Word: bismarcks
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...Allow me to congratulate you on your cover ... To my mind it transcends in force, symbolism, and warning the famous "Dropping the Pilot" cartoon of Bismarck's time...
SINCLAIR OIL, along with Carter Oil and Socony-Vacuum, has just brought in the first well in what may be a rich new oilfield in the Williston Basin 100 miles northwest of Bismarck...
...same time, German students were reading this: "The voice of the [German] people demanded the return of Alsace-Lorraine. After all, it was German soil bound together by centuries of German history and culture . . . Now, Bismarck took this German soil back...
Today, however, all that has changed. Says a current French textbook: "The German public almost unanimously demanded the return of Alsace-Lorraine . . . This time Bismarck agreed with the German general staff and the public. All besieged France could do was to point to the protests of the Alsace-Lorraine population, based on arguments of self-determination...
Says a current German version: "The German public passionately called for the return of Alsace-Lorraine . . . The German general staff also called for the annexation of Metz. The population of the ceded areas was just as firm in wanting to remain with France . . . Bismarck was fully aware that annexation would be a great burden for Germany's future, but gave in to the military arguments...