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To: Bilow who wrote (109193)	7/31/2003 10:14:15 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi all; More proof that the "Werwolves" were never an issue in Germany (except before the end of the war): ... Fortunately it was May, with warmer weather ahead. The lice and other insect-spread diseases were staved of by a good supply of the new insecticide, DDT. Werewolf activity never developed. The German monetary system was able to continue for a few years before it had to be revised. ... bullrunofvermont.com ... In Austria following the German forces' surrender after World War II, US forces reported many acts of sabotage, including ambushes, explosions and cutting of communications wire. Moreover, before the war's end, the Germans had begun training covert forces called "Werewolves" to continue armed guerrilla action. While this German plan never came to fruition, US forces were inundated with rumors and reports of guerrilla forces operating in-theater for months after the surrender.9 ... www-cgsc.army.mil ... Most of us carried guns the last month or two. I never did, because I wouldn't have known what to do with it anyway, and for the night runs I almost always had an armed guard. So far there's been little or no trouble from the Werewolves, as the Germans wistfully call their mythical resistance movement." ... ku.edu -- Carl