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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Commander in Chief of the Western Approaches of Britain, in charge of the Atlantic shipping lanes in general and in particular of Britain's side of the Battle of the Atlantic. The man, who was not promoted but was entrusted with one of Britain's hardest posts: Admiral Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, former Commander in Chief of the China Station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Hurts and Hopes | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

Jeff's Hardest Blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 17, 1941 | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

...something happened to her." Well, on Feb. 4, 1941, the "something" happened. Frieda Jeffries was killed by a car as she stepped from the curb in front of their Burbank home. Jeff collapsed, and had to be taken to a hospital. As one newspaper wrote, "It was the hardest blow of his life of hard blows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 17, 1941 | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

...offset the depression caused by Nazi successes in the Balkans. The raiders were greeted as heroes. They reached home laden with souvenirs: framed photographs of Hitler and Goring, swastikas, the flag of the supply ship. The proud possessor of the flag spread it across his chest and said: "The hardest fight I had was to get this flag, and the fellows who provided the competition were my comrades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Hit-and-Ruin Raids | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

Michael Karpovich, associate professor of History, is expected to take over the reins of European History from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Present Time, the University's largest course, which Professor Merriman has developed to its present position as one of the hardest as well as the most famous course in the College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Frisky" Merriman Drops History 1 Post; Will Continue Teaching in Other Courses | 3/14/1941 | See Source »

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