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Re: Why they should trade Russell Westbrook.

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AirSupreme is not online. AirSupreme
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14 Jul 2014 12:09 PM
1. He dominates the ball.

2. He takes bad shots.

3. He isn't a true point guard.

4. He holds back Durant.
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THE MEGA DEAL:

1.[MIN] gets Russell Westbrook [OKC]

[OKC] gets Kevin Love [MIN], Lance Stephenson [IND]

[MIL] gets Roy Hibbert [IND],

[IND] gets Larry Sanders [MIL], Nate Wolters [MIL], Perry Jones [OKC], Jeremy Lamb [OKC], Kendrick Perkins [OKC]

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So the lineup for the Thunder is

PG - Reggie Jackson
SG - Lance Stephenson
SF - Kevin Durant
PF - Kevin Love
C - Serge Ibaka

6th Man - Steve Adams
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14 Jul 2014 12:10 PM
That trade is trash for Indiana
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14 Jul 2014 12:11 PM
um u cant trade a manufacturing company
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14 Jul 2014 12:12 PM
what happened to cap space @ OKC
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14 Jul 2014 12:13 PM
@caseKeenum93

Indiana makes bad decisions, they'd probably accept it, remember, they traded Danny Granger...
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14 Jul 2014 12:14 PM
y would minnesota want a manufacturing company
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14 Jul 2014 12:14 PM
@caseKeenum93

Roy Hibbert is open to trade, he's been a disappointment, to Milwaukee he goes.
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14 Jul 2014 12:15 PM
k you know minnesota will ask for more then that.
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14 Jul 2014 12:15 PM
@caseKeenum93

Over and above all, Oklahoma City wins this trade.
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14 Jul 2014 12:15 PM
why they shouldn't trade westbrook

KD leaves for DC when his contract is up!!!
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14 Jul 2014 12:17 PM
Tümen-Odyn Battögs
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This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Battögs, and the name Tümen-Odyn is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name.
Tümen-Odyn Battögs Personal information
Nationality Mongolia
Born 23 August 1981 (age 32)
Mörön sum, Khövsgöl aimag,
Mongolia
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 63 kg
Medal record[hide]
Women's judo
Competitor for Mongolia
Asian Games
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou 63 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze 2008 Jeju City 63 kg
Bronze 2009 Taipei 63 kg

Tümen-Odyn Battögs (also Battugs Tumen-Od, Mongolian: Түмэн-Одын Баттөгс; born August 23, 1981 in Mörön sum, Khövsgöl aimag) is a Mongolian judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.[1] She won a bronze medal for her division at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[2][3]

Battugs represented Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg). She received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out, by an ippon (full point) and a kuchiki taoshi (single leg takedown), to Germany's Anna von Harnier.[4]
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14 Jul 2014 12:18 PM
@koolboy123

Doubt they will, OKC will advertise Russell Westbrook, hype him up pretty good, then they'll take him.

Minnesota would then trade Ricky Rubio, which gives Zack LaVine the starting role, and then puts Westbrook at shooting guard, he plays like one.
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14 Jul 2014 12:19 PM
@DeadMan253

Are you insane? That leaves WESTBROOK to run OKC! :OO
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14 Jul 2014 12:20 PM
Andorran Workers' Union
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The Andorran Workers' Union is a Trade union in the Principality of Andorra. It was established in 1990, and claimed several hundred members. Its current status is unknown.
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Herman de Lynden
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Herman de Lynden

Herman de Lynden (Liège, 1547- June 5, 1603, Reckheim), baron of Reckheim and of the Holy Roman Empire, was a military leader serving the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Holy Roman Empire. He led troops during the Eighty Years' War and the Cologne War. He also held several high-ranking positions, notably Governor of Cologne and Grand-Mayor of Liège.

Contents

1 Early life
2 Italian wars
3 Eighty Years' War
4 War of Cologne
5 Famille
6 See also
6.1 See also
6.2 Links
6.3 Bibliography

Early life

Herman was the son of Thierry de Lynden, who had been first State counsel and Grand-Master to four differenr Prince-bishops of Liège. After purchasing the Lordship of Rekem, he later obtained from the Holy Roman Emperor the establishment of this domain in free baronny of the Empire.
Italian wars

He first served as a soldier in the Italian War of 1551–1559 under the command of famous admiral Andrea Doria, participating among others to the liberation of Porto Ercole, then besieged by Piero Strozzi. After the Italian wars, he served in Hungary until 1567.
Eighty Years' War

After returning to the Low Countries, he participated in the capture of Rotterdam, then received a company of 300 Low Germans to fight aith pour combattre avec Maximilien de Hénin-Liétard, with whom he participated in the siege of Mons, de Siege of Haarlem and Noerdange. Subsequently, he participated in the Battle of Mookerheyde, and was responsible for the defense of the Muiderslot, in Muiden.

