one was sacked no fewer than four times in the course of the war, and rommel and -- [inaudible] wereach sacked once or twice. general herd l was moved to four different commands in the course of 1944 alone, and really second rate generals, men like sherner and correct were continually promoted even though they weren't as good as the other generals because they were fanatical nazis. and then, of course, you have this great question why it was thought to be germans were so unprepared for the winter of 1931 and later, of course, 1942. and i believe that, too, the lack of winter clothing, can be put down to hitler's absurd racial theories of racial superiority, the idea that the slavic men would not be able to fight as well as the, as well as the germans. and this is a quotation from something he said to himmler who had come for supper on the 12th of august, 1942. and hitler told him this, he's boasting about the heartiness of the master race when it came to cold weather. having to change into long trousers was always a misery to me, hitler said. even with the temperature 10 below zero,