World: Doughboy's General

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As The Day drew near, crushing responsibility settled back upon the handful of top commanders. For the Germans, it fell most heavily on two field marshals, able hoodlum Erwin Rommel and able Junker Gerd von Rundstedt. They were hard at work on their checkup of garrisons, driving their staffs to perfect the plans for the 50-odd divisions they will have in the West on Dday.

The initiative would not be theirs. When the Allies came, they would almost certainly land at many points, almost certainly make a selection later of the...

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