Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, he led the Germans in East Africa during the First World War. When the Germans surrendered, he marched his troops in full uniform and with a band to the British forces and offered to feed them as they were looking a little on the thin side. He lived to the mid-'60s after having told the Nazis to pound sand.

Allow me to quote from his Wiki-article, Charles Miller asked the nephew of a Schutztruppe officer, "I understand that von Lettow told Hitler to go fuck himself." The nephew responded, "That's right, except that I don't think he put it that politely."

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