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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Germany marched into Poland last month the United Press reported that Colonel General Fritsch was with the Army advancing on Warsaw from East Prussia. The story out of Berlin then was that if he made good he would get a bigger Army job. But subsequently the Army officially denied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Front or Back? | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Anyone owning foreign securities who dropped in at a French bank to cash the coupons was asked if he was French. In case the answer was "yes," the bank deducted 36% of the payment as a tax. Down at the other end of the economic scale, French workmen found their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: National Solidarity | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Last week it was time for him to come out of his hole. With Poland all but conquered, his Axis partner, Adolf Hitler, was free to help him if he talked tough to the Allies. But Partner Hitler had taken on another partner, Joseph Stalin; with him had carved Poland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: In the Straddle | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

World War II may make Il Duce's everlasting reputation as a statesman. Few statesmen have ever been caught in such a hole. If he stuck his head out in one direction, it would be chopped off by Britain and France-on paper at least, their Mediterranean fleets could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: In the Straddle | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Plea for peace, and a slight rap at the Allies, though it was, it did not sound as if Il Duce expected peace. He praised the wisdom of Britain and France in not declaring war on Russia (but wondered, in that case, why they were still fighting Germany). Then he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: In the Straddle | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

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