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... France a long time , and the impress of her eternity was stamped on his soul . But now he thought , somewhat like Napoleon in 1814 , that France had more need of him than he of France . While most of his countrymen in America looked on ...
... France a long time , and the impress of her eternity was stamped on his soul . But now he thought , somewhat like Napoleon in 1814 , that France had more need of him than he of France . While most of his countrymen in America looked on ...
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... France as a theater of war we forfeit the starting point of the U - boat war . In addition , we are getting from France many things which are vital for our war effort , including the last wolfram we can hope to get . " It is evident ...
... France as a theater of war we forfeit the starting point of the U - boat war . In addition , we are getting from France many things which are vital for our war effort , including the last wolfram we can hope to get . " It is evident ...
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... France , they fell into German hands in 1870 and were retained until 1918 , when they reverted to France and became a peripheral part of the Maginot Line . In 1940 the Germans regained the forts and kept them , until this summer of 1944 ...
... France , they fell into German hands in 1870 and were retained until 1918 , when they reverted to France and became a peripheral part of the Maginot Line . In 1940 the Germans regained the forts and kept them , until this summer of 1944 ...
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Robert Is Coming | 3 |
Illiterate Prodigy | 41 |
Gentleman Soldier | 55 |
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