Word: perils
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Russia was in mortal peril, and with her the whole Allied cause. It was not so much the German advances, although they were great enough; nor the Russian retreats, although they were foreboding enough. It was the total fashion of retreat and defeat in the valley of the Don that chilled the hearts of Russia's allies and sharpened Moscow's cry for a second front. The warning from the Don was this: It was the Red Army, not the German Army, which had suffered the most in the winter campaign. The Red Army was by no means...
...resolution adopted by a 2-1 majority reads as follows: that the United States, as a leader among the nations united and fighting for democracy, must accept full partnership in peril; and that, pursuant to this resolve, the United States should at once lower the draft age to 18 years as a measure necessary to winning...
...tone this week. Its cry was still the same: that the U.S. and Great Britain must open a second front in Europe, and open it soon. Not only the tone, but the words were different; and the differences reflected the mounting urgency of Russia's need and peril...
...Great Britain had decided "to open a second front in Europe in 1942." Commissars in the field with the Red Army quoted this unqualified declaration to the troops-and Moscow let its allies know that the Red Army had heard of the promise. Russia in her hour of peril had given the promise of hope to her troops, of warning to London and Washington, that there could be no turning back...
...debate," he said, "has now reached its final stage. What a remarkable example it has been of the unbridled freedom of our parliamentary institutions in time of war! ... I am in favor of this freedom, which no other country would use or dare to use in times of mortal peril such as those through which we are passing, but the story must not end there, and I make now my appeal...