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 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 the Germans arrive, Liz and Simon are initially captured, but then escape and succeed in helping young Frank Skinner carry out Traynor's orders to destroy the secret apparatus – a prototype laser weapon – before the Germans can seize it.

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 he learned English, he realised that verb conjugations were unnecessary, and that grammatical systems could be much simpler than he had expected.

When de Montfort realised the truth, he said " May God have mercy on our souls because our bodies are theirs.

When craftsmen, consumers, and manufacturers realised the aesthetic and technical potential of the applied arts, the process of design reform in Boston started.

When Margaret arrived in the morning of 3 May, Beauchamp refused Margaret's summons to let her army pass, and she realised that there was insufficient time to storm the city before Edward's army arrived.

When he realised the indirect role which he had played in the death of his father, he decided to do penance for his sin.

When they realised Bryant had seen them, they ran into the bush.

When Patel was released on 15 June 1945 he realised that the British were preparing proposals to transfer power to Indian hands.

When it was first previewed, many ballet critics in the UK and in the US wrote positively, pleased to see ballet portrayed so well on screen, but when they realised that it was universally popular, their reviews suddenly became quite dismissive of the film.

" When Herod realised that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

He went on to play the organist in When We Are Married and by his third role, the chauffeur Charles in Miranda, Barker realised he wanted to be a comic actor.

* When Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy was made a baronet in 1857, it was realised that the Parsi custom was for a change of names for each generation.

When this information got back to the Royal Society members, Henry Cavendish realised that this may have been due to the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains deflecting the theodolite plumb-bobs and spirit levels.

When the youthful and vigorous Lugh joined Nuada's court, the king realised the multi-talented youth could lead the Tuatha Dé against the Fomorians, and stood down in his favour.

When Aífe's son Connla came to Ireland in search of his father, Emer realised who he was and tried to persuade Cú Chulainn not to kill him, but to no avail.

When it was realised that he had said the opposite in an on the record interview in May 1990, his campaign panicked and tried to pressurise Duffy into not revealing the information.

When Wolfe realised he could not complete this project on his own, he hired Raphael Holinshed and William Harrison to assist him.

When he was offered the bishopric in Exeter he realised that the stipend (£ 3, 000 ) was not enough to support his family, so he asked to retain his parish of Stanford-le-Hope, in Durham ( as a non-resident ), which would be worth an additional £ 4, 000 a year.

When the Germans cut the narrow supply road near Nijmegen later that day though, it seems Horrocks realised the futility of the situation and plans were drawn up to withdraw the 1st Division.

When Seddon realised that the passage of the bill was inevitable, he changed his position, claiming to accept the people's will.

When one wrestler finally tapped-out and pulled away from his opponent, it was only then that he and the crowd realised the other man was, in fact, dead and had effectively won the match posthumously.

When in February 1649 Scotland proclaimed Charles, Prince of Wales, to be Charles II, King of Scotland, the Protestant Ulster Scots settlers did the same and following Charles's lead ( one of cynical expediency had they but realised ), took the Solemn League and Covenant.

When she realised her mistake, she was acutely embarrassed, but Alexander reassured her with the words, " You were not mistaken, Mother ; this man too is Alexander.

When Stefan Aust took over in 1994, the magazine's readers realised that his personality was different from his predecessor.

When the military intercepted secret letters from Te Rauaparaha to Te Rangihaeata, the government realised that he was playing a double game and in a surprise attack he was taken prisoner of war as the region was under martial law.