Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...leading British military critic and in his early years an outstanding advocate of the offensive principle of surprise. I do not, of course, mean that any military men have ever given up the principle of the offensive. . . . We have always realized that the offensive alone could bring quick decisions...
...their quick assets in the U. S. alone were sufficient to last them four years at the 1940 deficit rate. Against an enemy "strong only in heavy industry and in will" they had, in addition to this accumulated fat, control of trade routes over which their empires could transport...
...quick crossing of the Meuse on May 14 altered the whole course of the Lowlands' campaign because it threatened the entire communication and supply systems of two other French armies and one British which had sped north to back up the Belgian Army. On May 14 also, the Dutch, seeing that the Allies could not come further to their aid, surrendered their defenses...
...Caught between fear of a quick German victory and hope for a national defense boom, stock prices when Hitler swept into France...
Spring practice went along pretty well here at Cambridge, and Dick Harlow was able to get a good line on some of his younger men. He was able to boil the squad down to about 40 men so he will probably get off to a quick start next fall...