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general to the fortress to execute the plan. The soldier is vocal about his reluctance which puts him often at odds with the general. The characters are usually anonymous, only in one story it transpires that the general's forenames are Jozef Maria
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In one story, mainly drawn in black-and-white, the general manages to overthrow the marshal by driving a supertank. This turns out to be a movie especially made to keep the general's spirits high.
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