Word: feldgrau
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Laniel and his government to a point where France could not much longer delay its choice. With West Germany's strength badly needed in the cold-war defense line, France had to choose the European Army or risk some blunter solution that puts Germans back into their own feldgrau uniforms, with their own high command. Jauntily expectant that a decision is in the offing, Bonn's "Bureau Blank," the embryonic West German war ministry, last week placed an ad in the newspapers: "Wanted: 500 clerks, secretaries and interpreters ... Must be of good demeanor...
...heavily had he drafted workers to rush completion of the Siegfried line. Back from the borders, the Third Reich was an armed camp. Conscripts due for discharge this week were indefinitely retained in the army. With the calling of the new class, 1,500,000 men were in feldgrau from the North Sea to the Danube. All men under 65 were forbidden to leave Germany. All former officers and technicians of the air force were called to the colors. Doctors were required to register their vacation addresses with the police. Hundreds of private motor vehicles were rented or requisitioned...
| 1 |