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1939 Belgrade GP
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1939 Belgrade Grand Prix: The Silberpfeilen’s Last Dance

ByScott Russell October 17, 2021October 18, 2021

Belgrade. September 3, 1939. The sun is shining in Kalemegdan Park as the Yugoslav flag drops. Manfred von Brauchitsch leads the field away in his Mercedes W154. It’s like any other Grand Prix, except that just a few hundred miles away the Wehrmacht are marching towards Warsaw.

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