Word: reservoirs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attack and siege by land, Singapore is not so well prepared. Most of its big guns are concentrated on the seaward side, not opposite the Malay Peninsula. Its main reservoir of water is across the Strait in Johore and although there are emergency reservoirs on the island itself, the Jap might be able to thirst out the city's 600,000 inhabitants. This week the enemy was within 40 miles of the main water supply...
...score. It was one to make the U.S. Navy and Army shudder. Of the 200,000 inhabitants of Oahu, 1,500 were dead, 1,500 others injured. Not all the civilian casualties occurred in Honolulu. The raiders plunged upon the town of Wahiawa, where there is a large island reservoir, sprayed bullets on people in the streets. Behind the Wahiawa courthouse a Japanese plane crashed in flames...
...only one natural harbor and only one landing field. It was, thanks to the fact that certain U.S. Congressmen had not been able to see farther than the west bank of the Potomac River, unfortified. When zero hour came, Japanese warships shelled the island, setting fire to the oil reservoir and all the principal buildings. According to Japanese reports, the flag of the Rising Sun rose over Guam after one day of fighting...
WASHINGTON--The War Department was understood last night to be ready to ask Congress for expansion of selective service age limits from 21-28 years to 18-44 years--a move which would increase by almost 20,000,000 the reservoir of manpower available for the armed forces...
...huge: it covers 117 square miles. It is a maze of irregularly traced, winding streets. It is remarkably self-sufficient. Its industry, 14% of all Russia's, is doing all it can for defense. Its water supply is so far safe: the great Uchinsk Reservoir, 16 miles north of the city, the older Mytischi mineral springs system, ten miles northeast, and the Rublievo river-water system, ten miles west, are all still out of the enemy's reach. Its sources of electrical power lie farther afield, but they are well scattered and, so far, only slightly hampered...