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Word: matratin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...then that Montgomery got on his flanks. As Rommel moved along the three-lane coastal highway, British tanks, light artillery and motorized infantry drew abreast of his rear guard. They moved fast and stealthily. Near Wadi Matratin the British sliced in and cut off this Axis tail. Most of the isolated troops were part of a German Panzer division. Mussolini's warriors, left in the lurch at El Alamein, were in the forefront of this latest retreat and far along the coast. In a three-day-long battle some of the Germans succeeded in fighting their way through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF AFRICA: Yoicks! | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

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