Word: quislingism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
One "filthy quisling" -the one with a capital Q -was reported to be a casualty. A Moscow report said that Vidkun Quisling had been wounded by an assassin. A London story held that the Norse renegade was so ill that his duties had been passed on to his Minister of...
There nine quislings were collared. In Commando-weary Vidkun Quisling's official newspaper there later appeared an angry complaint: other Norwegians had painted signs on the quislings' homes to identify them for the Commandos.
> An extraordinary meeting in the mountains took place "somewhere southwest of Belgrade" early in October, when the Serbs were holding 650 German hostages. The Serbs had warned the Nazi authorities in Belgrade that the hostages would be killed unless the mass executions of Serbian patriots was stopped. To the rendezvous...
However wrongheaded Britons thought last week's effusion, most of them agreed that the Duke was sincere and no quisling. Some even admired his courage in sticking to his beliefs. Said the Duke: "I am prepared to risk imprisonment or internment. ... I should not enjoy it, but I should...
The London Daily Herald, whose largest stockholder (49%) is TUC, made an investigation of its own, pooh-poohed the Bevin theory, warned that continued "drain of skilled men into the forces" is leaving gaping holes in war industry that cannot be plugged. Bawled Bevin, an old TU Congressman himself: "A...