EwaldvonKleist -> RE: 8MP U2VS and M60A3TTS (3/20/2019 11:27:40 AM)
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Written defence by General-Armii Ewald von Kleist for the process The State vs. General-Armii EwaldVonKleist Charge 1: The defence industry or general industry of the Soviet Union has not been under my responsibility during my time as a field commander before and during the war. Any contact with representatives of the Soviet industry and armaments industry were strictly professional meetings to evaluate combat experience with new weapon systems. It is true that I am a long-term member of the U2-society, which is an organization to promote flying in the Soviet union to create a pool of reserve pilots for future expansion of Soviet aviation and for defence purposes. Biplanes are the cheapest and safest training aircraft. It is not known to me that the organization has ever interfered with IL2 production, which has rightfully been declared as a priority for aircraft production. No proof exists for collaboration between myself and elements identified as Trotskyist. Charge 2: When I asked to be relieved of command, a request which was granted by Stalin, it was solely due to overworking and total exhaustion following the first year of the war. During the last two years. I simultaneously held responsibility for two strategic directions (Northern&Western), representing the largest army group ever formed in the history of war, which has been a severe strain on my health. No escape from the Soviet Union has ever been planned. Charge 3: I have no connection with said document, whose author, by sheer coincidence, has the same name as me. His work contains a photography of him, which is shown below on the left side. On the right side is a photography of myself. The differences are obvious and will convince anyone that we are different people who must not be charged for a crime committed by the other one. [image]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0210-503%2C_General_Ewald_von_Kleist.jpg[/image] [image]http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/54093/94B35020348C446FBEB5BC6A99DA456E.jpg[/image]
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