Word: reiche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Defense. According to G&246ring, only G&246ring made any sense in the Nazi hierarchy, and only he understood the Allies. Hitler was "narrow and ignorant." Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Reich's deposed Foreign Minister, was "a scoundrel." Rudolf Hess, a prisoner since he flew to Britain in 1941, was an unpredictable eccentric. After the attempt to kill Hitler last July, even Heinrich Himmler fell from grace. At the last, the man closest to the Führer was Martin Bormann...
...April 24, said G&246ring, he asked Hitler to let him take over the collapsing Reich and negotiate a surrender to the Allies. According to" one of Hitler's stenographers, the Führer had already nominated G&246ring for his job (see FOREIGN NEWS). G&246ring's own account differed: he said that Hitler raged, condemned him to death, reprieved him when G&246ring promised to give up all his honors and titles...
...Among his titles: Marshal of Greater Germany; Infantry General of the Reichswehr; Min ister of Aviation; Director of State Theaters & Operas; Hunting Master of Germany; and Chief Forester of the Reich...
...system symbolized by Hirohito must be wrecked as thoroughly as Hitler's Reich. Only utter defeat can destroy the myths of invincibility and divinity. The Allies must carry through the post-victory task of remolding the Japanese mind...
...rumors found no public echo in Japan. Radio Tokyo, as defiant as ever, took full responsibility for starting the war in the East, pledged a battle alone "to smash the enemy, to avenge fallen Germany." An emergency Cabinet meeting drafted an emergency statement: the collapse of the Nazi Reich "will not bring the slightest change" in Japan's determination to fight to the finish. Emperor Hirohito gave the statement his divine approval...