Word: yugoslavic
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...week's end revolutionaries and German troops were fighting pitched battles for possession of three Yugoslav towns. Both Germany and Italy rushed fresh troops for the conquest of a country which, theoretically, was already conquered...
...Serbian Chetniks (revolutionaries) and other guerrillas raided Nazi-occupied Yugoslav villages. Four time bombs exploded in Zagreb's central telephone exchange, injuring six Germans and crippling Zagreb's telephone system...
...Yugoslav capital and open city blitzed by Nazis...
...very spices they were eating might not be replaceable until war's end. The spice industry is the No. 1 example of a business where shortages will soon be complete, with no recourse to ersatz. Some examples: > Before the war, sage was plucked by Greek and Yugoslav goatherders. With these sources out, U.S. trade prices have risen from 7? to $1.35 a pound. When spice-grinders tried to use wild California sage instead, it could not be sold because t smacked of turpentine. Though a sprinking of backyard sage may help out, such supplies will not be commercially important...
...were even more divergent than Atlantic claims and admissions. The Germans claimed 305,000 tons "destroyed." The British admitted losing a destroyer, an escort vessel, one loaded and three empty transports (see p. 38): probably not more than 30,000 tons. The Germans doubtless counted in much Greek and Yugoslav shipping which was either caught in harbor or bombed while evacuating civilians...