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Page 79
... German preparations for the onslaught on the U.S.S.R. became so obvious that it seemed impos- sible to ignore them : German troops were massing on the Soviet frontier ; German overflights of Soviet territory were virtually a daily ...
... German preparations for the onslaught on the U.S.S.R. became so obvious that it seemed impos- sible to ignore them : German troops were massing on the Soviet frontier ; German overflights of Soviet territory were virtually a daily ...
Page 347
... German areas and Ger- man minorities surrounded by Danes , Schleswig - Hol- stein's history has been one of internal conflicts and , more recently , accommodations . It took centuries for the two areas , separated by the Eider River ...
... German areas and Ger- man minorities surrounded by Danes , Schleswig - Hol- stein's history has been one of internal conflicts and , more recently , accommodations . It took centuries for the two areas , separated by the Eider River ...
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... German achievement . Actually , the invention was made in 1856 by an English- man , William Henry Perkin ; but he was a pupil of the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofman , and the Germans soon took a commanding lead in this industry ...
... German achievement . Actually , the invention was made in 1856 by an English- man , William Henry Perkin ; but he was a pupil of the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofman , and the Germans soon took a commanding lead in this industry ...
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