Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...headlong pursuit by the Allied armies had all but wiped the Germans from the soil of France. They still held out desperately in the ports, determined to hamstring Allied supply to the bitter end. In tattered remnants of once-proud divisions they still fought bitter pocket skirmishes...
Some U.S. and French units of the Seventh Army met bitter resistance even after the great ports (Toulon and Marseilles) and inland centers (Toulouse and Aix) had fallen. These units had no illusions that the German collapse was total. Their casualties were destructive of all illusions...
...firm a grip. Hitler could still command a substantial majority in a free election because the Germans saw no alternative. Home-front morale was higher than the Wehrmacht's. Only frightful chaos and Bolshevism could result if the Allies insisted on fighting the war to its bitter...
...Georges Braque and Georges Rouault were working in Paris as usual. Rouault kept up a barrage of bitter controversies and lawsuits against his enemies...
...Government distrust of Congress can be seen at every turn. The result is that suspicion of Government is universal. Add to this the fact that Congressmen have no faith in the competence of Government to ensure India's future good. This want of faith is based upon bitter experience of the past and present conduct of the British administration of India. Is it not high time that you cooperated with the people of India through their elected representatives instead of expecting cooperation from them...