Word: marshallizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Somehow, even during the darkest days of their war against the Nazis, the Reds had managed to keep their Far Eastern forces almost a million strong. Last week, under the overall command of bulky, brilliant Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky, they poured across the border. The Reds had plenty of tactical aircraft in support; they had plenty of guns, plenty of motorized equipment, plenty of battle-tried officers...
...Marshal rose to interrupt: "And I refused...
...Empire's youngest fighting field marshal was appointed Governor General of Canada last week. From London and Ottawa came simultaneous announcements of the appointment of 53-year-old Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, K.C.B., C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C., one of Britain's ablest soldiers...
Canadians who fought under him knew Irish-born Field Marshal Alexander as a good soldier, a crack commander and a "simple, sensible type of fellow" to boot. He had been at Dunkirk, had commanded the British retreat in Burma, and the victorious campaigns in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy...
...Rideau Hall, the spacious Governor General's residence at Rockcliffe, a suburb of Ottawa. He will represent King George VI in Canada, and like the King, will act only on the advice of the Government. He will be expected to remain aloof from politics. Quiet, self-effacing Field Marshal Alexander was reported to be the choice of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King...