MEDAL FOR BLUFF
HOW HITLER WON IRON CROSS. A • Berlin newspaper recently revealed how Herr Huler won his Iron Cross, it was during the autumn campaign near La Bas ß ee and Arras in 1915. Hitler’ and another soldier named Weiss were on patrol duty, and were endeavouring to find out where the nearest French troops were. The two men crept into an apparently deserted village. (Suddenly French voices were heard coming from the cellar of a wrecked house. Hitler opened the door, called out in broken French that a German company was behind him and summoned the French soldiers to surrender.
. Then, . says the newspaper, giving comAvands to the non-existent company, he completely bluffed the French, and a lieutenant and 20 soldiers emerged with their hands up and sur_ rendered to Hitler and h| s companion, who escorted them to their Bavarian regiment.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1933, Page 2
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144MEDAL FOR BLUFF Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1933, Page 2
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