I decided to wait until after the Day of German Unity (Tag der deutschen Einheit) had passed before chiming in on the weight of the historical significance concerning this milestone.
It has been only 29 years since the Communist German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and was folded into the Democratic Federal Republic of Germany. Many authors have written countless articles on this subject, but to summarize all of those works, it marked the end of a long era in German history, starting from the later 19th Century with Kaiser Wilhelm II and his grandiose vision for a Great German Empire, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Third Reich, through a divided nation, with NATO in the West, the Warsaw Pact in the East and an Iron Curtain through the middle.
I found it a bit hard to believe that it has been just over a generation since Germany once again became a united country, towns and cities were made whole and some families could finally reconnect after the long separation.
It has been only 29 years since the Communist German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and was folded into the Democratic Federal Republic of Germany. Many authors have written countless articles on this subject, but to summarize all of those works, it marked the end of a long era in German history, starting from the later 19th Century with Kaiser Wilhelm II and his grandiose vision for a Great German Empire, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Third Reich, through a divided nation, with NATO in the West, the Warsaw Pact in the East and an Iron Curtain through the middle.
I found it a bit hard to believe that it has been just over a generation since Germany once again became a united country, towns and cities were made whole and some families could finally reconnect after the long separation.
There are many lessons to be remembered and mistakes to be never repeated.
In Armored Warfare, the Day of German Unity celebration comes with sales and of course, free stuff. Check those out here. I, on the other hand, decided to dust off my tier IX Leopard 2A6 for some desert action....
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