General Dwight Eisenhower left his Paris headquarters last week for a get-acquainted visit with the main body of troops he commands, the allied units in Germany*
In the British zone, the 11th Armored showed off its new, low-silhouette Centurion tank. Said Ike, after watching the 50-tonner churning through the mud: "The Centurion looks like a good piece of mechanism. I hope we don't have to use it." Next day, with a French motorcycle escort, Eisenhower drove at a 50-mile-an-hour clip to Coblenz. The French, who do not forget that they are the conquerors, had...
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