Circle
Detour
Detour noun - A turning away from a course or standard.
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- Tranquil Fury: In "Rommel versus Zhukov," after his victory at Normandy and the deaths of Hitler and much of his inner circle, Field Marshal Rommel is persuaded by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to take a quick detour to the town of Dachau.
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