When two Frenchmen slipped up to the Nazi military commander of Nantes early last week and riddled him with pistol bul lets, the Germans knew exactly what to do. They stationed military patrols around the city, imposed a 14-hour curfew. From Paris General Otto von Stülpnagel, commanding the German Army of Occupation, issued a terse communique. He offered a reward of 15,000,000 francs (to be paid by France) for the killers, promised he would execute 50 French hostages if the killers were not arrested in two days.
The General was as good as his word.
Forty-eight hours later 50 French prison...
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