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Word: tripolitanian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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...delay and retreat had worked out. He had kept his forces intact and General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery's pursuit became more difficult with every mile he moved west. Rommel was falling back on strength, Montgomery was moving away from it. There were fighter bases along the Tripolitanian coast, but Rommel plowed them up as he retreated and sowed the furrows with mines. Montgomery had to build and equip fields for fighter planes as he moved along. The weather was on the Axis side. No one knew how long it would be before the sun would come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF AFRICA: In the Muck | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

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