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Word: audacieux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...flotilla were three cruisers, Georges Leygues, Montcalm, Gloire, and three big destroyers, Le Fantasque, L'Audacieux, Le Malin. They had been anchored at Toulon until last week, along with other survivors of the Battle of Oran Bay. Under terms of the armistice between Germany and France, they had supposedly been disarmed and laid up for the duration of the war. What, then, were they doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Flying Frenchmen | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

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