The National Review, Volume 120W.H. Allen, 1943 - English literature |
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Page 177
... hold , or of making another offensive . This they can hardly mount by the spring . They have fallen back on efforts to get peace talks going to confuse their enemies and with the idea that by cutting their losses this time they can wait ...
... hold , or of making another offensive . This they can hardly mount by the spring . They have fallen back on efforts to get peace talks going to confuse their enemies and with the idea that by cutting their losses this time they can wait ...
Page 261
... hold on to this key position . In March their counter - offensive became effective in the Donetz section of the long Russian battle line . Faced with the choice of abandoning a part of their conquests or being gradually pushed out of ...
... hold on to this key position . In March their counter - offensive became effective in the Donetz section of the long Russian battle line . Faced with the choice of abandoning a part of their conquests or being gradually pushed out of ...
Page 446
... hold Suez at one end and Gibraltar could hold at the other , he would have done very well indeed . " Gort was at Gibraltar , so this was fairly safe . Wavell had been sent one Australian and one New Zealand division and two Indian ...
... hold Suez at one end and Gibraltar could hold at the other , he would have done very well indeed . " Gort was at Gibraltar , so this was fairly safe . Wavell had been sent one Australian and one New Zealand division and two Indian ...
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