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Mention the war: Germany awakes

Mention the war: Germany awakes

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Mention the war: Germany awakes

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For decades, Germany was doctrinally pacifist: a legacy left over from the second world war. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed that, seemingly overnight. As Russia’s military advance has stalled, it has turned its firepower against civilian targets, resulting in widespread death, but also in the destruction of Ukraine’s cultural legacy. And remembering one of the many brave, ordinary Ukrainians, fallen in defence of their country.
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Released:
Mar 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.