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Word: wey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...summer sun, a double armored column punched swiftly across the Somme delta to the Bresle River, then down to Forges-les-Eaux, a little spa east of Rouen. The Allied line closed behind these raiders, whose objective was to cut Paris' communications to the sea and to force Wey-gand's main retreat southeastward. Allied planes, bombing and machine-gunning, attacked the clanking intruders in swarms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Battle of France | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

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