Word: bavarians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...many troops whose valor and ability should not be underrated. As a result of the Spanish War she has thousands of seasoned officers and men. Besides the Piedmontese and Sardinians, her 50,000 Alpini are first-class, easily on a par with their cousins among the French and Bavarian crags. More spotty are the Arditi divisions, supposed to be shock troops picked for bravery from the general run of infantry. Of 1,500,000 soldiers Italy had under arms last week, about 700,000 were believed to be on the "Littorio Line" from the Riviera to Switzerland, 300,000 farther...
...Copenhagen. Though he diets in summer to keep his weight down to 225 Ibs., he takes his winter opera performances in his stride, often eats heavy meals before he goes to the opera house, smokes all the cigars he wants to, drinks his aqvavit neat. His brown-eyed, Bavarian-born wife Kleinchen (real name Maria Hacker), who could almost be tucked into one of the pockets of his massive vest, keeps him well fed and amused. One of the things about her that amuses him most is the way they met. Originally a cinema actress with the old German...