In 1577, he was named captain of the Halberd guard of Archduke Matthias, and later became counselor of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, then governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
War of Cologne

The defense of Königswinter, commanded by Herman de Lynden.

The fort of Beuel, founded in 1583 by Herman de Lynden.

After escaping an assassination attempt on the Duke of Parma in Antwerpen, he returned to the court of Prince-bishop Ernest of Bavaria in Liège. Ernest named him colonel and member of his State counsel and his Privy counsel.

On June 12, 1583, after learning that John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern is marching towards Cologne, Ernest of Bavaria orders colonel Herman de Lynden to assemble a regiment of 3000 infantry and a company of horsemen, and to hurry towards Sechtem. Eleven days later, Herman had assembled the regiments, and after regrouping them in Brühl, he joined the armies in Sechtem. Amongst the soldiers under Herman de Lynden's orders was soon-to-become-famous Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.

Herman de Lynden crossed to the east bank of the Rhine, and successfully stop the armies of John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern in Königswinter, Beuel, Altwied and Feldkirchen. In doing so, he managed to return large portions of land of Cologne to the catholic side. On November 17, 1583, during the 1st Siege of Bonn, he conquered Rheindorf, and built a fort along the rhine in Beuel, across the river from Bonn. This allowed him to control the river access to the city, which helped secure the rendition of Karl von Waldburg (brother of Gebhard), on January 28, 1584. On January 8, 1592, Herman de Lynden was named governor and captain general of Cologne, and settled in Bonn and Poppelsdorf.
Famille
Marie de Halmale

He married Marie de Halmale, daughter of Constantin de Halmale and Catherine Van der Werve, on November 9, 1581. They had seven children, including:

Ernest de Lynden, Second baron of Reckheim
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14 Jul 2014 12:20 PM
trading rubio is the worse idea ever.
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14 Jul 2014 12:21 PM
I would say that OKC should throw in a little extra for a good first round pick of the 2016 draft, but we don't know what's to come in 2016.

But I doubt Durant leaves for DC in 2016.
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14 Jul 2014 12:22 PM
@koolboy123

Rubio is shaping up to leave.

I'd trade him, he isn't as promising as some thought he would be.
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14 Jul 2014 12:23 PM
Aroa (disambiguation)
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Aroa may refer to:

Aroa, genus of moths
Aroa (town), the capital of Bolívar Municipality, Yaracuy, Venezuela
Aroa River (Venezuela), a river of Venezuela
Aroa River (Papua New Guinea), a river of Papua New Guinea
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14 Jul 2014 12:23 PM
he said he wont leave minnesota anytime soon.
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14 Jul 2014 12:24 PM
I'm sure if Kevin Love leaves, Rubio wouldn't want to play in Minnesota anymore.
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14 Jul 2014 12:25 PM
Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
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Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos by Hieronimo Custodis, 1589.
Signed and dated portrait of Elizabeth Brydges, aged 14, daughter of the 3rd Baron Chandos and maid of honour to Elizabeth I, 1589.

Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley (c. 1548 – 21 February 1594) was an English courtier in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Life

He was born at Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire,[citation needed] the son of Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos and his wife Hon. Dorothy Bray. Brydges was Member of Parliament for Cricklade in 1571 and for Gloucestershire from 1572 to 1573. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley on 11 March 1573, and held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1586. He entertained Queen Elizabeth at Sudeley Castle in 1592.[1]

Chandos died on 21 February 1594 without male issue and was therefore succeeded by his brother William who became the fourth Baron Chandos of Sudeley. He is buried in the Chapel of St. Mary at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, England.[1]
Family

He married Lady Frances Clinton (Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, 1553 - Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, 12 September 1623), daughter of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln and his second wife Ursula Stourton before 1573.[1] According to Joan Barbara Greenbaum Goldsmith's unpublished PhD dissertation, All the Queen's Women: the changing place and perception of aristocratic women in Elizabethan England, 1558-1620, Frances and her husband separated during the 1590s. She died at Woburn Abbey, home of her daughter Catherine, Countess of Bedford.[2]

