Chapter 71:
Roughly two weeks after Nazi Germany's declaration of surrender.
Nazi Germany's administration had been run with a level of chaos that bordered on insanity, and as a result, we had to spend our time swamped by a dizzying amount of work.
Ludwig Beck and General Wilhelm Ritter von Lepp, who were already elders of the military and had made significant contributions in the Civil War, were promoted to Field Marshal, and other key military figures were also promoted en masse.
For my military merit during the Civil War, I received the Pour le Mérite medal from the Emperor and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
Though I wondered what the point of a military rank was at this stage…
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December 18, 1939
Berlin, Northern Germany, National Defense Force Headquarters On the Italian Front, Army Group South, under the command of Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Lepp, was driving out the Italians with an irresistible force, having already occupied Südtirol (Southern Tyrol) and was now entering the Veneto province of Northern Italy.
Finland, somehow, was grinding the Soviet Army to dust in every battle, and both America and Britain praised Finland's brave fight and decided to provide support.