He'd remained a thorn in the side of the defense preparations throughout, and his constant carping and complaining were getting worse, not better.

Other items included diplomatic codes, nuclear-weapons doctrine and civil defense preparations.

Civil defense preparations both in the city and county moved slowly, but on March 7, 1942, the city held its first blackout.

After the failed first invasion by the Yuan navy, the Japanese made many defense preparations.

However by the summer of 1863, as none of the threats had materialized, citizen fears had declined and defense preparations were relaxed.

The documentary offers an intimate depiction of defense preparations for the trial.

One man, driving out of the city this day, found the defense preparations "utterly futile, ridiculous!"

Civil defense preparations have not been addressed either, the experts said.

The Japanese military was unable to stop the Allied attacks and the country's civil defense preparations proved inadequate.

As I have been saying for weeks now, lan Macmillan remarked to the television reporter, we must dramatically expand our defense preparations.