Word: raids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...civilian defense organization will have three big objectives: 1) to translate defense needs to States and towns; 2) to co-ordinate civilian effort; 3) to boost national morale. Even before the Mayor took the job, the Office for Emergency Management had blueprinted a set-up for volunteer air-raid spotters, to be functioning by June 15, calling for observation posts on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, with some 16 volunteer spotters for each post. Volunteer groups all over the U.S. - especially women's clubs and American Legion posts - have long been active on their own hook. But nothing...
...Lord Provost of Glasgow protested that Hess brought Glasgow so much publicity that his presence there might well bring on an air raid. > In Rio de Janeiro a Swiss druggist named Rudolf Hess grabbed an airliner to avoid importunate newsmen and photographers. > Mrs. Emma Hess Upchurch of Bristol, Va., a sister-in-law, was proud that her boy Gustave Adolf Hess Jr. is a U.S. Army volunteer. > Several U.S. organizations tried to forward firearms to fork-wielding Farmer David McLean. > In Cairo, Hess's old nurse was sure he was not crazy. > One newspaper report leered that Hess...
...storm had been more than a hiatus in the men's activities. Before it the British had prepared and begun a large-scale raid on the Germans who held Salûm and Halfáya ("Hellfire") Pass, just east of the Egyptian-Libyan border. The storm broke up the raid, disorganized the British, and gave the Germans time to devise and organize a vast counter-raid...
...long did the British allow themselves the luxury of pleasant surprise. They chased the counter-raiders with an energetic counter-counter-raid, right through Hellfire Pass, out of Salûm, all the way to Fort Capuzzo, across the border in Libya. They took 500 German prisoners, but they knew they could not follow through. Sir Archibald was not quite ready. They in turn turned around. The Germans counter-counter-counter-attacked and retook Salûm and the pass which had earned its nickname...
...that night 24 German planes were destroyed. That was a night record but it stood only two nights. During the terrible raid on London (see below) 33 were shot down. It was not merely the full moon which made these high scores possible. There is a full moon every month, and ever since the first of the year the bag had increased: In January, 15, in February, 15, in March, 47, in April, 90, and 124 in the first ten nights...