#German

The Cat From Greece

acatfromgreece

It is Tuesday. In case you aren't finding that very enjoyable, may I attempt to cheer you up with a naval miscellany from World War 2. First, a wonderful example

YourWullie

YourWullie

'Hufelandstrasse, 1055 Berlin' is Harf Zimmermann’s 1986–87 series of portraits of the people and places of Hufelandstrasse, a bustling neighborhood street in the heart of Berlin. For over a year,

Ulrike Franke

RikeFranke

I spent the weekend writing a primer about #drones for #Drohnendebatte2020. It's not published yet (coming soon), but in the meantime a few thoughts on the German armed drones debate

DJ Reider

Reider_DJ

Using @jan_mullenberg transfer network I have decided to dive into the Red Bull transfer network that they use to develop young players and how they get the most bang for

Populism Updates

PopulismUpdates

In the aftermath of WWII, there were questions about what would become of Germany. SPD leader Kurt Schumacher favored a unified Germany with a "strong national presidency" which the occupying

Alex Good

goodalexander

I believe that $EURUSD is about to return to $1.10 from whence it came. A thread. 1] First I want to acknowledge I've been an extreme dollar bear. My reasoning

The Cat From Greece

acatfromgreece

For no particular reason, a thread about the Dover Patrol. The Dover Patrol was the collective name for the heterogeneous fleet of small craft, including trawlers, drifters, motor launches, destroyers

Mike Bechthold

mike_bechthold

My hackles have been raised by Max Hastings' review of Anthony Beevor's #Arnhem book. What an obtuse, self-serving, and pompous review. The @nybooks should be embarrassed to publish this kind

tedward b wang 5'2'' 52 IQ

TedwardWang

Franklin and the Anti-German SmearIn discussions of race, culture, and ethnicity in America, the Founding Fathers will frequently be brought up as Americans admire the FF and people use their

ines helene, ShroomGirl

inihelene

I am reading about Colonia Dignidad, a nazi colony by German emigrants in Chile post WWII. They helped Pinochet, tortured political dissidents and engaged in pedophilia. It was not until

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EverythingOnWar

As I feel like most submarine talk during both world wars focus on the German U-boats I would to share today some facts about their British counterparts and just how

Ethan "Mr.E" Schoonover

ethanschoonover

A reminder that Chutes and Ladders is really just Snakes and Ladders, an ancient Indian board game going back to at least 200 BCE. Adding some more original snakes and

PPEH

PPEHLab

Huge THANKS to the many translators who helped us make #myclimatestory a multilingual project! We are now accepting stories in Arabic, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Swahili,

Rory Turnbull

_roryturnbull

German and English words are usually pretty similar. Maus~mouse, Milch~milk, Wasser~water, sechs~six, Vater~father. But the German word for horse, "Pferd", is nothing like English. What happened? A thread. /1 English

Maryam.

Flossopher09

“Why did the Nazis adopt the ancient sacred symbol of the swastika as their emblem?”Before the Nazis started using it and ruined it for everyone, the swastika had a long

Sreekanth Mukku

sreekanthmreddy

Sinophobia is at its peak at the moment! I'm no fan of Chinese governance system nor its geoeconomic model which seems to be pushing it's belt and road project partners