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Word: libya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Reason: of all the world battlefronts where U.S. supplies are now needed, the four hottest -Russia, Burma, the East Indies, Libya -are 6,000-10,000 miles* from U.S. shores. These are the longest communications lines in military history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. Can't Fight | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...brilliant Nazi tank Gen. Rommel was hit by a Britishiblitz which drove him halfway across Libya.--The Boston Herald, February...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 2/27/1942 | See Source »

...replace General Rommel in Libya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

...November the British started their long-heralded drive into Libya and by year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

...neutrality was wearing too thin to hide much. In London, Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton gave figures showing that Vichy's collaboration with Germany had been military, as well as economic and political. He said that in two months Vichy had sent the German forces in Libya cars, lorries, 5,500 tons of motor fuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Balance in the Balance | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

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