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Hitler's decree on the command of the Wehrmacht, February 4, 1938(203 total words in this text)(2779 Reads)  [Germany, Reichsministerium des Innern, Reichspesetzblatt, 1938, pt. I, p. 111.] As of now, I am personally assuming direct command of the entire Wehrmacht. The former Department of the Wehrmacht in the Reich Ministry of War, with all its assignments, comes directly under my command as the High Command of the Wehrmacht and as my military staff. The former Chief of the Department of the Wehrmacht becomes Chief of Staff of the High Command of the Wehrmacht with the title "Chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht." His rank is equivalent to that of a Reich Minister. The High Command of the Wehrmacht assumes control of the affairs of the Reich Ministry of War, the Chief of the Wehrmacht exercises, in my name, the authority hitherto vested in the Reich Minister of War. The obligation of the High Command of the Wehrmacht in time of peace is the unified preparation in all spheres of the defense of the Reich according to my directives. Berlin, 4 February 1938 The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor: ADOLF HITLER |
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Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
