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... disaster . The names of the great battles that finally broke the German armies are simply un- known to the general public . The reason why the English anti - militarism dis- gusts foreign observers is that it ignores the exist- ence of ...
... disaster . The names of the great battles that finally broke the German armies are simply un- known to the general public . The reason why the English anti - militarism dis- gusts foreign observers is that it ignores the exist- ence of ...
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... disaster in France . After eight months of vaguely wondering what the war was about , the people suddenly knew what they had got to do : first , to get the army away from Dunkirk , and secondly to prevent invasion . It was like the ...
... disaster in France . After eight months of vaguely wondering what the war was about , the people suddenly knew what they had got to do : first , to get the army away from Dunkirk , and secondly to prevent invasion . It was like the ...
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... disaster proved to be short of every war material except ships , it is not recorded that there was any shortage of motor cars , fur coats , gramophones , lipstick , chocolates or silk stockings . And dare anyone pretend that the same ...
... disaster proved to be short of every war material except ships , it is not recorded that there was any shortage of motor cars , fur coats , gramophones , lipstick , chocolates or silk stockings . And dare anyone pretend that the same ...
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