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Word: french (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...German loudspeaker units played French music across No Man's Land at the French lines. When they switched to peace overtures and Adolf Hitler's speeches, the French fired at the loudspeakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Pigeons In, Men Out | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...French experts estimated the troops massed by Adolf Hitler from the North Sea to Switzerland as follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Pigeons In, Men Out | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...against 26 knots) but not in a chase the length of the Atlantic, where the Germans' fuel endurance at economical speeds would be superior and the British would have to stop and tank up. Only two other Allied ships which could take on the German raiders are the French Dunkerque and Strasbourg (30 knots), based at Brest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Deutschland at Large | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

While British sailors died at sea and British soldiers idled in French mud, British orators fought for their country on the mental fronts of World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROPAGANDA: Aims and Rights | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...round-faced Dancer Devi Dja went to see her dance. Result: Devi Dja decided that 12 was over-young to quit. So she collected a group of other aging temple-dancers, started giving commercial performances for visiting tourists. Two years ago Devi Dja's dancers toured Java and French Indo-China, with Devi Dja billed as the "Balinese Pavlowa." Last spring she took her troupe all the way to Europe, planned to go home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Old Ladies from Bali | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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