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WW2: The Great Imperial War

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The German Colonial League and Living Space

The east is primitive, barbaric. Sovi union is a barbarous system. We'll take it over and modernize it. And civilize it. I mean, youc go right back to middle ages, of course. But for our purposes thing, i think, comes in the 18 eightis and ninties when the german colonial league is very keen on overseas territories. In fact, many german nationalists have always looked east and think about the possibilities of the east. That's revived in the 19 twenties when they lose their colonial empire completely. And those germans who want living space, and living space s a buzword of the 19 twenties, where are they going

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