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Word: kastelli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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Usage:

...Nazis had taken this island rampart of the Balkans in twelve nightmarish days of 1941. Now the Greeks and British pounded the power station at Malemi, where the Nazi padded paratroopers had dropped two years ago. They ripped the radio post at Selino Kastelli, not far from the beach where a German seaborne remnant came through British naval guns. They strafed the roads behind Candia, where exhausted Allied foot soldiers had retreated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF CRETE: The Natives' Return | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

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