Doesn't this inspire you?

[Chaos63]

You can say what you want about the nazis, but damn...they had the most stylish uniforms this world has ever seen.

[nonusnomeni]

You can say what you want about the nazis, but damn...they had the most stylish uniforms this world has ever seen.

hugo boss

 

 

and there is no wonder tradition was here

 

 

 

 

 

[SquallPT]

I know this has nothing to do with the discussion, but now i was wondering how the German Empire went down. It was the World War I, right ?

 

Something to inspire

 

[Angrybird]

There's is always more to it but yeah WW1, they somehow got least likely allies into a coalition against them, they even had colonies in Africa european style. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_colonial_empire

WW2 was (arguably) them trying to get the status quo back but failing to do so.

[jxm]

You can say what you want about the nazis, but damn...they had the most stylish uniforms this world has ever seen.

 

Taking over the world, failing badly ... but with style ... (except for all the ACHTUNG! PAPIERE! yelling stuff, no class here...but not every Nazi can be as talky as Herr Hans Landa )

 

And not to mention that without Nazis no Indiana Jones Movies (Indians were okayish, but clearly the Russians were a bad substitute for the true evilness). Oh, and Star Wars? All those Star Destroyer Officers ... with british accent mind you, but hey, you clearly see where they came from!

 

(Do I have to write a sentence where I make clear that the Nazi Barbarism was terrible, millions died horribly and its not really a subjet to make "funny" comments on? I am german you know, and always a bit unsure about this...)

 

So, for the GErman Empire going down ... well, yeah, it started in 1870/71 and lasted until 1918. The Kaisers tried hard to give Germany a "palce at teh sun", as they called it. Which involved competing with the other powerful nations for military might and overseas holdings. But Germany always was a "latecomer" to all things ... late for becoming a huge empire, and later also in becoming an actual and working democracy.

 

All hotspots in the world were already occupied by the brits or the french, and both had no interest in Germany becoming more powerful. It was especially worrying for Britain to see the unified german lands and their steadily growing industrial output. I think it was around that time in the 19th century when the british began labeling german goods with "Made in Germany" to show people it was made by the inferior german industry, only to make it a trademark til the very day for superior craftmanship...

 

Long story short: Germany allied themselves with the Austrian Empire, who was struggling greatly to keep their multi-national Empire together agaisnt growing nationalism. Then Austria declared war against Serbia because the heir to the throne was murdered, Germany had to stand with Austria their allies, Russia joined in to protect their Slavic brothers, the french joined in to cut down the german empire and take revenge for 1870/71 and the disastrous defeat of Sedan which had led to the humiliating founding of the Emprie in the halls of Versailles, and the British of course joined in because they had no interest in a hegemonial Germany dominating Europe, seeing how hard it had been to get rid of Napoleon 200 years prior...

 

So all hell broke lose, no party involved had any interest in prevent the war for their own reasons, thinking it would be over soon, the German Kaiser proved to be incompetent, the Russian Empire collapsed and produced something even more disastrous to the world, many people died and fried, and in the end Germany was finally overwhelmed when the US also entered the field and ended the stalemate. Germany deposed of the Kaiser and sent him to Holland (what a cruel fate indeed), the first true german Republic was founded, but sadly it didn't prove strong enough to stand against the radicals from left and right. The silly terms of the unconditional surrender burdened upon Germany didn't help much either (blame the french, pitty really nobody listened to the Americans back then, the voice of reason instead of revenge)

 

Eventually after much turmoil an Austrian expatriate and failed hobby-painter took over as german Chancellor, and it all started again, but with better technology, more violence and explosions, just like a true good sequel has to be!

 

And if you now ask about how the Holy Roman Empire ended ... phew, that's a diffferent story alltogether And yes, I only wrote this because I have too much time. And it amuses me to find such a discussion/posts in a thread that started with this picture of an ugly woman!

[nonusnomeni]

great history class

 

[Angrybird]

So nazis are responsible for the creation of the dark side of the force.

[SquallPT]

Cool, great history lesson

[Guest Mogie56]

Well I guess it did inspire

[Buddy Christ]

 

You can say what you want about the nazis, but damn...they had the most stylish uniforms this world has ever seen.

