Word: want
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the German artillery-silence. Did it mean that it had been reinforced, was in new positions? Did it mean the Germans held their fire because they did not want to expose their new position to counterbattery fire from the Allied side of the line? Allied officers feared it did, got set for a push...
These Britons want to learn to fly, for they want to beat Adolf Hitler, and they respect the air power he can call up. But Britons encounter two insurmountable difficulties in their learning: the sun shines over Great Britain only one hour in every three; the island is too small and crowded for extended training flights...
Last June Sir Cyril wrote a pregnant sentence which in all candor he would probably admit is the real reason for Great Britain's fighting Germany: "Our responsibility is the defense of a great Empire." Britain does not want to attack; she wants to defend. But if the issue is joined, she must attack or lose, because aerial warfare cannot be won on the defensive. That Sir Cyril and his associates fully realize this is indicated by the nature of the Force they have built...