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...uld only be found on detailed military maps. This planet was circling a sun situated at the border between our Local Bubble of stars in the Milky Way and the much bigger Loop 1 Bubble, another assembly of suns and planets. DN-DU-144/5 was the fifth planet in outward direction, when counted from the local star as centre. Base 18 now consisted of a dozen bunkers, a few deep ...

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...Danny Firoth is a middle school student in the 8th grade, struggling with the common stressors plaguing a boy of his age: bullies, homework and his mother. Sabrina Drake, the new girl, is beautiful but she harbors a fantastic secret. “You’re… You’re a dragon!” Danny exclaims at the beginning of their epic journey. “I am a drake,” Sabrina corrects him, after a fie...

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...,please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use onl... ... it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to anappropraite vender and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work... ...," he said, gesturing to thepuke-green bag in Danny's lap. "Yeah, my mom bought it without asking me first." Alonso Martinez was the kind of person ... ...ddown the hall that paralleled the gym and looked for his locker number. Hefound it without difficulty, made a mental note of its location and then as... ...quick wit and sharp tongue never seemedto help matters. He usually found victory in conflicts of rhetoric, butdisagreements of the physical nature ten... ...osen the neutral faction for his deck, using technology and fanatical knightsto win battles, while Light used righteous knights and holy dragons to de... ...y compete?" Danny asked. Sabrina turned toward him, "Each of the eight armies wage battles againstthe other in a bracketed competition. The winner ea... ...y. You must prepare." "You make it sound like this will be a duel to the death." "Fatalities have been known to occur, severe injuries are even more...

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...r in 1991 is puzzling. It has been found in the Balkans, in Lebanon, Iraq and in Gaza, and urine measurements made by the UK military on personnel d... ...ium has been substituted for Depleted Uranium in large bunker busting bombs and Cruise missiles in order to disguise the use of Depleted Uranium so ... ...th Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the ma-terial in this report is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving t... ...gation, the factual information from that site is included asbest possible, without any reflection on the merit of that site’s objectives or intent. T... ...l Enquirer coverage. Instead of worrying about him starting a traffic fatalities, yet the anxiety induced by the possibility of domestic terrori... ...ere status and prosperity had been linked with found a way to end conflicts quickly, with minimal drama—and offered it to political leaders ... ...industrial titans such as AT&T, Kodak, Warner, and IBM. Old- gain from conflicts that create maximum drama and drag on for years. If policy maker... ...starring roles in the drama of interna-tional politics. Sam lost all of his battles with the establishment—yet if the experiences he hasshared provide... ...c stress thought to resultfrom depleted Uranium contamination following the battles in the town in 2004. Contamina-tion of the parents of the children...

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...st in the Wiki will be gradually corrected over time as the process unfolds.” My response is simple: this so-called “core belief” is not one I hold, and to my knowledge, it is not held by any important or distinguished Wikipedian either. We do not hold any particular faith in the collective or collectivism as a mode of writing. The authors of Wikipedia, just like elsewhe...

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...Volume I: The Wikipedia Encyclopedia from the Perspective of Knowledge Politics Understanding the Wikipedia Encyclopedia Global Center for Digital and Intelligent Knowledge Studies (Supervised by Gan Lihao) Knowledge Production and Dissemination of Wikipedia from the Perspective of Media Activism Gao Hairui (Supervised by Gan Lihao) Opportunities and Challenges f...

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...Scientific Evidence for Reincarnation, NDEs and Karma with Personal Stories is a free book that shows you the truth about reincarnation. It contains a lot of reincarnation cases and research information on karma. It includes data from the world's best researchers such ...

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...Belgium Blanche Courtain reincarnation case: Independent researchers and French language media. Researcher P. Courtian, (Belgium) Dr. Ian Stevenson, Professor and Scientist, (University of Virginia, United States of America) A verified reincarnation case in Belgium. [The girl who remembe...

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...on: Toward a Theory of Coercive Airpower for Post–Cold War Conflict, Lt Col Ellwood P. “Skip” Hinman IV confronts an issue of high interest to airmen and policy makers alike: What does coercion theory suggest about the use of airpower in the early twenty-first century? More specifically, Colonel Hinman seeks to determine whether any of the existing theories of coercion can...

