The Shortest History of Germany

James Hawes, 2018 Edition
Old Street Publishing, 2017

Thesis: Germany and Prussia are distinct, and have always been throughout history, except for a short period from 1871 to 1945.

In the Proto-Beginning

pp. ix-x
Around 500 BC, at our best guess, in a collection of Iron Age huts in southern Scandinavia or northernmost Germany, one branch of the Indo-European population of Europe began to pronounce certain consonants differently from everyone else. [...]
The First Germanic Sound-Shift is also known as Grimm's Law [...] Its effect can most clearly be seen in modern English, which uses both Germanic and non-Germanic, Latin-derived versions.
p became fpaternal — fatherly
f became bfraternal — brotherly
b became plabia — lip
c/k/qu became hv/wh/hcentury — hundred
h became ghorticulture — gardening
g became kgnostic — know
t became thtriple — three
d became tdental teeth

Conclusion: 2017 and the Real History of Germany

p. 222
There's no point studying the past unless it sheds some light on the present. As the West grapples with crisis after crisis, the story of Germany carries a clear message. The brief Prussian/Nazi era of German history — 1866-1945 — must finally be seen for what it was: a terrible aberration.

P- and Q-Celtic,
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