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monument Word or Phrase:ANTI TANK ISLAND *  
Definition:A designated area within a town or village with fixed defences such as pillboxes, anti tank ditches and gun emplacements, designed to threaten the flanks of an enemy force which had broken through a stop line.

monument Word or Phrase:ISLAND *  
Definition:A piece of land, sometimes man-made, completely surrounded by water.

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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