Word: lissa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nazi airmen last week bombed the Adriatic island of Vis (Lissa), which, according to their home radio, is "an operations base for 1,500 American Rangers and British Commandos." That there might be some truth in this enemy assertion was suggested when the Allies reported that specially trained U.S. and British combat troops-along with gunnery experts and engineers-are now operating with the Partisans in the Dalmatian coastal zone. Furthermore it was announced that the Allied troops had raided Solta Island, destroying Nazi installations, capturing 111 prisoners...
Last week Finnish Commander in Chief Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim announced that three Lottas, Lissa Uurasmaa on the Arctic front, Julia Shemeikka and Julia Nerkuu on the Eastern front, had "remained faithfully at their dangerous posts and are the first Lottas to be killed in action." Said he: "In the name of the Army we pay tribute to their memory...