Word: germanizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cities into bivouac areas in the suburbs and countryside. Many Czechoslovaks feared that no matter how much they bent to Soviet will, some Red Army units would remain in the country. That fear was buttressed by the fact that seven Soviet divisions already were digging in along the West German border and emplacing tactical missiles...
...Reports on the number of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia have varied widely. The Czechoslovaks put the total at more than 600,000. The U.S. Defense Department uses a figure of between 250,000 and 300,000. The West German intelligence estimate is the lowest...
...ceremonies, so reminiscent of the dark rites of the Hitler Jugend, marked the end of a busy season for the Society for Sport and Technology (Gesellschaft f$#252;r Sport und Technik). All summer long, G.S.T.'s 600,000 East German boys and girls between 14 and 18 had been learning drill and marksmanship, parachuting and radio operating...
Worth the Expense. Recruiting efforts were stepped up, G.S.T.'s curriculum was overhauled, and children at summer camp found themselves playing "civil war games." G.S.T.'s publication advised that East German youth "must not only be smart and sing a lot, but be able to shoot as well." The organization today is primarily a premilitary training unit, commanded by a major general and allotted $7.5 million a year...
...unlikely sort of man to be a combat general. Dour, shy, peering at the world through sedate, rimless glasses, he looked more like a college president or a banker. His voice was soft, his language reserved. A small measure of the man was his constant companion, a big, silver German shepherd named King, who had been sent to Viet Nam as a sentry dog but had proved too tame for the task...