Word: motoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brought the front line to them. The R.A.F. first bombed northern Italy in June 1940, but did not attempt a real campaign there until last October. Between then and Dec. 2, the British poured some 1,500 tons on Milan, Genoa, and Turin (where most of Italy's motor vehicles are made). Damage and panic were impressive, but in the long run the bombings got the Italians' backs up, intensified their hatred of the British. Lately Italy has been hit principally in the south, by American bombers from North Africa, and the effects have been similiar: more demands...
...transport Iran's high, hot plateau flowed past. In the wasteland below Special Passenger Francis Joseph Spellman, Archbishop of New York, Roman Catholic Military Vicar and unofficial envoy of the Vatican, lay tumbled the ruins of palaces built by ancient Persian conquerors; across it snaked a railway and motor road pulsing with Lend-Lease for Russia...
...later diverted to China. When German military power was at its height on the Continent, Thörnell took a poor view of Sweden's ability to defend herself for any length of time. But with the Swedish navy of light cruisers, destroyers and 50-knot-an-hour motor torpedo boats to harass the enemy, Thörnell could risk a war-provided there was likelihood of Allied success in Norway spilling over quickly to his assistance. Gallup polls have shown repeatedly that the majority of Swedes believe they can avoid war. But they have completely organized against...
...raids against the Reich capital within eight days. From all these raids not a plane was lost; it was not until the sixth raid that Berlin gunners even scored a hit on a Mosquito. The plane they winged came back to England, flying at treetop height, with one motor shot...
...Axis losses in all African campaigns: Germans killed, permanently disabled, taken prisoner, lost in transit-250,000; Italian losses in North and East Africa-39 divisions, 470,000 men. Total Axis losses in North Africa: 600,000 men, 2,000 tanks, 1,500 guns, 5,000 aircraft, 3,000 motor vehicles...