Word: antwerp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Valley, heading northeast for Liege and the Albert Canal which its advanced forces reached, festooned with flowers from Belgium's women, within 48 hours. The French I Army on the left made for the Albert Canal. The French VII Army, mechanized, whirred up the West Flanders highways through Antwerp to Dutch Breda. The advanced forces of all reached their objectives much faster than most experts had expected...
...Belgians had 24 divisions, the Allies 19, to the 100 the Germans had in use and reserve. Surrounding Liege, the Germans pressed relentlessly ahead to threaten Brussels and Antwerp. In the Coblenz area they reserved five mechanized divisions for a drive on Arlon and Longwy alone. The Belgians and the Allies under General Gamelin began to fall back on their Namur-Antwerp positions...
Died. Nedo Nadi, 45, Olympic fencing champion (Stockholm, 1912; Antwerp, 1920); in Rome, Italy...
...When Neutrality removed its eight ships from European trade routes, Black Diamond Lines chartered them to U. S. traders, maintained its foreign service to Antwerp and Rotterdam by chartering 26 foreign ships, doubling its service...