They had four children of whom only two daughters survived:[1][2][3]

Hon. Elizabeth Brydges (c. 1578–1617), Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I, married Sir John Kennedy. She died without issue.[1][2]
Hon. Catherine Brydges (c. 1580–1659), married Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford and had issue.[1][2]
John Brydges, died young.[2]
Charles Brydges, died young.[2]

Portraits of Chandos, his wife, and his daughter Elizabeth by Hieronimo Custodis are in the collection of the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey.[4]
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14 Jul 2014 12:26 PM
n 1529, the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg had secured the reversion to the Duchy of Pomerania after a series of conflicts, and acquired its eastern part following the Peace of Westphalia.

From 1618, the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia were ruled in personal union by the House of Hohenzollern ("Brandenburg-Prussia"). Brandenburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, while Prussia was a fief of Poland. In the course of the Second Northern War, the treaties of Labiau and Wehlau-Bromberg granted the Hohenzollerns sovereignty over the Prussian duchy.

In return for an alliance against France in the War of the Spanish Succession, Elector Frederick III crowned himself "King in Prussia" as Frederick I in 1701. Legally, no kingdoms could exist in the Holy Roman Empire except for Bohemia. However, Frederick took the line that since Prussia had never belonged to the Empire and the Hohenzollerns were fully sovereign over it, he could elevate Prussia to a kingdom.

The title "King in Prussia" was adopted to acknowledge that the Hohenzollerns were legally kings only in their former duchy. In Brandenburg and the portions of their domains that were still part of the Empire, they were still legally only electors. However, by this time the emperor's authority was only nominal. The rulers of the empire's various territories acted largely as the rulers of sovereign states, and only acknowledged the emperor's overlordship in a formal way. Hence, while Brandenburg remained part of the empire until its end in 1806, from 1701 onward it was treated as de facto part of the kingdom. However, due to the legal fiction that the Hohenzollerns were still subjects of the emperor within the parts of their domains that were part of the empire, they continued to use the additional title of Elector of Brandenburg until the empire ceased. It was not until 1772 that the title was changed to "King of Prussia".
1701–1721: Results of Thirty-Years War & The Great Northern War

The Kingdom of Prussia was poor in natural resources and devastated from the Thirty Years' War. Its territory was disjointed. It stretched 1,200 km (750 mi): from the lands of the Duchy of Prussia on the south-east coast of the Baltic Sea to the Hohenzollern heartland of Brandenburg, and the exclaves of Cleves, Mark and Ravensberg in the Rhineland. In 1708, about one third of the population of the Duchy of Prussia died of bubonic plague.[7] The plague reached Prenzlau in August 1710, but receded before it could reach the capital Berlin, which was only 80 km (50 mi) away.

Sweden's defeat by Russia, Saxony, Poland, Denmark–Norway, Hanover, and Prussia in the Great Northern War (1700–1721) marked the end of significant Swedish power on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea. In the course of the Pomeranian campaign and by the Prusso-Swedish Treaty of Stockholm (January 1720), Prussia gained southern Swedish Pomerania with Stettin (Szczecin).

The Great Elector incorporated the Junkers, the landed aristocracy, into his empire's bureaucracy and military machine. A vested interest in the Prussian Army and compulsory education.[8] King Frederick William I inaugurated the Prussian compulsory system in 1717.[8]
1740–1760: Silesian Wars
Main article: Silesian Wars

In 1740, King Frederick II (Frederick the Great) came to the throne. Using the pretext of a 1537 treaty (vetoed by Emperor Ferdinand I) by which parts of Silesia were to pass to Brandenburg after the extinction of its ruling Piast dynasty, Frederick invaded Silesia, thereby beginning the War of the Austrian Succession. After rapidly occupying Silesia, Frederick offered to protect Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria if the province were turned over to him. The offer was rejected, but Austria faced several other opponents, and Frederick was eventually able to gain formal cession with the Treaty of Berlin in 1742.

To the surprise of many, Austria managed to renew the war successfully. In 1744, Frederick invaded again to forestall reprisals and to claim, this time, the province of Bohemia. He failed, but French pressure on Austria's ally Great Britain led to a series of treaties and compromises, culminating in the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that restored peace and left Prussia in possession of most of Silesia.

