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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
16
A distorted wartime letter from a fallen soldier urges General Patton to keep peace efforts in others’ hands. The message, signed by Private X, laments political postwar debates and calls for focusing on those still alive to pursue a just peace.
Gen George S Patton Jr says it is terribly foolish to be unprepared for another war and urges readiness to spare future generations the wounds and deaths seen in World War I. He warns against disbanding the defense department as a path to peace and stresses the duty of youth to learn from past casualties.
Frankfurt dispatch reports Nazi officials claim Joachim von Ribbentrop realized too late he overestimated Germany’s advantage and clung to a belief in victory. Johann Ritter and Emi von Hintelen provided accounts noting misperceptions persisted through late 1944 as Soviet forces advanced.
A special Belgian plane carrying two parliamentary leaders and Ganshof van der Meersh high commissioner for state security left Brussels for Salzburg to confer with King Leopold about his plan to reclaim the throne. Weather delayed the departure by over an hour. The flyaway trip follows tense talks and critical German leadership notes as Hitler and Ribbentrop face ongoing defeats.
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