Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Friend Winston Churchill wants Dominion leaders (as the London Times said) "to withdraw themselves temporarily from national administration and bring their contribution to the common pool." Included in the "common pool" of Empire are such matters as postwar air power, midwar diplomacy, trade relations, soldiers' postwar employment, Lend-Lease settlement...
...August, the German command knew it faced a major defeat. Its problem then was to withdraw its men and materiel to the next defensible line, on the Dnieper. It has done so with great skill. According to Moscow's claims, Hitler's gamble in July cost the Wehrmacht more than 1,500.000 in dead and wounded, close to 10,000 tanks, nearly 6,000 planes. It cost heavily in space and in morale. But by a series of delaying actions the Wehrmacht was saved...
...Withdraw its armed forces from France and the Balkans...
...long last the elders of Cobh cried that he had gone into thin air entirely. They threatened to withdraw their gift of the monument site. But Jerome Connor came forward again, with one of the most melodious of all his explanations...
...vote for his rival because "the law of God operates during a political campaign . . . and it is my judgment that John Hodnett possesses qualifications . . . superior to mine." He added: "However, I cannot dictate the conscience of the county. The county must be free to choose. . . . Therefore I shall not withdraw my candidacy...