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...Moscow's snow-clad streets celebrating infantrymen in fleece-lined leather coats and yellow fur hoods, provincial troops in worn quilted jackets and spiked woolen forage caps, Cossack officers in capes, spurred knee boots and high astrakhans would not reason with their joy. In the street, a grinning, drink-happy young man suddenly seized Tlinesman Sulzberger by the arm, exclaimed in joy and wonderment: "It is Moscow! Here we are in Moscow...
...which is far more important than Hong Kong in Allied grand strategy. General Tsai's forces, which probably lacked artillery, were like men trying to chew their way through a tough steak with toothless gums. If Hong Kong's defenses held long enough, China might mass enough infantrymen to besiege the Japanese from the rear. But that depended partly on how many days Hong Kong could live and feed itself...
...guns instead of 753 they would have been able to halt the German attack." Contending until late 1935 that an air force was at best an unimportant adjunct of modern armies, he told his listeners during the Battle of Flanders that Stukas were of small use because infantrymen could be trained to shoot them down like ducks...
From across the Kaw River, artillery began to pound. Eighty armored cars poured across the bridge at 40 m.p.h. Fifth columnists appeared at intersections to direct motorized cavalry and infantrymen in trucks. Governor Payne Ratner was captured at his big white mansion while he was at breakfast. His two sons laughed at the show, but his tiny daughter squalled. Over at the Statehouse the Governor was lined up with other hostages. A noncom grated, "Take off your hats...
...Fourth's artillery had moved up first to support the Panzer outfit. Then the Fourth's infantrymen scrambled out from bush and thicket, wheeled out their half-track (part caterpillar) troop carriers and headed for the front. For 25 to 30 miles they slogged along at 25 m.p.h...