Word: overplaying
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...hesitated with reasons. One reason was the value of a diplomatic listening post in France. Another was the chance that the Germans might overplay their hand, arouse Vichy to partial resistance. The best reason was the small bet the U.S. has placed on General Maxime Weygand to resist any Axis attack on Vichyfrench Africa. General Weygand hates the guts of General de Gaulle...