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President Eduard Benes scarcely knew whether he was coming or going. On the one hand, his great friend and ally, Russia, was offering to add to the Republic of Czechoslovakia at the expense of Poland. On the other, she was threatening to add to the Soviet Union at the expense of Czechoslovakia...
Adolf's Warning. Hitler himself may have hinted at the dismissal a week earlier when he attended the state funeral of stanch Nazi General Eduard Dietl and delivered an oration which included a significant appeal and threat to other Wehrmacht commanders...
...Normandy last week Colonel General Friedrich Dollmann, commander of the German Seventh Army, was killed-possibly by specially briefed Allied dive bombers. Colonel General Eduard Dietl, commander of Germany's seven divisions in Finland, was killed somewhere in an air crash, apparently in Finnish Lapland (although some reports said Austria). Russia's netful of captives for the week included a General Gollwitz, commanding the 53rd Army Corps...
...Germans may yet issue orders to General Eduard Dietl similar to those given Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus at Stalingrad: fight to the last man; kill as many Russians as possible over as long a period as possible. Dietl may try to form a quisling government in northern Finland and start a civil war. This would tie up considerable Russian strength for some time. A Russian attack on Dietl and his force of typical occupation troops (older men and boys) may be expected as soon as an armistice with the Finns is signed. Dietl, the "Hero of Narvik...
Surprise. General Leonid Govorov's blow last week caught the Finns and their German allies by surprise. In next-door Sweden, observers predicted Finland's collapse within three months, voiced doubt that Nazi General Eduard Dietl would rush his nine divisions from the north to help the hard-pressed Finns...