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To: Vermont Lt

I can’t imagine any army leaving alcohol untouched. Even the 101st Band of Brothers had quite a party at Hitler’s Eagles’ Nest mountain getaway.


19 posted on 06/04/2015 9:24:16 AM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Sasparilla
I can’t imagine any army leaving alcohol untouched.

Retreating Germans deliberately left massive stockpiles of alcohol behind in the hopes that advancing Russian troops would drink themselves into a stupor. The opposite happened. Much of the (well-deserved) brutality the Russians inflicted on soldiers and civilians alike during their march into Germany was attributed to drunkenness.

28 posted on 06/04/2015 9:44:19 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Sasparilla
I can’t imagine any army leaving alcohol untouched.

A hidden chamber, no doubt, or they'd have looted it.

46 posted on 06/04/2015 10:50:48 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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