The officer sat staring at his glass of whisky. He had been passed over for the field command and is now sitting behind a desk doing paper work. He wanted for years for the glory of helping to lead the charge to retake Europe and was denied it. He was angry and felt his country betrayed him after all his years of service to it and to make matters worse he lost all his wealth gambling and was deeply in debt.
He knew history would never record his name and he would be lucky if the army kept him on after the war and the mob will be after his head by then for their money back. He looks at glass of whisky in front of him and then looks at the confidential folders in front of him and he gets an idea.
In late April 1944 at Hitler’s military headquarters in Germany four men debate the treasure trove of information given to them for a mere 20 million dollars. All four men are weary of trusting this information as they have been burned badly before by Allied deceit. They had to decide if they were going to trust this information. Goring feeling nice and high after his injection early this morning told Hitler he felt they could trust this information.
He told Hitler that "We now know the Allies had broken the Enigma Codes and they are planning to invade Normandy and when the time is right for another 20 million our source will provide the exact date of the attack when he knows of it". Von Rundstedt sitting across the room felt more leery of their sudden gift of good luck, but the information seemed much more reliable than before and he argued to Hitler that they should take the information with great caution. Rommel having knew the benefit of having a good source in Africa told Hitler he saw the information and he believes we can trust this source. Hitler thought to himself quietly and told the group that he believes the source can be trusted and asks them their thoughts on how they can proceed.
The assembled group decides not to do anything that would compromise to the Allies they know that the Enigma Code had been broken yet. However, they put in motion a plan to secretly move troops and supplies into a position to be ready for battle knowing full well the movement would have to be very careful as to not raise suspicion of the Allies or the local French who would inform the Allies. Some troops were even secretly moved away from the Eastern Front to Germany in preparation for the battle.
The word that the Allies had decided to attack on June 6th had reached the ears of the German High Command in time for them to be ready. Rommel canceled his trip to see his wife on her 50th anniversary and prepared his troops for battle. What would be to come would end up being the bloodiest fight for the Anglo-American allies of the war.
Horrible fighting engulfed Normandy where it became apparent to both sides that the Allies might not be able to gain and hold beach heads. Back in Germany the Nazi High Command was ebullient, but in France the mood in Rommel’s HQ was quite grim. Rommel bluntly told his Chief of Staff Hans Speidel that even if they win today it would be a Pyrrhic Victory as the Anglo American bombing will continue, their support to the USSR will continue, and they will invade again perhaps next summer and by then their forces might be busy fighting the Soviet's in Germany itself and the whole of Germany might be swallowed up by the USSR. Both men agreed that peace with the Allies could not be achieved while the Nazi Party was in power.
He knew history would never record his name and he would be lucky if the army kept him on after the war and the mob will be after his head by then for their money back. He looks at glass of whisky in front of him and then looks at the confidential folders in front of him and he gets an idea.
In late April 1944 at Hitler’s military headquarters in Germany four men debate the treasure trove of information given to them for a mere 20 million dollars. All four men are weary of trusting this information as they have been burned badly before by Allied deceit. They had to decide if they were going to trust this information. Goring feeling nice and high after his injection early this morning told Hitler he felt they could trust this information.
He told Hitler that "We now know the Allies had broken the Enigma Codes and they are planning to invade Normandy and when the time is right for another 20 million our source will provide the exact date of the attack when he knows of it". Von Rundstedt sitting across the room felt more leery of their sudden gift of good luck, but the information seemed much more reliable than before and he argued to Hitler that they should take the information with great caution. Rommel having knew the benefit of having a good source in Africa told Hitler he saw the information and he believes we can trust this source. Hitler thought to himself quietly and told the group that he believes the source can be trusted and asks them their thoughts on how they can proceed.
The assembled group decides not to do anything that would compromise to the Allies they know that the Enigma Code had been broken yet. However, they put in motion a plan to secretly move troops and supplies into a position to be ready for battle knowing full well the movement would have to be very careful as to not raise suspicion of the Allies or the local French who would inform the Allies. Some troops were even secretly moved away from the Eastern Front to Germany in preparation for the battle.
The word that the Allies had decided to attack on June 6th had reached the ears of the German High Command in time for them to be ready. Rommel canceled his trip to see his wife on her 50th anniversary and prepared his troops for battle. What would be to come would end up being the bloodiest fight for the Anglo-American allies of the war.
Horrible fighting engulfed Normandy where it became apparent to both sides that the Allies might not be able to gain and hold beach heads. Back in Germany the Nazi High Command was ebullient, but in France the mood in Rommel’s HQ was quite grim. Rommel bluntly told his Chief of Staff Hans Speidel that even if they win today it would be a Pyrrhic Victory as the Anglo American bombing will continue, their support to the USSR will continue, and they will invade again perhaps next summer and by then their forces might be busy fighting the Soviet's in Germany itself and the whole of Germany might be swallowed up by the USSR. Both men agreed that peace with the Allies could not be achieved while the Nazi Party was in power.
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