Word: sardinia
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...people of Sardinia and Corsica are anti-German, LaPiana asserted, and are probably revolting against the Germans garrisoned there. The success of these revolts, he said, will depend largely, on the aid given by the United Nations and on the strength of German forces there...
...What other chores might be assigned to Allied ships and men assembled in the Mediterranean? The long-expected move toward the Balkans? Toward Sardinia? Toward southern France...
...Tyrrhenian Sea the U.S. Navy captured the storied Lipari (or Aeolian) Islands. A volcanic cluster where the Greeks housed their god of the winds and the Black. Shirts jailed their political enemies, the Lipari in Allied hands help assure Allied dominance of the waters triangulated by Sicily, Sardinia and lower Italy...
...twin-engined Beaufighters of Hugh Lloyd's coastal force hunted over the Tyrrhenian Sea between Sicily and Sardinia. In 24 hours they destroyed 20,000 tons of small shipping with torpedoes and bombs...
...approach to Germany is through the air, and it is being used with accumulating effect. A little-noted aspect of Sicily is that, whereas North Africa lies just behind the practicable range of present heavy bombers (with effective loads) aiming at Germany, Sicily lies just within that range. Sardinia and Italy lie well within...