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Subject: Re: WW I Linkpage


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Date Posted: 10:14:45 07/04/06 Tue
In reply to: Johan 's message, "WW I Linkpage" on 13:29:34 07/02/06 Sun

This may be of interest regarding the pre-1914 thinking in Germany: The boss of the Navy etc., Kaiser Wilhelm II (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm including the section on Naval expansion) said on July 27, 1900 (called "the Hunnenrede" [see about variations, in German, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunnenrede]): "Kommt Ihr vor den Feind, so wird er geschlagen, Pardon wird nicht gegeben; Gefangene nicht gemacht. ... möge der Name Deutschland [in the enemy country] in einer solchen Weise bekannt werden, daß niemals wieder ein [enemy] es wagt, etwa einen Deutschen auch nur scheel anzusehen."
..... An approximate translation is: When you get to the enemy then he'll be defeated; there will be no mercy. May the name Germany [everywhere] get to be known so that none will dare to even only look sharply at a German.

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