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Last week one of the strangest and most moving contests in history sped to an unrecorded climax. On one side was the speed and efficiency of Hitler's war machine, preparing for the destruction of Britain. On the other was the desperate attempt to save British children...
...water front startled Nazi sentries stumbled to the defense, fell before the surprise attack of a British landing party perfectly coordinated with the assault from the air. As quickly as they had come the airmen pulled out and sped away, the raiders vanished. In broad daylight, all up & down the coast English soldiers, sailors & airmen stabbed the German-held shore line in a series of lightning sorties...
...quick crossing of the Meuse on May 14 altered the whole course of the Lowlands' campaign because it threatened the entire communication and supply systems of two other French armies and one British which had sped north to back up the Belgian Army. On May 14 also, the Dutch, seeing that the Allies could not come further to their aid, surrendered their defenses...
...Nazaire, fresh units of a new British Expeditionary Force, a "broomstick Army," began pouring in, true to British promise. Some were veterans of the ill-starred expedition to Norway. Some were survivors of the retreat to Dunkirk. As fast as their meagre equipment got ashore, these latecomers sped across Normandy and Poitou to meet the German tide. Those who had seen him before, even more than those who had not, longed for a crack at "Jerry." But by the time that the new B. E. F.-little but the best that Britain had to offer -reached the front, the front...
...Safely to New York harbor after a secret race across the Atlantic sped the largest ship afloat...