


Gustav Mager
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Byzantine sources portray the Slavic invasions of the Balkans (6th-7th centuries) as raids and settlements by hardy, guerrilla warriors. Procopius (Wars) describes Slavs as tall, independent democrats skilled in ambushes, using spears, poison arrows, and shields, with little armor; they raided south of the Danube from ~518. John of Ephesus (Ecclesiastical History) notes devastating 581 plunders of Greece and Thrace, viewing Slavs as barbaric punishers (possibly exaggerated). Maurice’s Strategikon advises tactics against their woodland ambushes and disorganization, highlighting hospitality, endurance, and tribal discord. Miracula Sancti Demetrii details tribal sieges of Thessalonica (e.g., 614-616), depicting them as devastating invaders repelled by miracles.


This day in 1945, Soviet forces launched the assault on Königsberg, a heavily fortified German stronghold. The battle ended when the German garrison surrendered 3 days later. Königsberg became a Russian city and was renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. #WW2

Marshall Plan aid: Germany $1.4B, UK $3.3B, France $2.7B (1948-52 values). German patents seized: Est. $10B (1940s equiv.), boosting Allied tech. Operation Paperclip: Transferred 1,600+ scientists; advanced US rocketry/space (e.g., Apollo), value in billions long-term but unquantified precisely. Ostgebiete losses: ~25% territory, industrial resources (e.g., Silesia coal); est. value hard to pin, but significant economic hit. Transfers likely aided US/USSR more in tech dominance than MP rebuilt Germany, though MP spurred GER's 8-10% annual growth vs. UK's 2-3%, France's 4-5% in 1950s. Effects debated.


🇺🇸🇩🇪TRUMP: “We rebuilt Germany… and now Germany tells us it’s not their war. If I would have told them about Iran, they would have leaked it.”








Marshall Plan aid: Germany $1.4B, UK $3.3B, France $2.7B (1948-52 values). German patents seized: Est. $10B (1940s equiv.), boosting Allied tech. Operation Paperclip: Transferred 1,600+ scientists; advanced US rocketry/space (e.g., Apollo), value in billions long-term but unquantified precisely. Ostgebiete losses: ~25% territory, industrial resources (e.g., Silesia coal); est. value hard to pin, but significant economic hit. Transfers likely aided US/USSR more in tech dominance than MP rebuilt Germany, though MP spurred GER's 8-10% annual growth vs. UK's 2-3%, France's 4-5% in 1950s. Effects debated.

Marshall Plan aid: Germany $1.4B, UK $3.3B, France $2.7B (1948-52 values). German patents seized: Est. $10B (1940s equiv.), boosting Allied tech. Operation Paperclip: Transferred 1,600+ scientists; advanced US rocketry/space (e.g., Apollo), value in billions long-term but unquantified precisely. Ostgebiete losses: ~25% territory, industrial resources (e.g., Silesia coal); est. value hard to pin, but significant economic hit. Transfers likely aided US/USSR more in tech dominance than MP rebuilt Germany, though MP spurred GER's 8-10% annual growth vs. UK's 2-3%, France's 4-5% in 1950s. Effects debated.


















@kr_chri @ProudBavaria When were there Slavs in Mecklenburg? and which kind? genuine question










Because they deserved that.







