Under a clear night sky in Berlin, the elite drill unit of the German army rolled out their party piece in front of the ministry of defence. As a military band played Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", the Wachbatallion performed der grosser Zapfenstreich, the military tattoo reserved for the most important national events.
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The big occasion was the official departure last Thursday of the defence minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who resigned this month after being engulfed by a plagiarism scandal involving his PhD thesis. As Guttenberg jumped before he was pushed, he qualified for the grand goodbye, which involved more than 400 troops, two platoons of infantrymen and two lines of soldiers carrying torches. They even indulged him with his favourite song.
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Now THAT was awesome.
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