Word: corsica
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...known in Paris as tipsters for foreign embassies, the Foreign Minister censured the French press for its treatment of the "Italian question," warned that it would bring Italian bombs "on our heads" and declared, in effect, that there was much to be said for the Italian claims to Tunisia, Corsica, Djibouti, the Suez Canal...
...politically wise crowd needed no coaching to guess that prominent among "others of our enemies" was the Republic of France. They cried "Tunisia!" "Corsica!" and "Down with France!" and from one end of the square came the optimistic shout: "On to Paris!" An official order bade Italians put away their flags until Madrid falls...
...Vive Daladier! Vive la France!" rang out with spontaneity in Corsica, Tunisia and Algiers last week as Premier Edouard Daladier toured France's Mediterranean and North African possessions. The Daladier visit was officially an inspection of French defenses. Actually it was France's firm reply to recent, inspired Italian clamor for Corsica and Tunisia. Last week's answer told Italy: "Just try to take them...
Magic. At Corsica the French used a neat bit of pagan lore to warn off the Italians. As the Premier was being ecstatically hailed by the fiery islanders in Ajaccio and Bastia, French warships circled the island. No Corsican-and no Italian-could have failed to get the point that this was a modern version of the old Norse magic of surrounding a spot with fire (in this case, navy steel) to keep out evil (Italians...
Mussolini interrupts several times to suggest that he ask for Tunisia and Corsica but Hitler suggests that he be content for the moment with demanding "Djibouti and some advantages in the Suez Canal...