Interesting historic snippets....

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When Germany took over Belgium in WW2 they found stocks of Uranium Ore that had come from the Belgium Congo....They were on the Docks still after arriving

Hans says to Klaus...I wonder what is in those Crates?
Klaus, I have no idea, just don't touch the..
Later that Night..
Hans says to Klaus..I seem to glow a bit the Dark..
Klaus..Mein Got!!! I told you not to touch those fecking crates...

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Operation Paperclip ..

I forgot to mention that one of the German scientists was a Russian spy, Fuchs, & was very instrumental in them them getting the bomb much earlier than they otherwise would.

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Zyklon B Gas,,,Yes the same stuff that was used by the Germans in the Extermination Camps of WW2.....

Was used in the 1920's in the USA to fumigate the clothes of Mexicans who crossed the Border...

I wonder if Trump knows that?

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Zyklon B Gas,,,Yes the same stuff that was used by the Germans in the Extermination Camps of WW2.....

Was used in the 1920's in the USA to fumigate the clothes of Mexicans who crossed the Border...

I wonder if Trump knows that?

I wouldn't mention it to him if was you.

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Germany issued the new Rentenmark in 1923 to bring a halt to inflation, It replaced the previous Papiermark with an exchange rate of one trillion to one..The Rentenmark was backed up with all the German agricultural land...
A year later it was replaced with the Reichmark but was still legal tender until 1848...

Rente was a business word for Mortgage....

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I wouldn't mention it to him if was you.

I hope I never come face face with any Politician...Certainly not those on the Right-Wing....

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In November 1944 The Norwegian Ship MS Rigel Flying a German Flag was sunk off Norway by the Royal Air
There were 2838 persons on board,,,,2,248 Soviet, Polish and Serbian POW's.....95 German deserters, 8 Norwegians, 455 German soldiers, a crew of 29 and 3 Pilots...One of the crew was a woman.....
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In November 1944 The Norwegian Ship MS Rigel Flying a German Flag was sunk off Norway by the Royal Air
There were 2838 persons on board,,,,2,248 Soviet, Polish and Serbian POW's.....95 German deserters, 8 Norwegians, 455 German soldiers, a crew of 29 and 3 Pilots...One of the crew was a woman.....
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The Captain managed to ground the ship on a nearby Island and saved 276 lives

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Stealth aircraft is not a recent development as the Germans had developed the Horten 229 flying wing just before the end of the war.
It has been stored in the Smithsonian air & space museum ever since & was used as a reference when the US was designing it's current stealth aircraft.
It was lucky the Nazis were defeated as they were very advanced for the time.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AYA4o9q4Efk

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It was the Austrian Corporal who defeated the Germans...He started the War.....

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It was the Austrian Corporal who defeated the Germans...He started the War.....

25% of the German workforce in WW2,,,,Were slave workers,,,,Most factories also had a contingent of Prisoners of War....

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25% of the German workforce in WW2,,,,Were slave workers,,,,Most factories also had a contingent of Prisoners of War....

The occupied countries contributed 25% of the War costs to Germany.....

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The occupied countries contributed 25% of the War costs to Germany.....

There were 2.8 German Prisoners of War before Germany had even surrendered....

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It is said that Lichtenstein's only ever went to War once,,,,,They returned with one person more than they left with...

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In the last few months of WW2 German artillery shells and bombs had to be topped up with ordinary salt as there was a shortage explosives....

When the German ''Dads army was called out to defend Berlin, they were issued with captured Greek rifles....