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Nazis recruit children to fight

4th March 1945: As Hitler clutches at straws, young boys and old men are sent to the front line

Mar 04, 2025
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Nazi propaganda images of the old men and boys in the Volksssturm - such as this position in East Prussia in February - were meant to convince the Germans that they were ready to meet the ‘hordes from the East’.

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