Word: sacrified
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Sacrifiés"-those who die first-is the French name for such troops, who must watch for and delay an enemy advance until fortress troops behind them can bring artillery into action. On the western half of the Rhine-Moselle sector, German patrols became larger and more aggressive, attacking by day as well as by night. Mischance brought to one French contingent more casualties than had been suffered in a single fight since mid-October. Two truckloads of "sacrifiés," going forward to relieve their comrades, took the wrong road and drove into the German lines. Hidden machine...
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