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Legendary Story (3) Zhang Baotong 2019.3.12

Not long ago, I came across a good article about General Eisenhower's escape from an ambush by the German SS in order to save the elderly French. The story goes like this:

One day in World War II, Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, was returning to headquarters in a car somewhere in France for an emergency military conference. It was a day of heavy snowfall, cold weather, and cars speeding all the way.?? On the way to the village and the store, Eisenhower suddenly saw an old French couple sitting on the side of the road, shivering from the cold.

?????? Eisenhower immediately ordered a stop and asked the interpreter next to him to get out of the car to inquire. A staff officer hurriedly reminded, "We must rush to the headquarters on time for a meeting, and this kind of matter should be handled by the local police." In fact, even the staff officer himself knows that this is just a pretext.

?????? Eisenhower insisted on getting out of the car to ask, saying, "If we had waited for the police to arrive, the old couple would have frozen to death!"

???????? After inquiry, it was found out that the old couple had gone to Paris to join their son, but the car broke down halfway. I couldn't even see a figure in the snow, so I didn't know what to do.

???????? When Eisenhower heard this, he didn't say a word, but immediately invited them to get into the car, and specially sent the old couple to his son's house in Paris before rushing back to the headquarters.

???????? At this time, the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe did not think of his own identity, nor did he look down on the arrogance of the rescued, and the moment he ordered the stop, there was no complicated thought process, just out of the kind instinct of human nature.

???????? However, the information obtained afterwards shocked all the entourage, especially the staff officer who prevented Eisenhower from sending the disaster in the end.

???????? It turned out that the snipers of the German ** had already been ambushed in advance on their way that day, and Hitler decided that the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces was dead that day, but the sniper was miscarried, and afterwards he suspected that the information was inaccurate. How did Hitler know that Eisenhower had changed the route of his car in order to save the old couple from danger.

???????? Historians comment: A good idea of Eisenhower escaped an assassination, otherwise the history of World War II would have been rewritten.

???????? Good thoughts do not come when you want to come and go when you want to, it is necessary to accumulate and store them everywhere and at all times, so that they can be used without thinking at critical moments.

???????? There is a very interesting phenomenon, unlike the expenditure of money in ordinary banks, in the "good" bank, the more good people have good thoughts and good actions, the more "good" capital in the bank is used.

???????? Kindness is the inexhaustible gold in life, and to help others is to be kind to yourself.

I believe that those who have read this article do not fail to pay tribute to Eisenhower, the commander in chief of the Allied forces, who was not only a highly accomplished general, but also a compassionate soldier. However, the content of this article does not stand up to scrutiny. Not to mention how the Germans could know the whereabouts of the Allied commanders, they would set up an ambush in advance, and the time and place were not clearly explained.

If we speculate from the contents of "it was snowing heavily and the weather was cold that day" and "the two old men were going to Paris to join their son", the time should be between December and January 1944, and the location should be near Paris. However, on December 16, Germany launched a large-scale counterattack on the Ardennes battlefield, dealing a heavy blow to the Allies. The Ardennes, on the other hand, is a province in southeastern France, bordering Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. The situation was particularly urgent, so on December 18, Allied Commander-in-Chief Eisenhower convened an emergency meeting at Bradley's headquarters to study countermeasures to the German offensive and decided to launch a counterattack against the Germans in the south to relieve the besieged troops.

From this, it follows that at that time, Eisenhower, as commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, could not have stayed in Paris, but was closer to the front. Because the commander-in-chief is not close to the front line and does not understand the terrain, climate, and the current situation of the troops, it is difficult for him to command properly and achieve victory. I've seen General Patton's films, and he's a lot worse than Eisenhower, but he has to come out with at least one or two cars. If Eisenhower, as commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, came out, at least three or four small cars in front and behind him would be guarded. In this case, the commander-in-chief could let the car behind him send the old man to Paris, while he would continue his official duties with two or three other cars. Although the Normandy landings were a turning point in World War II, the war situation was still urgent, and the commander-in-chief generally did not delay the meeting at the headquarters because of a small mistake or a big loss, and because he had to send two old men to find his son. Because fighting a war is related to the lives of millions of soldiers and the course of war.

There are always loopholes in the compilation of articles, but if you don't consider the authenticity of the article and just look at the article in isolation, I think it is really a good article, not only very moving, but also very educational.

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