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...said he wanted to discuss it with them. He did not ask them to approve his act. As Commander in Chief of the armed forces and director of the nation's foreign policy he had become convinced that it was necessary to occupy Iceland in order properly to defend the U.S. He felt he could not consult Congress beforehand because to do so might have placed the occupying forces in extreme danger while they were...
...warmonger, was damning isolationism. They chattered that: 1) the President decided after Dunkirk that Britain could not win; 2) if Britain falls, the U.S. will painlessly acquire most of the British Empire, will be strong enough - with its defense program finished and the rest of the world exhausted - to defend...
...London County Council he tore down "undoubtedly beautiful" but shaky Waterloo Bridge amid loud outcries, built a bridge that could be crossed. He also tore down slums, ran up housing projects, created a Green Belt around London. Morrison, says Author Strauss, would "cheerfully die at the barricades to defend the sewage system of London." Mrs. Strauss admits that Herbert's "dictatorial methods" are justified by results, but she cannot forgive him the remarks he made during the Popular Front fight...
Young Timoshenko fought the White Russians and foreign intervention troops on many fronts, was wounded five times, in 1919 helped defend Tsaritsyn (now Stalingrad) where he met Comrade Stalin, who was in command. In 1920 Timoshenko took part in the Red offensive on Warsaw which was repulsed by the Poles under famed Marshal Josef Pilsudski...
...Afrika Korps were distributed on the Egyptian-Libyan border in crafty ambiguity. Colonial Commander Lieut. General Erwin Rommel had disposed them so that they were ready to attack and they were ready to defend...