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...Leipzig Spring Fair exhibits something new in blackout stockings for women that should give a musical revue touch to the streets of German cities by night. They are luminous hosiery. By daylight they look like any other stockings. But after dark the legs of the fair sex will be shafts of soft, soft light. German Library of Information...
Educated at Tufts, Harvard, Leipzig, and Heidelberg, Dean Lamb has been a member of the Department of Chemistry continuously since 1905, and became Director of the Chemical Laboratory...
Bach demurred, gracefully. But the King of Prussia's poser had roused the King of Fugue's dander: afterwards, in Leipzig, Bach went to work. He elaborated Frederick's theme into a monumental score which he named Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering) and sent it to the King, with a felicitous dedication: "To Your Majesty is proffered herewith in humblest obedience a musical offering, whose most excellent portion originates from your noble hand...
Douhet believed that early control of the air is essential for quick victory. This was proved in Spain, where Germany tested many theories and where Franco took two years to get control of the air, then won hands down. By 1937, when General Brauchitsch took command at Leipzig, it was already pretty clear that to deliver a lightning blow Germany needed not only a superlative air force, but plenty of motorized strength...
...Leipzig, and later as Commander in Chief, Brauchitsch concentrated on building up the armored motor divisions of the Army. In 1937 Germany had only two such divisions. By September 1 of this year she had six, each with an average strength of 13,000 men, besides a fleet of 8,000 tanks capable of going 18-20 m.p.h. It was this force that swept through Poland with such devastating fury...