Word: attack
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...this war Lord Lothian explained the real prize is sea power, the issue "freedom or tyranny." Sometime next spring he expected the crisis-when the Germans would attack with "all the ferocity and ruthlessness the Nazis have taught us to expect...
...British Ambassador to the U. S. boldly predicted "a terrific attack by land, air and sea in which she [Germany] will use every weapon in her armory" (see p. 21). Premier Daladier conferred long and late with his generals last week. Britain's calling of 2,000,000 more men to the colors, and Winston Churchill's visit last week to Royal Air Force bases in France, were seen as steps to get ready for spring...
...Salla front, to protect themselves against surprise attacks, the Russians began to string barbed wire from tree to tree in front of their dugouts, hoping to entangle Finnish skiers, who usually attack at night...
...main problem Coach Ulen faces at Hanover is a strategic one. Most of the men who will bear the brunt of Dartmouth's sprint attack are unknown but reputedly potent quantities; hence the Crimson mentor, somewhat short in top-notch 50 and 100 men, must conserve swimmers of the calibre of Art Bosworth, Frannie Powers. Jim Curwon, and Cutler all of whom are men-of-all-work in the free-style races...
Gullion teaches a system of basketball that is as complex as football. It is based on a set-play attack which takes immediate advantage of an opening. But it is a little difficult to absorb without constant practice. The 1939 team did not use it to full advantage until late in the season. The 1940 team might have had it except for a couple of bad breaks which Gullion thinks will cost it the championship...