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Gefallen Engel U-666
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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
 , especially when he's a general |
Beg pardon sire, but wasn't he a "Field Marshal"? The Damn Yankees were ''over there, over paid! and over sexed" and had to create the 5-star 'General of the Army' rank to stay equal to the British rank in SHEAF dealings; particularly when Eisenhower picked Monty to hold the northern shoulder of the Ardennes over 4-star Omar Bradley against the German's Battle-of-the-Bulge futile thrust on Antwerp as 4-star Patton advanced from the south into the German left flank...
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