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February 28th, 2003, 01:49 PM
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WHAT WAS THE DUTY OF KESSERLING (SORRY FOR SPELLING) 'S ROLE IN ITALY
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February 28th, 2003, 04:48 PM
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He was the suppreme commander of the Italian front from 1943. He fought a very defensive battle against the Allied attack on Italy and Sicily.
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February 28th, 2003, 10:59 PM
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Generalfeldmarschall Albert Keßelring was the supreme commander of the whole Mediterranean theatre of operations. Our dear Rommel had to follow orders from this air force general who learned to fly when he was 50+!
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February 28th, 2003, 11:09 PM
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Here is an interesting fact for you whilst we are on the topic, my Grandfather slept in Smiling Alberts bedroom when his unit captured his HQ and he nicked his while Lambourguini (however its spelt, the car) for a while until his Brigadier took it for a staff car.
Not bad for a mere Lt. lol.
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February 28th, 2003, 11:13 PM
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Ha! That's really interesting! He was a field marshal, so he should have had a very comfortable bed, I think. 
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February 28th, 2003, 11:19 PM
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Yeah, well Grandpa never said much about it other than the fact that he loved the car and that the room was great until he got kicked out so that his Brigadier could have that as well, the chap had a habit of sending my Grandpa out on recce missions in the middle of no where (once turned up at his tent and sent him over the senio river where they had been pinned down saying 'do you reckon you could take a couple of chaps over the river, we think the Germans have gone' lol) and nicking his 'souvenirs'. When the Brigadier tried to take the car home they couldent get it on the boat, so they took it apart and it still wouldent fit so they left it in bits on the side of the dock.
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