Word: kommandantur
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...Floyd L. Parks are, in General Parks's words, "more than cordial-we've become real friends." Gorbatov was inclined to be a little stiff at first. Parks, a Southerner, soon charmed him. Gorbatov took the first drink of his life at the first meeting of the Kommandantur. Parks explained that he, too, was a nondrinker, that his doctor allowed him only a little white wine. A few hours later a Russian soldier appeared at Parks's house with a case of Rhine wine on his back. The next day it was a case of champagne, from...
...four-power administrative council, the Kommandantur* would be organized. Its chairmanship would rotate (every 15 days) among the Russian, U.S., British and French military governments...
Cordiality & Cocktails. Next day the Kommandantur held its first meeting, at Red Army headquarters. Russia's Colonel General Alexander Gorbatov presided. Other representatives: for the U.S., Major General Floyd L. Parks; for Britain, Major General Lewis O. Lyne; for France, Major General Geoffrey de Beauchesne. Said the BBC: "Cordiality prevailed...
...curfew after 10. Organized workers struck, shopkeepers followed their lead, the banks closed and the baking ovens were allowed to cool. Allied flags appeared, waved, vanished and appeared again farther down the street. The Danes kept impassive faces, continued to stare through approaching Germans. After three days the baffled Kommandantur withdrew the curfew...
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