Word: navyless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...large, and with a population three times as small as Crete-much better suited to parachute and glider tactics. But Iceland lies at least five times as far from nearest Nazi bases as Crete from the mainland of Greece. Since last May, when Canadian troops landed to guard armyless, navyless Iceland, the British have put, according to some reports, 80,000 men on the island...
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