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3 unusual facts about Hasso von Manteuffel


Division von Broich/von Manteuffel

On 7 February 1943, the division was renamed Division von Manteuffel after its new commander, Generalmajor Hasso von Manteuffel, succeeding Generalmajor von Broich, who had departed to take command of the 10th Panzer Division.

France Falls

Interviewees include General André Beaufre, Sir Edward Spears, Journalist and broadcaster Gordon Waterfield, General Hasso von Manteuffel and General Walter Warlimont.

One of the battle's major German generals, Hasso von Manteuffel sums this up as due to the "...Maginot spirit and the long Phony War, so they have the feeling that there will be no more war."



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