Word: mud
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this in mid-spring when the Ukraine is knee-deep in mud was a mili tary masterpiece. Marshal Malinovsky, commanding the part of the front directly adjoining the Black Sea, had probably done as well as could be expected, since his way lay across the broad estuaries of the big rivers. Marshal Zhukov, at the northern end of the Ukrainian front, had done very well by breaking through with heavy concentrations of guns and tanks into Bucovina. But Konev, in the center, had pushed farthest. He had already crossed the Bug and the Dniester. This week his army held...
...much as a man could be, Konev was responsible for this miracle of a great offensive at mud-time. He produced it by turning to foot, man, and tank-power, by keeping his men on grueling marches few other armies could survive. His officers scoff: "The Fritzies are lost without their trucks; they want to ride-whether forward or backward...
...Russia. The specific proof was that the Red Army, spearheaded by the greatest concentration of artillery ever gathered on any front, was winning. Voronov's bludgeon had beaten down the German's rapier; the might of other elements of the Russian Army was trampling it in the mud...
...astonishing news came from Wilmington, Del. this week that scientists have discovered how to eliminate mud. The secret: a chemical treatment that keeps soil dry in spite of hell & high water...
...Howard, Commanding Officer 'of Army Training Schools at Harvard, will be the speaker at the graduation exercises of the twenty-first class of the Army Chaplain School on Monday at 9 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. The graduation will be preceded by a review of the class, but General Mud may curtail the drill on Cambridge Common which was originally scheduled...