Luxembourg is a tiny little country. It was not like that in the past. Actually, it used to be more than 3 times larger. But then, agreements were signed between 1659 and 1839 in which Luxembourg had to give away pieces of its territory to France, Germany and Belgium. What kind of treaties were those I do not know. Agreements in which one country gives away territory to another is far away from fair. Sounds more like stealing candy from a baby. But, this is History. Even with these agreements and its pledge of neutrality, Luxembourg was still occupied by the Germans twice during the two World Wars.
Today, Luxembourg is part of NATO, with a contingency of 800 soldiers. NATO is lucky, eh?
I believe this tradition of came with World War II. A contingency of Luxembourgers joined the invasion of Normandy in D-Day. Hollywood may want to make a movie about that, maybe calling it The 800 of Luxembourg.
Marcelo - I love your blog! So much fun to read.
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Michelle W.
Very interesting Marcelo, much to learn!
ReplyDeleteYou are doing a great job, loving all the pictures.
Perhaps I should buy some shares for this movie now and beat the rush?
Lorry