Word: flanked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain, which will have to defend France's northern flank if the Germans invade Belgium, canceled Army leaves. Paris, always buzzing with rumors of wars, set Jan. 20 as the date of attack-a relatively reassuring sign that nothing would happen...
...Karelian Isthmus last week General Grigory Stern's fresh Russian troops dug themselves into trenches, while northward from Leningrad streamed more fresh soldiers and supplies. The Russians tried again to flank the Mannerheim Line, were slaughtered at Tolvaj...
...Karelian Isthmus, where the Russians have been pounding at the Mannerheim defenses for three weeks, they gained a little ground, at tremendous cost. Correspondent James Aldridge of the North American Newspaper Alliance described the taking of a hill near the Taipale River, where the Russians have been trying to flank the Mannerheim Line...