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The world heard indirectly from Hitler for the first time in 17 weeks today. He didn't broadcast but he issued a proclamation containing all the old Nazi diatribes and claims that victory for Germany is certain, with a preservation of Germans of first importance. At the same time, the German folksterm, the people's army, swore

allegiance to the purer and pledged unconditional resistance to the Allies. Reichs Minister Gerval spoke at the ceremonies and said regiments of the people's army would be used to bolster any critical section of the front. On the battlefields, American troops are making fresh gains in the fight for Metz. The Russians are reported to cross the Danube near Budapest,

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searching across seven countries i'd quite the snow the german tanks pounder that the american did over the split flowing will the still-written north of Metz. The Dobroids were forced to withdraw almost two miles before the German pressure was spent. When on the second side of Metz, the American Fourth Army Division massed two small German counter-attacks and lasted for up to the American tanks pursuing