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Pensioners for war

Many years ago when I lived in Belgrade, just before the beginning of the “Yugoslav Wars of Succession”, I noticed an interesting phenomenon.

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A four-month long war between Great Powers of which you have never heard

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Pensioners for war

Many years ago when I lived in Belgrade, just before the beginning of the “Yugoslav Wars of Succession”, I noticed an interesting phenomenon.

yesterday 4 votes
My Weekly Reader February 4, 1962

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Nomonhan, 1939

A four-month long war between Great Powers of which you have never heard

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