Foreign News: Bavarian Fascisti

Ten thousand undaunted warriors followed their great leader, Adolph Hitler, into battle. The occasion was the first military maneuvers held by the Bavarian Fascista Army, wholehearted supporters of the monarchy. All day long a bloodless battle raged around the villages of Starnberg and Oberwiensfeld just outside Munich. The men were a motley crew, some attired in civilian clothes, some in their old Reichswehr (Defence of the Realm) uniforms. But all were determined compatriots in the cause of the Vaterland. The men were equipped with revolvers and brass knuckles. The artillery was present only...

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