Word: putsch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was the version given by the army "committee" under one Colonel Sami Hennawi, which led the putsch and seized power. Another report was that Zaim was shot down at his house when he tried to hurl a hand grenade at his captors and that 18 others died with him. Whatever the truth, Zaim and his premier were dead. Damascus also heard that Zaim had refused a blindfold with the words: "I lived bravely and I want to die bravely...
...Sokolovsky's proclamation, a "spontaneous" demonstration took place in front of Berlin's City Assembly. It was like a dry run for a Putsch. A cursing mob stormed into the building. When a U.S. official came up, the mob yelled "Let the dollar prince pass...
...into the optimism and idealism of those still hopeful for peace on earth and good will towards men. But of the two, the Palestine issue is much the more clearly defined, much the more tragic twist of events. The current Czechoslovakia situation, while unquestionably the product of a Communist putsch of the most brazen sort, is not yet fully enough evolved to warrant throwing one hand up in despair and reaching for a rifle with the other, as many are already doing. It is true that President Benes has capitulated to the extent that he has accepted the resignation...
Fast work had prevented a possible Red putsch in Athens, but the new state of affairs in the north was something else again. The Soviet puppets, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia were expected to "recognize" Vafiades at any moment. Cautious Mother Russia might do so later, if things went well. For a "cold war" the international conflict was giving off a lot of heat...
Wrong Day for It. Readers may well conclude from the two volumes that Hitler's death in the ruins of Berlin is not so hard to believe as his continued survival through a dozen years of intraparty intrigue. As far back as 1938, German bigwigs planned their first Putsch. In on the deal, according to Gisevius, were Chief of Staff Franz Haider, General Erwin von Witzleben and a string of other generals. Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht, Major General Hans Oster (the brains of Wehrmacht counterintelligence) and Author Gisevius himself were among the conspirators. The calendar, he says, explains...