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'''Germany''' (official name: '''Federal Republic of Germany''') is a federally organized [[Democracy]] in Western [[Europe]] with a population of about 82.4 million. The capital city and seat of government is [[Berlin]].

'''Germany''' (official name: '''Federal Republic of Germany''') is a federally organized [[Democracy]] in Western [[Europe]] with a population of about 82.4 million. The capital city and seat of government is [[Berlin]].

==History==

==History==

The emergence of Germany as a nation in its own right came later than for most European powers.  The German-speaking areas of Europe had historically been parts of diverse other nations, among them [[Prussia]], [[Austria]], and the [[Holy Roman Empire]], along with numerous smaller principiates.

The emergence of Germany as a nation in its own right came later than for most European powers.  The German-speaking areas of Europe had historically been parts of diverse other nations, among them [[Prussia]], [[Austria]], and the [[Holy Roman Empire]], along with numerous smaller principiates.

===World Wars===

===World Wars===

Germany's involvement and eventual defeat in [[World War I]] led to a harsh turn in German fortunes.  The resulting "peace" where Germany had to pay huge reparations and take full blame for the war left the nation in tatters and bitter.  From an exchange rate of the Germany deutschmark of 3 to the dollar, it eventually fell to over 1 trillion to the dollar.  The monetary system had collapsed.  The stage was set for a struggling artist to rise up on the scene and eventually take control in a country that was desperate to look up to someone who could deliver.  Their economic boom and decision to fight [[World War II]] once again left the Germany in ruins, and this time it was split in two.

Germany's involvement and eventual defeat in [[World War I]] led to a harsh turn in German fortunes.  The resulting "peace" where Germany had to pay huge reparations and take full blame for the war left the nation in tatters and bitter.  From an exchange rate of the Germany deutschmark of 3 to the dollar, it eventually fell to over 1 trillion to the dollar.  The monetary system had collapsed.  The stage was set for a struggling artist to rise up on the scene and eventually take control in a country that was desperate to look up to someone who could deliver.  Their economic boom and decision to fight [[World War II]] once again left the Germany in ruins, and this time it was split in two.

    

    

==Famous Germans==

==Famous Germans==

*[[Konrad Adenauer]]

*[[Konrad Adenauer]]

*[[Hannah Arendt]]

*[[Hannah Arendt]]

*[[Daniel Fahrenheit]]

*[[Daniel Fahrenheit]]

*[[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]

*[[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]

*[[Joseph Goebbles]]

*[[Joseph Goebbles]]

*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]

*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]

*[[Oliver Kahn]]

*[[Oliver Kahn]]

*[[Henry Kissinger]]

*[[Henry Kissinger]]

*[[Käthe Kollwitz]]

*[[Käthe Kollwitz]]

*[[Otto Kretschmer]]

*[[Otto Kretschmer]]

*[[Richard Wagner]]

*[[Richard Wagner]]

*[[Wim Wenders]]

*[[Wim Wenders]]

==War on Terror==

==War on Terror==

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://centroeu.com/uboote/fotos.html U-Boote Photos] S. Mata (In Spanish)

*[http://centroeu.com/uboote/fotos.html U-Boote Photos] S. Mata (In Spanish)