Tag Archives: Germany

Say Goodbye to Adolf Hitler

That is if you are an Ian Kershaw fan. I don’t know what it is about English historians but when it comes to Hitler and Nazism, I find few competitors. Hey, tell me I’m wrong and then tell me the … Continue reading

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John Bolton on ‘The Great Successor’

John Bolton writing from the Wall Street Journal North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il’s death opens a period of intense danger and risk, but also potentially enormous opportunity for America and its allies. Kim’s health had obviously been poor for … Continue reading

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Merkel Warns Peace Not Inevitable if Euro Fails

Well here is a real possibility that has heretofore gone unmentioned. It is not an unquestionable, or even a crazy possibility, to consider should Europe’s collective economy fail. In a dark blue jacket reflecting the mood in and about the … Continue reading

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Germany Sells an Army of Tanks to Saudi Arabia

Spiegel released a story explaining Germany’s historic decision to sell more than 200 of its Leopard 2 main-battle tanks to Saudi Arabia. The decision breaks with Germany’s policy not to export advanced weaponry to troubled regions of the world. Most … Continue reading

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This Day In History:The Battle of Kursk Ends

The Battle of Kursk, involving some 6,000 tanks, two million men, and 5,000 aircraft, ends with the German offensive repulsed by the Soviets at heavy cost. In early July, Germany and the USSR concentrated their forces near the city of … Continue reading

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Merkel: Multiculturalism in Germany has failed.

Don’t act so shocked. This has been preached in Europe — and else where — since at least the 60′s. Those who said it would fail, while creating division and social strife, were called xenophobes, Nazi holdovers, nationalistic extremists. This … Continue reading

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Obamania winding down in Europe

This is a guest post by Bill Dawson, an American who has lived in Austria for the last nine years. Though Bill blogs regularly about German History rather than contemporary politics, he’s tuned in to the German-language media and can therefore … Continue reading

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Holding talks with a country that won’t talk and relying on countries that aren’t reliable … brilliant

by Jason Trying to punish a country with sanctions when two major ones, Russia and China, are reluctant to do so — not to mention when France and Germany are both already sending mixed signals over their sense of urgency … Continue reading

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Political reversals in Europe and Lebanon

Europe Another example of if you stick around long enough you can live to see anything. European voters finally planted their feet and rejected Leftist politicians in some of the countries with the biggest economies such as  France, Germany, Italy … Continue reading

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Declining Europe poses a threat to the West and the U.S.

One day Europe woke up and realized they hate themselves. The whole population has collectively been stricken with amnesia. At such a lost, the people of Europe are unable grasp why they are able to enjoy their cities, their coasts, their forest and their freedoms. They only know that they have them. Before this debilitating affliction stripped them of their memory, an appreciation for their history, and their immeasurable legacy they left on their world, Europe was a place of importance — a place of innovation. The entire balance of power in the whole world was shared between just a few countries there. Now, they all share ownership of the universe’s largest living museum — and a cold, dusty, and soulless one at that. Continue reading

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