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...next atoll there might be bigger bombs and more of them. There might be a fire barrage laid down by planes dropping Molotov-cocktail mixture (gasoline and pitch) and incendiaries that would burn off the whole top of a small island or incinerate its occupants. Naval gunfire might be heavier, but there were limitations on the amount of shells warships could expend on shore fortifications and still be ready to take on an enemy fleet...
...boasting, but with the assurance of experience and of deep, intelligent study, Chennault taught his early pilots to minimize the P-40's disadvantages and utilize its advantages : greater fire power, heavier armor for pilot and fuel, sturdier construction, a much higher diving speed. He also insisted on using a tight, flexible and ecomical two-plane formation. He discouraged dog-fighting by individual pilots. Essence of his teaching: hit hard, hit precisely, hit as a team...
Sovereign Responsibility. The U.S., Great Britain, the U.S.S.R. and China had accepted, in principle, their responsibility for setting up and backing some kind of international organization after the war. The responsibility would be all the heavier, the task all the harder because the Big Four had pledged themselves to preserve the "sovereign equality" of all member nations, large or small. If that term was to have real meaning, the job could not be done with a big stick. In effect the big nations, including the U.S., would have to underwrite the security and dignity of the little nations...
Mineichi Koga knows that he cannot commit large forces to one sector of Japan's huge defensive perimeter until he is sure that a heavier blow will not fall on another sector. He has to hold back until he is sure. He has been holding back quite a bit lately. But some day soon he will have to strike. If he does not, the rest of what Admiral Nimitz said will come explosively true...
...development of U.S. combat aircraft, Emden had made history. There, for the first time U.S. four-motored bombers showed they were capable of something more than their deadly accurate high-altitude bombing. Without stop in production the big fellows had been made more versatile, could carry heavier bombloads at lower altitudes for the area-bombing for which British bombers are famed...