Word: sinkings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...roads along the Black and Caspian Seas to Batum, Baku and the Middle East. Only the Red Armies in the Caucasus-so far unable to block the approaches, and soon likely to be cut off from the body of Russia-can block the roads. Winter will not sink the Germans' motor barges, skirting the Russian strong points on the Caspian's narrow shore. If winter is all that Russia's allies can promise, and Russia cannot save herself, then the war in Russia is lost...
Down below us on the river was a large ship, and out of it came bursts of fire; balls of red flecked with white began shooting toward our plane. Japanese ack-ack guns and pom-poms were throwing everything but the kitchen sink at us. Then our plane began to tremble and shake, and from our belly red balls of fire began shooting down toward the Jap ship. Puffs of white smoke flowered in the air far below our plane. They were so far away I couldn't help laughing, but plainly we could see our tracers going straight...
...does not give up all its dead. Depth charges usually sink a U-boat without chance of survivors reaching the surface. Before each grave was heaped, FBI men examined every body carefully, made copious notes, preserved all papers and identification marks. When the war is over there will be a pitiful sheaf of dog-tags, letters and personal papers to send German relatives...
...might have reminded them of Chile's 2,660-mile unprotected coastline; he might even have said that his Government has already gone as far as it intends to go in placating Pan-Americans: it has warned the Axis that Chile will declare war if Axis subs sink any Pan-American ship in the southern Pacific or attack the Panama Canal...
...SPEEDBOATS SINK BRITISH FREIGHTERS FROM CONVOY...