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In brief: Georg Thomas was not the most famous general of the Third Reich, but he was one of those who understood better than others the limitations of German resources, the destructiveness of total war, and the strategic hopelessness of the conflict against the coalition of world powers. At the same time, he himself became part of the criminal machine of Nazism: he participated in planning the plunder of the USSR, aided a policy that implied the mass death of civilians, and only partially attempted to resist the regime. His biography ... Read more »

Notes of a Man Who Has Grown Tired of Being Surprised

There is an image in the English language that British satirists had already perfected back in 1864 in the pages of Punch. In a caricature about the Prusso-Danish crisis, Germany was depicted as fat little sausages — fat little sausages — being amicably advised not to struggle too much if they happened to end up in the frying pan. One hundred and sixty-two years have passed. The saus ... Read more »