Word: shock
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Containing Moves. When they had recovered from the first shock, the German armored forces took the initiative. They had three aims: 1) to engage and destroy as many British tanks as possible south of Sidi Rezegh; 2) to maintain a channel to the west below Tobruk, through which infantry and some mechanized forces could escape; 3) to create a diversion behind the British lines. This last move gave the British a short, sharp scare. Tank patrols actually penetrated several miles into Egypt before the British threw them back...
...conceded a British thrust into occupied territory and said coldly that the attacking forces were repelled with heavy losses. Britain's Ministry of Information replied smugly that the raiding party returned intact with one lone casualty-a man shot in the arm. The Commandos-small, hardened, specially trained shock-invasion troops, who have raided enemy territory from Norway to Africa-had struck again successfully...
Last week Sir Roger spoke bitterly of "heartbreaking frustrations" as Commando chief, insisted that had his shock troops been given freedom of action a year ago, they "might have electrified the world and altered the whole course of the war." Said Sir Roger...
...present war. This has been brilliantly illustrated in our campaigns in Africa, but you will not get it while you are dependent for decision and action on the cumbrous machinery of Whitehall. . . . One reason suggested for my dismissal was that I was too old (69) to lead shock troops, but the command of such a force does not necessarily mean leading it into action. This is a young man's war and my object was to give youth its chance...
...Capital newshawks had not dug up the story, Topeka, Kans. would have had the shock of its life on Armistice Day. With their secret out, the cavalry at Fort Riley took a new tack, sent the city an ultimatum: "Citizens of Topeka . . . your city is doomed! We will move in and capture it and its people today. . . . Resistance is futile...