vile_things
vile_things t1_j1i3ws1 wrote
Reply to comment by TertiumNonHater in Where history has been fought by RedTomatoSauce
After the occupation their mayor was assassinated by a werewolf commando. Their aim was to make Germans afraid to collaborate with the Allies but this stands out as one of the few actual, successful missions they undertook.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Oppenhoff
One of my favourite factoids about Aachen is how the Nazis tried to remove the enormous bronze gates of the Aachen cathedral (cast around the year 800), among other relics, to get them out of allied hands. But the gates were too well built in and they had to give up.
vile_things t1_j1j19n5 wrote
Reply to comment by TertiumNonHater in Where history has been fought by RedTomatoSauce
Interesting. I had never heard about this before. Reminds me a little of the Rommelspargel (Rommel's asparagus). War makes for odd sights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rommel%27s_asparagus