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If at first you dont succeed, try a different method 67 years later. Deutscheland uber alas!


4 posted on 11/20/2011 7:56:05 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
I recall an observation by a GI in a book that he had written about his WWII journey fighting through Italy, France then on into Germany. He said that as they cleared the Nazi troops out of the German villages (and with the sound of fighting still in the distance) the German civilians were already busy repairing roofs/windows, cleaning streets and etc....while back in Italy and France, they were still waiting for help to arrive.

Apparently only a handful of GI's survived the trip from Italy into Germany that he describes.

7 posted on 11/20/2011 8:10:31 AM PST by blam
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If at first you dont succeed, try a different method 67 years later. Deutscheland uber alas!

I thought they changed it to "Deutschmark uber alles"...

12 posted on 11/20/2011 8:44:06 AM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Actually, it’s nearly 100 years later. A unified Europe dominated by Germany has been Germany’s goal since World War I. It’s hard to blame them . . . In the post-1860s era of the “super-state,” it’s really a matter of getting into the game or being left behind.


21 posted on 11/20/2011 11:05:17 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
If at first you dont succeed, try a different method 67 years later. Deutscheland uber alas!

Germany is 0 and 2 in the "World Series", looks like their thinking three's the charm...

Die Welt würde ein besserer Platz sein, wenn alle Ausländer deutsche Weisen hatten.
(Groß - Großmuttersagen)

Respekt,
Gandalf das Grau

22 posted on 11/20/2011 12:26:00 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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