Word: wrought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Included in Mr. Stimson's figures were the casualties in the Ardennes sector during the first three weeks of the German breakthrough: 40,000.* This figure still did not entirely reflect the change wrought by the German breakthrough; e.g., the 106th Division, with more than 8,000 casualties, was smashed, had to be rebuilt before it could go into action again...
...enemy, Monty said, had been "Headed off." Then he had been "sealed off." Now he was being "written off." How had this been wrought? Said Monty...
...well to remember that last summer, when the Wehrmacht was less ably commanded than it is now, the Germans who had seemed hopelessly bottled in the Falaise trap were able to extricate five divisions of armor almost intact. If Rundstedt was content with the delay and damage already wrought against his foes in the west, he might be able to pull back to the West Wall without serious loss...
...down and killed, Japs ran in & out of U.S. tents and huts in shouting disorder. In the twilight, some slipped away and organized themselves into groups which had to be cleaned out later. A few held out in revetments until week's end. All in all, they wrought little damage but they made plenty of confusion, caused some casualties and lost the GIs a lot of sleep...
...quiet days of yore, before this world-shaking conflagration wrought havoc with the status quo, a date with a college girl was an event--an event that often rent the soul and spirit of a man College girls used to cost money...