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Contents:
1. Germany as Edom. A Warrior
2. England and the USA Lead the World in Inventions!
3. Germanic populations in Talmudic and other Rabbinic Texts
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1. Germany as Edom. A Warrior
The place-names Ingleton and Ingleborugh that you mentioned in North Yorkshire in association with the Angles is of interest.
An interesting work that we have recently come across is:
"The Blitzkrieg Myth. How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II" by John Mosier, USA, 2003.
Amongst other matters this book contains remarks of interest concerning the military aptitude and idiosyncrasies of the French, Belgians, British, Americans, Russians, and Germans.
Extract p.287
##Even before the war there had been an English prejudice to the effect that the Germans were simply automatons, incapable of independent action, and that their officers were feudal relics unsuitable for modern warfare. Once the war began this idea quickly became an unchallenged -and unchallengeable assumption, as it has been ever since. But the idea is purely and simply mythical...
##The German army was, as we have noted, the least mechanized of the major armies. But it was the most mobile; not because of its vehicles but because of its brains. The Allies do not appear to have understood this at any point during the war.The Americans routinely criticized the British for what they saw as inordinate delays to refit and regroup. As our account of Market-Garden makes clear, there is some truth to this criticism. On the other hand there is a good deal of truth to the British criticism of the American tendency to rush headlong into battle without engaging in the sort of careful preparation that would minimize casualties; Bradley at Omaha Beach, Patton at Metz. The reality, however, is that neither army really grasped how quickly the Germans could put together offensives, how quickly they could reorganize a shattered position, and how effectively they could use the terrain over which they were forced to fight.
The author emphasizes that an appreciation of German military qualities cannot be divorced from the fact that on the whole their senior officers acquiesced in or actively supported the attempted extermination of the Jews and atrocities against other peoples.
Other works expand on this issue.
The German soldier man-for-man may have been a better fighter due to his superior training, the level of his leadership, and ideological motivation.
He did however have weaknesses on a relative scale such as not being so good at hand -to-hand combat and fear (or at least avoidance of fighting in) the dark.
Many of the qualities under consideration are an outcome of training, tradition, social cohesion, etc.
They are not inherited qualities.
Nevertheless there may be some inherited aspect to them.
In the past we noted that different Israelite Tribes developed differing military specializations that may have emanated from their tribal characteristics.
An interesting work that we have recently come across is:
"The Blitzkrieg Myth. How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II" by John Mosier, USA, 2003.
Amongst other matters this book contains remarks of interest concerning the military aptitude and idiosyncrasies of the French, Belgians, British, Americans, Russians, and Germans.
Extract p.287
##Even before the war there had been an English prejudice to the effect that the Germans were simply automatons, incapable of independent action, and that their officers were feudal relics unsuitable for modern warfare. Once the war began this idea quickly became an unchallenged -and unchallengeable assumption, as it has been ever since. But the idea is purely and simply mythical...
##The German army was, as we have noted, the least mechanized of the major armies. But it was the most mobile; not because of its vehicles but because of its brains. The Allies do not appear to have understood this at any point during the war.The Americans routinely criticized the British for what they saw as inordinate delays to refit and regroup. As our account of Market-Garden makes clear, there is some truth to this criticism. On the other hand there is a good deal of truth to the British criticism of the American tendency to rush headlong into battle without engaging in the sort of careful preparation that would minimize casualties; Bradley at Omaha Beach, Patton at Metz. The reality, however, is that neither army really grasped how quickly the Germans could put together offensives, how quickly they could reorganize a shattered position, and how effectively they could use the terrain over which they were forced to fight.
The author emphasizes that an appreciation of German military qualities cannot be divorced from the fact that on the whole their senior officers acquiesced in or actively supported the attempted extermination of the Jews and atrocities against other peoples.
Other works expand on this issue.
The German soldier man-for-man may have been a better fighter due to his superior training, the level of his leadership, and ideological motivation.
He did however have weaknesses on a relative scale such as not being so good at hand -to-hand combat and fear (or at least avoidance of fighting in) the dark.
Many of the qualities under consideration are an outcome of training, tradition, social cohesion, etc.
They are not inherited qualities.
Nevertheless there may be some inherited aspect to them.
In the past we noted that different Israelite Tribes developed differing military specializations that may have emanated from their tribal characteristics.
