Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom (Part 17)
Real Dictators
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Hitler and the Soviet Union
Hitler decrees that a military solution to the Polish problem is required. He will leave it to the Western powers to make their declarations. Ideologically there's nothing more anathema to Hitler's Nazi philosophy than Bolshevism. The Germans covet the Soviet Union's vast supplies of grain and raw materials. Soon there is dialogue between Berlin and Moscow. On April 20, 1939, Adolf Hitler turns 50. An age he thought he might not live beyond. Even the Pope sends his best wishes.
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