Word: petrolic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...importance of the East Indies to the Allies is tremendous, as they provide petrol, tin, quinine, and rubber, all of them vital, he pointed out, and thus it is necessary for us to maintain a strong policy to keep Japan...
...Britain's air policy should be to force the Germans to fight and use up their petrol. By raiding German bases and factories we can destroy the Nazi legend that the Führer can protect his people against bombs. Right from the beginning of the war, the Nazis have conserved their fuel. ... I frankly do not understand why we have hitherto refrained from raiding the enemy territory...
...sitting upstream, on her bottom. Tearing his hair was Imperial Airways Ace Captain Kelly Rogers, first pilot to land in New York harbor at night, who inaugurated the British north Atlantic mail service. Said he afterward: "To lift the Corsair from the water we had to sink huge petrol tanks under the wings and then turn them into lifting camels by emptying them. Where we started, the river was only 50 yards wide and the Corsair spans 38 yards. We took careful soundings, adjusted the load and let her go. When she started lifting, I knew somehow we were going...
...their well-rehearsed act. Into the lifeboats went all the crew (there were no passengers) except twelve scuttlers, ten firers. Captain Daehne stayed aboard to oversee their job. Down below, the scuttlers opened all sea cocks. Through the ship raced the firers, smashing skylights, emptying drums of benzine and petrol, to make an unbroken trail past heaps of oil-soaked waste to the ship's fuel tanks. When all was ready, Very signal pistols and long matches were used to touch off the fire everywhere at once. Within an hour of ordering his ship's destruction, Captain Daehne...