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Word: tenu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Usage:

...Poncelet to be scuttled off Gabon. Vichy said Libreville's attackers, who landed on both sides of the town and surrounded it, were French colonial troops from garrisons in Equatorial Africa, led by "criminal former officers." They had some bombers and made things hot for defenders under General Tenu, the colony's vice governor, who announced: "Nothing will make us bend our knee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN THEATRE: De Gaulle at Gabon | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

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