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...irpower? . . . . 2 The Attributes of Post–Cold War Conflict . . .4 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 COERCION THEORY AND THE POST–COLD WAR ERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Punishment-Based Coercion: A Theory for Total War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Risk-Based Coercion: A Theory for Limited War ....

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...Thank you for your assistance. COLLEGE OF AEROSPACE DOCTRINE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AIR UNIVERSITY The Politics of CoercionToward a T... ...ludes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction – Coercion theory and the post–cold war era – A new theory fora new era – The coercion hybrid... ...decadeof the last century experienced a similar move from familiarCold War conflicts to the very different conflicts of the post–ColdWar era. But no s... ...ard-ing airpower. The US airpower community must remain pre-pared to fight conflicts that approach total war and cannotwholly discount the possibility... ...e concep-tual plane where one achieves political aims and desired ef-fects without simply killing people and breaking things. Al-though their cause is... ...in more general terms as “the use of forceto change the adversary’s policy without affecting its abili-ties.”1 At the opposing end of the coercion con... ... enemy’s situation as a whole if we win, or lose, each of the succeeding battles. Although the result may not—and, in fact, definitely will not—tu... ...uction paid off well. There were no Serbian com-plaints about noncombatant fatalities or other harm toinnocents, since there was no collateral damage ...

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...This thesis examines three campaigns during which aerial terror raids, peripheral to the main war efforts and incapable of destroying the enemy war-making capacity, elicited disproportionate reactions from the targeted leaderships. The raids on London during World War I, the V-1 and V-2 raids on London three decades later, and th...

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... February 1998 DisclaimerOpinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauth... ...recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthor, and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United St... ...giant airships roamed the globe from Europe to North America,fighting epic battles that led to British defeat, economic collapse, panic,famine, and pl... ...ry Publications, Inc., 1982), 27. 4. Michael Clodfelter, Warfare and Armed Conflicts, A Statistical Reference to Casualty andOther Figures 1618–1991, ... ...r losses inthe preceding century.5 It was just one of many horrific ground battlesduring a war that cost Britain a total of 3,058,983 casualties. Of t... ... MacMillan Publishing Co., 1987). 5. Michael Clodfelter, Warfare and Armed Conflicts, A Statistical Reference to Casualty andOther Figures, 1618–1991,... ... eachattack. The V-2, on the other hand, launched, approached and impacted withoutwarning. Because of its extreme speed and altitude, radar-cued air r... ...ota highly sophisticated weapon. Conventionally armed ballistic missiles without terminal homing-guided systems cannot even damage military target... ...separate days. In all, theseattacks were directly accountable for only two fatalities. Even thoughchemical use was a possibility throughout the campai...

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...A historian’s occupational disease is to find old precedents for practically everything new that comes along. And that is true for remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) as well. In one way they are merely the continuation of the millennia-old human longing for methods of striking or observing one’s enemies while remaining safe. The purpose...

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...2–6026 April 2010 DisclaimerOpinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those o... ...ions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthor and do not necessarily represent the views of the Air Force Resear... ... 1,000 cats and 1,000 pigeons, and he would be content andgo away with honor intact without the cost of an extendedsiege. The Chinese dignitaries coul... ...ls upon the assaulting enemy was one defense. It was evenbetter if it could be done without risking one’s own soldiers.During the fighting accompanyin... ...ostdue to various causes, but some did reach the continent. One,in fact, caused six fatalities when picnickers in Oregon foundit and caused a detonati... ...at would have been suicidal over an underwaybattleship in World War II. The loss of battleships at Pearl Har-bor on 7 December 1941 seemed to confirm ... ...ned a considerable amount of fame for successfullyspotting the fall of shot for the battleship guns in Desert Storm.Only 11 Pioneer systems were deplo... ...ng loiter times 19of bombers have been found useful in recent conflicts. Simul-taneously, the reduction of the Soviet threat has... ...followed. Now the Cold War is gone. Interstate war is said to be un-likely. Future conflicts are predicted to be between govern-ments and non-state a...

