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Word: albaness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...week, there were rumors that the Chief of the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, himself, was on the way. But Premier Antonescu had already made a last, desperate effort to unite his country behind a common cause. In the snow-swept town of Alba Iulia, in what was left of Rumanian Transylvania, he brought stirring news to 100,000 cheering Guardists, soldiers and civilians. "I went to Berlin and Rome for Transylvanians," said Premier Antonescu, then quoted the Führer's answer: "On your shoulders rests the duty to repair and correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: At Last, Chaos | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

...lovelier, May's tulips more glorious, than in Holland last week. But they could not miss a note of grimness either. Determined Protestants, the Dutch taught all Europe 350 years ago that foreign domination could be resisted and overthrown. For them a Seyss-Inquart is another Duke of Alba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NETHERLANDS: Occupation | 6/3/1940 | See Source »

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