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Thanks for pointing out. I'm comparing Germanys "helpful" occupations of neighboring countries "to help the poor Germans there against abuse" inhabitants to Pu

Thanks for pointing out. I'm comparing Germanys "helpful" occupations of neighboring countries "to help the poor Germans there against abuse" inhabitants to Putin's attempt to occupy Ukraine "to protect all the poor Russians there against genocide."

rightbyte 5y ago
There was no German enclave uprising in Poland with an 8 year stalemate. The situation in Ukraine has been very unstable.
- reitanqild 5y ago
  Yep. You are right. Putin is even better than Hitler at this game it seems.
  - hef19898 5y ago
    No surprise, given Putin's training.
- watwut 5y ago
  Tho, Germans did tried to create local nazi guerillas in northern countries that would support them from inside. It did not really worked out, they never got numbers.
- hef19898 5y ago
  Well, there were Danzig (a free city state) and Königsberg. Not that I would consider that being a reason to invade anyone so. Unless you are a crazed war monger in search of an excuse.
DocTomoe 5y ago
In all fairness, unlike Poland in 1939, Ukraine is not a country that managed to wage war against almost every single of their neighbours in the 20 years before the bigger fish came taking a bite. That doesn't make Hitler any less a criminal - it just explains how his casus belli sounded more believable back in the day. If we are comparing history, let's get the whole picture.
- hef19898 5y ago
  Hitler's casus belli was already bullshit back the day. And the whole East of Europe, from the eastern border of Germany to the Russian pacific coast was at war following WW1. With quite a lot of external intervention I might add.
- watwut 5y ago
  Hitler was actually quite open about his "conquest for living space" project and goals. It was believable only if you wanted to believe and afaik, they did not believed him at the time. They mostly thought they are not ready for the full scale war yet, but that is different calculation.
  - hef19898 5y ago
    Pretty funny how open people sometimes are about intentions and goals, and still nobody believes them. Personally, I think people like Xi and Putin can be taken, when it comes to strategic goals, taken by their word. Which is scary in itself, also scary that nobody seems to do exactly that.

rightbyte 5y ago

There was no German enclave uprising in Poland with an 8 year stalemate. The situation in Ukraine has been very unstable.

reitanqild 5y ago
Yep. You are right. Putin is even better than Hitler at this game it seems.
- hef19898 5y ago
  No surprise, given Putin's training.
watwut 5y ago
Tho, Germans did tried to create local nazi guerillas in northern countries that would support them from inside. It did not really worked out, they never got numbers.
hef19898 5y ago
Well, there were Danzig (a free city state) and Königsberg. Not that I would consider that being a reason to invade anyone so. Unless you are a crazed war monger in search of an excuse.

DocTomoe 5y ago

In all fairness, unlike Poland in 1939, Ukraine is not a country that managed to wage war against almost every single of their neighbours in the 20 years before the bigger fish came taking a bite. That doesn't make Hitler any less a criminal - it just explains how his casus belli sounded more believable back in the day. If we are comparing history, let's get the whole picture.

hef19898 5y ago
Hitler's casus belli was already bullshit back the day. And the whole East of Europe, from the eastern border of Germany to the Russian pacific coast was at war following WW1. With quite a lot of external intervention I might add.
watwut 5y ago
Hitler was actually quite open about his "conquest for living space" project and goals. It was believable only if you wanted to believe and afaik, they did not believed him at the time. They mostly thought they are not ready for the full scale war yet, but that is different calculation.
- hef19898 5y ago
  Pretty funny how open people sometimes are about intentions and goals, and still nobody believes them. Personally, I think people like Xi and Putin can be taken, when it comes to strategic goals, taken by their word. Which is scary in itself, also scary that nobody seems to do exactly that.