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To: Homer_J_Simpson
9/17/38 Update

While the British leader was entertaining these comforting illusions ["In spite of the hardness and ruthlessness I thought I saw in his face, I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word."-From yesterday’s update-Homer] Hitler went ahead with his military and political plans for the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Colonel Jodl, on behalf of OKW, worked out with the Propaganda Ministry what he described in his diary as "joint preparations for refutation of our own violations of international law." It was to be a rough war, at least on the part of the Germans, and Dr. Goebbels' job was to justify Nazi excesses. The plan for his lies was worked out in great detail. On September 17 Hitler assigned an OKW staff officer to help Henlein, who was now operating from new headquarters at a castle at Dondorf, outside Bayreuth, to organize the Sudeten Free Corps. It was to be armed with Austrian weapons and its orders from the Fuehrer were to maintain "disturbances and clashes" with the Czechs.

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Pg. 387

2 posted on 09/17/2008 5:29:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson (How do I change my tagline?)
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I forgot to ping the ping list. See Reply #2 for update.


6 posted on 09/17/2008 6:37:57 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson (How do I change my tagline?)
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