Reading the Grey Lady this morning, I came upon an intriguing headline: German Tank Trainers Attacked in Chile.
What kind of tank? Like a Panzer tank? What were they doing in Chile of all places? Who attacked them and why?
Reading the story answers these questions and reveals a humiliation for Germany. It seems that nine German soldiers were captured by five youths in what turned out to be an ill-advised money making scheme of some kind.
What about the martial tradition paved by brawlers like Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and Sepp Dietrich, visionary planners like Albrecht von Roon and Heinz Guderian, and the elan of dashing figures like Erwin Rommel and Manfred von Richthoffen?
How did a bunch of Chilean teenagers manage to capture a group of German soldiers almost twice their number? Ah well, I'm guessing the Germans were off duty and unarmed. Plus, I guess they did manage to escape.
I tried to gain some insight from several German media sources - Das Bild and Der Spiegel - but couldn't find any stories. Perhaps it's too emarassing to report.
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