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Drang nach Osten

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Drang nach Osten

The historical desire of Germany for territorial expansion in the east. The idea was revived by 19th century nationalists, and Germany tried to put it into effect in the two world wars. The term includes both conquest in Eastern Europe and the extension of German influence towards the Gulf.

In World War I the Germans secured communication and commerce with Istanbul in Turkey, and also with the cities of Damascus, Mecca, Jerusalem and Baghdad, and won short-lived hegemony over Eastern Europe in the Treaty of Brest Litovsk 1918. In World War II, German armies overran Eastern Europe again, invaded Russia, and also threatened Egypt and Persia.



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It is hardly possible to talk about East German education without taking into account the long history of the German Drang nach Osten grounded in that society's intolerance of those who lived east of the German border.
Rethinking East German education by Thompson, Ewa M. / Modern Age
Due to the ongoing Drang nach Osten (push toward the East), which some considered the great accomplishment of the Germans in the Middle Ages, increasing German colonization removed characteristic Slavic customs, dress, and language.
Local Lutheran boy finally makes good, sixty years late by Zersen, David / Currents in Theology and Mission
Israel, it seems clear, will continue its drang nach osten (drive to the East) on the West Bank--invading Palestinian territory, then retreating, then invading again following Palestinian gunfire or a suicide bombing.
U.S. Red Lines and Bypass Roads by Bird, Eugene / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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