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George S. Patton, Jr., in Scily. and fought through Riviera vacationists when they invaded Southern France under Lt. Gen. 'Alexander M. Patch. Jr., last August, but it took Strasbourg on the Rhine border of France to show them how screwy war can be.So far as the Naz s are concerned, thi. Alsatian cap tal is just as Ger-as Berl.n, and it looks it. But, the Allied books, Strasbourg is French.For all other Allied ajmies onhearts’ content.As .a starter, give w th your best French and ask a Strasbourger -for direct ons to the Place de la Re-publique, one of the most famous squares in the c.ty. Chances are ten to one that an otherwise reasonably intelligent civilian w 11 look vacantly for a few seconds and suddenly brighten wth: ”Ach. you want Bismarck Platz. Arid that will go on for some time in a place that has bouncedas ■ uutvnv * oton which followed the Franco-Pruss an War.Biggest exception in this program of re-German zat on was the choice of name for Place Kleber. center of fashionable shops. Most recent names for this square, site of the house where Lt. Rouget de Lisle wrote ’The Marse lla se'* when Germany declared war on France in 1792. was Adolf Hitler Platz.The French are now busy dusting(Continued on pays 4)Rlt;to fc and fer and Pi noui as£s-s Bret Sha^ succ Arc! Rodmediterranean marseilles stars and stripes, Decehttnc’/ZctarcanHctrinoc nowcnianorarrl'
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Mediterranean Marseilles Stars and Stripes
Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur, FR
Tue, Dec 05, 1944
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