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Confined at Fort McClellan, Ala. are 2,736 troops of the Lujtwaffe and Rommel's once great Afrika Korps. There are other Nazi prisoners in sprawling Fort Dix, N J. The U.S. Army last week gave newsmen a look at these two prison camps...
...drew near, crushing responsibility settled back upon the handful of top commanders. For the Germans, it fell most heavily on two field marshals, able hoodlum Erwin Rommel and able Junker Gerd von Rundstedt. They were hard at work on their checkup of garrisons, driving their staffs to perfect the plans for the 50-odd divisions they will have in the West on Dday...
...Germany Marshal Erwin Rommel told the press that tides and weather throughout April are the most favorable for invasion...
Freyberg v. "The Boss" Sirs: In TIME (March 6) you quote Winston Churchill: "General Alexander has probably seen more fighting against the Germans than any living British commander, unless it be General Freyberg, who is also in the fray. . . ." General Freyberg, as you may know, is a New Zealander. Rommel characterized them as the finest fighting men among the Nazis' enemies. . . . Freyberg is from Wellington College, New Zealand. . . . After he became a hero at Gallipoli in 1915, Freyberg returned on special leave to New Zealand. He visited Wellington College to talk to the boys who had come behind...
Asked a Gestapo officer: "What's the matter? Rommel is not coming back. Whom are you waiting...