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Tuesday, 6 March [1945] Auw, Germany<\/strong>
Up at 0600.\u00a0 Shaved and had breakfast by 0730.\u00a0 The weather is very unsettled but the temperature is moderate.\u00a0 We will be moving our C.P. closer to the Rhine in a day or two.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have to get some fishing tackle together, just in case.\u00a0 I have refrained to a large extent from mentioning the more gruesome sights which are not important to the coherence of my Diary but I will certainly remember them. They will be a mental addition to my, Lest I forget, series.1<\/a><\/sup> A reference to the Reader\u2019s Digest<\/em> series published in 1944, titled \u201cLest We Forget.\u201dSee Diary Inserts
1,

\n<\/a>\u200b\u200b 32,

\n<\/a> and 34.

\n<\/a>\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/span>
We have moved forward more than 40 miles in less than a week.\u00a0 The Sigfried line is now just something else to tell my nieces and nephews about on rainy evenings.2<\/a><\/sup>The Siegfried Line <\/em>or the \u201cWestwall\u201d was a German defensive line along the borders of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and Switzerland. The defensive system was created originally as part of the Hindenburg Line during World War I, but was extended and added to during World War II. The Germans relied heavily on \u201cdragons teeth\u201d which were large, triangular concrete chunks used to derail tanks, large ditches, minefields, and anti-tank barriers which were all placed strategically along the Siegfried Line. Goetz goes into detail about the appearance of the Siegfried line in his February 21 diary entry. Goetz also included a 7-page typescript marked \u201cSecret\u201d, re: \u201cSiegfried Line\u201d with his diary entry from February 16, 1945. See\u00a0 Appendix, Insert 38. \u00a0 <\/em>Charles MacDonald, The Siegfried Line Campaign<\/em> (Washington D.C.: 1990) pp. 3-14.<\/span> I still haven\u2019t received my cigars but usually manage a letter at mail call.\u00a0 I am ready to go home anytime.\u00a0 The U.S. is going to look like Heaven to me.\u00a0 There were a lot of planes overhead again today. The bad weather doesn\u2019t seem to hold them up very much.\u00a0 Hit the sack at 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 7 March [1945] Auw, Germany<\/strong>
Up at 0600. Had early breakfast before going on reconnaissance towards the Rhine, many of the villages are in good condition and contain much of the original population.  They present another hazard to us but it is probably better to guard them than to have them jamming the roads, which we will soon be using.  There have been many cases of sniping by civilians but I believe we can put a stop to that. 
Everything is white again this morning from the snow which fell last night.  The planes fly in spite of the weather but a week of sunshine would do us a world of good. [Continued on next<\/em> page]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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