In place of a foreword:
“…the Germans are not going to do any harm to anyone in the world, but it was necessary to stop the suffering which the whole world had been inflicting on the Germans for 20 years… Germany left the Memel Germans to the mercy of fate when the country accepted the shame and disgrace… Today the Memel Germans again are becoming the citizens of the mighty Reich which decidedly intends to take its fate in hand, even if half of the world does not like it” – Adold Hitler, 1939.

The situation in Ukraine remains very disturbing. Despite the fact that the international community’s attention is focused mainly on the Crimean peninsula now, it is very restless near the eastern borders of Ukraine. According to the latest information, the units of the 4th Tank Division (Naro-Fominsk…