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After the First World War, the Croatian town of Rijeka was invaded by Italian nationalists led by the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, who, between 1919 and 1921, turned the city, under its Italian name of Fiume, into a proto-Fascist dictatorship much admired by Benito Mussolini.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
During the First World War, the German government was unaware that its telegraph lines were being monitored by the British military in London.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Neighbours City now offered United a groundshare, a reversal of Davies’ proposal after the First World War.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
The idea of wealthy, somewhat debauched, but also a super-gifted artistic personality before the First World War owning cheetahs in Venice.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
During the First World War, the German government was unaware that its telegraph lines were being monitored by the British military in London.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Neighbours City now offered United a groundshare, a reversal of Davies’ proposal after the First World War.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
The idea of wealthy, somewhat debauched, but also a super-gifted artistic personality before the First World War owning cheetahs in Venice.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
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