When East Germans fled to the West by the thousands, paeans of joy rose from the throats of Western publicists.

When, in 1967, after his death at the age of 91, Germans were asked what they admired most about Adenauer, the majority responded that he had brought home the last German prisoners of war from the USSR, which had become known as the " Return of the 10, 000 ".

When the Germans threatened to overrun Paris in 1940, where she was then living, he arranged her escape to England.

When the Germans asked him to declare himself in favour of their desire for national unity, he replied that he would not as this would weaken the Habsburg state: “ Truly, if it were not that Austria had long existed, it would be necessary, in the interest of Europe, in the interest of humanity itself, to create it .”

When Almásy finally escaped, he knew it was too late to save Katharine, so he allowed himself to be captured by the Germans, helping their spy cross the desert into Cairo.

When the war broke out, European public opinion heavily favored the Germans.

When the National Liberals came to power in Denmark, in 1848, it provoked an uprising of ethnic Germans who supported Schleswig's ties with Holstein.

When the battle between the Germans and the Romans finally commences, there is fierce hand-to-hand combat.

When many were evidently taking the side of the Gauls and Germans, the time had come for him to act on public opinion.

When the Germans realised they had been tricked, they burned down an entire section of town, subsequently occupying the city.

When the village of Douaumont was finally captured by German infantry on 2 March 1916, the Germans had suffered 2, 000 casualties.

When Germans began a forced labor draft ( Service du travail obligatoire, STO ) in France in the beginning of 1943, thousands of young men fled and joined the Maquis.

When Germany subsequently invaded Belgium, King Albert, as prescribed by the Belgian constitution, took personal command of the Belgian army, and held the Germans off long enough for Britain and France to prepare for the Battle of the Marne ( 6 – 9 September 1914 ).

When the Germans invaded the Netherlands on the 10th of May 1940 German paratroopers landed in Dordrecht.

When France capitulated, one of the conditions agreed to by the Germans was that southern France would remain free of German occupation and self-governed from Vichy.

When the republics of Estonia and Latvia were founded in 1918 – 19, the Baltic German estate owners were largely expropriated in a land reform, although the Germans were given considerable cultural autonomy.

When Spain revived the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 with the intention of attracting non-Hispanics to settle in the island hundreds of French ( especially Corsicans ), Germans and Irish immigrants who were affected by Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s immigrated to Puerto Rico.

When he saw that he was headed west, through California, he knew he was headed to fight the Japanese rather than the Germans.

When war did break out, however, the Germans did not use gas for military purposes.

" When these troubles were finally at an end, the inducements offered to settlers by the lord of the Manor attracted many emigrants, not only Germans, but Dutch, English, Scotch, Irish and French as well.

When the French Army was discharged at the time of the surrender to the Germans, Kisling who was of Jewish origin went to the United States and, after exhibitions in New York and Washington, lived in California until 1946.

When news reached him of the Confederate victory at Bull Run in July 1861 he was very pleased, although 15 months later he wrote that " the American War ... has manifestly ceased to have any attainable object as far as the Northerns are concerned, except to get rid of some more thousand troublesome Irish and Germans.

When the school was again taken over by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, the children hid in the basement until the US Army liberated them.

When we arrive at the events concerned in the vanished majority, they, of course, cannot impress us as anything familiar.

* When Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark arrive at the Capitol in the 2012 film The Hunger Games, a pair of pink borzoi are shown on screen — an illustration of the Capitol residents ' gaudy lifestyle.

When they arrive at Karnstein the General asks a nearby woodsman where he can find the tomb of Mircalla Karnstein.

When the barbarians arrive at Catan, a special phase is immediately performed before all other actions ( including collecting resources ).

When ambassadors from other countries arrive, dressed in ostentatious gold jewels and badges, the Utopians mistake them for menial servants, paying homage instead to the most modestly dressed of their party.

When they arrive at the isolated Inner station, they discover that Kurtz has gone to heinous extremes which are far beyond the accepted norm.

When they arrive, Teg finds Odrade and Sheeana and their giant worm.

When the drugs finally arrive at the theatre, Wynyard is finally able to get his fix, which puts him into a stupor.

When this decision was taken, Otho's army had already crossed the Po and were encamped at Bedriacum ( or Betriacum ), a small village on the Via Postumia, and on the route by which the legions from Dalmatia would naturally arrive.

When they arrive, Franklin tells Kirk and Pam about a local swimming hole and the couple head off to find it.

When they arrive in Precipice, the couple have to abandon their normal " urban pattern " to see the ways in which the town's unique design merges public and private space, along with natural and artificial structures.

When they arrive at a potential wedding venue in Napa Valley, Massimo appears and, to Mary's confusion and horror, introduces himself as her fiancé.

When the samurai arrive, the villagers cower in their homes.

When they arrive at the shelters, Jack calls an assembly and tries to turn the others against Ralph, asking for them to remove him from his position.

When he and the others arrive on the island, Ralph quickly becomes the chief of the group, not by any harsh, overt or physical action, but by being elected.

When the guests arrive for a wedding, the ushers, if any, help the guests take their places.

When inspectors arrive on July 28 and 29, they found nothing and voice suspicions that Iraqi records had been removed.

When the reinforcements do not arrive, Charles the Bald is compelled to return to West Francia.

When packets arrive at a router, they have to be processed and transmitted.

When they arrive Min is captured by the Seanchan and Egwene is collared with an a ' dam, a device used by the Seanchan to control women who can channel.

When they arrive at his childhood farm home, they find it deserted.

When the rains arrive, the Joads ' dwelling is flooded, and they move to higher ground.

When Brontë's parents arrive at the apartment for an unannounced visit, Georges pretends to be the handyman.

When Afonso saw the Leonese arrive tried to flee, but he was disabled by a broken leg caused by a fall from his horse, and made prisoner at one the city's gates.

When cirrus clouds precede a cold front, it is because they are blown off the anvil, and the next to arrive are the cumulonimbus clouds.