet boast for the Conservatives. "I am glad to know," said Churchill, "that at this grave moment in our history you are appealing to the electorate ... as a nonparty member. I hope and believe that they will emphatically endorse your appointment as Secretary of State for War, realizing that to play party politics at such a time is to strike a blow at national safety...
...because an active defense had lured the Germans on and tempted them to abandon partially the Schlieffen plan. When he cites the Battle of Marathon he forgets that it is the classic example of the "double envelopment," a military term meaning that you let the enemy dig his own grave and then shovel him in. One cannot discard the defense as valueless with a scoff and a biting remark. Colonel Kernan disregards the two most sensational defenses of modern times--those of Russia in 1812 and 1941--which did not develop into counter-attacks until the time was ripe...
Though Russia desperately needed a second front in Europe, it was doubtful whether the British were strong enough as yet to open one. Nevertheless, Churchill was in grave danger of losing his political battle with the Left unless he took the military offensive...
...found that the two big untapped sources of metal scrap are 1) auto grave yards, 2) the nation's 6,500,000 farms, where an estimated one to two and a half million-ton hoard of old machinery lies mouldering. To round up the farm scrap, he decided that paid collectors were necessary. The first thousand collectors announced by Rosenwald last week: WPA workers, with WPA trucks, to go from farm to farm collecting scrap (they will ask for it as a gift, pay for it if need be). It will be auctioned to commercial dealers, who must promise...