France, 1944. We peek into the forward headquarters of the 532nd Panzergrenadier Regiment, locked in combat with Patton's advancing forces. Colonel Schonauer leans over his maps as Hauptman Leiber enters.
Leiber: "Colonel! Our center has collapsed! The verdamnit Amis are using pictures of fluffy kittens! Our cute little bunny pictures cannot compete, there are just too many of them!"
Schonauer: "Tell them they must hold! 2nd battalion is the lynch pin of our defense. If we fall, Paris falls!"
Leiber: "May we expect support, Herr Colonel?"
Schonauer: "Nein. The 8th Air Force made massive teddy bear strikes all through our rear areas. Traffic is snarled all the way to Belgium."
A whistling noise risies to a roar, followed by an explosion. Both officers dive for cover.
Schonauer: "That was too close, Hauptman, I... Hey! Beanie Babies! They have 'Prickles the Hedgehog!' Und 'Quack the Duck, und. . ."
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Leiber: "Colonel! Our center has collapsed! The verdamnit Amis are using pictures of fluffy kittens! Our cute little bunny pictures cannot compete, there are just too many of them!"
Schonauer: "Tell them they must hold! 2nd battalion is the lynch pin of our defense. If we fall, Paris falls!"
Leiber: "May we expect support, Herr Colonel?"
Schonauer: "Nein. The 8th Air Force made massive teddy bear strikes all through our rear areas. Traffic is snarled all the way to Belgium."
A whistling noise risies to a roar, followed by an explosion. Both officers dive for cover.
Schonauer: "That was too close, Hauptman, I... Hey! Beanie Babies! They have 'Prickles the Hedgehog!' Und 'Quack the Duck, und. . ."
Leiber (horrified) "Mein Gott, the war is lost."
From The Cute Road To Victory, 1947</