Word: reichs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...German command had still another worry. Last week it told of a Red Army thrust toward Cracow on the long-dormant southern Poland front that points to the Reich's industries-rich Silesia, feared it might be the start of a winter offensive. As usual, the Russians gave no hints...
...Young. Last week, soon after Britain's famed civilian Home Guard had "stood down," Heinrich Himmler spoke of new forces arising in the Reich. The best-publicized of these is the Volkssturm or Home Army. Promulgated in Hitler's name, the Volkssturm decree summoned all "able-bodied" males between 16 and 60 except those in the Todt (construction) organization, or in police and security units. Himmler's aim was for three million Volkssturm soldiers; perhaps one million have already been mobilized...
General de Gaulle was also reported to have brought back from Moscow Russia's agreement to a plan to amputate the Rhineland from the Reich, convert it into an independent state under international, mainly French supervision. Twice before-in 1801-15 and 1919-30-France had briefly held the left bank of the Rhine. This time France intended her "Left Bank" plan to be more permanent. But whether or not General de Gaulle had convinced the Kremlin of the validity of Foch's dictum-". . . the Rhine is the military frontier of the western European nations against Germany...
...Reports from Germany last week said that Reich Marshal Hermann Göring had taken to wearing a toga...
...Germans were showing amazing toughness and recuperative power under the endless air scourge of Allied planes from Britain and Italy. They took a loss of over 700 fighters in November, but their dispersed and hidden assembly plants were more than able to replace it. In October the Reich had shuddered under the second heaviest bomb tonnage of the war,* but its oil production had crept up (according to Allied intelligence) from 23% to 30% of 1943 capacity...