 

Taking over the world, failing badly ... but with style ... (except for all the ACHTUNG! PAPIERE! yelling stuff, no class here...but not every Nazi can be as talky as Herr Hans Landa )

 

 

 

 

That's a Bingo!

 

And a really good post, which probably is very informative for people who didn't go to school here in Germany, where you repeat this stuff from 6th to 12th grade

[Lobzpooatu]

This thread inspires me lol

[SquallPT]

 

So true... and inspiring

[SquallPT]

 

lolol

[sativa]

 

You can say what you want about the nazis, but damn...they had the most stylish uniforms this world has ever seen.

 

Taking over the world, failing badly ... but with style ... (except for all the ACHTUNG! PAPIERE! yelling stuff, no class here...but not every Nazi can be as talky as Herr Hans Landa )

 

And not to mention that without Nazis no Indiana Jones Movies (Indians were okayish, but clearly the Russians were a bad substitute for the true evilness). Oh, and Star Wars? All those Star Destroyer Officers ... with british accent mind you, but hey, you clearly see where they came from!

 

(Do I have to write a sentence where I make clear that the Nazi Barbarism was terrible, millions died horribly and its not really a subjet to make "funny" comments on? I am german you know, and always a bit unsure about this...)

 

So, for the GErman Empire going down ... well, yeah, it started in 1870/71 and lasted until 1918. The Kaisers tried hard to give Germany a "palce at teh sun", as they called it. Which involved competing with the other powerful nations for military might and overseas holdings. But Germany always was a "latecomer" to all things ... late for becoming a huge empire, and later also in becoming an actual and working democracy.

 

All hotspots in the world were already occupied by the brits or the french, and both had no interest in Germany becoming more powerful. It was especially worrying for Britain to see the unified german lands and their steadily growing industrial output. I think it was around that time in the 19th century when the british began labeling german goods with "Made in Germany" to show people it was made by the inferior german industry, only to make it a trademark til the very day for superior craftmanship...

 

Long story short: Germany allied themselves with the Austrian Empire, who was struggling greatly to keep their multi-national Empire together agaisnt growing nationalism. Then Austria declared war against Serbia because the heir to the throne was murdered, Germany had to stand with Austria their allies, Russia joined in to protect their Slavic brothers, the french joined in to cut down the german empire and take revenge for 1870/71 and the disastrous defeat of Sedan which had led to the humiliating founding of the Emprie in the halls of Versailles, and the British of course joined in because they had no interest in a hegemonial Germany dominating Europe, seeing how hard it had been to get rid of Napoleon 200 years prior...

 

So all hell broke lose, no party involved had any interest in prevent the war for their own reasons, thinking it would be over soon, the German Kaiser proved to be incompetent, the Russian Empire collapsed and produced something even more disastrous to the world, many people died and fried, and in the end Germany was finally overwhelmed when the US also entered the field and ended the stalemate. Germany deposed of the Kaiser and sent him to Holland (what a cruel fate indeed), the first true german Republic was founded, but sadly it didn't prove strong enough to stand against the radicals from left and right. The silly terms of the unconditional surrender burdened upon Germany didn't help much either (blame the french, pitty really nobody listened to the Americans back then, the voice of reason instead of revenge)

 

Eventually after much turmoil an Austrian expatriate and failed hobby-painter took over as german Chancellor, and it all started again, but with better technology, more violence and explosions, just like a true good sequel has to be!

 

And if you now ask about how the Holy Roman Empire ended ... phew, that's a diffferent story alltogether And yes, I only wrote this because I have too much time. And it amuses me to find such a discussion/posts in a thread that started with this picture of an ugly woman!

 

 

seltsam ist's aber trotzdem das die ganze Welt drauf abfährt,sei's den Uniformen wegen oder eben als "coole" Bösewichter wie zb. in Star War's,oder nicht?

 

sry,btt

 

[Buddy Christ]

jxm's post reminded me of a joke my father likes to tell way too often (well, several apoplexes make you forget you told it already at the last gathering) :

 

Damned if you do, damned if you don't!

Shoot an Austrian and you have a World War.

Don't shoot an Austrian and you have a World War, too!

 

My apologies to all Austrians here if you feel insulted. It is a silly joke by an old man (my father this time, not me!)