During moments of intense crisis the responsibility of political leaders is overwhelming.

During the years when Israel was passing from crisis to crisis -- the Sinai campaign, the infusion of multitudes of penniless immigrants -- it was felt that the purpose of national unity could be best served if the secular majority were to yield to the religious parties.

During the Financial crisis of 2007 – 2010, Bulgaria marked a decline in its economy of 5. 5 % in 2009, but quickly restored its positive growth to 0. 2 % in 2010, in contrast to other Balkan countries.

During the course of 2009, the grim forecasts for the effects of the global crisis on the Bulgarian economy largely materialized.

During the Savings and Loan crisis, the team and Mr. Bright's Savings and Loan were taken over by the FSLIC.

During the third century crisis ( 235 – 285 ), the government resorted to requisition rather than payment in debased coinage, since it could never be sure of the value of money.

During the secession crisis in Missouri at the beginning of the American Civil War, Atchison sided with Missouri's pro-Confederate governor, Claiborne Jackson.

During the 6 February 1934 crisis, France faced the greatest domestic political turmoil since the Dreyfus Affair when the fascist Francist Movement and multiple far right movements rioted en masse in Paris against the French government resulting in major political violence.

During the Suez crisis, Nehru's right hand man, Menon attempted to persuade a recalcitrant Gamal Nasser to compromise with the West, and was instrumental in moving Western powers towards an awareness that Nasser might prove willing to compromise.

During the abdication crisis of December 1936, Ribbentrop reported to Berlin that the reason the crisis had occurred was an anti-German Jewish-Masonic-reactionary conspiracy to depose Edward ( whom Ribbentrop represented as a staunch friend of Germany ), and that civil war would soon break out in Britain between the King's supporters and those of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's.

During the fuel crisis of the 1970s, Saab-Valmet developed and series-produced the Saab 99 Petro that ran on kerosene, turpentine or gasoline.

During the " nullification crisis " of 1828 – 1833, South Carolina passed an Ordinance of Nullification purporting to nullify two federal tariff laws.

During the 2009 Malagasy political crisis, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia is " concerned by the increased frequency of attempts on the African continent to resort to non-constitutional methods of solving internal political problems.

During 1975, two years after the military coup that ended the government of Salvador Allende, the economy of Chile experienced a severe crisis.

During the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010, several Keynesian economists such as James Galbraith and Joseph Stiglitz blamed the free market philosophy of Friedman and the Chicago school for the economic turmoil.

During the Persian Gulf crisis, Oman assisted the United Nations coalition effort.

* During the 1975 constitutional crisis, on 11 November 1975, the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the Labor Party's Gough Whitlam as prime minister.

During the European sovereign-debt crisis, after incurring a € 900 million debt, the people of Parma voted in a direct democratic platform.

During the 2007-2012 global financial crisis in the United States, the neologism " pessimism porn " was coined to describe the alleged eschatological and survivalist thrill some people derive from predicting, reading and fantasizing about the collapse of civil society through the destruction of the world's economic system.

During this crisis, new ideas, perhaps ones previously discarded, are tried.

During the economic reforms being implemented after the financial crisis, the information technology ( IT ) sector was one of several that was targeted and considered to be an important factor in the recovery of the nation ’ s economy.

During World War I, Switzerland suffered an economic crisis.

During his time as Supreme Allied Commander of the Southeast Asia Theatre, his command oversaw the recapture of Burma from the Japanese by General William Slim.

During the rest of the 1800s the unit was active in China, Canada ( Wolseley Expedition ), Afghanistan, India, Burma and South Africa.

During British occupation, Burma was the wealthiest country in Southeast Asia.

During British administration, Burma supplied oil through the Burmah Oil Company.

During the beginning of the war he was the commander of the Harel Brigade, which fought on the road to Jerusalem from the coastal plain, including the Israeli " Burma Road ", as well as many battles in Jerusalem, such as securing the southern side of the city by recapturing kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

During this time they planned to " speedily extract bauxite, oil, rubber and metals from Malaya, Burma, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, and ship these materials to Japan for processing ".

During World War II, Gambian troops fought with the Allies in Burma.

During World War II he joined the infantry as a reserve captain, and served as a staff officer in the China Burma India Theater.

During his tenure as Prime Minister, Shastri visited many countries including Russia, Yugoslavia, England, Canada and Burma.

During World War II General Ellsworth flew 400 missions in the China / Burma / India Theater.

During WWII he was stationed by the Army as a telephone linesman in Burma.

During the Malayan Emergency, Gurkhas fought as jungle soldiers as they had done in Burma.

During 1885, Leadbeater traveled with Henry Steel Olcott ( 1832 – 1907 ), first President of the Theosophical Society, to Burma, and Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ).

During World War II he served as commander of an infantry battalion and took part in the invasion and occupation of the Shan States in Burma.

During those years, Chinese Empire was into border conflicts with Konbaung Burma.

During the summer and fall 1941, some 300 men carrying civilian passports boarded ships destined for Burma.

During the Second World War, when Malaya, Singapore, Burma and Hong Kong were overrun by the Japanese, the command retreated to India, there receiving the name Air Headquarters Bengal.

During World War II, he commanded the same 5th Corps or Nationalist Fifth Army in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road from mid March to early June 1942, during the Burma Campaign under Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell.

During his tenure at the India Office during the short-lived minority Conservative administration, Churchill reversed policy over Burma.

During this period, Burma was part of an overland trade route from China to India.

During World War II he led the 14th Army, the so-called " forgotten army " in the Burma campaign.

During his tenure he had to deal with the aftermath of the devastating Bengal famine of 1943, caused in part by the Japanese invasion of Burma and war-time rationing, but severely compounded British administrative incompetence and lack of concern.

The regular battalions found themselves fighting in new roles: During the " Chindits " campaign in Burma, the 1st Battalion took part in jungle fighting against the Japanese forces, while the 2nd Battalion was converted to a glider borne role.

* During World War II Captain Sam Manekshaw, Indian Army ( who eventually rose to the rank of Field Marshal ), was leading a counter-offensive operation against the invading Japanese Army in Burma.