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...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataChallenge and response: anticipating US military security concerns/ Karl P. Magyar, e... ...epartment of Defenseschool environment in the interest of academic freedom and theadvancement of national defense-related concepts. The viewsexpressed... .....................253 vMilitary Responses in Nonpolitical Conflicts..................267Supporting United Nations and RegionalPeaceke... ...r whichthey must prepare? This was not a dilemma during the cold war asall conflicts in the world were evaluated within the prevailing East-West conte... ...reduce their frequency as well as intensity? Which of those conflicts and battles will concern US securityinterests? Preparing responses to these ... ...eties to predominate overothers and to advance their interests. Even those without ambitions 5for acquisition must take cognizance of... ...spite a substantial investment inmanpower and money, would not be resolved without a prolongedcommitment. Recommendations for direct participation by ... ...nificant reduction in global armsexpenditures, there were more war-related fatalities globally in 1992 than sincethe height of the Vietnam War. Christ... ... of the coalition wars against Napoleon, seeRussell F. Weigley, The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare fromBreitenfeld to Waterloo (Bloomi...

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...This paper reviews four case studies that demonstrate the variety of ways women have participated in modern armed conflict and explores whether current US laws and policies excluding women from combat remain valid or need to be amended. Each case study examines three principal facets of female participation in combat: context, motivations and ins...

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...esearch InstituteJohn A. Shaud, Gen, PhD, USAF, Retired, DirectorSchool of Advanced Air and Space Studies Gerald S. Gorman, Col, PhD, Commandant ... ...RESEARCH INSTITUTE Femme FataleAn Examination of the Role of Women in Combat and the Policy Implications for Future American Military Oper... ...vor, and I couldnot have made it as far as I have in my professional and per-sonal life without their love and support. I am blessed to havewonderful ... ...efore, has either completely dismissed female con-tributions and participation in armed conflicts or relegatedtheir participation to scandalous suppor... ...low-friendly spies. The reality is women havemade significant contributions in military conflicts, and theirrole continues to expand in the modern era... ...heir predicament and implored them to per-sist in their fight: “We can expect very hard battles and everyday that passes is unbelievable. I still beli... ...acts, considered acts ofmartyrdom or at the very least heroic by many of their cultures,without regret and inspired more women to take similar ac-tion... ....40 Litvyak herself went on to become anace and participated in a number of notable air battles overStalingrad and beyond. Litvyak amassed 12 confirme... ...press coverage of combat 79THE WAY BACKWARDdeployments and combat fatalities. During the initial deploy-ments for Desert Storm, ...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix PART I Strategic Factors Reshaping Strategies and Missions Maj Gen Charles D. Link, USAF Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Air Power in the New Security Environment . . .9 Secretary of the Air Force Donald B . Rice Air Power in US Military...

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...ff, Jr. International Security Studies Program The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Tufts University Air University Pr... ... Sixth Printing July 2002 DisclaimerOpinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those ofth... ...Peak . We are most grateful to individuals within the US Air Force,without whose assistance this conference and volume would n... ... global war, he points to a RandCorporation study which identified 35 conflicts of varying intensitythat were raging at the time of D... ...session of the meansfor conducting military operations at the higher end of the conflictspectrum ." He sees the future security arena involvin... ...mmodity of combat because with air superiority "all ispossible-without it, all is at risk." One of the critical values of airp... ...opf. We have moved from the age of thehorse and the sail through the age of the battleship and the tank to theage of the airplane. Like its illustriou... ... mass andmaneuver were competing principles. The outcome of battlesfrequently hinged on the careful selection and timing o... ...ingering and unansweredquestions about manipulation of the number of fatalities in the 1989invasion of Panama. The point of all this ...

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...ent warfare is fundamentally different from conventional wars, develops lessons from two case studies, highlights the challenges that US airmen face, and examines the adequacy of Air Force and Joint doctrine for counterinsurgency operations....

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...cy: The US Airman’s Challenge .....12 Methodology of this Study......14 Limitations of the Study....15 SOUTH VIETNAMESE COUNTERINSURGENCY CAMPAIGN AND OPERATION FARMGATE, 1961-1964.....16 Origins of Conflict ......16 Overview of FARMGATE .....18 Program Inception....18 Concept of Operations ......19 Analysis of Operations......20 US Air Force Involvement......20 ...

