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From a HS classmate, discussing Reformation Sunday.
. How far we have come from 75 years ago when a 19 year old Kansan singlehandedly dealt the Wehrmacht its first setback in the Battle of the Bulge. Pretending to be a German MP, he stepped into the darkness on the road and halted the point element?an SS Panzer battalion?and told its commander that there was a firefight ahead, and they would have to wait until it was concluded. That cost the Wehrmacht a precious eight hours, which eventually led to their defeat. And this was a kid who didn?t even have a German uniform?he had only his perfect German and the darkness of the night to protect him.
Gonna search for the rest of that story.
. How far we have come from 75 years ago when a 19 year old Kansan singlehandedly dealt the Wehrmacht its first setback in the Battle of the Bulge. Pretending to be a German MP, he stepped into the darkness on the road and halted the point element?an SS Panzer battalion?and told its commander that there was a firefight ahead, and they would have to wait until it was concluded. That cost the Wehrmacht a precious eight hours, which eventually led to their defeat. And this was a kid who didn?t even have a German uniform?he had only his perfect German and the darkness of the night to protect him.
Gonna search for the rest of that story.
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