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werwolf

n. (alternative spelling of werewolf English)

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Werwolf

Werwolf (, German for " werewolf") was the name given to a Nazi plan, which began development in 1944, to create a resistance force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany. However Werwolf's propaganda value far outweighed its actual achievements.

Werwolf (Wehrmacht HQ)

Führerhauptquartier Werwolf was the codename used for one of Adolf Hitler's World War II Eastern Front military headquarters located in a pine forest about north of Vinnytsia, in Ukraine, which was used between 1942 and 1943. It was one of a number of Führer Headquarters throughout Europe, and the most easterly ever used by Hitler in person.

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Unlike the monster-figure of the mythology of Hollywood and the horror films of Britain and America, the German Werwolf is not an odd man who grows hairs on the backs of his hands during the full moon.

In old Germanic mythology the Werwolf is a patriotic figure who stays behind in the homeland when the Teuton warrior-heroes have been forced to flee into exile by the invading foreigner, and who leads the resistance against the invader from the shadows of the great forests, striking by night and disappearing, leaving only the spoor of the wolf in the snow.

The Werwolf of late 1963 was the third to hold the title and position.

When he had made the call to Mernmers on Friday morning, the Werwolf had overlooked the fact that forty-eight hours later it would be Sunday.

Memmers had the information for the Werwolf when the latter called just after four.

The Werwolf had had the report already for five days, but his natural caution had caused him to wait and reconsider before taking direct action.

Instead of answering the question directly, the Werwolf gave the first part of the identification code.

The Werwolf flicked two sheets of foolscap paper covered with typed words across the desk.

It was already January 30, and against his wishes the Werwolf felt obliged to make a phone call.

Mackensen was confronting an angry and baffled Werwolf at about the same time.

The Werwolf considered the patience and logic of THE ODESSA FILE 217 the professional hunter.

Frau Bayer, alerted by another call from the Werwolf that the man calling himself Kolb was not what THE ODESSA FILE 233 he seemed to be and might indeed be a police informer, was a trembling and frightened woman when Mackensen arrived.

The Werwolf alone would know what kind of THE ODESSA FILE 249 information Miller had been seeking, that Bayer had to give.

When he took the call in Nuremberg and heard the news, the Werwolf went into a transport of rage, mouthing abuse down the line at his hired killer.

He wanted to call the Werwolf before he went there, in case there was more news.