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... JUNE 1999 i Disclaimer The conclusions and opinions expressed in this document are those of the author.T... ......................................... 15SOUTH VIETNAMESE COUNTERINSURGENCY CAMPAIGN AND OPERATION FARMGATE, 1961-1964.................................. ... 8conflicts, many of which were counterinsurgencies. Among others, these conflictsincluded the Philippines at the turn of the century, Nic... ...n the Balkans and nations such as Great Britain and Israelcontinuing to wrestle with conflicts in Northern Ireland and the southern Lebanon,respective... ...ities. The key tosuccessful operations for the insurgents is to avoid the costly big battles and engage inoperations that legitimize their existence i... ...volved. The caveat was that the province chief could initiateparamilitary operations without the concurrence of the division commander.31 There wasa n... ...as either misidentified ormisinterpreted as a new military headquarters being set up without consultingAmbassador Nolting. The immediate reaction was ... ...n some indiscriminate air attacks that killed few rebels but caused numerouscivilian fatalities. These civilian deaths, magnified in the world press, ...

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...RD This volume contains an identical reprint of the SummaryReports (Europe and the Pacific) of the strategic bombing surveysconducted as World War II ... ...shed over four decades ago, they contain valuablelessons for modern airmen and are well worth another look. The "Blue Ribbon" Strategic Bombing Survey... ..., when the plants were againseverely damaged, one of the decisive air battles of the war tookplace . The 228 bombers participating were strongly ... ...Repeated losses of this magnitude could not be sustained; deeppenetrations without escort, of which this was among the earliest,were suspended and att... ...nto production thenew Types 21 and 23 designed to operate for long periods withoutsurfacing and so escape radar equipped aircraft patrols as well assu... ... loss of 29 Japanese pilots. Twodays later, the Japanese found the British battleship, Prince ofWales, and the battle cruiser, Repulse, without air co... ...idence was obtained werein some respects conflicting. Where possible these conflicts havebeen resolved. The Joint Army and Navy Assessment Committeeha... ...ic bombs, were approximately806,000 . Of these, approximately 330,000 were fatalities. Thesecasualties probably exceeded Japan's combat casualties whi... ... was 47 percent destroyed in a singleattack lasting less than an hour. The fatalities suffered were lessthan 5,000 . The Japanese had constructed ext...

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...al framework for comprehending its fundamental precepts. The goals of this analysis are threefold: provide a methodological example for understanding and applying design, show how design enhances decision making and risk analysis, and investigate the major differences between design in major combat operations and design in counterinsurgency (COIN)....

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...effrey M. Reilly, PhD Department of Joint Warfare Studies Air Command and Staff College Air University Press Air Force Res... ...sive action / JeffreyM. Reilly. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58566-221-0 (alk. paper) 1. Operational art (Mi... ...ptimal weather conditions. McClellan’s campaign culminated in the Seven Days’ Battles from25 June to 1 July 1862. The Union and Confederate forces fo... ...y factors. Faced with the far-reaching influence of military and non-military conflicts in every corner of the world, only if we break through the v... ...es and putting pressure on Europe to accept Turkey intothe European Union. But without intimate knowledge of Turkey, itsdomestic politics, and its str... .... The president announcedhis intent to initiate a withdrawal of forces in 2011 without meetingthe operational conditions necessary for a withdrawal. T... ...tietam, 1. 5. Sears, George B. McClellan, 167–69. 6. Johnson and Buel, eds., Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, vol. 2, The StruggleIntensifies, ... ...ualties dropped from a high of 34,500 in 2006 to3,000 in 2009, and US military fatalities dropped from 905 to 149 dur-ing the same time frame.28 The c...

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... George L. Jackson: September 23, 1941 — August 21, 1971 Page ix Foreword by Jonathan Jackson, Jr. Page xiii Recent Letters and an Autobiography Page [1] Letters: 1964-1970 Page [35] Back Matter Page 331 Appendix: Introduction to the First Edition by Jean Genet Page 331...

