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Old June 22nd, 2002, 05:51 AM
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Well, I know some battle fields ouside Germany. There are of course the bridges over the Rhin which are very near, and there is Berlin and the Tiergarten which were battlefields...

But outside France I know Sedan (even that 1871 battle is far more important that those of Guderian's XIX Panzerkorps), I know the Somme, Verdun, Dunkirk, Arras and one of the most importants in History: Waterloo.

My grandfather made a trip to Russia in 1995 after my grandmother passed away. I think he wanted to forget her and reconciliate with his past. He saw all his old battle fields and one not of his own, but his camrades: Volgograd...
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