Word: aleppo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Aleppo, the French and British commanders met with Turkey's high command in long sessions at which they were reported to have mapped out, in minutest detail, plans for tri-power action in the event of Balkan invasion by Germany or a Caucasian war with Russia. The Balkans buzzed with a report (discounted in London and Paris) that Turkey had promised the Allies free passage through the Dardanelles for war purposes and use of her harbors at Trebizond, Samsun and Sinope for a blockade of the Black...