Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After war's end, the Germans responsible for the massacre fell into Allied hands. Among them were two SS bigwigs, General Josef ("Sepp") Dietrich, commander of the 6th Armored Division, and Colonel Joachim Peiper of the ist Armored Regiment (known as "Peiper's Task Force"). But most were youngsters whom Dietrich and Peiper had commanded. In 1946, in Dachau, 73 Germans were brought to trial for the Malmédy massacre. All were found guilty and 43 sentenced to death. It seemed an open-&-shut case. But the Germans' defense counsel (appointed by the U.S.), an Atlanta...
...years, at his own expense, Everett pleaded his case. Finally, last July 29, an Army commission under Justice Gordon Simpson of the Texas Supreme Court was set up to review the records.* The commission corroborated Everett concerning the mock trials and did not dispute or deny the rest. General Lucius D. Clay had already commuted the death sentences of 31 of the 43 condemned Germans. In Washington last week the Simpson commission recommended clemency (commutation to life imprisonment) for the remaining twelve...
Would the British-Israeli clash disrupt the scheduled peace talk between Egypt and Israel? Mediator Bunche, as usual, was optimistic. So was his chief of staff, Brigadier General William E. Riley. As the two men took off from La Guardia Field this week for Rhodes, they were ready for the best and the worst. The Jews and the Egyptians, Bunche declared, would "have a hell of a time getting off the island" without reaching an agreement. "We have our fingers crossed," he added with a grin, "and we'd have our toes crossed too, if we could...
...Indonesia. In the week since the Council's last Paris session, the Dutch had made every effort to make the world forget the war and concentrate on Indonesia's future. Twelve days after the Security Council ordered him to, the Dutch commander in Indonesia, Lieut. General S. H. Spoor, had told his troops to cease fire (except for "action against roaming groups and gangs or individuals who try to cause disturbances"). Pale, tired Dutch Prime Minister Willem Drees flew to Batavia, to get Republicans to cooperate in a Dutch-sponsored Indonesian interim government. Queen Juliana promised Indonesia "order...
Polite Insubordination. One of the most powerful advocates of peace now with the Reds was broad-shouldered, bony-faced General Pai Chung-hsi, formerly China's Defense Minister and now Commander in Central China. He commands four Nationalist armies in the Hankow area, crucial for its position athwart the flow of food (from the Hunan rice bowl) and of munitions (from Szechwan arsenals...