Word: troop
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more substantial rumors seeped through that German troops had infiltrated Libya. Color to the rumor was lent by the fact that German Storm Troop Leader Viktor Lutze had just "toured" the Libyan frontier as a civilian. Also visiting Libya was Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Chief of the Italian General Staff...
Last week New York Times Correspondent Hallett Abend offered another and more sensational reason why there has not been more fighting. From Shanghai, Correspondent Abend cabled that military experts in the Far East had had their eyes on Japanese troop movements from the Chinese occupied zones northward toward the Siberian-Manchukuo border. So many soldiers have been withdrawn, said Mr. Abend, that the Canton area is now held by only 25,000 men, the huge Yangtze Valley and Central China districts by only...
Only one explanation for the extraordinary troop movement was advanced by Mr. Abend: Japan was preparing an attack on Soviet Russia. With tRe Chinese still fighting valiantly, Japan in her right senses would scarcely think of attacking Russia alone. To Mr. Abend it therefore seemed logical that Japan had received assurances from her European allies, Germany and Italy, that they planned "demands and activities" near European Russia that would hold Soviet troops and materiel in the west...
Much the same sense of relief was evident last week after the Dictator finished his annual Reichstag address (TIME, Feb. 6). Because he announced no troop movements, made no mention of forthcoming invasions and delivered his address in rather more subdued tones than usual, many correspondents, editorial writers, even statesmen called the speech "mild." Those who took the trouble to wade through the long, formless address, however, discovered that it was actually one of the most sensational and threatening talks ever made by the head of a State. Excerpts...
Europe raced last week toward another dictator-manufactured international crisis. Italy called out 60,000 men for training, stationed 30,000 troops at Genoa and La Spezia. France virtually doubled her mobilization speed, decided to call up 80,000 recruits in April instead of October. Britain took the first step toward conscription (see p. 16). From Germany came alarming reports of troop movements: five new mechanized divisions had been created, two whole divisions, equipped for "desert operations," passed over the Brenner Pass into Italy headed presumably for Italian Africa, trucks were requisitioned and "spring" maneuvers were scheduled to start February...