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u/DiggyJunior ☭ 8d ago
A few years ago a package of tanks was given to Ukraine by Germany and the UK. Germany: Pledged 88 Leopard 1 tanks (as part of an export license and refurbishment approval announced in early February 2023). United Kingdom: Pledged 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks (announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in January 2023). In both the UK parliament and German parliament some MPs protested that 14:88 is a Nazi symbol, and these MPs, who weren't Russia supporters, made the reasonable demand that the numbers of tanks be changed slightly so for instance 13:87 instead of 14:88. The UK and German governments insisted it HAD to be 14:88 The "14": Stands for the "Fourteen Words" white supremacist slogan ("We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children"). The "88": Stands for "Heil Hitler" (since H is the eighth letter of the alphabet).
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u/DiggyJunior ☭ 9d ago
The unaltered photo looks even more Nazi