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? asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 5 months ago

What does " a port of reentry"mean?

Powerful Soviet forces lay to the north, the bulk of the American fleet—including twelve battleships and four aircraft carriers—operated in the Pacific, and while British Commonwealth, French, and Dutch naval forces in East Asia were negligible, the great base at Singapore provided a port of reentry for European naval power. 

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  • D50
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    5 months ago

    I presume "reentry" is used here since the Allied forces had been in Singapore and southeast Asia before the Japanese drove them out. So they would be "reentering" the area, not coming in for the first time.

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