Word: left
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...prolonged for two to four years more, Europe will be in ruins and victor and vanquished will end up in some form of communism or national socialism. It is probable that Great Britain will be ruined, and, even if a victor, left in such a state of weakness that her empire would possibly disintegrate...
Last week in Manhattan, the Army's No. 1 draftsman, studious, able Brigadier General Lewis Elaine Hershey, sat down with labor-union men at a conference sponsored by the left-wing National Lawyers Guild. Subject of discussion: "Labor's Rights and the Defense Program...
...right to Tripoli. For hours the Italians could only guess what was happening. At the same time the British Fleet swung in to bombard Maktila, Sidi Barrani and the Italians' road to the rear. The Italians were attacked simultaneously from the right (land) flank by tanks, from the left (sea) flank by the fleet, from the top (air) flank...
Last week Nazi workmen removed the remains of L'Aiglon from the dingy cellar of Vienna's Capuchin Church, placed the plain lead casket aboard a Paris-bound express. Adolf Hitler and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop left Berlin for a secret destination. Pierre Laval, Vice Premier of France, left Paris for Vichy. He arrived there late one afternoon...
...predecessor at "collaboration." The new Foreign Minister, also a veteran politician, has always been pro-German. It was he who as Premier in 1934 prevented French action when the Nazis marched into the Rhineland, and he consistently advocated a free hand for Hitler in Eastern Europe, provided he left France alone. Following Munich, he telegraphed the Führer his congratulations on his bloodless victory...