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    THE VOLKSSTURM

    Dec 04, 2020 5 minutes
    by Chris William
    Mark Pulaski collection
    Mark Pulaski collection
    Mark Pulaski collection
    Mark Pulaski collection
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    Shortly after Adolf Hitler and the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP — Nazi party) came to power in 1933, a national poll showed that ninety-eight percent of Germans supported the Nazi cause. This blind adherence to the ideals of the party led the nation into a war producing an early dominance of Europe.

    However, this was followed by catastrophic losses of German life as free countries stood against Hitler’s quest for a total “Aryan” world. By 1944, the (German armed forces) had been shredded into a mere fraction of its strength, with major losses at the hands of the allies on both the eastern and western fronts. In July of

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