Talk:United States Ambassador to Germany

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[edit] Ambassadors before 1871

Before 1871 germany was a patchwork of small states, more or less organized in loose federations, so there couldn't have been an ambassador to Germany. The persons listed in this article were ambassadors to Prussia. Even though Prussia was the largest German state at the time it shouldn't be confused with Germany as a single nation. The US ambassadors prior to January 1871 should be listed as ambassadors to Prussia in this article.Ulsterman (talk) 09:24, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Right. The list should probably better go to a separate article, altogether. Another point: At the time Austria was the most powerful of the German states. With equal or more right ambassadors to Austria (until 1866, its defeat as head of the German Confederation) could be listed here, which just shows that there's something wrong. --85.58.16.46 (talk) 18:10, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] wording

This might need changed. The article reads the US has had continuous diplomatic relations with germany, but in the next sentence it contradicts itself to say the relations where not continuous but broken twice. Charles Edward 15:18, 4 June 2008 (UTC)