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In the wirephoto which appeared on the front page of almost every U.S. newspaper, the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen did not look like a thing of beauty. Its squat towers, like two massive beer mugs, looked typically Teutonic. The picture, taken on a grey day, showed the grey rubble of...
Prisoners can listen to a radio (but not short wave). They like American jazz. It is not unusual to see a K.P. detail sitting around a potato pile singing The Trolley Song with heavy Teutonic accent while they peel. In one compound, Don't Fence Me In is a...
Through the smoke the Russians could see the great Gothic tower of Königsberg's Schloss. For nearly seven centuries the Schloss (castle) had stood as a symbol of Prussianism. There the Teutonic Order had been nurtured. The tower reared 277 feet, a monument to the Junker caste...
By the measure of its speed, the Russian victory seemed easy. It had not been. East Prussians fought with Teutonic fury. There, if anywhere, the Germans had girded well for a last-ditch battle. Every settlement was a little fortress, every house a gun post. The Germans threw in everything...
At the start of the post-armistice campaign, most Finns had too long been friends of the Germans to pursue the battle with gusto. But heavy-footed Germans did their undiplomatic best to change Finnish minds. Outmoded Stukas brutally dive-bombed two Finnish troop trains. Finnish towns were fired with...