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Word: kapit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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After the War, the irrepressible first mate, Kapitänleutnant Helmuth von Mücke, said that the captains of captured British ships always seemed more anxious about whether they would be allowed to save their supply of whiskey than about anything else. It also seemed to Kap.-Lt. von Mücke that the captains' loyalty to the line employing them was greater than to their country. In several instances, he said, they revealed to him the proximity of ships of competing lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Junk-Emden | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

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