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WWII is so rife with ironies great and bad

i was reading about the new Bryan Singer movie about the July 20 Plot against Hitler, and i found this out: a November 1943 allied bombing destroyed a truckload of new winter uniforms which were to be personally inspected by Hitler. Axel von dem Bussche was to have demonstrated them for Hitler, with two live grenades in the pockets for the purpose of a suicide-bomb assassination, on the very next day.

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And, going on in Sept of 1944 in Holland:
“Losing fuel rapidly with his hydraulic system out…Perreault and co-pilot, Lt. Ralph E. Jarratt, landed the plane in the field without flaps or BRAKES to assist in slowing and stopping the aircraft…Approaching a fence row and sensing the impending danger, Perreault decided to ground loop the plane. That is, BOTH pilots used full rudder and opposite engine power to veer the plane to the side, avoiding the fence line and stopping the plane without further damage.”
–Robert E. Callahan

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