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'VON GEYR, Leo GEN D PZTR (Lt Gen) Insie'cfc/it Cilt4tfir `.
oud- :of !his . 'prof eseion ,' of the old-PruselatCgeb)rlily. tnre1;913131116b e gave
• .71:ilformatiori grudgingly; his perional zeitioulous.
He ving been Military Attache in LONDON for several' yeaTx4prebilitet...claims
tc have an understanding of Anglo-American affairs, • •I
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DIETRICH, "SEPP", OBSTGRUF .Col' Gen o1:,..IWAFFENA-SA?korn.CCutf404..:Ar.my,
. retsrlied by his own position and deeds, bliang ezerybosty . Ecs'ialaOk
, of courage the notorious ss Generall.appear,Fd..Aq;s9r4..ti..kcizzt.1431-lied
euipnient and tactics ; because he thought it was,d'expecteItnitge 'rather
r, :.thitn, as . a, result of actual- experiences:;.... • He .einpha*.s04.ssilittislA45:-year -long
Arny affiliations,..
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iv)! HAUSSER Paul; OBSTGRUF (Col !: Gen .: of WAITEN t S'S •f)t",° 16x0:04.9414.?. ,Group
"43". Source is a firm believer in HITLER 's theories ; manta fed to
•v; justify , most- :of the FUEHRER 's * dee .he'lta1ke`etfretit41,1 /6Viralitary
: 7, matters.0 7.. Formerly' a Prussian general-in the rAinly ti ti Eltivaseltinta ed • the
fact that he was primarily a military leader and not afi
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.. ANSWERS TO SPECIAL QUESTIONNAIRE . . -i...,,,,:tt.e 4 ..'./. q t.t0e1 Silk .
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1. .111hz .t , 46 . yo11 think of '. the offensive fire power,..; o. ,C,,..theter4.9arititank and
tank - deStroyers?. ..
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• . ,Wh4le,,Gen . GUDERIAN and Gen Von GEYR, felt that„theyorereoptufigficiently
.experienced to answer the question, the former•,because . tle cm.,01-. ..00:Urcommand
troops Opposing . American armor,,. the latter. due,:.,tq;.thep.?,imitegO.n,goyment
Of . arm )r • during the part of the Normandy campaign when-he nasiiiniOommand,
the t y ) SS generals praised American tanks and tank employment. "SEPP"
DIETRIcH , stated that in his opinion , the SHE MAN „enginei lwas igeile gcod, but
' that a larger cal gun could be mouLted on the SHER1.40444. vziple new
Americi.n . heavy tank, he said, was even more satisfactory and' could be
favoratly compared with the best German tank, the Royal Tiger, Gen HAUSSER
called the fire-power of American tanks "immensely strong".
. ), GU Dgzi AN , Heinz, GENOST .(Col Gep.)...,:1;:t1Afi,.0. erflo 1ep aieiesor?rt Et ty: former -
.0 o S. German Ground Forces, .nspett'orfoof4;;A•regt Eiltiqrt
,ApPareritly wanting to appear 4R,..RS,a3.4.clnEttiV.4413:341- guts-
' t: •..dris freely, he stated emphatically :howeeF71,. , it414j,
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b:icause HITLER I s death freed. him t.x...pnl, 45,, path ,pf41.
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