Memel
Americannoun
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the German name for Klaipeda
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the lower course of the Neman River
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As if playing at naval conquest, he traveled to Memel on the pocket battleship Deutschland, followed by 60 other fighting vessels including two battleships, three cruisers, two destroyer flotillas, three torpedo-boat flotillas, numerous small craft.
From Time Magazine Archive
Memel has no industries important enough for the Nazis to boast of and Germany has many better ports.
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The Germans trapped between Memel and Riga began trying to escape from Libau, Latvia's second-largest port, and from the port of Windau farther north, under a hail of fire from Red planes.
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Cabinet members had struck out all reference to Austria, Memel, Eupen and Malmedy, keeping those possible objectives of Adolf Hitler beyond the pale of polite conversation.
From Time Magazine Archive
You come from Kœnigsberg, I from Memel; but I took my degree at Jéna.
From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper M?rim?e
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