Since Sevastopol, it has been my fate to cover the retreat of our armies and destroy the cities behind them. - Dietrich von Choltitz
" "Since Sevastopol, it has been my fate to cover the retreat of our armies and destroy the cities behind them.
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About Dietrich von Choltitz
Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (9 November 1894 – 4 November 1966) was a German General who served in the Royal Saxon Army during World War I and the German Army during World War II. He is chiefly remembered for his role as the last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, when he disobeyed Adolf Hitler's orders to level the city, but instead surrendered it to Free French forces.
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