Word: rearmed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Folly of the Victors. One theme dominates the first half of The Gathering Storm: the insensate folly of the victors of World War I in allowing the wicked to rearm. Churchill himself steadfastly warned the world against Hitler's progress from conquest to conquest, to crimes without equal "in scale and wickedness with any that have darkened the human record." That he was personally happy during these bitter years-painting, writing and lecturing-does not seem to lessen their pain in his memory...
General Jonathan Wainwright, another blunt speaker, delivered a minority opinion: "I cannot get out of my head that when we turn the Nips loose they will rearm, as fast as they are able. I don't think we've sold democracy to them...
...guilty must be punished. Germany must be deprived of the power to rearm and make another aggressive war. But when all this has been done, as it will be done, as it is being done, then there must be an end to retribution...
Without doubt an understanding with Russia was reached before the Balkan raids were undertaken, lest U.S. and Russian planes conflict in bombing targets. But to be fully effective the Balkan raids depended on Russian cooperation-and Russian ability to refuel and rearm the planes once they have landed behind Russian lines...
...seem to want to fight at Saipan, Tinian, Guam-bastions far to the northwest of Truk. Rear Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's carrier forces hit these bases and Truk within the space of five days (see col. 3), probably without returning to base to refuel or rearm...