Darius Thor Gissel (dariustg)

This evening in Germany there was unfortunately an attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg in which a car drove into a crowd of people and, according to current information, seriously injured dozens of people and claimed the lives of 2 victims, a man and a little girl. The perpetrator is a doctor from Saudi Arabia who came to Germany in 2006. Nothing is currently known about the motive for the crime, but the perpetrator has been arrested by German police

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Now that Assad has been toppled, the question is what now? First of all, I am happy for the citizens that they have now been redeemed from Assad, but the question now is what happens next, will the rebels support a peaceful exchange of power or is there someone who will take advantage of this? A power vacuum in such a region is dangerous and what will happen to the Kurds?

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Im from a small village near Frankfurt Germany. We have a lot do with the Celtics who lived hear a long time ago. As a child I always wondered why I got the second name Taran until I learned that the name Taran is Celtic and is derived from their God of thunder Taranis who is the counterpart to Thor from the Nordic mythology

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Speaking of Kursk, I find it interesting to mention that the Kursk region (1943) was the scene of the largest tank battle in the history of mankind, involving about 6000 tanks, 2,000,000 soldiers and about 4000 airplanes

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I think it is important to mention the advantages first, the submarines were relatively easier to build than, for example, a battleship cruiser etc. and could evade the fight with the royal navy which was clearly superior as well as build up pressure on the merchant ships that supplied England

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That really is a very accurate comparison

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Among other things, I think it is also important to talk about the RAF, which also caused many problems for the Germans, be it air reconnaissance or support. These factors combined with the fact that the High Seas Fleet in Norway had losses, the submarines alone could not do enough to do long term damage to England

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