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Word: reared (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Germans complained that Polish civilians were taking up arms, waging treacherous guerrilla warfare in their rear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Grey Friday | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

...were washed away. The barbed wire blockade was off; a water blockade-of the whole city-was on. ^ In Shanghai, Sergeant W. L. Kinloch of the International Settlement police killed two Japanese-controlled Chinese policemen and wounded six others with a submachine gun, when they attacked him from the rear and, according to his claim, without provocation. Said the Japanese Embassy, after an emergency meeting of Army and Navy officers: "We take a grave view of this affair." Foreigners wondered if Japan would consider it provocation enough once and for all to settle the Settlement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Far Eastern Front | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

Before they retreat from the main German border, the Poles may attempt an offensive into East Prussia where Hitler has soldiers who will "take" Danzig unless kept busy fighting off the Poles from their rear. The Poles are not likely in any case to' attack Danzig via the corridor for that would expose their rear to the main German attack. On a long neck of land called Hel, stretching into the sea near Danzig, the Poles have heavy guns and troops ready to be massacred by the Germans, but only after the guns of Hel have made a shambles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: The Geography of Battle | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...corps to reinforce them, opened a hole between the First and Second German armies through which British and French troops, advancing on schedule, poured the next day. The Second German Army retreated north and east, separated further from Kluck's men, who were now being attacked from the rear. Three days later, faced with disaster, the whole German front withdrew, retreated 60 miles in five days, abandoned the attack on Paris, lost the chance of a lightning victory and with it the World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Good Grey General | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

...police claws" to mount on the front bumper of a patrol car, grab a speeder's rear bumper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Path of Progress | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

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