Pure recommendation, please read the full text: Vilnius Lion: Tolsdorf
The American TV series "The Company of Brothers" was famous around 2003, and there was a scene in it: May 7, 1945, in Hirschbichl (Hirschbichl) in the Alps on the German-Austrian border. Will lead his troops to surrender to a colonel of the US 101st Airborne Division. The general said in his last speech to his ministry: "Guards and soldiers! This is a long war and an arduous war. You have fought bravely and proudly for the motherland. You are an extraordinary group. You who live and die together share the foxhole, help each other in times of crisis, face death together, and endure all the hardships together. I am extremely proud to be able to serve the country with you. You are qualified to enjoy a long and happy peaceful life!" said The general who made this parting speech is based on the protagonist of this article, Lieutenant General Theodor Tolsdorff. When the Second World War broke out, he was only a lieutenant company commander. In the past few years, he almost set a record for the promotion of the German army. At the end of the war, he was less than 36 years old, but he was already the commander of the 82nd Army, known as the youngest lieutenant general in the history of the German army...
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