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Word: pelion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dinaric Alps which cut off that plain from the Adriatic Sea and Mussolini are not the highest mountains in Europe but some of the most rugged and impassable. The Pindus Mountains in Albania and northern Greece are considerably higher (they include Mt. Olympus, 9,730 ft., with Ossa and Pelion handy for climbing) but much easier to traverse with an army. There are actually two or three roads through them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategic Map: The Battlefield of Grain | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

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