Humiliated by the cession of Silesia, Austria worked to secure an alliance with France and Russia (the "Diplomatic Revolution"), while Prussia drifted into Great Britain's camp forming the Anglo-Prussian Alliance. When Frederick preemptively invaded Saxony and Bohemia over the course of a few months in 1756–1757, he initiated the Seven Years' War which might also be considered the first world war since it was fought in the three continents (France and Great Britain's colonies).

This war was a desperate struggle for the Prussian Army, and the fact that it managed to fight much of Europe to a draw bears witness to Frederick's military skills. Facing Austria, Russia, France, and Sweden simultaneously, and with only Hanover (and the non-continental British) as notable allies, Frederick managed to prevent serious invasion until October 1760, when the Russian army briefly occupied Berlin and Königsberg. The situation became progressively grimmer, however, until the death of Empress Elizabeth of Russia (Miracle of the House of Brandenburg). The accession of the Prussophile Peter III relieved the pressure on the eastern front. Sweden also exited the war at about the same time.

Defeating the Austrian army at the Battle of Burkersdorf and relying on continuing British success against France in the war's colonial theatres, Prussia was finally able to force a status quo ante bellum on the continent. This result confirmed Prussia's major role within the German states and established the country as a European great power. Frederick, appalled by the near-defeat of Prussia, lived out his days as a much more peaceable ruler.
1772, 1793, and 1795: Partitions of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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History of Brandenburg and Prussia
Northern March
pre–12th century Old Prussians
pre–13th century
Margraviate of Brandenburg
1157–1618 (1806) Teutonic Order
1224–1525
Duchy of Prussia
1525–1618 Royal (Polish) Prussia
1466–1772
Brandenburg-Prussia
1618–1701
Kingdom in Prussia
1701–1772
Kingdom of Prussia
1772–1918
Free State of Prussia
1918–1947 Klaipėda Region
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1920–1939 / 1945–present
Brandenburg
(Germany)
1947–1952 / 1990–present Recovered Territories
(Poland)
1918/1945–present Kaliningrad Oblast
(Russia)
1945–present
Main articles: Partitions of Poland and Kościuszko Uprising

To the east and south of Prussia, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had gradually weakened during the 18th century. Alarmed by increasing Russian influences in Polish affairs and by a possible expansion of the Russian Empire, Frederick was instrumental in initiating the first of the Partitions of Poland between Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772 to maintain a balance of power.[citation needed] The Kingdom of Prussia annexed most of the Polish province of Royal Prussia, including Warmia; the annexed land was organized the following year into the Province of West Prussia. The new territory connected the Province of East Prussia (the territory previously known as the Duchy of Prussia) with the Province of Pomerania, uniting the kingdom's eastern territories.

After Frederick died in 1786, his nephew Fredrick William II continued the partitions, gaining a large part of western Poland in 1793.

In 1795, the Kingdom of Poland ceased to exist and a large area (including Warsaw) to the south of East Prussia became part of Prussia. These new territories were organized into the Provinces of New Silesia, South Prussia, and New East Prussia.
1801–1815: Napoleonic Wars
Main article: Napoleonic Wars

The Treaty of Basel (1795) ended the War of the First Coalition against France. In it, the First French Republic and Prussia had stipulated that the latter would ensure the Holy Roman Empire's neutrality in all the latter's territories north of the demarcation line of the river Main, including the British continental dominions of the Electorate of Hanover and the Duchies of Bremen-Verden. To this end, Hanover (including Bremen-Verden) also had to provide troops for the so-called demarcation army maintaining this state of armed neutrality.

In the course of the War of the Second Coalition against France (1799–1802) Napoleon Bonaparte urged Prussia to occupy the continental British dominions. In 1801, 24,000 Prussian soldiers invaded, surprising Hanover, which surrendered without a fight. In April 1801, the Prussian troops arrived in Bremen-Verden's capital Stade and stayed there until October of the same year. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland first ignored Prussia's hostility, but when it joined the pro-French coalition of armed "neutral" powers such as Denmark–Norway and Russia, Britain started to capture Prussian sea vessels. After the battle of Copenhagen the coalition fell apart and Prussia withdrew again its troops.

At Napoleon's instigation, Prussia recaptured British Hanover and Bremen-Verden in early 1806. On August 6 of the same year, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved as a result of Napoléon's victories over Austria. The title of Kurfürst (Prince-elector) of Brandenburg became meaningless, and was dropped. Nonetheless, Frederick William III was now de jure as well as de facto sovereign of all of the Hohenzollern domains.[9] Before this time, the Hohenzollern sovereign had held many titles and crowns, from Supreme Governor of the Protestant Churches (summus episcopus) to King, Elector, Grand Duke, Duke for the various regions and realms under his rule. After 1806, he was simply King of Prussia and summus episcopus.

