Word: northmost
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tender-hearted Adolf Hitler's first acts after he became Chancellor in 1933 was to declare the northmost end of Sylt Island in the North Sea a "bird sanctuary." Last week the hardy islanders, who for long months have ably kept their mouths shut, decided that the secret of Sylt no longer need be kept, what with Realmleader Hitler blustering about the parts he is assembling into new naval armaments in violation of the Treaty of Versailles...
Japan's southern spearhead, plunging upward from Suichung, was for some reason largely composed of the Empire's most cold-hardened troops, soldiers from Hokkaido, northmost major island of Japan. To reach Lingyuan they would have to take two mountain passes of great natural strategic strength. Reputedly these passes were held by picked troops sent down from Chengteh by the Governor of Jehol, redoubtable Tang Yulin (see col. 1) and up from China proper by "Young Marshal" Chang Hsueh-liang of Peiping...
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