“We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us. And may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.” I don’t think he paid very many compliments to the enemies arrayed against him, so those words, spoken by Prime Minister Winston Churchill concerning Erwin Rommel, scream in effusive praise for the German General [...]
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“A Daring and Skillful Opponent”
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