Berlin Germany After World War Two
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Who Shouldve Won the World Cup - Australia!
Yes I am an Australian, but before you get petty and accuse me of bias, I've got a dual nationality to throw back at you. I'm lucky enough to be both an Australian and EU citizen (and two bad passport photos to match). In theory then, I should have just as much allegiance to the English team as I have to the Socceroos. I don't. Sorry Beckham.
I was so certain that Australia had what it takes to secure the 2006 World Cup, that as soon as we quali Read More...
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German Memory in Asia - Dresden Bombing
Mirko joined me at the restaurant. He was from Dresden, an eastern city of Germany.
He said his city was the most ravaged in the Second World War. He repeated over and over again that Dresden was heavily devastated by the Second World War. I felt sorry for him, as he seemed traumatized by the memories of the ravages of his native city.
But the Dresden bombing has made a lasting impact on Germans around the world. The devastation of the bombing Read More...
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German Memories - Kaiser William II & The First World War
William gave the German nation an extra strength on the international level only by constructing a powerful navy which he had inherited from his mother, a love of the British Royal Navy, the world's largest at that time. He made a reality of what he once confided to his uncle Edward VII that his dream was to have a "fleet of my own some day" like the British. William's personal "likes and dislikes" caused by his fleet's poor show in front of his Read More...
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