The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 182Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1940 - History |
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... Action followed swiftly on this announcement . In the early morning of April 8 Allied naval forces laid minefields in territorial waters at three points along the Norwegian coast . The mines were so placed that they could be easily ...
... Action followed swiftly on this announcement . In the early morning of April 8 Allied naval forces laid minefields in territorial waters at three points along the Norwegian coast . The mines were so placed that they could be easily ...
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... action and about a thousand men killed . Admiral Gensoul then gave up the struggle — not , however , before the Strasbourg had escaped , seriously damaged -and the French ships were demilitarised . For the British this clash was ...
... action and about a thousand men killed . Admiral Gensoul then gave up the struggle — not , however , before the Strasbourg had escaped , seriously damaged -and the French ships were demilitarised . For the British this clash was ...
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... action against " Fifth Column " activities on the part both of Communists and of Germans in the country . Even in this grave hour the politicians could not resist the temptation to squabble over comparative trifles . On April 25 the ...
... action against " Fifth Column " activities on the part both of Communists and of Germans in the country . Even in this grave hour the politicians could not resist the temptation to squabble over comparative trifles . On April 25 the ...
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Turkey 6 Governments Views on American Safety Zone 6 New Con | 13 |
THE COLLAPSE OF FRANCE | 27 |
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