Memel
Americannoun
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the German name for Klaipeda
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the lower course of the Neman River
Example Sentences
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Adolf Hitler did not think that last week was a propitious time to take over Memel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Russians claimed that they had 15 enemy divisions "on the verge" of entrapment between Memel and Riga.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason: Hitler seized last spring the only important Lithuanian harbor, Memel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Furthermore, the Memel area controls the mouth of the Niemen River, on which traffic winds far into Poland.
From Time Magazine Archive
The coast defences include, besides the great naval ports of Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea and Kiel on the Baltic, Danzig, Pillau, Memel, Friedrichsort, Cuxhaven, Geestem�nde and Swinem�nde.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
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