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2. England and the USA Lead the World in Inventions!
10 Countries that Have Invented the Most Things in All Human History
 by NATALIA KESSELMAN in Lists
https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-countries-that-have-invented-the-most-things-in-all-human-history-582007/?singlepage=1
1. England
2. USA
3. Japan
4. Greece
5. Germany
6. Italy
7. China
 8. Russia
 9. Canada
10. France
1. England Inventions:
QUOTE:
Even though the whole of Great Britain, also not a country- has fathomed over 50% of the world's inventions throughout history, England on its own as a country is still the undoubted champion.
You and I could probably spend days googling England's greatest inventions,
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9787698/Greatest-50-British-inventions-full-list.html
and still have a way to go, so I'll just round up a few of the most interesting here:
Reflecting telescope, seed drill, marine chronometer, spinning frame, toothbrush, soda water, hydraulic press, steam engine, glider, tension-spoked wheel, tin can, modern fire extinguisher, electric motor, waterproof material, passenger railway, lawnmower, photography, electric telegraph, chocolate bar, hypodermic syringe, synthetic dye, Bessemer process, linoleum, sewage system, modern torpedo, telephone, light bulb, steam turbine, safety bicycle, pneumatic tire, thermos flask, electric vacuum cleaner, disc brakes, stainless steel, military tank, television, cats eye, jet engine, electronic programmable computer, hovercraft, automatic kettle, float glass, hip replacement, carbon fiber, collapsible baby buggy, ATM, World Wide Web (not to be confused with the internet), wind-up radio, steri-spray.
2. USA Inventions:
Modern Suspension Bridge, Potato chips, Condensed Milk, Machine Gun, Phonograph, Electric Light Bulb, Photographic Film, Skyscraper, Disc Record, Mousetrap, Cotton Candy, Airplane, the electric traffic light, Liquid-Fuel Rocket, Frozen Food, Sun glasses, Chocolate chip cookie, Ruth Wakefield, modern day digital computer, Nylon, Pantyhose, Microwave Oven, Nuclear Bomb, the microwave oven, Credit card, Disposable Diaper, Nuclear Submarine, Integrated circuit, first LASER, Magnetic stripe card, light emitting diodes for lighting and image displays, Compact Disk, Kevlar, Lunar Module, Email, Personal Computer, The first the mobile phone, Space Shuttle, Internet Protocol Suite, operational GPS, DNA computing, CMOS image, Jet Propulsion, computer mouse, Java Script, Mars Rovers, The Torino.
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3. Germanic populations in Talmudic and other Rabbinic Texts
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/84189/germanic-populations-in-talmudic-and-other-rabbinic-texts
Extracts:
In the 11th century, Hai Gaon and Rashi refer to the country and language of 'Ashkenaz' (referring to the area around the Rhineland, northern France and Germany). By the 12th and 13th centuries, equating Ashkenaz (and to a lesser extent Gomer) with the Germans/Germany becomes commonplace (eg, by Radak, Raaven, Rashba, Rosh, Tur, Rivash, the Machzor Vitry, etc), ...
B. Megilla 6b says, 'R. Yitzaq says again: What is meant by the verse, 'Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked man, do not further his plot, lest they exalt themselves, selah [Tehillim 140:9]? Yacov said before the Holy One, blessed be He: 'Master of the Universe, grant not to Esav the wicked the desire of his heart, do not further his plot.' This refers to Germamia of Edom, for should they but go forth they would destroy the whole world. R. Hama b. Hanina says: There are 300 crowned heads in Germamia of Edom and 365 chiefs in Rome; and every day one set go forth to meet the other and one of them is killed and they have all the trouble of appointing a king again.' Rashi interprets 'Germamia of Edom' as the name of a kingdom that descends from Edom (although the Talmudic context seems to indicate that Germamia and Edom are enemies and not related to each other; cf. Bereshit Rabbah 75:9 and Midrash Tehillim 25:19 above). The Yaavetz in his commentary on Rashi suggested that 'Germamia' refers to Germania.
See Also:
Scythian-Barbarian: The Permutations of a Classical Topos in Jewish and Christian Texts ofLate Antiquity DAVID GOLDENBERG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/e/185/files/2016/10/scythian-barbarian_as_published-17jr2m5.pdf