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Word: craincourt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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From the town of Craincourt, southeast of Metz on Lieut. General George S. Patton's Third Army front, U.S. officers trained field glasses on Germans struggling up the muddy slopes of Delme Ridge, a 1,300-ft. eminence, four miles long, which blocked a valley. With their fleece-lined greatcoats flapping in the wind, the Germans were lugging mortars and cases of ammunition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF GERMANY: Happy Birthday, Dear General | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

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