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Word: thegerman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Kesselring, at last defeated and taken in Austria, notably broke the pattern insofar as he professed complete loyalty to Adolf Hitler, blamed defeat on both military and political bunglers. But, smiling and spruce and personally unbowed, he was a living embodiment of Wehrmacht "honor." ¶I General Kurt Dittmar, theGerman ground forces' prize analyst, was asked by his U.S. and British captors to write a speech for broadcasting to the defeated Germans. He did, but it was not used: he had composed a masterful exoneration of the Wehrmacht...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE OCCUPATION: The Iron Cross | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

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