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He was the guy behind the legendary Porsche 917, amongst a lot of other things. He was chairman of the Volkswagen Group until 2015. He oversaw the merging of VW, Seat, Audi and Škoda, the founding of Bugatti and the purchases of Lamborghini and Bentley. Besides the 917, he also influenced the famous 911 and the Bugatti Veyron.
On his way to bavaria, he collapsed in a restaurant and died soon after in a nearby hospital. (The circumstances of his sudden death aren't completly published yet.)
He was 82.
I was listening to the soundtrack after watching the musical on Disney+ last weekend, and when listening to "Guns and Ships" I realized that they missed an opportunity to also include another important immigrant, von Steuben.
Von Steuben was a former Prussian (German) officer who arrived in Valley Forge with an extravagant backstory invented by Benjamin Franklin and an equally extravagant name. He transformed the small pox ridden camp into a proper fort, and trained the troops how to effectively use muskets and bayonets in the modern and advanced Prussian tactics. Hamilton served as one von Steuben's personal translators as he could only speak German and French. Hamilton was entranced by this slightly obese man who during the day would curse at his troops in German and French for getting a drill wrong and would get 'let's go streaking drunk' with his fellow officers at night. Historians also believe that von Steuben was somewhat openly gay due to the high number of scandals and rumors he created in Prussia and in the US after the war.
I understand why they would not include him in the musical. There was already a large cast, he could not speak English, and the role of the foreign general who changed the course of the war was already taken by Lafayette. But it is unfortunate that he was left out of the musical as he is often left out of the historical narrative due to not conforming to the idealized image of the founding fathers due to his gayness and German-ness.
Hey. These 4 games were leftover from humble monthly.
- Please put a number from 1-500 and name only one game that you want.
I'll use random number generator to pick the winners (will do this 6h after posting and pm the codes).
Edit #1: All games have been gifted.
Is this normal? Because Prof Nevins told me that all profs should be using it. Are prof Rada and Smith using it?
Thanks!
