Word: sitzkrieg
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GREAT BRITAIN Blitzkrieg or Sitzkrieg...
...Parliament) prepared to go home for Easter. One question still weighed on Parliament's collective mind (and on the minds of lots of other people), so the Chamberlain Government briskly addressed itself to relieving the pressure. The question: Were the Allies wise to pursue their seven-month "Sitzkrieg...
...shifts prompted by the near-scandal in the Supply Ministry or a public desire for more or less war action were scheduled for consideration by the Government during the Easter recess. Indications were that they would not be nearly so drastic as those in France. If a more intensified Sitzkrieg were on the books, an inner War Cabinet under pat-standing Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax was in the cards. If blitzkrieging were in order, the Admiralty's pugnacious Winston Churchill was the man for the job. Otherwise, the Government would just rock along under the direct leadership of Hardware...