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Word: tiroler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...Nazi hooligans having been sent from Germany to foment opposition to II Duce in Italy's German-speaking Tirol and to beat up Fascist sympathizers, the Dictator quietly moved up several Italian battalions which arrived in the night, doffed uniforms, put on civilian clothes and next day gave the German hooligans the beating of their lives while Italian police pretended to marvel at the frequency of brawls and fist fights. As the Nazis fled to Nazidom, the regiment resumed uniforms, the Tirol resumed its calm and in Rome spokesmen for II Duce scoffed politely at "those fantastic rumors from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Chains Broken! | 3/25/1935 | See Source »

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