But when Prussia, after it turned against the French Empire, was defeated in the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt (October 14, 1806), Frederick William III was forced to temporarily flee to remote Memel. After the Treaties of Tilsit in 1807, Prussia lost about half of its territory, including the land gained from the Second and Third Partitions of Poland (which now fell to the Duchy of Warsaw) and all land west of the Elbe River. France recaptured Prussian-occupied Hanover, including Bremen-Verden. The remainder of the kingdom was occupied by French troops (at Prussia's expense) and the king was obliged to make an alliance with France and join the Continental System.

After the defeat of Napoleon in Russia, Prussia quit the alliance and took part in the Sixth Coalition during the "Wars of Liberation" (Befreiungskriege) against the French occupation. Prussian troops under Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher contributed crucially in the Battle of Waterloo of 1815 to the final victory over Napoleon.
1815: After Napoleon
Expansion of Prussia 1807–1871

Prussia’s reward for its part in France's defeat came at the Congress of Vienna, where Prussia was granted most of its lost territories and considerably more, including 40% of the Kingdom of Saxony and much of Westphalia and the Rhineland. Much of the territory annexed in the Third Partition of Poland was granted to Congress Poland under Russian rule.

With these Prussian gains in territory, the kingdom was reorganised into ten provinces. Most of the kingdom, aside from the Provinces of East Prussia, West Prussia, and Posen, became part of the new German Confederation, a confederacy of 39 sovereign states replacing the defunct Holy Roman Empire.

Frederick William III submitted Prussia to a number of administrative reforms, among others reorganising the government by way of ministries, which remained formative for the following hundred years.

As to religion, reformed Calvinist Frederick William III—as Supreme Governor of the Protestant Churches—asserted his long-cherished project (started in 1798) to unite the Lutheran and the Reformed Church in 1817, (see Prussian Union). The Calvinist minority, strongly supported by its co-religionist Frederick William III, and the partially reluctant Lutheran majority formed the united Protestant Evangelical Church in Prussia. However, ensuing quarrels causing a permanent schism among the Lutherans into united and Old Lutherans by 1830.

As a consequence of the Revolutions of 1848, the Principalities of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen (ruled by a Catholic cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern) were annexed by Prussia in 1850, later united as Province of Hohenzollern.
1848–1871: German wars of unification

For the half-century that followed the Congress of Vienna, there was a conflict of ideals within the German Confederation between the formation of a single German nation and the conservation of the current collection of smaller German states and kingdoms. The creation of the German Customs Union (Zollverein) in 1834, which excluded the Austrian Empire, increased Prussian influence over the member states. As a consequence of the Revolutions of 1848, King Frederick William IV was offered the crown of a united Germany by the Frankfurt Parliament. Frederick William refused the offer on the grounds that revolutionary assemblies could not grant royal titles. But there were two other reasons why he refused: to do so would have done little to end the internal power struggle between Austria and Prussia, and all Prussian kings (up to and including William I) feared that the formation of a German Empire would mean the end of Prussia's independence within the German states.

In 1848, actions taken by Denmark towards the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein led to the First War of Schleswig (1848–51) between Denmark and the German Confederation. Denmark won.

Frederick William issued Prussia's first constitution by his own authority in 1848. This document—moderate by the standards of the time but conservative by today's standards—provided for a two-house parliament. The lower house, or Landtag was elected by all taxpayers, who were divided into three classes whose votes were weighted according to the amount of taxes paid. Women and those who paid no taxes had no vote. This allowed just over one-third of the voters to choose 85% of the legislature, all but assuring dominance by the more well-to-do men of the population. The upper house, which was later renamed the Herrenhaus ("House of Lords"), was appointed by the king. He retained full executive authority and ministers were responsible only to him (indeed, as late as 1910, Prussian kings believed that they ruled by divine right). As a result, the grip of the landowning classes, the Junkers, remained unbroken, especially in the eastern provinces.

