Berlin and Beyond

<P>IT WAS THE EVENING OF AUGUST 31ST 1939. THE NEW GERMANY THE THIRD REICH LED BY CHANCELLOR ADOLPH HITLER HAS INVADE POLAND IN A SURPRISE ATTACK INVOLVING 52 DIVISIONS OF OVER 1800000 SOLDIERS ON THREE FRONTS EMPLOYING VASTLY SUPERIOR MOBILITY AND AIR POWER. GERMANY WAS ABLE TO STAGE A COMPLTETE VICTORY OVER POLAND.</P> <P>AT THE SAME TIME THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR HAD ENDED WITH THE DICTATOR GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO ASSUMING THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT. CONCURRENTLY A THIRD DICTATORSHIP BECAME A REALITY IN ITALY WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF BENITO MUSSOLINI.</P> <P>AN AMERICAN COUPLE FOUND THEMSELVES TRAPPED IN BERLINGERMANY NOT SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE AND HAVING NO CONTACTS IN BERLIN. FRIGHTENED AND ALONE THEY NEEDED TO FIND A SAFE WAY OUT OF GERMANY AND GET HOME BEFORE THEY WOULD BE APPREHENDED AND ARRESTED BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES.</P>