Word: revolts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Moscow seemed to feel that this uprising, which had been touched off by the Polish leaders in London, was none of Moscow's affair. London's Communist paper, the Daily Worker, declared that the revolt was a "bluff" staged by the London Poles to get credit for Warsaw's liberation. It appeared that the Red Army commander had not been consulted, nor had the Moscow-sponsored Polish Committee of Liberation...
Tragedy in Warsaw. Meanwhile in Warsaw another tragic act in the Polish drama was ending. The underground revolt against the Germans, led by "General Bor" (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS), was all but crushed. Through London, General Bor reported: for the past fortnight the Red Army had not pressed the assault on Warsaw. Implication: the Russians had deliberately allowed the Germans to liquidate Warsaw's pro-London patriots...
Sirs: In the latest news of the revolt of German generals in Germany the most significant factor seems to be omitted by every writer and commentator. Pushed into its own territory, Germany had only one hope: of having some extraordinarily effective secret weapon. The revolt of German generals just now after Germany has so jubilantly propagandized the success of their secret robot bomb and more dangerous future secret weapons, shows that German generals, who certainly are in a position to know, openly admit by their revolt that there is no such secret weapon and therefore no hope for Germany. PAUL...
...naval revolt had broken out at the Kiel naval base...
...rust of revolt was corroding the mighty German war machine; Army officers had tried to kill Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime (see FOREIGN NEWS). The attempt itself marked a fateful trend within the Reich; even more significant were the admissions by Hitler and his new chief of staff, Colonel General Heinz Guderian, that the proud German officer corps was disaffected, that officers on active service were involved in the plot...