In 1990 with worldwide war still underway, a Hitleresque Leader sends two lieutenants into the future to recruit soldiers from the super race that he is creating, but the lieutenants seem to find only a barren Earth where they discuss the situation and smoke their cigarettes.
“The object before you is a Time Machine,” he said with repressed pride. “The result of our Ingenuity and skill. With it we will draw new support to our Cause. Two of my most trusted Lieutenants are to travel into the future to enlist the aid of the races which will be created by us.”

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  1. “Flame for the Future” by William P. McGivern, in Amazing, October 1941.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by William P. McGivern