The Biggest German hero? 🚩 The hero of German nationalism was butchered by the very people he freed. 📺 Watch the full story on YouTube: History Undercurrent. The statue still stands. 53 metres of copper on a hill near Detmold, sword raised, crushing a Roman eagle underfoot. But here is the detail almost nobody notices: the sword does not point south, toward Rome. It points west. Toward France. Because when it was unveiled in 1875, the enemy was not the empire Arminius actually beat. It was the
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The Biggest German hero? 🚩 The hero of German nationalism was butchered by the very people he freed. 📺 Watch the full story on YouTube: History Undercurrent. The statue still stands. 53 metres of copper on a hill near Detmold, sword raised, crushing a Roman eagle underfoot. But here is the detail almost nobody notices: the sword does not point south, toward Rome. It points west. Toward France. Because when it was unveiled in 1875, the enemy was not the empire Arminius actually beat. It was the
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