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Hermann Goring meets the Italians

4th February 1942: Goring does not impress as a military leader as planning for the invasion of Malta continues

Feb 04, 2022
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At the Wolfschanze - the Wolf's Lair - Hitler's Eastern front HQ in 1942. From left: Adolf Hitler; Robert Ley, the Reich labour organiser, responsible for many of the slave labour camps, he was now being sidelined because he was such a drunk; Ferdinand Porsche, the designer of the Volkswagen, now designing Panzer tanks and building them with the slave l…

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