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Word: roccasecca (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...every reason to be proud of his polyglot armies. The doughty Poles took Monte Cairo, a rock mass more than a mile high, and Piedimonte; Amaseno and Castro dei Volsci fell to the French and their black colonials; United Kingdom troops entered Aquino and swart fighters from India occupied Roccasecca. The Canadians, some of whom nonchalantly swam the Liri River, took Ceprano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF ITALY: Nightmare's End | 6/5/1944 | See Source »

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