Word: pierhead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British and Free French sent an ultimatum to Governor Pierre Nouailhetas at Djibouti: surrender or starve. When the Governor refused to surrender, the British clamped down. By land British troops ringed the colony; at sea patrol boats of the Royal Navy stopped food ships, often in sight of pierhead watchers at Djibouti...
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