Word: mountainous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mattered little where the other one was, whether quavering in a Bavarian mountain fastness or raving mad in the tomb of Berlin-or dead, as the Hamburg radio this week reported. For him, too, the curtain had come down...
...only remained to be seen how many of their divisions in Italy they could pull back to the mountain bastion under the scourge of Allied air power...
...cozy, cluttered living room of the cottage at Warm Springs-the Little White House-while his secretary, stooped, lanky William Hassett, helped him sort through the mail. At one end of the room his cousins Laura Delano and Margaret Suckley sat chatting. The warm Georgia sun climbed over Pine Mountain. It was April...
...evening she was ready. She kissed Anna goodbye and strode with her usual determined gait to the waiting limousine, accompanied by Mr. Early and Admiral Mclntire. They enplaned for Georgia. In the dark morning hours, Eleanor Roosevelt walked into the little white cottage on Pine Mountain. Silent and alone, she went in to her husband...
...incredibly tough fighting remained. In northern Luzon strong Jap forces, bountifully supplied from their Aparri base, were holding their mountain lines before Baguio. The weary 25th Division in Balete Pass won and lost a single hill four times; after four weeks' bitter fighting it had managed to gain 1,000 yards. Thirty-third Division troops fought artillery duels with Japs snugly hidden in caves on mountain slopes. Bit by bit both divisions worked closer to their objectives. On Mindanao the slow cleanup of Zamboanga peninsula continued. Davao, the excellent port and key area of the second largest island...