`` The Germans in the fourth century were a very simple race, who comprehended little of natural laws, and who therefore referred phenomena they did not understand to supernatural intervention.

Influential people in America were warning the Pentagon to be prepared against desperation gas attacks by the Germans in future campaigns.

The French were hopeless disciplinarians .. Germans good and methodical, but it was not German that I really wanted Rosalind to learn.

Auschwitz had for a long time been a German name for Oświęcim, the town by and around which the camps were located ; the name " Auschwitz " was made the official name again by the Germans after they invaded Poland in September 1939.

While the earlier settlers were primarily of British ancestry, the newer settlers also consisted of Germans, Irish, and African-Americans.

Among early pre-war pioneers of self-propelled AA guns were the Germans.

Many Germans of left-wing views were influenced by the cultural experimentation that followed the Russian Revolution, such as constructivism.

Overall, Yellow succeeded beyond what most people had expected, despite the fact that the Allies had 4, 000 armoured vehicles and the Germans 2, 200, and the Allied tanks were often superior in armour and caliber of cannon.

The Germans never achieved the kind of fire concentrations their enemies were capable of by 1944.

The Germans were aware of the error of the First World War, and rejected the concept of orientating its economy geared to fighting only a short war.

J. P. Harris and Robert M. Citino point out that the Germans had always had a marked preference for short, decisive campaigns – but were unable to achieve short-order victories in First World War conditions.

" The Germans were discovered in the engine room and shot on sight.

" An alternative account says that the Germans who boarded Nicosian were killed by the freighter's engine room staff ; this report apparently came from the officer in command of the muleteers.

One account from the book describes it being prepared for the casualties at Mons where " the orderlies were just beginning to make Bovril for the wounded, when the Germans deliberately shelled the bearers and ambulance wagons as they were bringing the wounded into the hospital.

Germans, Irish, Poles, Swedes and Czechs made up nearly two-thirds of the foreign-born population ( by 1900, whites were 98. 1 % of the city's population ).

Only when Lenin sought a coalition with Trotsky and others, were negotiations with the Germans voted through with a simple majority.

Criticism of other officials was allowed during these meetings, for instance, Karl Radek said to Lenin ( criticising his position of supporting peace with the Germans ), " If there were five hundred courageous men in Petrograd, we would put you in prison.

Eisenhower's first struggles however were with Allied leaders and officers on matters vital to the success of the Normandy invasion ; he argued with Roosevelt over an essential agreement with de Gaulle to use French resistance forces in covert and sabotage operations against the Germans in advance of Overlord.

Eisenhower then designed a bombing plan in France in advance of Overlord and argued with Churchill over the latter's concern with civilian casualties ; de Gaulle interjected that the casualties were justified in shedding the yoke of the Germans, and Eisenhower prevailed.

Tacitus stated that the Germans were passionately fond of dicing, so much that they would stake their personal liberty when bankrupt.

As a result of the Treaty, Germany's territory was reduced by about 13 %, several million ethnic Germans came under foreign rule, even though they were the majority in many of those areas, the Rhineland was demilitarized and Allied troops occupied several areas.

The Germans were also fond of large destroyers, but while the initial Type 1934 displaced over 3, 000 tons, their armament was equal to smaller vessels.

" The future alone will judge which was the true Germany in 1933, and who were the true Germans -- those who subscribe to the more or less materialistic-mythical racial prejudices of the day, or those Germans pure in heart and mind, heirs to the great Germans of the past whose tradition they revere and perpetuate.

He concluded that selective service would not only prevent the disorganization of essential war industries but would avoid the undesirable moral effects of the British reliance on enlistment only -- `` where the feeling of the people was whipped into a frenzy by girls pinning white feathers on reluctant young men, orators preaching hate of the Germans, and newspapers exaggerating enemy outrages to make men enlist out of motives of revenge and retaliation ''.

Himmler continued his plans to colonise the east, even when many Germans were reluctant to relocate there, and despite negative effects on the war effort.

Boleslaw and Mieszko also militarily supported the Germans in the fight against the reluctant West Slavic Lutici tribes, considerably contributing to the stability of German domination over the middle Spree region.

Vlasov was initially reluctant, but ultimately did not resist General Bunyachenko's decision to fight against the Germans.

Although it has been stated that " British reserves hammered " the Germans and Ottomans to a halt on 5 August, it appears one of the infantry divisions was reluctant to leave their defences ; neither infantry division were trained in desert warfare and found the sand dunes extremely difficult to negotiate.

While many south Germans volunteered to crusade in the Middle East, the north German Saxons were reluctant.

The West German government was very reluctant to prosecute Tiede and Ruske because of the West German policy of supporting the right of East Germans to flee oppression in the GDR.

The Herero leaders repeatedly complained about violation of this treaty, as Herero women and girls were raped by Germans, a crime that the German authorities were reluctant to punish.

However, a Japanese bomb hit the ship that was carrying him to Ceylon, and because the crew were reluctant to evacuate the Germans without a corresponding order, most of the prisoners on the ship, including Spies, drowned.

Realizing that their complaints were in vain, the Germans sent a submarine to attack the city in 1917, forcing the reluctant Howard to side with the Allies and declare war on Germany.

Realizing that their complaints were in vain, the Germans sent a submarine to attack the city in 1917, forcing the reluctant Howard to side with the Allies and declare war on Germany on January 12, 1918.

Maurice, who drafted many of Robertson ’ s memos, had advised him ( 19 June 1915 ) that such attacks were best carried out in places where the Germans were, for political or strategic reasons, reluctant to retreat so were bound to take heavy losses.

In several of his works ( The Desert Generals, The Swordbearers ) Barnett portrays the British armed forces as hidebound by tradition ( e. g. cavalry regiments allegedly reluctant to adopt modern tank tactics ) and by technology inferior to that of the Germans.

Running short of supplies and with his casualties mounting, Brigadier Lathbury made the decision to relinquish control of the bridge to the Germans, and the parachute brigade moved back.

The resultant scandal was settled in Europe when the British government paid compensation to the French mission and persuaded the Germans to relinquish their claim to Uganda.

The three Germans were not allowed to vote and the others deadlocked 8 – 8, split between naming it " Steuben " or " Knox ".

The naming of the German Democratic Republic was also a controversial issue, West Germans at first preferring the names Middle Germany and " SBZ " ( Soviet Occupation Zone ), which was only changed under Willy Brandt when the West Germans started using the official name, German Democratic Republic or " DDR ".

The Germans accepted the gun as a substitute standard weapon, naming it the 7. 65 mm MP722 ( f ).