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1941: Adolf Hitler becomes Commander-in-Chief of the German army.
Today: Right-wing military groups and neo-Nazis are gaining in popularity in Germany once again.
1941: German writer Bertolt Brecht' s play about the absurdity of war, Mother Courage, is staged for the first time, foregrounding the relationships between capitalism and war.
1991: President George Bush sends American troops to the Persian Gulf to fight against Iraqi troops who have invaded Kuwait, claiming that it is in America's political as well as economic...
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