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Already pushed to the brink by constant bombing, the people of Germany face the potential of even more destruction from America with the arrival of the B-29 on English soil; this threat spurs the Luftwaffe to call for help.
Already pushed to the brink by constant bombing, the people of Germany face the potential of even more destruction from America with the arrival of the B-29 on English soil; this threat spurs the Luftwaffe to call for help.
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