A VERY Brief History on Germany

    During the time of the Roman Empire, there was also a German Empire. If you look on maps of this era, you will notice that the Roman Empire would not break the boundaries to the north of them; this was due to the German Empire. The Germans are known for being very vicious, and victorious, warriors. They are often depicted in wearing helmets with antlers or horns on them.
    After the fall of the Roman Empire, Charlemagne started his own empire, which he called the Holy Roman Empire (shaped after the Roman Empire because of its success). When he died, he split the empires in half to each of his sons. One son got France, and the other got Germany. Around 1200, the Pope hired the Teutonic Knights to forcefully convert all of the Pagans to Christianity.  These knights are still depicted today, even as Legos! In 1871, there was unification of Prussian pressures and nearby kingdoms until WWI.
    WWI started by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Yugoslavia. Germany lost WWI, which led to the start of WWII, which they also lost. This led to the construction of the Berlin Wall. Capitalists (the U.S.) were on the West Side, and the Communists (Soviet Union) were on the East Side. This wall was very important because it represented the Cold War. It was also the first standstill of the Cold War because Soviet’s would not let Americans out of West Berlin, so Americans had supplies airdropped to them; Soviets did nothing about it. The Wall fell in 1989, which meant the Cold War was ending. Germany reunified on October 3, 1990, being the only country to reunite in the past century.