Word: rundstedts
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Such Nazi bigwigs as Goring, Goebbels, Himmler, Ribbentrop, Rommel and Rundstedt carrying the burden of war and defeat, also resented the Führer's withdrawal. They stamped down sparks of unrest. Old rumors cropped up about violent disagreement within the ruling clique, and experienced correspondents thought that now the rumors were probably true. But Naziwise Swedes saw no chance of such disagreement leading to breakdown until "the invasion is consolidated and Allied advance guards are well on the way to Germany's frontiers...
...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...
Many more, disposed along northwest Europe's splendid network of highways and strategic railroads would be shot into action as the battle developed into a full-out push at the heart of the Reich. If the invasion was to be stopped, Rommel and Rundstedt would have to make a quick, accurate diagnosis of Eisenhower's intentions, then commit their forces without delay in a great gamble for victory...
...perhaps 100 "satellite" divisions of variable quality and fighting spirit). Allied staffmen, planning invasion, must assume that an unknown number of "hidden reserves" is available to Field Marshal Erwin ("The Fox") Rommel, recently appointed to direct the overall defenses of Europe, and to Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, apparently still commander in the threatened west...
...drive on Poland, Manstein was Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who attacked from the south. Manstein did a flawless job of planning, intelligence and logistics, was promoted to a field commander. In the summer of 1940, his armies broke through the Somme line in France. A year later he became an army commander in Russia when Ukrainian guerrillas killed his chief, Colonel General Eugen Ritter von Schobert. For yet another year, Manstein marched from victory to victory-Odessa, Perekop, Kerch, Sevastopol. But victory was tinged with pain: his two boys, both lieutenants, died in action...