Word: gruenther
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Zero of World War II, it was not a better fighting machine. The "kill" statistics, even if liberally discounted, were overwhelming in our favor. Greater pilot skill accounted for much of this but not all of it. We have other yardsticks. We,know, as General Alfred M. Gruenther, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, has stated, that the Russians are not capable today of stopping the B-47. We think we have better bombsights and better electronics and, of course, more nuclear weapons. In summary, this writer would agree with General Gruenther that U.S. air power is still...
...NATO's General Gruenther approved the latest shift of a French division, a reporter wanted to know? Premier Edgar Faure thrust the question aside. "All the world must understand," he said as if to explain, "that for us, priority must be given to Algeria...
...member nations are willing to make it. Last week France, alarmed by colonial troubles in North Africa and desertions of native troops in Algeria, announced the transfer to North Africa of one of the five French divisions pledged to the command of NATO Supreme Commander General Alfred M. Gruenther...
...General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the Army and fourth member of the J.C.S., will retire when his term expires in August. His successor: General Alfred M. Gruenther, Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Europe...
...minister (probably Blank). Number of generals: 35 to 40 (there were 1,400 in 1945). If and when German forces come under NATO, British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery will supervise their training. In the field they will serve under NATO's Supreme Commander in Europe, General Alfred M. Gruenther of the U.S., and his European ground-forces commander, Marshal Alphonse Juin of France. Timetable: If the go-ahead comes soon, the first West German soldiers can be in uniform by next spring...