/ TIME: Almanac 1993 / TIME Almanac 1993.iso / time / caps / 40s / 40rommel

< prev

next >

MacOS 8.1

Win98

DOS

view JSON data

view as text

+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+
|00000000| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000010| 9b 1e ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000020| ff ff 50 00 ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |..P.....|........|
|00000030| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000040| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000050| 47 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 | 45 72 77 69 6e 20 52 6f |General |Erwin Ro|
|00000060| 6d 6d 65 6c 0d 0a 0d 0a | 0d 0a 28 4a 75 6c 79 20 |mmel....|..(July |
|00000070| 31 33 2c 20 31 39 34 32 | 29 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 41 |13, 1942|)....  A|
|00000080| 6d 6f 6e 67 20 6d 69 6c | 69 74 61 72 79 20 6d 65 |mong mil|itary me|
|00000090| 6e 20 45 72 77 69 6e 20 | 52 6f 6d 6d 65 6c 20 69 |n Erwin |Rommel i|
|000000a0| 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 76 61 | 72 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 |s now va|riously |
|000000b0| 61 70 70 72 61 69 73 65 | 64 20 61 73 3a 0d 0a 31 |appraise|d as:..1|
|000000c0| 29 20 61 20 62 6f 6c 64 | 20 61 6e 64 20 62 72 69 |) a bold| and bri|
|000000d0| 6c 6c 69 61 6e 74 20 64 | 65 73 65 72 74 20 63 6f |lliant d|esert co|
|000000e0| 6d 6d 61 6e 64 65 72 20 | 77 68 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 |mmander |who make|
|000000f0| 73 20 6d 69 73 74 61 6b | 65 73 20 6c 69 6b 65 0d |s mistak|es like.|
|00000100| 0a 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 | 65 72 3b 20 32 29 20 74 |.any oth|er; 2) t|
|00000110| 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 | 61 72 6d 6f 72 65 64 2d |he best |armored-|
|00000120| 66 6f 72 63 65 20 67 65 | 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 6f 66 |force ge|neral of|
|00000130| 20 57 6f 72 6c 64 20 57 | 61 72 20 49 49 3b 0d 0a | World W|ar II;..|
|00000140| 33 29 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f | 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 |3) one o|f the gr|
|00000150| 65 61 74 20 6d 69 6c 69 | 74 61 72 79 20 63 6f 6d |eat mili|tary com|
|00000160| 6d 61 6e 64 65 72 73 20 | 6f 66 20 6d 6f 64 65 72 |manders |of moder|
|00000170| 6e 20 74 69 6d 65 73 2e | 20 54 68 65 0d 0a 6f 75 |n times.| The..ou|
|00000180| 74 63 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 | 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 74 |tcome of| the bat|
|00000190| 74 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 | 45 67 79 70 74 20 61 6e |tle for |Egypt an|
|000001a0| 64 20 74 68 65 20 4d 69 | 64 64 6c 65 20 45 61 73 |d the Mi|ddle Eas|
|000001b0| 74 20 6d 61 79 20 77 65 | 6c 6c 0d 0a 73 65 74 74 |t may we|ll..sett|
|000001c0| 6c 65 20 52 6f 6d 6d 65 | 6c 27 73 20 70 6c 61 63 |le Romme|l's plac|
|000001d0| 65 20 69 6e 20 68 69 73 | 74 6f 72 79 2e 0d 0a 0d |e in his|tory....|
|000001e0| 0a 20 20 57 68 61 74 65 | 76 65 72 20 68 69 73 20 |.  Whate|ver his |
|000001f0| 70 6c 61 63 65 2c 20 68 | 65 20 69 73 20 73 75 63 |place, h|e is suc|
|00000200| 68 20 61 20 6d 61 6e 20 | 61 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 |h a man |as some |
|00000210| 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d 0a | 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 65 |of the..|commande|
