Word: guerrilla
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Talk might have touched on any number of important subjects: the coming offensives, war weariness in the Axis, U.S. war effort, food and labor shortages, materiel problems, sabotage and guerrilla resistance. But outside Castle Fuschl most people knew that Hitler, who runs Italy through the Gestapo, has little need to burden the sagging mind of Mussolini for very long with such weighty matters. Hence the world outside Castle Fuschl wondered whether there was any special reason for The Big Talk other than its theatrical value...
...last week's raging Indian dissension, many political leaders with great followings were urging fighting war against the Japanese. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru joined C. R. in advocating all possible guerrilla tactics. So did Communist members of the Congress. There was no doubt that India's Moslems would fight. But it seemed clear that Gandhi was a good deal closer than C. R. or Nehru to the mind of most of India's Hindus...
...Guerrilla Brigade (Artkino) is a significant footnote to history. It went before the cameras in July 1939-one month before the Nazi-Soviet mutual non-aggression pact was signed. Several months later it was released. Since all Soviet films must have Government approval to be shown, the picture is proof that the Russians, despite the pact, knew that the Germans were their enemies and were preparing to fight them...
...Guerrilla's story is an action tale of how one guerrilla movement grew big enough to drive the Kaiser's spike-helmeted legions out of the heart of the Ukraine in World War I. Its photography is undistinguished, its climaxes sometimes reminiscent of a Hollywood Western, but it has drive and spirit, occasional good humor, and a fine feeling of what the Russian people fight...
...knocked out his wife with a rifle butt. In other particulars, however, the scene was faithful. Then he added: "We killed the German near the tree over there." There is no more make-believe in Svirki. The Germans took it again last year. Now everyone has a guerrilla role...