Word: runstedt
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...most important sacrifices, however, are those that hurt the characterizations. Leo G. Carroll, as Field Marshal Von Runstedt, becomes a mellowed, quipping old officer, tired of arguing with his superiors. This is hardly accurate. At the same time Luther Adler overplays the part of an insane bombastic Hitler. A more subtle portrayal would have been more effective, certainly more believable...
...hidden strife between the Army and the Gestapo, which stands for the Nazi Party generally, the Gestapo was on top last week. The number of purged generals was reported to be 100 or more,* and though Hitler had been forced to reinstate the three biggest vons (Bock, Runstedt, Leeb) in Russia to mount his spring offensive, he had gone out of his way to decorate Elite Guard heroes. The Army cabal was quiescent. Score one for Reinhard Heydrich. Himmler took the credit...
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