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Word: douaumont (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...draft, had been taking flying lessons for three weeks. Vichy announced that the centennial of World War I Premier Georges Clemenceau's birth (Sept. 28, 1841) would be ignored. Same day the burial place chosen by Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain was announced: the tomb at Douaumont where Verdun's unknown war dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Oct. 6, 1941 | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

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