Heavy German artillery (Mörsers) probably near Ede Arnhem (left) and Amersfoort / Utrecht
On the morning of May 10th, 1940 the Dutch awoke to the sound of aircraft engines roaring in the sky.
Luckily times have changed; we are now good neighbors and we can make jokes about each other:
stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/2011/12/12/jokes-about-germans.
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Very impressive photo indeed!
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I met an older Dutchman in England a few years ago. Every time he heard someone speaking German or saw a German license plate on a car, he'd get visibly mad, curse (in Dutch), and spit on the ground.
ReplyDeleteApeldoomseweg before Ede...
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ReplyDeleteI remember the fear, some joking, some not, when East and West Germany reunified. Turns out there was little to be afraid of, but the wider reunification of Europe has had a few unforeseen issues!
Without the reunification Europe would be in an even bigger mess today... Which is a bit poignant since the implementation of the Euro was one of the conditions to allow the Germans to reunify.
Delete@ Jonathan - Germany is however not a unified country, because still there are sovereign states (100% German-speaking) outside Germany: Austria and Liechtenstein. Besides, German-speaking is Southern Tyrol and the biggest part of Switzerland.
ReplyDeleteI guess every country has minorities living across the borders in neighbouring states. Hungary is a prime example.
DeleteI'm aware that Austria and other places are Germanic -- however, I wasn't stating or implying anything beyond the fact that the former countries known as East and West Germany reunified.
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