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Word: ruanda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only former German territories now in Belgium's hands are the cattle-raising Ruanda plateau and the Urundi district, both part of German East Africa, ceded to Belgium by a League of Nations mandate. As to the return of these properties, Belgians last week said nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: We Did Not Steal | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...attacked by Germany? 3) In case German bombers bound for Britain are heard by Belgians roaring over their country, will that constitute a "violation of Belgium" and would the Belgians instantly tip off the British what was coming? 4) What about the Belgian territories in East Africa, cattle-growing Ruanda and Urundi, onetime Imperial German colonies, upon which, most Belgians believe, Nazi Germany now has designs about which the British know a great deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Two Kings, Two Countries | 4/5/1937 | See Source »

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