Word: festung
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germany's attempt to drain France of all available manpower. The Germans, taking over from Pierre Laval the job of recruiting an additional 40,000 French workmen, launched one of the biggest manhunts in history. They sought workmen to build up the fortifications of Hitler's "festung Europa," for work in German factories, for services of supply behind German lines in Russia...
Goebbels and his faction believe that a bitter defense of Festung Europa and the campaign to frighten the U.S. and Britain with Russian Communism can bring the Allies to terms. Germany, according to this reasoning, would emerge with substantial victory from this war, keep the opportunity for total victory in the next...
...people the appointment of rugged, incisive Lieut. General Dwight David Eisenhower as top commander in North Africa came as a dramatic fillip. Here was proof enough of the dominant potential of the U.S. in World War II: "Ike" Eisenhower might one day lead the invasion into the Festung Europa...
Time and the Fortress. Hitler was bound to guard the Festung Europa (the European Fortress). He sent troops into France-the only major Axis troop movement reliably reported up to last week. German soldiers also filtered into Italy. He punched as many soldiers as possible into Tunisia, to fight a delaying action...