Frederick William suffered a stroke in 1857, and his younger brother, Prince William, became regent. William pursued a considerably more moderate. Upon Frederick William IV's death in 1861, he succeeded to the throne as William I. However, shortly after gaining the throne, he faced a dispute with his parliament over the size of the army. The parliament, dominated by the liberals, balked at William's desire to increase the number of regiments and withheld approval of the budget to pay for its cost. A deadlock ensued, and William seriously considered abdicating in favour of his son, Crown Prince Frederick William. He was, however, persuaded to appoint as prime minister Otto von Bismarck, his ambassador to France. Bismarck took office on September 23, 1862.

Although Bismarck had a reputation as an unyielding conservative, he was initially inclined to seek a compromise over the budget issue. However, William refused to consider it; he viewed defence issues as the crown's personal province. Forced into a policy of confrontation, Bismarck came up with a novel theory. Under the constitution, the king and the parliament were responsible for agreeing on the budget. Bismarck argued that since they had failed to come to an agreement, there was a "hole" in the constitution, and the government had to continue to collect taxes and disburse funds in accordance with the old budget in order to keep functioning. The government thus operated without a new budget from 1862 to 1866, allowing Bismarck to implement William's military reforms.

The liberals violently denounced Bismarck for what they saw as his disregard for the fundamental law of the kingdom. However, Bismarck's real plan was an accommodation with liberalism. Although he had opposed German unification earlier in his career, he had now come to believe that it was inevitable. To his mind,the conservative forces had to take the lead in the drive toward creating a unified nation in order to keep from being eclipsed. He also believed that the middle-class liberals wanted a unified Germany more than they wanted to break the grip of the traditional forces over society. He thus embarked on a drive to create a united Germany under Prussian leadership, and guided Prussia through three wars which ultimately achieved this goal.

The first of these wars was the Second War of Schleswig (1864), which Prussia initiated and succeeded in gaining the assistance of Austria. Denmark was soundly defeated and surrendered both Schleswig and Holstein, to Prussia and Austria respectively.
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14 Jul 2014 12:27 PM
here in minnesota we really dont care about the wolves they can just leave.
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War Thunder
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Developer(s) Gaijin Entertainment
Publisher(s) Gaijin Entertainment
Composer(s) Zakhar Antonov

Georgy Zheryakov

Jeremy Soule
Engine Dagor Engine
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
PlayStation 4[1]
Release date(s) Microsoft Windows
November 1, 2012 (Open Beta)
PlayStation 4

NA June 3, 2014
EU November 29, 2013

Mac OS X
September 16, 2013 (Open Beta)
Genre(s) Action,

Realistic Combat flight simulator to Arcade-style Combat flight simulator,

Realistic Tank Combat Simulator to Arcade-style Tank Combat Simulator,

Planned to be added Realistic Naval Combat Simulator to Arcade-style Naval Combat Simulator
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer MMO
Distribution Download

War Thunder is an online multiplayer combat game developed by Gaijin Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and PlayStation 4. It is currently in the open beta testing phase with players able to give feedback on any bugs before initial release of the full game.

Contents

1 Gameplay
1.1 Arcade battles
1.2 Realistic battles
1.3 Simulator battles
2 Development
2.1 Nations
2.2 Ground and naval forces
2.3 Timeline
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Gameplay

The game is set to contain aircraft. Armoured vehicles, and ships from the pre-World War II to Korean War time period, however the full game currently only contains aircraft and a limited number of ground vehicles, with further aircraft and ground vehicles, as well as ships, to be implemented later. Most maps in-game are either directly or indirectly based on real-life battles of the era.[2]

