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Bombing of Hitler's Alps Retreat Recounts a Wartime Scoop
wartime AP correspondent recalls the 1944 bombing of Hitler's Berghof chalet at Berchtesgaden and the relay of the bulletin that announced the attack. He describes the fortress grounds, tunnels, and the use of the site as a memorial to a failed regime amid Bavarian scenery.
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Hitler Fortress
Associated Press
Abilene
Kan
Reflector Chronicle
Henry B. Jameson
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Mure
Patton
U.S
George Patton
Omaha Beach
Fse
Hitler
Summer Palace
United States Air Force
Ghof
Alderhorst
Eagle's Nest
London
Home Office
Alps