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East German Stasi and Polish secret service shared deep distrust Officially, East Germany and Poland were "socialist brother countries." But new evidence reveals that their intelligence services shared a mutual distrust and dislike. East Germanys secret service, the Stasi, was intelligence agency and secret police in one Many Polish journalists describe the relationship between the Peoples Republic of Poland and the German Democratic Republic until the fall of the Berlin Wall as a "forced frien...

ASF Germany: Free-range farm depopulated; case in Frankfurt/Oder African Swine Fever (ASF) will indirectly lead to the depopulation of an organic swine farm in Germany. The farm with outdoor animals is located too close to current finds and all animals need to be culled. It is one of the first German farms reported about that will have to cull pigs due to ASF. In a feature by the local news channel RBB, swine producer Michael Staar explains that his farm with a special breed of pigs will have t...

The death throes of the Third Reich were not pretty and took many lives. Key Point: Berlin was doomed, yet they continued to resist. Here is how Nazi Germany finally came to its brutal end. In January 12, 1945, Hitler received the news he had been dreading—the Soviet Red Army had launched its winter offensive. He wasted no time. Within four days Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, commander in chief West, received the following order: “CinC West is to withdraw the following formations from op...

The lawsuit comes after Poland and Czechia failed to reach an agreement during negotiations that took place in Warsaw a week ago. Czechia will also demand that mining in Turów ceases immediately until the court makes a final judgement. According to Czech officials, Poland broke EU law last year by extending the mine’s license until 2026 without carrying out the necessary public consultation or an environmental impact assessment. PGE has already asked for another extension until 2044. Water...

Share This: Photos: WIkipedia One of the more controversial events of World War II was the bombing of Dresden, Germany in the final months of the war. The initial bombing campaign took place over a three-day period where 722 RAF and 527 USAAF heavy bombers dropped a total of 3,900 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs over four raids between 13-15 February 1945. The civilian casualty rates were appalling. The heat from the incendiary devices created a firestorm that destroyed nearly seven...

Hitler thought he knew better than the generals. Heres What You Need to Remember: In the final analysis, Hitler would have done well to heed Guderian’s advice to commit the Sixth Panzer Army to the defense of the Oder line to slow the Russian advance on Berlin. Georg Maier, deputy chief of staff for operations for the Sixth Panzer Army, offered a fitting summation of the failed offensive. “Time, pressure, poor weather, extremely difficult terrain conditions, [and] Hitler’s impatience joi...