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The Flash said:
Really? I wasn't aware of that until now.
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I'll be honest, there's no direct source (e.g. interviews, band commentary) that confirms this or says anything about it, but the parallels between the two are so strong it's difficult to think it's a coincidence. A man is sent to the gallows, claim life is a strange illusion (or absurdity), confronts a priest who ends up making him question his faith in god and his own being. Mersault, the anti-hero of the novel, is viewed as a "stranger" to society due to his indifference to the world and his individualism ("And though the end is near I'm not sorry"). It's hard to believe that Steve could have pulled the exact same scenario without prior knowledge of Camus.

Pretentious digression, I apologize.
 
Desert Fox = Rommel
Rommel commanded Axis forces on D-Day
The only Iron Maiden song that comes close to addressing Rommel is The Longest Day.
 
LooseCannon said:
Desert Fox = Rommel
Rommel commanded Axis forces on D-Day
The only Iron Maiden song that comes close to addressing Rommel is The Longest Day.
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Close, I was thinking of this:
The Longest Day is a book by Cornelius Ryan published in 1959, telling the story of D-Day, the first day of the World War II invasion of Normandy.
The book takes its name from a comment made by Erwin Rommel to his aide Hauptmann Helmuth Lang on 22 April 1944: "...the first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive...the fate of Germany depends on the outcome...for the Allies, as well as Germany, it will be the longest day."
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