Word: twins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...these plays, the Red Army's twin goals were the Dnieper and the ancient city of Kiev, the Wehrmacht's most important base in the Ukraine. But in seeking them, the Red Command never lost sight of its old and tested strategy of myasoroobka-the meat-grinder, which by steady pounding and by enveloping maneuvers has been crushing the Wehrmacht's bone...
...raid on Wiener-Neustadt climaxed a week of diversified air attacks over Greater Germany. As the nights grew longer the offensive arc expanded steadily. Early in the week British and Canadian heavy bombers gave the twin Rhineland industrial cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen their 57th aerial pounding of the war. On the same night fast Mosquito bombers struck at the Ruhr and the Fighter Command jabbed at airfields and railways in France and the Low Countries...
Intoxicated with joy, the citizens of Moscow lapsed into a holiday mood for the first time since the war began. The Red capital reverberated to twelve volleys .of artillery from 120 guns, a six-minute salute to the troops who won the twin victories...
...lookouts spotted a submarine's twin periscopes sticking up. Skipper Cornell ordered a depth-charge attack. One charge exploded close to the hull, forcing the Jap to the surface. The Little Fellow heeled around sharply in a 180-degree turn, churned up to 19 knots and rammerd the sub amidships...
Sandy-haired, retiring Lieut. Richard R. Bong last week became the No. 1 American fighter pilot of the Southwest Pacific. Flying a twin-engined Lightning over Lae, he blasted down two Zeros and two Messerschmitts to boost his confirmed kills...