Word: wing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's war was not even one day old (on Sept. 3, 1939) when dark, easy-smiling Guy Gibson flew his first bombing mission-to Kiel's ship canal. By late 1943, Wing Commander Gibson was the only one left of his 1939 squadron's 26 men. "Great Guy" Gibson had become a legend in the R.A.F. He was the famed "Dam Buster" (so dubbed by Winston Churchill after the spectacular Möhne and Eder dam-breaching raids); Britain's most decorated airman (the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross and bar, the Distinguished Service...
...Central Committee called a general strike. Said Premier Papandreou: "The extreme left wing is preparing the way for civil war." Hurriedly, Papandreou's Cabinet, minus six resigned EAM members, met, talked of forming a new government to avert further bloodshed...
...next phase were already in evidence. The Americans of Lieut. General Alexander M. Patch's Seventh Army were striking north along the Rhine from Strasbourg, to form the southern claw of another pincers. It would not be complete until Lieut. General George S. Patton's advancing right wing broke into the Saar...
...assemble on Jan. 10 by Diego Martinez-Barrio, last president of the Cortes and leader of the Junta Española de Liberatión. Included in this junta were leaders of the Center, Moderate Left, Catalonian Anarchists. Excluded were the Communists. Its guiding intelligence was Indalecio Prieto, right-wing Socialist and onetime Minister of War in the Spanish Republican Government. The junta's most important asset: an almost legendary cargo of Spanish gold, silver bars, securities, bullion, jewels, shipped to Mexico when the Spanish Republic fell...
...Politicians & a Visitation. In London was Dr. Juan Negrin, left-wing Socialist, last premier of the Spanish Republic. During Spain's civil war Dr. Negrin had ousted anti-Communist War Minister Prieto with the help of the Russians. Now he seemed anxious to make peace with Prieto...