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Jul 2023
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Third Reich: Attack on Russia, War with ...

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The Führer’s deputy embarks on an astonishing secret mission. After baling out Mussolini in the Balkans, German troops finally march into the Soviet Union. Undeterred by the bloodshed, Hitler will sign off 1941 by declaring war on the United States…

As featured on Real Dictators.

A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson.

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