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Frankfort on the Main

American  
[meyn] / meɪn /

noun

  1. a city in W central Germany, on the Main River.


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Freight yards and oil depots at Mannheim were bombed 16 times, oil refineries and an aircraft factory at Frankfort on the Main twelve times, the Krupp works in Essen 16 times.

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Control, however, was assumed to rest at Frankfort on the Main.

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Next U.S. target was the city of Frankfort on the Main.

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By nightfall, the R.A.F. crews were briefed and ready for a heavy followup, aimed mainly at Frankfort on the Main.

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They were received by William Penn and Franz Daniel Pastorius, a young lawyer from Frankfort on the Main.

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

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