Word: homelands
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Vichy Government to rouse them to warfare against their former ally would be suicidal. Attempted cession of the fleet to Germany would as likely as not result in its scuttling by its own officers. German occupation of the rest of France would mean that French colonies, deprived of a homeland, would drop like plums into British hands; France's one powerful trump card is negative-when German conditions press too hard, she can always threaten to throw up the sponge...
...long-lost son. Having accomplished this minor miracle, Ripley changed the pace of his Believe It Or Not show, abandoned hearts & flowers to hold radio's first network fur auction. Purpose of the auction was to raise funds for four Norwegians who fled from their Nazi-controlled homeland last July in a 38-ft. pilot sloop, pulled into New York City 54 days later with no assets save their boat and a platina...
...Catholic Church in Germany is indebted to German troops for the victorious advance and defense of the German homeland. Without the successful warding off of enemy invasion by German armed forces, German Catholics could not have pursued so undisturbed and quietly their church work and ministerial offices...
...British regular Army units to defend the homeland consisted of 1,250,000 home troops, plus 350,000 reconditioned survivors of the B. E. F., plus 50,000 newly arrived and sunburned Australians, plus a third contingent of Canadian fliers and replacements, plus 500,000 draftees in training. Some help will come from 500,000 local defense volunteers armed with shotguns and sporting rifles. To the special anti-Blitzkrieg force of old reserves, 500,000 strong, their commander General Sir Edmund Ironside said...
...adjutant is Oberleutnant Paul Ettighoffer, a native of Alsace who fled to Germany when his homeland was restored to France. Frank, charming and loquacious, he is a notable Nazi essayist, novelist, poet. An intellectual, he nevertheless volunteered for service in the regular Army, was cited several times for bravery, later transferred to a PK post. His are the most readable dispatches that come to Berlin from the front...