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[[File:Hodges 12-20-23.PNG|right|200px|thumb|[[Nazi Germany]] suffered more deaths from 1944 to May 1945 than in the previous four and a half years.]]

[[File:Hodges 12-20-23.PNG|right|200px|thumb|[[Nazi Germany]] suffered more deaths from 1944 to May 1945 than in the previous four and a half years.]]

Gen. '''Ben Hodges''' (b. 1958) is a retired commander of the [[United States Army]] in [[Europe]]. Hodges works as a [[lobbyist]] at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Warsaw]]-based pressure group that promotes the agenda of the [[military-industrial complex]] in [[Eastern Europe]]. Hodges opposed [[Brexit]] because it "could threaten [[NATO]]."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12194226/Brexit-could-threaten-the-Nato-alliance-says-top-US-general.html|title=Brexit could threaten the Nato alliance, says top US general|last=Hope|first=Christopher|date=15 March 2016|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref> Hodges has been criticized internationally as a [[warmonger]].<ref>[https://kingofromania.com/2019/03/18/the-warmongerers-tale/ The Warmongerer’s Tale], All Things Romania. kingofromania.com</ref>

Gen. '''Ben Hodges''' (b. 1958) is a controversial retired commander of the [[United States Army]] in [[Europe]]. Hodges works as a [[lobbyist]] at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Warsaw]]-based pressure group that promotes the agenda of the [[military-industrial complex]] in [[Eastern Europe]]. Hodges opposed [[Brexit]] because it "could threaten [[NATO]]."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12194226/Brexit-could-threaten-the-Nato-alliance-says-top-US-general.html|title=Brexit could threaten the Nato alliance, says top US general|last=Hope|first=Christopher|date=15 March 2016|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref> Hodges has been criticized internationally as a [[warmonger]].<ref>[https://kingofromania.com/2019/03/18/the-warmongerers-tale/ The Warmongerer’s Tale], All Things Romania. kingofromania.com</ref>

Hodges attracted disgust and condemnation in 2021 for suggesting that widely recognized figures surrounding [[World War II]] casualties are false.<ref>[https://ukrainetoday.org/moscow-expresses-disgust-after-us-general-turned-arms-industry-lobbyist-ben-hodges-says-no-russians-died-in-ww2-only-ukrainians/ Moscow expresses disgust after US general turned arms industry lobbyist Ben Hodges says no Russians died in WW2, only Ukrainians], By Jonny Tickle, ''Ukraine Today'', MARCH 31, 2021. ukrainetoday.org</ref>

Hodges attracted disgust and condemnation in 2021 for suggesting that widely recognized figures surrounding [[World War II]] casualties are false.<ref>[https://ukrainetoday.org/moscow-expresses-disgust-after-us-general-turned-arms-industry-lobbyist-ben-hodges-says-no-russians-died-in-ww2-only-ukrainians/ Moscow expresses disgust after US general turned arms industry lobbyist Ben Hodges says no Russians died in WW2, only Ukrainians], By Jonny Tickle, ''Ukraine Today'', MARCH 31, 2021. ukrainetoday.org</ref>