Why did Britain give Heligoland to Germany?
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One review of the battle of Midway analyzed how the Japanese thought they had superior forces in the area: they had four aircraft carriers while they thought that America only had two. In reality, the air forces in that battle were about evenly matched, because America actually had three aircraft carriers, . and Midway Island, which is effectively an unsinkable aircraft carrier.
Date: 2023-01-22
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Selegant
Been to Heligoland 2-3 weeks ago.
At first you wouldn't even guess that someone could have tried to blow up the island. Its massive cliffs seem quite unbreakable and being meant for eternity.
But if you look closely and talk to locals, you can get an impression of what the island must have looked like before WWII. The beginnings of massive moles build to create Germanys main naval base in the atlantic, the massive craters on top of the cliffs due to british bombing and detonations (the Big Bang) and the insanely large bunker beneath the island to keep its residents and soldiers secure.
A stunning island with really interesting history that is worth a visit (but keep in mind that it is a really small island where you have experienced everything after 3 days)
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Been to Heligoland 2-3 weeks ago.
At first you wouldn't even guess that someone could have tried to blow up the island. Its massive cliffs seem quite unbreakable and being meant for eternity.
But if you look closely and talk to locals, you can get an impression of what the island must have looked like before WWII. The beginnings of massive moles build to create Germanys main naval base in the atlantic, the massive craters on top of the cliffs due to british bombing and detonations (the Big Bang) and the insanely large bunker beneath the island to keep its residents and soldiers secure.
A stunning island with really interesting history that is worth a visit (but keep in mind that it is a really small island where you have experienced everything after 3 days)
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Unclenogbad
Actually, the British, post WW2, did blow up quite a large part of the island, just not all of it (although they did wonder if they could manage that. Basically, it was a way of disposing of all the left-over German munitions that they'd collected. Shipped all of it to Heligoland and lit the blue touch paper. All of it in one go, apparently. If anyone knows where you can find a film clip of this happening, I'd certainly be interested.
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Actually, the British, post WW2, did blow up quite a large part of the island, just not all of it (although they did wonder if they could manage that. Basically, it was a way of disposing of all the left-over German munitions that they'd collected. Shipped all of it to Heligoland and lit the blue touch paper. All of it in one go, apparently. If anyone knows where you can find a film clip of this happening, I'd certainly be interested.
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Mediocre
Nobody laugh at me please but Heligoland=Schleswig-Holstein OR Denmark and Germany went to war again over another lil area. But then again out of all the wacky shenanigans of Queen Victoria and her Children, grandkids, and great grandkids intermarrying and starting Family Feuds with Armies. It's seem like there was like a super big huge giant great worldwide war that came awhile later but I just can't remember the name.
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Nobody laugh at me please but Heligoland=Schleswig-Holstein OR Denmark and Germany went to war again over another lil area. But then again out of all the wacky shenanigans of Queen Victoria and her Children, grandkids, and great grandkids intermarrying and starting Family Feuds with Armies. It's seem like there was like a super big huge giant great worldwide war that came awhile later but I just can't remember the name.
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TheLocalLt
Heligoland was actually not incorporated into the new West Germany in 1949, having previously been separated by the British from the rest of their administration in Germany. Instead it remained under British control for the time being.
Heligoland was eventually being handed over to West Germany in 1952, with German control of the island permanently signed off on by the British in the 1990 Final Settlement.
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Heligoland was actually not incorporated into the new West Germany in 1949, having previously been separated by the British from the rest of their administration in Germany. Instead it remained under British control for the time being.
Heligoland was eventually being handed over to West Germany in 1952, with German control of the island permanently signed off on by the British in the 1990 Final Settlement.
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Preston
I grew up in Idaho, so I loved the newspaper story about my state. I noticed as a kid that anytime someone needed a place in America that people had heard of but never been to, Idaho was the place. It shows up disproportionally in movies and such for that reason. If not for potatoes, we would be famous for being obscure.
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I grew up in Idaho, so I loved the newspaper story about my state. I noticed as a kid that anytime someone needed a place in America that people had heard of but never been to, Idaho was the place. It shows up disproportionally in movies and such for that reason. If not for potatoes, we would be famous for being obscure.
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Michael
This needed much more of a before-after overlay: what the island(s) once looked like and what it looked like after the aborted British attempt to sink it in the ocean. As mentioned, yeah, turns out that we can't accomplish what a volcano does on a lazy Sunday afternoon, at least without nukes.
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This needed much more of a before-after overlay: what the island(s) once looked like and what it looked like after the aborted British attempt to sink it in the ocean. As mentioned, yeah, turns out that we can't accomplish what a volcano does on a lazy Sunday afternoon, at least without nukes.
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Fitzgerald934
Heligoland only became part of the federal republic by 1952 not 1949. There was an event where two students occupied the island which caused a increased interest on the behalf of the german public causing the newly found west germany to demand the island officially from the british.
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Heligoland only became part of the federal republic by 1952 not 1949. There was an event where two students occupied the island which caused a increased interest on the behalf of the german public causing the newly found west germany to demand the island officially from the british.
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Mark
My great great grandfather was born on Heligoland in 1896. Luckily he moved to Horsens before migrating to Australia. I'd love to visit Heligoland but, apparently, it bears little resemblance to how it looked back then due to Britain's attempts to blow it up.
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My great great grandfather was born on Heligoland in 1896. Luckily he moved to Horsens before migrating to Australia. I'd love to visit Heligoland but, apparently, it bears little resemblance to how it looked back then due to Britain's attempts to blow it up.
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Jan
On the subject of island nestled off the coast of a foreign power, I can imagine Bermuda never became an object of post-1812 American foreign policy simply because America and the UK have been very very friendly for the past two centuries.
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On the subject of island nestled off the coast of a foreign power, I can imagine Bermuda never became an object of post-1812 American foreign policy simply because America and the UK have been very very friendly for the past two centuries.
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WayOut
You see that island over there that's super strategic and blocks the ports of a major political rival?
Yeah? What about it?
Crazy idea I know, but what if. We gave it to them?
Brilliant! What could possibly go wrong!
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You see that island over there that's super strategic and blocks the ports of a major political rival?
Yeah? What about it?
Crazy idea I know, but what if. We gave it to them?
Brilliant! What could possibly go wrong!
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aix
Another fun fact: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the current German anthem while on Holiday on Heligoland in 1841, while it was still under British control. (According to some sources mainly during a little booze-up)
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Another fun fact: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the current German anthem while on Holiday on Heligoland in 1841, while it was still under British control. (According to some sources mainly during a little booze-up)
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Jonas
Given that there were actually people living on the island it would've been a bit drastic to bomb it out of existence. I'm glad the British didn't because today Heligoland is a very important spot for the North Seas wildlife.
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Given that there were actually people living on the island it would've been a bit drastic to bomb it out of existence. I'm glad the British didn't because today Heligoland is a very important spot for the North Seas wildlife.
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Planet
Hey, I just want to tell you that the island is named Helgoland, not Heligoland. I don t know why you added the I. It bothered me so much while watching the video that I missed most of what you said. Please change the title.
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Hey, I just want to tell you that the island is named Helgoland, not Heligoland. I don t know why you added the I. It bothered me so much while watching the video that I missed most of what you said. Please change the title.
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education
I wish you would slow down a little in your videos and do further elaboration on events instead of skimming over everything. It s completely indigestible the speed in which the content is presented at times.
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I wish you would slow down a little in your videos and do further elaboration on events instead of skimming over everything. It s completely indigestible the speed in which the content is presented at times.
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