|00000220| 72 73 20 4e 61 70 6f 6c | 65 6f 6e 20 61 73 73 65 |rs Napol|eon asse|
|00000230| 6d 62 6c 65 64 20 61 72 | 6f 75 6e 64 20 68 69 6d |mbled ar|ound him|
|00000240| 20 69 6e 20 68 69 73 20 | 79 6f 75 74 68 3a 20 74 | in his |youth: t|
|00000250| 6f 75 67 68 2c 0d 0a 75 | 6e 74 75 74 6f 72 65 64 |ough,..u|ntutored|
|00000260| 2c 20 70 6c 65 62 65 69 | 61 6e 2c 20 73 75 63 63 |, plebei|an, succ|
|00000270| 65 73 73 66 75 6c 2e 0d | 0a 0d 0a 20 20 52 6f 6d |essful..|...  Rom|
|00000280| 6d 65 6c 20 6e 65 76 65 | 72 20 74 65 6c 6c 73 20 |mel neve|r tells |
|00000290| 68 69 73 20 6d 65 6e 20 | 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |his men |that the|
|000002a0| 20 42 72 69 74 69 73 68 | 20 61 72 65 20 70 75 73 | British| are pus|
|000002b0| 68 6f 76 65 72 73 2e 20 | 48 65 0d 0a 74 65 6c 6c |hovers. |He..tell|
|000002c0| 73 20 74 68 65 6d 20 74 | 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |s them t|hat the |
|000002d0| 42 72 69 74 69 73 68 20 | 61 72 65 20 74 6f 75 67 |British |are toug|
|000002e0| 68 2d 2d 61 6e 64 20 74 | 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 |h--and t|hat they|
|000002f0| 2c 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 | 69 6e 2c 0d 0a 68 61 72 |, the th|in,..har|
|00000300| 64 20 79 6f 75 6e 67 20 | 65 6c 69 74 65 20 6f 66 |d young |elite of|
|00000310| 20 47 65 72 6d 61 6e 79 | 2c 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 | Germany|, must b|
|00000320| 65 20 74 6f 75 67 68 65 | 72 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 |e toughe|r.....  |
|00000330| 41 73 20 61 20 73 75 63 | 63 65 73 73 66 75 6c 20 |As a suc|cessful |
|00000340| 6d 61 6e 2c 20 52 6f 6d | 6d 65 6c 20 69 73 20 76 |man, Rom|mel is v|
|00000350| 61 69 6e 2c 20 61 72 72 | 6f 67 61 6e 74 20 61 6e |ain, arr|ogant an|
|00000360| 64 20 61 75 74 6f 63 72 | 61 74 69 63 2c 0d 0a 66 |d autocr|atic,..f|
|00000370| 6f 72 20 77 68 65 6e 20 | 68 65 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 |or when |he makes|
|00000380| 20 77 61 72 20 6e 6f 77 | 61 64 61 79 73 20 68 65 | war now|adays he|
|00000390| 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 61 | 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 72 | takes a|ll the r|
|000003a0| 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 69 62 | 69 6c 69 74 79 2c 0d 0a |esponsib|ility,..|
|000003b0| 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 | 62 6c 61 6d 65 2c 20 61 |all the |blame, a|
|000003c0| 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 67 | 6c 6f 72 79 2e 20 57 68 |ll the g|lory. Wh|
|000003d0| 65 6e 20 74 68 69 6e 67 | 73 20 67 6f 20 61 77 72 |en thing|s go awr|
|000003e0| 79 20 69 6e 20 62 61 74 | 74 6c 65 2c 20 68 65 0d |y in bat|tle, he.|
|000003f0| 0a 66 6c 69 65 73 20 69 | 6e 74 6f 20 76 6f 6c 63 |.flies i|nto volc|
|00000400| 61 6e 69 63 20 72 61 67 | 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 |anic rag|es that |
|00000410| 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 20 | 72 65 73 75 6c 74 73 2e |produce |results.|
|00000420| 20 48 65 20 73 68 6f 77 | 65 72 73 0d 0a 65 76 65 | He show|ers..eve|
|00000430| 72 79 6f 6e 65 20 61 72 | 6f 75 6e 64 20 68 69 6d |ryone ar|ound him|
|00000440| 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 | 73 74 72 65 61 6d 20 6f | with a |stream o|
|00000450| 66 20 76 69 74 75 70 65 | 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 |f vitupe|ration, |
