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|first mention = Just War (novel) | |first mention = Just War (novel) | ||
|first = The Shadow in the Glass (novel) | |first = The Shadow in the Glass (novel) | ||
|part of = [[Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]] | |part of = [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] of [[World War II]] | ||
|date = [[April]] - [[9 May]] [[1945]] | |date = [[April]] - [[9 May]] [[1945]] | ||
|location = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] | |location = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] | ||
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==== Preparations ==== | ==== Preparations ==== | ||
By [[1944]], the [[Third Reich]] was on the retreat on both the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western]] and [[Eastern Front|Eastern Fronts]]. Some of the senior Nazis began to realise that Germany was losing the war. In [[August]], ''[[Reichsleiter]]'' [[Martin Bormann]] began secretly stockpiling huge amounts of financial resources for use by the Reich even in the even of defeat ([[Operation Eagle Flight]]). In [[September]], ''[[Reichsfuhrer]]'' [[Heinrich Himmler]] ordered the [[Concentration camp|Nazi death camps]] to be shut down but his instructions were ignored. Nevertheless, Himmler still invested hopes of eventual [[victory]] though [[Magic|mysticism and occult]] [[ritual]]s. In particular, he was banking on the arrival of supernatural forces he believed he had witnessed in [[vision]]s shown to him by the [[Scrying Glass]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'') | By [[1944]], the [[Third Reich]] was on the retreat on both the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western]] and [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Fronts]]. Some of the senior Nazis began to realise that Germany was losing the war. In [[August]], ''[[Reichsleiter]]'' [[Martin Bormann]] began secretly stockpiling huge amounts of financial resources for use by the Reich even in the even of defeat ([[Operation Eagle Flight]]). In [[September]], ''[[Reichsfuhrer]]'' [[Heinrich Himmler]] ordered the [[Concentration camp|Nazi death camps]] to be shut down but his instructions were ignored. Nevertheless, Himmler still invested hopes of eventual [[victory]] though [[Magic|mysticism and occult]] [[ritual]]s. In particular, he was banking on the arrival of supernatural forces he believed he had witnessed in [[vision]]s shown to him by the [[Scrying Glass]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'') | ||
By the beginning of [[1945]], the [[Battle of the Bulge|German offensive]] in the [[Ardennes]] region of [[Belgium]] collapsed, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist (novel)|Autumn Mist]]'', ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'') opening Germany up to invasion by the [[British Army|British]] and [[US Army|Americans]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]'') who at this point were racing the Russians across Germany due to the early onset of the [[Cold War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cabinets of Curiosities (short story)|Cabinets of Curiosities]]'') The [[Allies (World War II)|Allied]] leaders, [[Winston Churchill]], [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]], all gathered at [[Yalta]] to discuss the post-war partitioning of [[Europe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') | By the beginning of [[1945]], the [[Battle of the Bulge|German offensive]] in the [[Ardennes]] region of [[Belgium]] collapsed, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist (novel)|Autumn Mist]]'', ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'') opening Germany up to invasion by the [[British Army|British]] and [[US Army|Americans]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]'') who at this point were racing the Russians across Germany due to the early onset of the [[Cold War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cabinets of Curiosities (short story)|Cabinets of Curiosities]]'') The [[Allies (World War II)|Allied]] leaders, [[Winston Churchill]], [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]], all gathered at [[Yalta]] to discuss the post-war partitioning of [[Europe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') | ||
