Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans.

Episode 90, Things are falling apart.

Now I have to start with the correction.

Last week I erroneously ascribed the quote from my cold dad hands to Clint Eastwood, though it was, as every child knows, Charlton Heston

had said that.

What makes this particularly embarrassing is that Clint Eastwood have been very vocal in his support

for gun control since the 1970s, but I can only apologize unreservedly, and thanks to listen

at Gary for making me aware.

Now this week, we will indeed see things falling apart.

The never-ending war is exactly what it is, a never-ending unwinnable war,

against an enemy that hides on the other side of the Alps and cannot be attacked.

Money is running low, and Fredek II is getting concerned about the loyalty of his closest

associates, and those he will lose, one due to the vagaries of war, the other through a bout

of paranoia.

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Chris M. Geyer and Curtis B who've already signed up. Last week we had left Frederick the second in ever-worsening frustration about the progress of his

struggle with Pope Innocent IV.

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