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"Kill the General!": December 1944, the Battle of the Bulge rages on while Nazi spies are planning to assassinate General Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in Paris. Allied intelligence are aware of the plot, and they assign the Unknown Soldier in finding the assassins without havi

Star-Spangled War Stories #163 is an issue of the series Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1972. It was published on April 11, 1972.

Synopsis for "Kill the General!"

December 1944, the Battle of the Bulge rages on while Nazi spies are planning to assassinate General Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in Paris. Allied intelligence are aware of the plot, and they assign the Unknown Soldier in finding the assassins without having to disturb General Eisenhower's concentration on the Battle of the Bulge. So far, seven Nazi assassination teams are confirmed. Six of them are captured.

The Unknown Soldier enlist the aid of a Black Non-Com formerly known as Chat Noir to use his skills in gathering information from the Paris underworld. Chat eventually finds out that a known collaborator, Count De Plessis, is expecting the assassins at his home. The Soldier disguise himself as De Plessis and catches the spies. However, he is only able to kill a assassin and captured another while the last one escaped.

The Soldier and Chat ultimately capture the remaining assassin after laying a trap. But the Nazi plot is not over. The captured assassins inadvertently reveals to their captors that there is a fourth assassin who remains unaccounted.

The fourth assassin has pose himself as a British medical officer and gains access to the Allied Supreme HQ. Fortunately, the Unknown Soldier stops the assassin and saving Eisenhower's life.

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  • Sergeant Chat Noir

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  • Nazis
    • Ulrich
    • Hans
    • Count De Plessis

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  • General Dwight Eisenhower

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Synopsis for "The Ace Who Died Twice!"

This story is reprinted from All-American Men of War #114.

Appearing in "The Ace Who Died Twice!"

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  • Major Michaels
  • General Talbot

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  • Luftstreitkräfte
    • The Undertaker (Single appearance; dies)

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  • Denise
  • Raoul

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  • SPAD S.XIII

Synopsis for "Sgt. Storm Cloud"

This story is reprinted from All-American Men of War #8.

Appearing in "Sgt. Storm Cloud"

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  • Storm Cloud

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