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paratroopers dropped in as a support. On 26 August, the German positions were bombed by the USAAF, and
Romanian troops eventually occupied the airports. On 28 August, he was arrested by Romanian soldiers together with General Stahel at
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was to gather information on the Polish preparations to defend against an eventual German attack, while the mission in
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