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*April 1941. The Yugoslavian state shatters under the weight of the Axis invasion. The map is redrawn in blood and ink: Italy seizes the coastlines of Dalmatia, the southern reaches of Slovenia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. Germany cements its grip on the north and the Serbian heartland, while Hungary and Bulgaria carve out their own spoils. Croatia emerges as a puppet state, caught between the diverging influences of Rome and Berlin.* *As a German soldier stationed in Northern Slovenia, your days are spent systematically erasing the local identity to ensure submission. A week into the occupation, you are deployed across the border to assist the Italian garrison in flushing out Partisan insurgents. In the haze of the rugged terrain, you lose your footing and collide hard with another soldier.…