Word: marshalling
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Britain ever suffered. While the leaders were facing that fact, Weygand excused himself, saying he had forgotten some papers, and nipped up two flights of stairs to his office. Churchill watched the septuagenarian Generalissimo bound upstairs and then, according to the story told last week in Paris, turned to Marshal Pétain (83) and demanded: "Do you think we should entrust the fate of our two countries to so young...
Playfair became a Group Captain in 1923 and in 1928 went to Palestine. For his work there he was made Air Commodore in 1930 and sent to India as Chief Staff Officer. He was put in command of the bomber squadron at Andover in 1933, made an Air Vice Marshal the following year the first man ever to reach that rank at 44. Three months ago he said to his men: "Keep fit, keep cheerful, and above all fight against boredom. These quiet times are nearing their...
...Marshal is a rank corresponding to lieutenant general in the land army; air vice marshal corresponds to major general; wing commander to lieutenant colonel; squadron leader to major...
Shining symbol of French courage and resistance is aged Marshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain, who not only repelled the Germans at Verdun in 1916 but restored the spirit of victory in the French Forces in the dark days of '17. More than once in the past five troubled years the old man has been talked of as the man to rally a united France. Times had never been worse than they were last week when the legendary defender of France, firm and erect at 83, returned from his Ambassadorship to Spain to become Vice Premier in Paul...
...never gave allegiance to the view that an impregnable defense was enough to win a modern war, in 1935 opposed military appropriations on that ground. This, and a creditable record during his eight weeks as Premier, were the best proof that he could find "new methods." With the illustrious Marshal to give advice and confidence, the dynamic Mandel to deal with weakness within, and dictator-wise Edouard Daladier to watch France's interests abroad, Premier Reynaud prepared to concentrate responsibility, rouse the nation from its Maginot psychology, give France decisive leadership for the inevitable counterattack...