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TIL During WWII German General Hans Speidel ignored Hitler’s order to bombard Paris before being arrested for a plot to assassinate Hitler. 12 years later he was appointed the Supreme Commander of NATO and given headquarters at the Palace of Fontainebleau in Paris.

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