|00000460| 75 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 0d | 0a 62 65 67 69 6e 6e 69 |usually.|.beginni|
|00000470| 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 | 22 53 63 68 77 65 69 6e |ng with |"Schwein|
|00000480| 65 68 75 6e 64 65 21 22 | 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 41 74 |ehunde!"|....  At|
|00000490| 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 | 69 6d 65 73 20 52 6f 6d | other t|imes Rom|
|000004a0| 6d 65 6c 20 69 73 20 70 | 6f 6c 69 74 65 20 62 75 |mel is p|olite bu|
|000004b0| 74 20 69 72 6f 6e 69 63 | 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 68 65 |t ironic|. In the|
|000004c0| 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 6f | 66 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 64 | order o|f..the d|
|000004d0| 61 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 | 77 68 69 63 68 20 68 65 |ay with |which he|
|000004e0| 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 | 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 61 | started| this ca|
|000004f0| 6d 70 61 69 67 6e 20 68 | 65 20 72 65 66 65 72 72 |mpaign h|e referr|
|00000500| 65 64 20 74 6f 20 4b 69 | 6e 67 0d 0a 56 69 74 74 |ed to Ki|ng..Vitt|
|00000510| 6f 72 69 6f 20 45 6d 61 | 6e 75 65 6c 65 20 61 73 |orio Ema|nuele as|
|00000520| 20 74 68 65 20 22 45 6d | 70 65 72 6f 72 20 6f 66 | the "Em|peror of|
|00000530| 20 41 62 79 73 73 69 6e | 69 61 2e 22 0d 0a 0d 0a | Abyssin|ia."....|
|00000540| 20 20 48 69 73 20 6d 65 | 6e 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c |  His me|n as wel|
|00000550| 6c 20 61 73 20 68 69 73 | 20 6f 66 66 69 63 65 72 |l as his| officer|
|00000560| 73 2c 20 66 65 61 72 20 | 61 6e 64 20 6c 6f 6f 6b |s, fear |and look|
|00000570| 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 68 | 69 6d 2e 0d 0a 44 61 73 | up to h|im...Das|
|00000580| 68 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6f | 75 74 20 62 79 20 63 61 |hing abo|ut by ca|
|00000590| 72 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 6f | 74 6f 72 63 79 63 6c 65 |r and mo|torcycle|
|000005a0| 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 | 66 6f 72 77 61 72 64 20 | in the |forward |
|000005b0| 7a 6f 6e 65 73 20 6f 66 | 0d 0a 61 63 74 69 6f 6e |zones of|..action|
|000005c0| 2c 20 68 65 20 73 65 65 | 73 20 68 69 73 20 6d 65 |, he see|s his me|
|000005d0| 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 | 65 79 20 73 65 65 20 68 |n and th|ey see h|
|000005e0| 69 6d 2e 20 53 6f 6d 65 | 74 69 6d 65 73 20 74 68 |im. Some|times th|
|000005f0| 65 79 20 68 61 76 65 0d | 0a 74 6f 20 62 65 61 72 |ey have.|.to bear|
|00000600| 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 | 68 20 6f 66 20 68 69 73 | the las|h of his|
|00000610| 20 77 72 61 74 68 2c 20 | 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 | wrath, |but they|
|00000620| 20 61 64 6d 69 72 65 20 | 68 69 6d 2e 20 54 68 65 | admire |him. The|
|00000630| 79 20 68 61 76 65 0d 0a | 63 6f 69 6e 65 64 20 61 |y have..|coined a|
|00000640| 20 6e 65 77 20 77 6f 72 | 64 3a 20 74 68 65 79 20 | new wor|d: they |
|00000650| 73 61 79 20 74 68 61 74 | 20 61 20 66 61 6c 6c 65 |say that| a falle|
|00000660| 6e 20 42 72 69 74 69 73 | 68 20 73 74 72 6f 6e 67 |n Britis|h strong|
|00000670| 68 6f 6c 64 20 69 73 0d | 0a 67 65 72 6f 6d 6d 65 |hold is.|.geromme|
|00000680| 6c 74 2e 1a 0d 0a 0d 0a |                         |lt......|        |
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+