[Image: Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.]
1945. Germany suffered total and absolute defeat on the grandest of scales. Whereas most modern conflicts conclude with messy treaties and unresolved tensions, World War II ended emphatically. With a dead leader in an underground bunker.
The destruction was enormous. The civ…
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