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Word: asenabling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...German guns. The old ship-building wharf, extended for warships, has been blasted by British bombers. Half a mile outside Trondheim, transatlantic U-boats crouch in shelters dug out of hill sides which are as prone to slide as the hills of Panama. A few miles farther on is Asen fjord, where the really big ships hide: the mighty Tirpitz, the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, and the damaged heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. According to Stockholm reports, the Germans are preparing a full-fledged naval base there, building a drydock big enough to take in 40,000-ton battleships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Insomniac Trondheim | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

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