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This week in the War, 16–22 April 1945: Birthday in the bunker

Posted on April 22, 2017 by secondbysecond

Hitler’s birthday, 20 April, was a special day in the Nazi calendar and normally a cause for parades and festivities across the German Reich. Not long before the beginning of the war, 20 April 1939, Hitler had celebrated his 50th birthday. … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 26 March–1 April 1945: Hitler goes into his bunker

Posted on March 26, 2017 by secondbysecond

On 1 April 1945, Adolf Hitler vacated his apartments and his headquarters in the Reich Chancellery and descended into his bunker beneath the Reich Chancellery gardens: the Fuehrerbunker. From then on, he lived below ground and only occasionally ventured to … Continue reading →

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