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* In ''Fragebogen'', Ernst von Salomon relates that in the concentration camp where the Americans (yes, the Americans) interned him as a "security threat", he was informed that the general everyone was kowtowing to was the victor of Crailsheim. You never heard of the Battle of Crailsheim? It was the last German victory. |
* In ''Fragebogen'', Ernst von Salomon relates that in the concentration camp where the Americans (yes, the Americans) interned him as a "security threat", he was informed that the general everyone was kowtowing to was the victor of Crailsheim. You never heard of the Battle of Crailsheim? It was the last German victory. |
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** In ''Crusade in Europe'', Eisenhower noted that "...we occupied Crailsheim, but were forced to withdraw by unexpectedly strong resistance." The real story: the general, in his command tank, was cut off from his unit in the darkness. He finally found an armored column and traveled with it all night, before finding that it was an American column. He tried to slip off quietly (insofar as possible in a tank), but was spotted. So he opened fire with everything he had. The Americans heard firing, thought the Germans had outflanked them and were counterattacking from the rear, and pulled out of Crailshem. "Proving that a general without his command can be just as useful as a lance corporal." |
** In ''Crusade in Europe'', Eisenhower noted that "...we occupied Crailsheim, but were forced to withdraw by unexpectedly strong resistance." The real story: the general, in his command tank, was cut off from his unit in the darkness. He finally found an armored column and traveled with it all night, before finding that it was an American column. He tried to slip off quietly (insofar as possible in a tank), but was spotted. So he opened fire with everything he had. The Americans heard firing, thought the Germans had outflanked them and were counterattacking from the rear, and pulled out of Crailshem. "Proving that a general without his command can be just as useful as a lance corporal." |
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* When [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amber-cummings-avoids-prison-for-killing-nazi-husband-while-he-slept/ Amber Cummings] killed her neo-nazi husband, it was meant to prevent him from harming their daughter, Claira. Not only did the action spared Claira from a life of sexual-abuse from her own father, but Barack Obama, who was going to be the target of a terrorist attack when the FBI stumble upon bomb making materials. |
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