Both Uses of
Hitler
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- slogan; the concept rested on an assumption that spending on the Armed Forces must go on increasing if Mr. Hitler did not pipe down; there was even a chance that the bar could become part of the standard-issue ration pack; in that case, if there were to be a general conscription, a further five factories would be needed; there were some on the board who were convinced there should and would be an accommodation with Germany and that Army Amo was a dead duck; one member was even accusing Marshall of being a warmonger; but, exhausted as he was, and maligned, he would not be turned away from his purpose, his vision.†
Chpt 1Hitler = German Nazi dictator during World War II who murdered millions of Jews and others who were not of the Aryan race
- The boys stared at him as they absorbed this and could not speak, for they knew that the business of newspapers was momentous: earthquakes and train crashes, what the government and nations did from day to day, and whether more money should be spent on guns in case Hitler attacked England.†
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Definition:
German Nazi dictator during World War II; murdered millions of Jews and others who were not of the Aryan race (1889-1945)