Torchlight parade in Berlin

[Tamas]

There's something about german soldiers marching with torches that makes me slightly uneasy, though it really shouldn't.

It makes everybody uneasy, and for good reason.

[Syt]

There's something about german soldiers marching with torches that makes me slightly uneasy, though it really shouldn't.

It makes everybody uneasy, and for good reason.

Which is why, normally, you'll have a couple hundred leftist protestors on such occasions.

[Tonitrus]

Great Tattoo parade? 

The word "Tattoo" is derived from "Doe den tap toe", or just "tap toe" ("toe" is pronounced "too"), the Dutch for "Last orders". Translated literally, it means: "put the tap to", or "close or turn off the tap". The term "Tap-toe" was first encountered by the British Army when stationed in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession.

[KRonn]

Cool pictures and tradition. I keep hoping Germany and its military can move on from the past, not feel like the bad guys forever as the nation has certainly tried its hardest to come to terms with the past. Be all the better for all of us.

[Neil]

There's something about german soldiers marching with torches that makes me slightly uneasy, though it really shouldn't.

It makes everybody uneasy, and for good reason.

Not really.  If Germany went crazy, conquered and brutalized Europe, they'd deserve no less.

[Ed Anger]

Especially the Poles.

[Razgovory]

There's something about german soldiers marching with torches that makes me slightly uneasy, though it really shouldn't.

It makes everybody uneasy, and for good reason.

Not really.  If Germany went crazy, conquered and brutalized Europe, they'd deserve no less.

They'd need an army that would come out of the barracks once in a while first.

[syk]

There's something about german soldiers marching with torches that makes me slightly uneasy, though it really shouldn't.

It makes everybody uneasy, and for good reason.

Not really.  If Germany went crazy, conquered and brutalized Europe, they'd deserve no less.

They'd need an army that would come out of the barracks once in a while first.

They do on weekends.

[Viking]

the last time somebody played with matches at the Reichstag.....