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Rise of the Nazis

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See how Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rise to power. In 1930, Germany is a liberal democracy. Just four years later, democracy is dead, Germany’s leader is a dictator and the government is in the hands of the Nazis.

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After Stalingrad, Hitler leaves it to the men around him to pull Germany from the abyss.
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It’s 1942, and Hitler has just lost the Battle of Moscow. German troops are desperate.
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The battles on the Eastern Front are viewed by many as the defining conflict of WWII.
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