Word: reich
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rust of revolt was corroding the mighty German war machine; Army officers had tried to kill Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime (see FOREIGN NEWS). The attempt itself marked a fateful trend within the Reich; even more significant were the admissions by Hitler and his new chief of staff, Colonel General Heinz Guderian, that the proud German officer corps was disaffected, that officers on active service were involved in the plot...
...voice went on: ". . . The Führer suffered no injuries except light burns and bruises. . . . He resumed work and, as scheduled, received the Duce. . . . A short time after, Reich Marshal Goring arrived. . . ." Wounded with Hitler were 12 of his military advisers, some of them seriously. That...
...Reich Marshal Hermann Goring and Admiral Karl Doenitz spoke after Hitler...
...Heinrich Himmler was now the Reich's "Iron Boss." He could appoint, promote, execute any officer in any civil or military job on the say-so of nothing higher than his own conscience...
...Germans stayed three days finishing up, throwing the scorched bodies into a ditch, burning everything that stood. Then, on June 13, the Führer Regiment of the Reich Division left Oradour-sur-Glane...