Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would accept and serve but I would not run, in the usual partisan, political sense. But if the people command me to continue in this office and in this war I have as little right to withdraw as the soldier has to leave his post in the line...
...first Russian commander to reach the sea, at Königsberg or Memel, and to cut off General Georg von Lindemann's Sixteenth and Eighteenth Armies (30 to 40 divisions) in the north. Up to this week they had made no visible move to withdraw...
...Japs poured toward them. The gunners picked up Jap rifles and ammunition and turned them into the enemy. When the order came for the artillery to withdraw they sent this answer back: "Sir, we would prefer to stay and fight...
...Presidency, I shall accept. If the people elect me, I will serve. . . ." And, Mr. Roosevelt told Mr. Hannegan, he would not "run" in the ordinary political sense, "but if the people command me to continue in this office and in this war, I have as little right to withdraw as the soldier has to leave his post in the line...
Then the Chinese Army turned on counterpressure. New troops came in from other districts, attacks grew sharper. In the face of this opposition the Japanese apparently began to withdraw. There were even reports that siege lines around Hengyang were cracking...