flak
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Les Budding, 97, was 18 years old when he served on board Landing Craft Flak 34, charged with providing covering fire for the first wave of troops who stormed Sword Beach on 6 June 1944.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023
Steaming bowls of spiced fish soup are the draw at Flak, a community hub for the fishing village of Patreksfjordur.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021
Flak can take the form of boycotts, angry phone calls, lawsuits, smear campaigns and more.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2019
The article was included in Mr. Wolfe’s essay collection “Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers,” published in 1970.
From New York Times • May 15, 2018
The Flak Helpers, as they were called, attempted to shoot down enemy aircraft during air raids.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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