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    Probably helped that France and Germany were arch enemies at that time so the Kaiser used every chance to one up the “Franzacken” (derogatory German term from that era).

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    Now tell me about when the Germans visited a Jewish neighborhood and the French visited a Jewish neighborhood

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    Saladin was a remarkably lucky general in that he had the resources.

    He was a bad strategist, poor tactician and awful at managing logistics.