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| A Brief History of Germany
1871 - Bismark founds modern Germany. 1890 - Bismarck sacked, warmonger Wilhelm II takes direct control. 1914 - Germany starts World War I 1914-1918 - Germany kills millions upon millions of people. 1917 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. 1918 - Germany loses World War I. 1920's - Germans try democracy. 1933 - Germans reject democracy, allow Hitler to take power. 1939 - Germany starts World War II. 1939-1945 - Germany kills millions upon millions of people. 1941 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. 1945 - Germany loses World War II. 1946 - Germans whine about lack of food, America gives billions in food
1947 - Germans whine about crappy economy, America gives billions in
1948-1949 - America puts ass on line and risk WW3 to save a few Berliners
1949 - Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) established. 1950's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet
1950's - German 'economic miracle' occurs while America keeps watch
on
1955 - NATO formed to protect West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1960's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet
1960's - German students protest war in Vietnam and American civil rights. 1963 - American President John Kennedy makes "Ich bin ein Berliner"
1970's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet
1970's - Germans form the marxist terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF). 1970's - Leftist German guerrillas burn, loot, and plunder much of West
1980's - America spends tens of billions to defend West Germany from
1980's - German leftist bitch about Pershing II missiles. 1987 - American President Ronald Reagan makes "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. 1989 - Gorbachev tears down Berlin Wall. 1990 - German Reunification. 1990's - America spends tens of billions to defend Germany from Islamic
1990's - Germany stands by as ethnic cleansing occurs in Balkans. 1993 - Germany joins European Union. 1995 - Americans send troops to Bosnia as Germans watch from the
1997 - Germans finally send troops to Bosnia. 1998 - Hardline, left-of-left socialist come to power under Gerhard
1999 - American's lead air war to save Kosovo as Germans watch from
the
2001 - Schroeder offers solidarity to America after 9/11 attacks. 2002 - Schroeder bashes America to distract voters during election
2003 - Germany sees rise in anti-americanism after several decades of
poor
AND YOU THOUGHT THE FRENCH WERE A BUNCH OF UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS?
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