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Posted by: Zea_mays
« on: April 06, 2022, 09:14:11 pm »

Official government website of Lithuania referring to Kaliningrad as Königsberg in a press release announcing Lithuania's independence from Russian gas imports:
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Seeking full energy independence from Russian gas, in response to Russia's energy blackmail in Europe and the war in Ukraine, Lithuania has completely abandoned Russian gas: Lithuania's gas transmission system has been operating without Russian gas imports since the beginning of this month.
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Gas in transit through Lithuania continues to be transported for the needs of Königsberg, but in a different technical mode than usual, ensuring only the transfer of the amount of gas required for transit.
https://enmin.lrv.lt/en/news/lithuania-completely-abandons-russian-gas-imports
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: March 09, 2022, 08:05:17 pm »

Let's talk about Koenigsberg (or what Russians call Kaliningrad):







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg

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Following Adolf Hitler's coming to power, Nazis confiscated Jewish shops and, as in the rest of Germany, a public book burning was organised, accompanied by anti-Semitic speeches in May 1933 at the Trommelplatz square. Street names and monuments of Jewish origin were removed, and signs such as "Jews are not welcomed in hotels" started appearing. As part of the state-wide "aryanisation" of the civil service Jewish academics were ejected from the university.[54]
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Prior to the Nazi era, Königsberg was home to a third of East Prussia's 13,000 Jews. Under Nazi rule, the Polish and Jewish minorities were classified as Untermensch and persecuted by the authorities. The city's Jewish population shrank from 3,200 in 1933 to 2,100 in October 1938. The New Synagogue of Königsberg, constructed in 1896, was destroyed during Kristallnacht (9 November 1938); 500 Jews soon fled the city.
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Other victims included local Polish civilians guillotined for petty violations of Nazi law and regulations such as buying and selling meat.[61]

Hail Hitler!

Russia had wanted it for a long time:

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During the Seven Years' War of 1756 to 1763 Imperial Russian troops occupied eastern Prussia at the beginning of 1758. On 31 December 1757, Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issued an ukase about the incorporation of Königsberg into Russia.[29]

And eventually they got it:

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On 9 April – one month before the end of the war in Europe – the German military commander of Königsberg, General Otto Lasch, surrendered the remnants of his forces, following the three-month-long siege by the Red Army. For this act, Lasch was condemned to death, in absentia, by Hitler.[69] At the time of the surrender, military and civilian dead in the city were estimated at 42,000, with the Red Army claiming over 90,000 prisoners.[70] Lasch's subterranean command bunker is preserved as a museum in today's Kaliningrad.[71]

About 120,000 survivors remained in the ruins of the devastated city. The German civilians were held as forced labourers until 1946. Only the Lithuanians, a small minority of the pre-war population, were collectively allowed to stay.[72] Between October 1947 and October 1948, about 100,000 Germans were forcibly moved to Germany.[73][need quotation to verify] The remaining 20,000 German residents were expelled in 1949–50.[74]
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At the Potsdam Conference, northern Prussia, including Königsberg, was annexed by the USSR which attached it to the Russian SFSR. In 1946, the city's name was changed to Kaliningrad. Northern Prussia remained part of the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, and since then has been an exclave of the Russian Federation.

When will Germany take it back? How about now?
Posted by: guest5
« on: April 10, 2021, 01:50:13 am »

How Prussia Ended The French Empire: Franco-Prussian War | Animated History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVISzFmBiPU
Posted by: guest5
« on: February 05, 2021, 10:48:12 pm »

The "Other" German Army - Chile's Prussian Tradition
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The army of the Kaiser lives on - but not in Germany. The Chilean Army still uses the uniforms, traditions, weapons and marching music of 19th century Prussia and also of the Wehrmacht WWII era. Find out the story of how this came about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzg_iMg9Sc

Chilean and Swedish Military | The Last Remnants of Prussia | HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfUylIdYVc

Chile Military Parade 2019 - More Prussian than Germany - with Prussia Gloria March as BGM (Full HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pF637fSzv4
Posted by: guest5
« on: January 29, 2021, 08:19:05 pm »

Was Prussia's Army Really the Best?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkkHMlPiqnY
Posted by: guest5
« on: January 26, 2021, 01:29:58 am »

What Was Prussia?
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In this video, we look at Prussia, and explain what exactly it was, and how it fit into history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dumUTrqdyUA

Germans in the American Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans_in_the_American_Revolution

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben

See also: https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/american-pro-monarchism/