Word: protectionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The West Point carried more armament than any transport ever seen in New York Harbor: at least four guns, including two 5-in. naval guns, anti-aircraft batteries, machine guns, torpedo tubes, a new and secret protection against magnetic mines. In command of her crew of 750 U.S. sailors, 60...
Without panic Muscovites went about organizing air-raid shelters and A.R.P. units, but the shelters themselves were scarce and hastily thrown together at ground level, offering little real protection. For Soviet higher-ups was reserved Moscow's only safe shelter, the 100-foot-deep Kirovskaya Metro station.
Outward signs pointed to a move to the south. The press started a campaign designed to show that Great Britain, the U.S. and Chungking were plotting the "encirclement" of Japan. There were hints that Thailand, which had a mild domestic crisis last week, might need Japanese "protection." Pointing straight at...
At Malemi in Crete, where he was stationed, "we were rarely in a position to put more than two aircraft into the air for a continuous patrol during daylight hours." The anti-aircraft guns protecting the airport were without protection themselves, were quickly put out of action by Stukas.
Surabaya, Java, for air-raid shelters, recently dug trenches, screened them with bamboo as protection against bomb splinters and flying debris. Last week travelers from Java reported that a few weeks after the shelters were built pleased natives wrote a letter of thanks to the Government. "Thank you very much...