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...years, so have their Allies in the war against Japan-Australians, New Zealanders and men from the United Kingdom, half way round the world. The Royal Navy has, in its Pacific Fleet under Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, a force sufficient to take on the entire surviving Japanese fleet and destroy...
Today, the liberation of the Philippines is nearing completion. Manila Bay itself will take years to clear, but Liberty ships and big refrigerator ships already can tie up alongside the piers which the Japanese tried in vain to destroy; tens of thousands of tons are unloaded daily. Other tens of thousands still must go ashore over the beaches. But it gets ashore, to the men who need...
...refused to set up special experimental farms. Instead, by offering free fertilizer for the beaten soil, he persuaded thousands of farmers to experiment for themselves. TVA encouraged communities to form their own power districts. It never used its authority in attempts to compel acceptance. TVA did not destroy state boundaries; it kept reassuringly aloof from all state and local political squabbles...
...long as I live," said Adolf Hitler in effect, "there will be no conflict between Russia, America and England. They are united in their will to destroy me. If I am dead, they cannot remain united. The conflict must come. But when it comes I must be alive to lead the German people, to help them arise from defeat, to lead them to final victory. Germany can hope for the future only if the whole world thinks I am dead. I must...
...system symbolized by Hirohito must be wrecked as thoroughly as Hitler's Reich. Only utter defeat can destroy the myths of invincibility and divinity. The Allies must carry through the post-victory task of remolding the Japanese mind...