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Site Of The Siege Of Candia Crossword Clue

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noun

• the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC

27%10Site of the famous Siege during World War II
noun

• a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War

• the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee

27%6Site of the Siege of Pleven in 1877
noun

• the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days

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