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Word: ushant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...come. Some guessers said that, after disagreement in his High Command, Hitler was waiting for the weekend of Aug. 4, anniversary of Britain's 1914 declaration of war, when the moon would be dark. Only troop move he made last week was to occupy, unopposed, the islet of Ushant off the tip of Brittany, westernmost fragment of France, 125 miles south of England's southwest tip, Land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Invasion Delayed | 7/29/1940 | See Source »

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