Word: panzers
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...last desperate attempt to break through, the invaders threw into the melee their "panzer" division--a truck with the label "Tank" on its sides, but the nefarious machine was stopped in its tracks by a deadly burst of point-blank artillery fire...
Some military experts estimated that the Germans would have on the front 250 divisions-around 5,000,000 men-when the weather opened up, that they would include at least 25 Panzer divisions. The Russians announced that Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov was ready with his spring troops, in "tens of divisions." From Ankara came more definite figures on Voroshilov's strength: 75 infantry divisions, 20 tank divisions, twelve motorized, 15 cavalry. Added to what Russia already had on the front, they would probably outnumber anything Germany could muster...
...considering the Polish armed defeat, Lednicki stressed that German military and air superiority was insurmountable, despite even the most desperate Polish efforts. He claimed that 70 German divisions, with the support of 12 armored units, took six weeks to subdue 31 Polish divisions, backed by only two Panzer outfits. He added that the fifth-column efforts of the sizable German minority hampered Polish offensive attempts...
...weight and vigor of the German Panzer divisions, which at vital moments took possession of the battlefields so that they could repair their damaged tanks-and ours...
Although the visitors were undefeated, their spotless record was chiefly the result of conflicts with inferior high school teams. At no time was the Crimson's superiority challenged, until the panzer attack in the final nine minutes of play, which netted the Tigers a pair of unassisted goals b John Jessup and Jack Northrup. Innumerable Yardling goals were prevented by the work of goalie F. I. G. Coleman...