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Word: montelimar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...into any substantial trouble. Behind them the main Allied force turned to fan westward toward the Rhone valley, where the supply lines were better. In the south it seized Aries, Tarascon, and Avignon on the lower Rhone and crossed the river. Farther north it moved toward German garrisons at Montelimar, Valence and Lyons. By then the German escape route was a hopeless grid of Allied regulars and French irregulars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Up from the South | 9/4/1944 | See Source »

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