It was hard to believe that barely a year and a half had passed since the Great War came to an end. So much had happened in such a short time that Bruno often felt as though he were being swept along by the changing seasons—too consumed by action to fully grasp the pace of history as it unfolded around him.
And yet, here they were—the first Olympic Games of the postwar era, truly about to begin.
Originally scheduled for 1916, the Summer Olympics had been postponed due to the war, and then again during the chaos of the succession crisis. It was finally agreed they would be held in 1918, with the next games delayed until 1922. But even before the date was confirmed, Bruno had already begun laying the foundations for what was to come. The stage was global. And Germany would be its center.
Whether militarily, economically, or—now—athletically, Bruno had worked tirelessly to position the Reich as the pre-eminent power of the modern world.