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...d by Jonathan Jackson, Jr. Page xiiiRecent Letters and an Autobiography Page [1]Letters: 1964-1... ...ourge of the unrighteous, soldier of the people; to this terrible man-child and his wonderful mother Georgia Bea, to Angela Y. Davis, my tender ... ...nators and dominated." U.S. history is essentially that type of hidden history.Without denying important mitigating factors, the United States of toda... ...ch we construct heroes andpariahs, is a consequence of its dialectical nature. Without fail, an odd paradox iscreated around someone who, by virtue of... ...e mothers hold, she attempted to press, hide,push, capture me in the womb. The conflicts and contradictions that will followme to the tomb started rig... ...o much study, or too long anapplication to one subject, results in imbalances, conflicts, struggles. I waslooking for a solution from one direction on... ...by his self-appointed bosses, etc. And of course we must learnto fight our own battles. This way we can die alone, one at a time. This is a veryold an... ...upport, just as he once was in need ofsupport. Faint hearts never win decisive battles. Take care of yourself. ... ...le the losses were most tragic of all. It will do us no good to lingerover the fatalities, they're numberless and beyond our reach. But we who havesur...

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... Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Datavan Creveld, Martin L. Air power and maneuver warfare / by Martin van Creveld , contributing authors, Kenn... ...arfare / by Martin van Creveld , contributing authors, Kenneth S. Brower and Steven L. Canby, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and i... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 7 Moscow: The Battles of Vyazma-Bryansk . . . . . . 92 ... ... of Vyazma-Bryansk . . . . . . 92 8 Battles of Encirclement of the Eastern Campaign... ... will almost certainly be small compared tojthe conventional conflicts of the past. This is not to say that',only primitive technolog... ...dshed almost alwaysform an integral part of warfare, for without them,maneuver degenerates into sterile exercises an... ...d himself, rely on a swift, sharpcounterattack carried out without waiting for orders fromthe next highest command ech... ...en occupied . Egypt's casualtiesreportedly numbered 11,000 fatalities. Israeli losses wereapproximately 40 aircraft (includ... ...ter salvaged. Onthe Sinai front alone there were fewer than 300 fatalities,most of them suffered during the tough breakthrough battles. Du...

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...n with Air University Press Colorado Springs, Colorado and Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama July 2001Library of Congress... ... 2001034104 DisclaimerOpinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauth... ...ook at airpower and spacepower through the prism of experience gained from conflictsand advancements in capabilities that illustrate the value ofair a... ... wrote on airpower and spacepower. I could not have completed this project without theirsupport. CLAYTON K. S. CHUN ... ...nby a centralized command to ensure that the proper missionsare conducted, without duplication, and that an adequate re-sponse is made. However, since... ...eing calledupon more often than in the past because of the result ofethnic conflicts, enhanced ability to conduct such operations,greater awareness of... ...ice bombers to demonstrate that these air-craft could sink captured German battleships. These experi-ments showed that the battleship was not invulner... ...tive defense against aerial attack is to whip the enemy’sair forces in air battles.”9 This differed greatly from Douhet’sconcept that control of the a... ...s aluminum constructionresulted in massive destruction. 8 There were 26 RN fatalities,and the ship sank under tow six days later. The loss of theSheff...

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...Airpower for Strategic Effect is intended to contribute to the understanding of airpower—what it is, what it does, why it does it, and what the consequences are. This is the plot: airpower generates strategic effect. Airpower’s product is strategic effect on the course of strategic history. Everything about military airpower is instrumental to the purpos...

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... Airpower forStrategic Effect Air University Series on Airpower and National Security Divining Victory by William M. Arkin (20... ...power for Strategic Effect by Colin S. Gray (2012)Bomber: The Formation and Early Years of Strategic Air Command by Phillip S. Meilinger (for... ...fferent. Their inherent laws and mutual rela- tionship cannot be understood without a total comprehension of both.4 The approach adopted here, follo... ...owing Clausewitz in key respects, isto revisit the whole subject of airpower without fear or favor. No effortis expended in advancing particular posit... ...lan of attack for this study allows this chapter to set thescene—prepare the battlespace, as it were—by specifying the purposeand scope of the inquiry... ...uilding that is theory and then identi-fied and connected the geographies of battlespace, the narrative pro-vides an analytical survey of the historic... ...ized confusion of the two. This can occur when “best practice” in oneor more conflicts is confused with general theory and subsequentlymisapplied to a... ...ts is confused with general theory and subsequentlymisapplied to a degree to conflicts where it may not even be goodpractice. Admittedly, since most m... ...r as a whole, wherein the British Empire suffereda total of 908,371 military fatalities to Germany’s loss of 1,808,546(though, again, one needs to bew...