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Amgot|ˈæmgɒt|
Also A.M.G.O.T., AMGOT.
The name formed from the initial letters of ‘Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory’, the title of an organization first set up in Sicily during the 1939–45 war. Abbrev. A.M.G.
1943Times 19 July 4/4 Directly under him [sc. the Military Governor] a new organization called the Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory—and known as Amgot for short—has been set up and is already functioning. Ibid. 14 Aug. 4/4 An explanation that Amgot is concerned with enemy territory, and that any allied organizations in liberated countries will come to help and not direct, will set perturbed minds at rest. Ibid. 6 Sept. 3/4 ‘Amgot’ officials came in with the landing this morning. Among the first signs erected in the little village of Gallico was the A.M.G.O.T. sign. 1943Amer. N. & Q. III. 86/2 AMG. Not long after AMGOT (Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories) first appeared in print it was denounced as an unprintable Turkish word. Immediately the War Department shortened the form to AMG (Allied Military Governments). |