The average size of maps in the game currently range from approximately 65 km x 65 km to 100 km x 100 km to 200 km x 200 km, although the engine powering the game is likely to achieve larger map sizes in the future. Estimates are said to be about 300 km x 300 km.[3]
Arcade battles
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In arcade mode, the game draws two teams of players (up to 32 people) with planes from different nations of similar level. It is possible to see vehicles of the same type on different teams. Damage and physics are greatly simplified (e.g. in very high speed dives planes do not have their wings ripped off and are still controllable), but retain some realism (e.g. bombers are not as maneuverable as fighters, limited ammunition but able to reload midair). Multiple views are available, from third person view, cockpit view, gunner view (if the aircraft has a gunner) and virtual cockpit view (if the aircraft does not have a cockpit model the virtual cockpit will be used). Arcade Mode games are played in either "Ground Strike," where in order to win players must destroy all enemy ground units, shoot down all enemy aircraft, destroy the enemy airfield and bombing points, or "Domination", which consists of seizing enemy airfields by touching down on them for about five seconds, causing the enemy team to lose points. Also, to help simplify aiming, a 'leading marker' appears when an enemy plane is in range. This shows where the enemy plane will be by the time the bullets arrive if the plane continues its current trajectory, greatly improving accuracy.
Realistic battles
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Previously called "Historical Battles", this mode is designed for more advanced players. More realistic damage models makes long-range "sniping" difficult, and there is no 'leading marker' to assist with aiming. Also, due to realistic g-forces, making tight maneuvers at high speeds can cause pilots to black out or their planes to rip apart, and the views available are the same as in Arcade Battles. Once ammunition is used up, players will have to return to their airfield to reload and repair. In this mode, unlike arcade mode, players are selected for each team's nation, making it possible to recreate a real scenario, such as the Battle of Stalingrad between the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, although this possibility has decreased after several patches due to the introduction of premium prototype planes and alternate history setups as well as the match-up between planes determined by their "Battle Rating" rather than historical date of operation thus the name of the game mode was changed from Historical Battle to Realistic Battle.
Simulator battles
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This mode is based on the more realistic simulation settings; only the first-person view in the cockpit or external turret gunner views are allowed, and flight physics are at a somewhat more realistic setting. The story mode is similar to the realistic battles – two teams of different nations are fighting each other for dominance in the sky, but the realism of the game at this level is slightly higher. Full Real setting also requires players to play with a joystick as opposed to a mouse and keyboard, whilst still possible to play with a mouse and keyboard it would be very difficult to control the aircraft under such circumstance.
Development

The development of the game as World of Planes began in 2009. Gaijin Entertainment used its experience with its previous flight games such as IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, Apache: Air Assault, and Birds of Steel in its development. The name was later changed to War Thunder due to confusion with the similar competitor World of Warplanes, as well as other reasons due to Gaijin wanting the game to not just be focused on aviation anymore.[4]
Nations
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There are currently five nations available to choose from in War Thunder. These nations are: USA, Germany, Soviet Union, Great Britain and Japan. Each of these nations have planes that flew in their air forces (some planes within War Thunder are prototypes or so called paper aircraft, such as the J8M, known in game as the Ki-200, a prototype copy of the German rocket interceptor, the Me 163 Komet) in the mid 1930s to the late Korean War era, with the most advanced planes in the game being the F-86 Sabres from the USA. With the recent 1.39 patch, variants of the F-86 can be used by Germany and Japan and the MiG-15s from the Soviet Union can also be used by Germany. All of these nations are available to all players, and they can be switched between at any time.
Ground and naval forces
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Gaijin has planned to add playable Ground and Naval forces to the game with players being able to play all forces types (Air, Ground, and Navel forces) in one battle. As of now, ground forces such as AFVs (tanks)have been added into open beta with update 1.41. Currently only two nations have ground forces, those being Germany and the Soviet Union. Ground forces are, however, planned to be added to all the remaining nations. The most advanced tanks within the open beta as of now for Germany are the Tiger II PzKpfw VI Ausf. B armed with the 105 mm KwK 46, the Panther II, and the Jagdtiger, with the Soviet Union getting the IS-4M, T-54 mod 1951 and the ISU-152.

Although naval forces are not currently available for player control, due to development, players can take off from carriers in certain 'Arcade' and 'Realistic' mode battles.[5] Naval Forces are in development, but not much is known about them. What has been confirmed is that the main ships types are going to be Battleships, Aircraft carriers, Cruisers, and Destroyers. There is much speculation as to whether Submarines are going to be added with naval forces not.
Timeline

