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...march their officers dinned into them, "the enemy is stronger." The mottoes of "the Greatest Army in Europe" became planquez-vous (hide) and sauve qui peut. In a fatal confusion of discipline with punishment, the officers tried to toughen them while they marched: 35, 40, 45 kilometers a night. The older men fell out. The stronger, to ease their regulation load of 70 pounds, tossed their equipment in the ditches. Trucks were nowhere to be seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: STUDY IN DISINTEGRATION | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

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