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Word: sungei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When daylight came again the bombers recommenced their deadly work on artillery emplacements and lines that were held by courage, not strength. A khaki flood was pouring on Singapore along a two-mile front between Sungei Mandai and Sungei Kranji. The sprawling suburbs of Singapore heard the whine of machine gun bullets almost constantly above the roar of strafing planes. In the whole day there were only 31 minutes free from bombing from the air. Defending artillery fire still rumbled comfortingly, but it seemed to lessen. The skies were red with the flames of burning oil tanks, and then smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Singapore to God | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

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