April 1, 2011 – The World of Planes project is announced. Some game and broadcast media took this announcement as an April Fool's joke, but the news was true: Gaijin Entertainment confirmed the development of World of Planes, a multiplayer simulation of military equipment (ships, tanks and aircraft).
June 6, 2011 – Applications open for the closed alpha test of World of Planes* June 17, 2011 – The official website of the project is launched.
August 25, 2011 – The first official trailer for the game was published on YouTube – the video of DirectX9 benchmark alpha version of the game. The video shows the actual gameplay of early versions of the game, the American and Japanese fighters and bombers, and the Navy, including aircraft carriers.
September 6, 2011 – A new trailer is made available, showing recordings of gameplay in the alpha version of the game. New video shows the Kuban air battles between the Soviet and German aircraft, tank and other combat vehicles, as well as aircraft strafing ground targets.[6]
October 6–9, 2011 – World of Planes is shown at IGROMIR 2011. All guests were given the opportunity to play in the alpha version of the project at the stand. In early October, the closed alpha test was launched. Virtual pilots from Russia, CIS countries, from Europe and North America took part in testing. Gameplay videos shot in the alpha version of some testers were allowed to be published by the developer.[7]
October 10, 2011 – New trailer published. The video shows ground battles, ground attack, and ground and sea targets in the Battle of Britain, the USSR, and in the Pacific Theater of operations. First fighter jets, F-86 and MiG-15, were shown.
December 24, 2011 – The developers announced the beginning of the World of Planes project – first quarter 2012.
January 9, 2012 – Edition of the popular British game magazine PC Gamer includes World of Planes in its list of the "Best Games of 2012", in the category of the MMO.[8]
January 24, 2012 – Game publisher and developer Gaijin Entertainment announced a change of name of the project to 'War Thunder' due to the fact that in future the game world will be expanded beyond the flight simulator to make it possible to manage land and marine equipment in one battle (also to avoid confusion with the game World of Warplanes made by Wargaming). On the same day, the official website was revamped.[9]
March 30, 2012 – Closed beta test for War Thunder begins.[10]
August 10, 2012 – The game enters a new phase – an invitation-only global beta.[11]
November 1, 2012 – Open beta test of the game begins.[12]
March 5, 2013 – War Thunder reaches one million players.[13]
March 19, 2013 – War thunder released update 1.29. This update introduced customizable ammunition belts, a new economy system, a new interface, an updated damage model, new planes (B-25 Mitchell, G5N and G8N, Tu-2s, Do-217 and the Gloster Meteor Mk. 8) and numerous other bug fixes.[14]
March 21, 2013 – War Thunder's US cluster is released.[15]
April 1, 2013 – War Thunder had a one-day event for April Fools in which players could fly around "little ponies", this was a reference to the large Internet fandom of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic;[16] It was removed the following day.
April 11, 2013 – All 5 playable nations are now available in historical battles.[17]
April 19, 2013 – Added voice chat in squads.[18]
May 14, 2013 – It was announced by Gaijin (the developers of War Thunder) that the game will eventually be released on the Sony PlayStation 4 "in time for the holiday 2013 season".[19] On the same day, Gaijin released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming ground forces.[20]
June 11, 2013 – Gaijin release the 1.31 Update for War Thunder adding in lots of new features such as Enhanced graphics and more.[21]
July 19, 2013 – War Thunder reach 3 records: one billion units destroyed, over 600,000,000 sorties flown, over 30,000,000 hours flown in War Thunder.[22]
July 24, 2013 – Leaderboard and Player Profiles are now available on the War Thunder Official Website.[23]
July 25, 2013 – War Thunder reaches 3 million players.[24]
August 7, 2013 – Gaijin release the 1.33 Update for War Thunder adding in lots of new features such as new modification system and more.[25]
August 15, 2013 – Gaijin War Thunder releases in the Steam service with multiple discounts in Steam Store.[26]
August 20, 2013 – War Thunder officially announced as a launch title for the PlayStation 4.[26]
September 26, 2013 – Gaijin release the 1.35 update featuring the new Events Mode, additional aircraft, new maps and other features.[27]
At Igromir 2013, Gaijin released a demo of War Thunder's Ground Combat that visitors could try out.[28]
November 13, 2013 – Gaijin announced that closed beta testing of War Thunder's Ground Forces would start next month and released in-game challenges to select the testers.[29]
November 29, 2013 – Gaijin releases War Thunder for PlayStation 4 as a free to download game in the EU region. U.S. release will be at a later date TBA.[30][31]
December 4, 2013 – Gaijin starts their closed beta testing for Ground Forces.[32]
December 18, 2013 – Gaijin release the 1.37 update. A new interface, aircraft, point system, and game mode names changes.[33]
March 8, 2014 – Women's Day Event was organised in which Players can Win up to 600 Golden Eagles (Premium Currency) in 2 days [34][35]
April 1, 2014 – Gaijin Released the Gaijilla Snail Monster On the April Fools event, Players can destroy it to get 1 Million Silver Lions (Game Currency) [36]
April 14, 2014 – Gaijin release the 1.39 update [37]
May 15, 2014 – Open Beta Test for Ground Forces released with Update 1.41 Version[38]
June 3, 2014 – War Thunder is released on PSN in North America and is announced as being Cross-Platform between PS4, and PC.[39]
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