Mr. Lucas knows his history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hoth
A Wehrmachtsgeneral whose troops played a central part in an increasingly hopeless battle in a harsh, snow-covered environment? Named Hoth? What a crazy coincidence...
(This post was brought to you by my reading "The kindly ones/Les Bienveillantes/Die Wohlgesinnten" by Jonathan Littel. A real bastard of a book, but very rewarding.)
A Wehrmachtsgeneral whose troops played a central part in an increasingly hopeless battle in a harsh, snow-covered environment? Named Hoth? What a crazy coincidence...
(This post was brought to you by my reading "The kindly ones/Les Bienveillantes/Die Wohlgesinnten" by Jonathan Littel. A real bastard of a book, but very rewarding.)