The home of Marika Rökk, Berlin. 3/8/41 20:30
Marika Rökk was very excited. She had just been offered the role of Mata Hari bythe Reichsminister himself. As a result she had agreed to host a party, attended by the leading lights of the Reich. Present were people as diverse as Josef Goebbels, Zarah Leander, Ilse Werner, Ferdinand Marian and many others. It was a happy occasion where she was expected to perform and entertain her guests. She opened up with her hit Musik, Musik, Musik which went down a treat.
Of more interest was the Reichsminister, who was deep in conversation with several leading generals who were present and ignoring his usual manner of working the room.
This was being noted by several who were there for other means.
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Over the Outskirts of Moscow. 4/8/41 7:00am
Otto Simon was about to change the course of the war.
He was fighting valiantly in the attack over Moscow, defending the Bombers in the midst of a bombing run. He had got into a dogfight with a Yak-1 Fighter and had seen it to the ground, going too low down in doing so. At this point the saw a car speeding along the road. He decided to move in for the attack.
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East of Moscow. 7:00am. 4/8/41
From the sky came the sound of an aircraft. The car moved to the side of the road, but to late as shots ripped through the body of the motor, killing all those inside.
The lifeless corpse of Josef Stalin was to lie for hours before being picked up.