Word: onslaught
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Hull (said the Board) had to share in the blame because his Nov. 26 "ultimatum" to the Japanese, delivered when the Army and Navy were desperately playing for time, had "hastened" the onslaught. Hull's note was no ultimatum (it was his last word). But (said the Board) "it is significant that the Secretary of War had to go and call on Mr. Hull to get the information on what amounted to the cessation of negotiations, which was the most vital thing that had occurred...
...women made off with all the rayon hosiery in sight, stocked up on lingerie, California sportswear. Haberdashers unexpectedly sold dozens of dark Homburgs to diplomats who wanted to look like Eden. White shirts, scarce anyway, vanished from store shelves under the visitors' onslaught. Merchants who set up translating departments found them unnecessary. The UNCIO shoppers, discriminating but disinclined to haggle, just wanted to know "how many can we have...
...Army Douglas MacArthur conferred with General Joseph W. Stilwell. The commander of all Army forces in the Pacific and the commander of all the Army's ground forces had a knotty problem to resolve: how to deploy more than 3,500,000 men for the final onslaught against Japan...
...second half brought the onslaught. Wearied and unable to find replacements until near the close of the contest, when several late-comers arrived upon the scene, the Crimson squad was unable to halt the parade of scores by the opposition...
...this was important. They anticipated the anguish which would arise when the people, now celebrating a victory, came face to face with new griefs and separations. They also knew, as military men, the importance of giving the last enemy no rest, or time to entrench himself against the final onslaught. Delay would raise the cost in American lives...