Word: harassed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though inconclusive, the attack on the Dodecanese was an important feeler against Italy's main base in the eastern Mediterranean. The U.S. destroyer deal had opened the way for a new and bolder British strategy in the Mediterranean: to harass, with the help of reinforcements, Italian bases and communications to such an extent that Mussolini would be forced to bring his main fleet into play to protect the vital line to Libya. Then, at last, His Majesty's Navy might be able to work up something more exciting than a game of drop the handkerchief...
...column to take Djibouti, French terminal of the railroad from the Red Sea to Addis Ababa, and bombed Aden, British control port opposite Djibouti. His object apparently was to meet blockade with blockade, bottle up the British and what was left of the French in the Middle East and harass them until Hitler should complete Ms smash in Europe...
Panzer units are in effect armored cavalry. After the break-through they move out ahead of the infantry to outflank the enemy and to reach and harass his rear. They influence the direction of the enemy's retirement, but all important is pressure by the masses of infantry...
...London Financial News and an intimate of Lord Beaverbrook. As such he replaced Economics Adviser Sir Horace Wilson, Chamberlain's Man Friday and chief traveling companion on the great appeasement junkets. A scathing critic of Munich, Mr. Bracken since break of war used his Financial News to harass the now ousted Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon-created Viscount Simon last week-for not spending fast enough on British armament. Conservative Party whips used to call Brendan Bracken "The Red-Headed Beast," last week found him suddenly installed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister...
...Japanese Army communiqué, the spring drive was finally said to have "wiped out ten Chinese divisions." But out of a welter of Chinese and Japanese claims it appeared fairly certain this week that the Chinese were nimbly scattering whenever the Japanese attacked in force, immediately re-forming to harass the Japanese flanks and rear. Specifically the Chinese claimed capture of 52 pieces of Japanese artillery, 54 tanks, 100 Japanese Army trucks...