Word: whitsun
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communists may or may not have intended to carry out their wild Whitsun threats. The commanders of the Western occupation armies took no chances. By effectively organizing the forces at their disposal, they served notice on the Reds that the Communist youth was not going to take over Berlin. By the time the Communist demonstration started, West Berlin's 13,000 policemen were fully prepared for trouble, 8,000 U.S., British and French troops were alerted in their barracks...