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Um⊠well, ACTUALLY⊠I think itâs an incredibly important historical event that shaped the direction of western civilization into the early modern era. No conquest of Constantinople (now Istanbul), no Columbus getting funding to sail westâŠ
Iâm gonna guess it felt like the start of a new crusade for some European leaders. It also led to trade from the far east drying up, since the Ottomans were a pretty powerful force in the region and many Europeans refused to trade with them. I suspect it also lit a new fire under the attempt to ethnically cleanse the Iberian peninsula of Muslims and Jews, which had been ongoing for awhile and, as noted above, made the Columbian voyage possible, since Western European powers were seeking to reconnect with the eastern trade without going through the âTerrible TurkââŠ
The Ottomans and their push into Europe - which⊠thatâs problematic in itself⊠what is Europe and what is Asia, after all - so maybe âChristian domainsâ is a better way to frame it? - changed Europe and its historical trajectory and led directly to the era of European colonialism and capitalismâŠ
Sorry, what was the question? I think this is turning into my week 2 lecture⊠
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While I really appreciate the sentiment this is a somewhat laboured? strained? metaphor that doesnât work for me1) because a) the glass isnât broken; itâs carefully cut2) and deliberately glued to whatever those balls are made of,3) b) a disco ball reflects whatever light sources that will shine on it, shiny happy people glow from within and c) Iâm basically a Disney princess anyway.
Footnotes
1) And I do wish to stress past the point of elastic deformation that this is just me and quite possibly only me.
2) To preempt a well, actually - yes, glass panes are cut by carving their surface and then breaking them. Iâve been to a window factory recently. They do their own metal coating in plasma ovens, so they have basically the technology to make ion thrusters for spacecraft. This made me happy.
3) For all I know, balloons filled with unicorn farts, covered in papier-mĂąchĂ©. Disco balls do have an artsânâcrafts whiff about them.
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Omg that is sooooo corny, and yet
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They shouldâve used hobby horses
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I literally guffawedâŠ
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After Germanyâs defeat, the U.S. reportedly took control of the Ostwind, which was used as a training craft at the U.S. Naval Academy before being sold to a Nazi memorabilia collector in the 1970s, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.
The collector took the yacht to Jacksonville for repairs, but it was ultimately abandoned, and a marina owner then took possession.
Despite offers from a Nazi group to buy the yacht and turn it into a shrine, the marina owner ultimately reached out to Miami Beach officials about using the Ostwind as an artificial reef.
Eventually, the boat was taken from Jacksonville down to Miami Beach in 1989, and it was sunk off the coast to around 275 feet deep, state records indicate.
- Good man.
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Thatâs interesting, but somewhat clickbait.
Ostwind and her sister ship Nordwind were built 1938/1939 by the Burmester shipyard in Bremen as training sailing ships for the Kriegsmarine. For training future naval officers.
Ostwind was stationed at Marineschule MĂŒrwik1) (Flensburg), Nordwind at MarinestĂŒtzpunkt Heppenser Groden (Wilhelmshaven).
They were designed by Heinrich A. âHenryâ Gruber2) as ocean-going Bermuda-Yawls3) (or Marconi-Yawls).
Nordwind was finished first and took part in the 1939 Fastnet Race, reaching Plymouth as First Ship Home (line honors), setting a new record. She is still afloat today, her port of registry is Cowes (UK).
Both ships were captured by the British at their respective home ports.
There are persistent legends that Nordwind was Dönitzâs private yacht4) and that Ostwind was Hitlerâs private yacht5) - theyâre both utter bollocks, but you sell newspapers and books that way.
Footnotes.
1) MĂŒrwik briefly was seat of the Dönitz government between Hitlerâs suicide and Nazi Germanyâs unconditional surrender.
2) One of the best designers of yachts of his generation. He lived in New York from 1925-1935, working for and with W. Starling Burgess, Cox & Stevens, Donaldson and Megargel.
3) Whatever that means. Fast and elegant.
4) Dönitz sailed on her a couple of times while he was stationed at Wilhelmshaven.
5) As if. Not a sailing man at all. He wouldnât even set foot on Göringâs motor yacht, Carin II. Which cropped up in connection with the âHitler Diariesâ disaster, but thatâs another story.
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Iâll just have to be satisfied with the American Nazi sympathizers being ripped off and then crestfallen at their prize being sunk.
Still pretty sweet.
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