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Word: ructious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Arrow Cross v. Double Cross. The strategy might be a purely Balkan one. Just as Napoleon turned back from the English Channel to Ulm and Austerlitz because he feared treachery at his rear, Adolf Hitler was perhaps just consolidating the ructious minor countries of the southeast. There was certainly plenty of consolidating to be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN THEATRE: Instructors in the Balkans | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

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