Word: opponitz
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...days before the ultimatum expired a shattering blast wrecked the important power station of Opponitz in Lower Austria, stopped every streetcar in Vienna for an hour until another power station could be hooked up to serve the capital. Minor bombs were popping all over Austria. To the railway station sped Chancellor, frau and children. Their train snorted toward Italy. At the frontier Chancellor Dollfuss, a pious believer in Providence, got off and prepared to go back to Vienna...
| 1 |