Word: popski
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...Distinguished Service Order for his legendary exploits in World War II; of a brain tumor; in London. When the war began, Peniakoff was a sugar manufacturer in Egypt. He joined the British army, persuaded the brass to let him organize a unit of Commandos, who dubbed him "Popski" because of his tongue-tangling name. "Popski's Private Army" (its officially approved title) spent most of the war behind Axis lines in Africa and Italy, reconnoitered, freed prisoners, blew up fuel dumps, sometimes diverted whole enemy divisions to counter "major attacks" which turned out to be Popski's lightning...
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