Word: zone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long in their hearts and minds. He spoke again of Germany as the barrier to Bolshevism, said that the front was stabilized after "undeserved" reverses, and actually understated the Wehrmacht's recent resurgence in Russia (see p. 75). He said that the R.A.F. had made Germany a "war zone"; the people knew it, could see it in their blasted cities. He made the fantastic claim that Germany had lost only 542,000 dead in World War II; by a conservative Allied estimate, the Germans have lost four million men killed, captured and permanently disabled in this...
...Other U.S. air forces: First, Second, Third and Fourth, continental U.S.; Fifth, Australia; Sixth, Canal Zone; Seventh, Honolulu; Eighth, England; Ninth, Middle East; Tenth, India; Eleventh, Alaska; Twelfth, Northwest Africa; Thirteenth, South Pacific...
...attention there. Most of the activity was political, but 400 German troop trains were reported to have moved recently toward France's Spanish border. Eleven divisions were said to be massed on the Mediterranean end of the frontier. Germany closed the border area as a military zone...
...second half, guarding more closely and losing the ball far less often than in other recent encounters, the Varsity pierced Yale's 1-3-1 zone defense with comparative ease. Frank Bixler was stationed near the left hand corner, and the adroit Sophomore dunked five one-handers in the period to total 14 points, highest Crimson total...
...Collins, a veteran Navy man and Annapolis graduate. Lt. Comdr. Collins, also a graduate of the Harvard Business School, has seen service in many waters including disbursing duty aboard the USS Nevada and with destroyer divisions afloat. Other tours of duty included the Naval Air Station at Cocosolo, Canal Zone, the Naval Supply depot at San Diego and as Supply Officer on the USS Savannah