Word: militia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rome Franciscans from the Holy Land announced their intention to raise a militia of from 500 to 1,000 Christian volunteers of all nationalities to help the 408 friars now in Palestine in protecting the shrines under their control from looting and from Arabs or Jews who would use them for military purposes...
...Minnesota's Governor Luther Youngdahl. Next day, on his orders, about 2,500 National Guardsmen, swiftly mobilized in rural areas, moved into South St. Paul, Newport and Albert Lea, where there had been some slugging. It was the first time in 14 years that Minnesota's militia had been called to keep strike order...
Ailing General Chen Cheng was savagely criticized for his failure while commander in chief in the northeast. Screams rose for his execution. "We must restore morale with a man's head . . ." Many pleaded for the arming of village militia-why did not the government trust the people? A Kirin man recited a bitter song sung by "abused, ill-equipped local forces." The song...
...Bethlehem fight, members of Haganah, the Zionist militia, took refuge in a stone house which the Arabs quickly surrounded. During the night Arabs crept close enough to call promises to the Jews that their lives would be spared if they surrendered. The Jews answered with a Bronx cheer...
...British army came up to enforce the surrender terms which had been radioed to the beleaguered Jews. When Arabs attacked, British soldiers crouched in a circle around the house, fired shots over the Arabs' heads. When the Jews surrendered, the British searched them; several of the Zionist militia-women had hidden ammunition in their blouses...