Episode 172-Rommel readies for Success Ep 173 Lenin’s Civil War

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Posted On October 9, 2016

Acting on misinformation, both generals, Rommel and Cunningham make plans for the next day, hoping to wipe out the other’s armor. Yet Rommel is in a much better position to succeed. Cunningham just doesn’t know poorly Operation Crusader is unfolding. Meanwhile, Lenin has to face down his own faction, including Stalin, to move his Bolsheviks closer to the desire of the Russian peasants.

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