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Play War Thunder now for free with our link, and get a massive bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: The iron grip of the Third Reich was spiraling toward a catastrophic finale. Deep beneath the Reich Chancellery, in a dimly lit bunker, a frantic Adolf Hitler, his eyes wild with desperation, was cornered. Outside, the relentless advance of the Red Army was closing in, ready to extinguish the so-called Thousand-year Reich. Defiant to the bitter end, Hitler clung to any fragment of hopeful news, praying for a miracle to wrench Germany from the jaws of obliteration. Above ground, Berlin was a city under siege. The skies roared with the constant thunder of bombing runs, tearing the streets to shreds. The citizens, wrapped in a cloak of crippling fear, huddled wherever they could find refuge, bracing for the Soviet onslaught and dreading the horrors that awaited them under their new captors. The city was choked by ash, smoke, and relentless fires. Despair hung heavy in the air, yet, out of the gloom, a sudden spark of hope ignited. Radios and loudspeakers crackled to life, broadcasting a staggering claim: a miracle was on the horizon. The German 12th Army, which had been staving off US forces, was reportedly marching to shatter the Soviet stranglehold and rescue the city. In an even more shocking turn, rumors flew that the United States had flipped sides, now joining the Germans in a desperate stand against the merciless Red Army. Yet few gave credence to the desperate bluster of Hitler’s propaganda machine. General Walther Wenck, the Wehrmacht's youngest general and commander of the 12th Army, had received orders to disengage from the Americans and attempt the impossible: break the Siege of Berlin at all costs, in a daring gambit to either regroup or negotiate peace. But in a defiant twist that pushed Hitler to the edge of insanity, Wenck marshaled his troops and prepared to commit the unthinkable: defy Hitler himself. Rallying his men, he proclaimed: (QUOTE) “Comrades, you've got to go in once more. It's not about Berlin anymore, it's not about the Reich anymore…“
